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The United States beat Italy for the first time in eleven matches that covered a span of 78 years. This was the Italians first loss in Genoa. Clint Dempsey was the hero. His goal in the 55^th minute gave the USA a huge win over Italy. A great pass set up this sucker from mate Jozy Altidore. Altidore stood his ground at the top of box. He made a back pass to Dempsey. Dempsey stepped right and fired left. The Italian keeper Buffon never had a chance.

What stood out in this match was the way the guys played “D”. The guys made block after block. Bocanegra, Fabian Johnson, Jonathan Spector, and Michael Bradley clogged the middle. Sure there were a ton of offsides by the Italians but this was caused by good positioning of our guys. This frustrated the Italians.

Tim Howard came up big too.

Italy used many of their best players.

All in all this was a huge step in the right direction.

Lionel Messi had a hat trick to lead Argentina past Switzerland 3-1.

The dorks at ESPN are crowing about Messi’s performance. Hey guys Messi is great in crap like this but when he has to perform in real matches he sucks big time.

This is Messi’s MO. Great in meaningless matches but on the world stage Messi is scared shitless.

England lost to the Netherlands 3-2. Arjen Robben daily double led the Dutch attack.

The Netherlands was in complete control of this sucker. The score was closer than the match. 

England’s two goals came in garbage time. Gary Cahill in the 85^th minute and Ashley Young 90 minutes plus one.

Thank you Fabio Capello for screwing up the English national team.

He is gone but the stench lingers.

Spain killed Venezuela 4-0.

France beat Germany 2-1.    

So now lets put this win by the USA in perspective. This was huge but this was a friendly match. Sure the Italians wanted to win but this was not a real competition. Yes, we have made strides especially on the defensive end however we can’t let a side have sixty percent of the touches and control of the ball.

Progress has been made but we are still a long way off from competing with the top sides in the world.

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There is bigger news in the world of futebol than the USA wearing the choke collar against Mexico.

Get this! The biggest and most successful futebol club in Argentina history is história.

You will never guess in a million years who it is unless you are Argentinos.

I bet my buds Doctor Palau would know and so would my friend Julio.

River Plate was sent packing after losing their first leg to second division Belgrano 2-0 and tying the second one all.

Los Millionaires needed to win the second leg of this sucker 3-0 or better.

Not on this day in front of the home faithful in Buenos Aires.

Belgrano and River Plate tied one all sending the winners of 33 club titles into oblivion.

Argentina has a crazy regulation system.

It works something like this.

The futebol association averages the last three-season points total to see who plays in the two-leg death match.

Los Millionaires has stunk the joint out the last three years.

You wanna talk about crazy crap the River Plate fans went bananas and almost tore the joint apart.

Mexico exposed the Americans for what they are.

USA futebol is a joke.

The 4-2 thrashing administered by Mexico should serve as a huge warning and lesson to the USA futebol association.

Get real players not fake ones.

Chicharito and the boys gave the Americans a good old-fashioned butt whooping.

American jumped out to a 2-0 lead on brilliant goals by Michael Bradley and Landon Donovan.

In truth these goals were the result of two good counter attacks.

These goals were flukes.

It should have 3-0 before the Americans scored the first goal of the match in the 8^th minute.

Mexico was taking it to the USA from the opening bell.

Mexico was faster.

The Americans “D” was exposed.

 The back four should be shot for crappy play.

Carlos Bocanegra, Clarence Goodson, Eric Lichaj, and Steve Cherundo looked like schoolgirls chasing boys around the schoolyard.

Tim Howard was made to look horrible especially when Mexican attacker Giovanni Dos Santos took it to the rack.

The entire USA back line couldn’t stop him.

Howard had to come off his line and stop the first shot.

De Santos shifted the ball to his left foot.

He deeked right and stepped left.

De Santos lifted a spinner over the top of the American defender.

The ball squeezed between the defender and the left post.

Howard was swinging wildly in the wind to stop the shot.

Sure Yank defender Steve Cherundo left the match early in the first half with an injury but even with this clown in there the Mexicans were running rings around the Americans.

Mexico has young guns.

These cats are quick.

Javier Hernandez, Dos Santos, and Andres Guardado are good players.

Chicharito is on the verge of becoming a world-class player.

This next year at Man U will tell how far this kid has come.

Tim Howard, Clint Dempsey and Freddie Adu are the only real players the USA has.

Get rid of the rest of this clowns.

Bob Bradley needs to be fired.

Bring in a real futebol coach.

Who?

Jose Mourinho.

Is Mexico a world-class futebol club?

No!

For now.

Let’s see how well they do against the real world powers-Brasil, Argentina, Italy, Spain, and Germany.

America wake up.

Our best athletes play football and basketball not futebol.

Until this changes American futebol will be second class at best.

Every once in a while they flirt with becoming a good team.

Until our best athletes decide they want to play futebol instead of football and hoops this is the result we can expect.

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It’s going to be a hot time in the old house tonight when Mexico battles the USA for the CONCACAF crown

This epic battle will take place at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night.

Bob Bradley and his boys will have to play a lot better then have been playing.

Tim Howard needs to come up big.

The USA “D” better have an effective answer for Mexican super man Chicharito.

This cat can flat out play futebol.

Seven goals in the tourney so far for Javier Hernandez and this is why this kid is fast becoming a rising star on the international stage.

Chicharito scored 13 goals for Sir Alex and the boys.

This cat single handily won two matches for Man U.

Tim Howard knows him oh so well.

Howard is keeper for Everton.

Tim Howard was a back up keeper and started a few matches for Sir Alex.

Clint Dempsey is very familiar with Chicharito tamben.

The Clint man was the top scorer for Fulham with 12 goals.

The key to this match will be the USA “D”.

Can they boys stop the fluent attack of Mexico?

Can the Carlos Bocanerga contain Chicharito?

Will Donovan come big?

Can the USA back line stop the penetration drives by Mexico?

If we can’t it will be a long night for Tim Howard.

Howard is good but he can’t stop one on eleven all nightlong.

Freddie Adu may have a say in this.

When he came in against Panama this opened up the mid field.

This allowed Donovan to swing wide and opened up the “D”.

Clint Dempsey needs to finish his scoring chances.

The USA needs to attack and pressure Mexico.

In the end Mexico should win.

The USA is okay but we lack real team speed and the basic knowledge of the game.

What I mean is that we do not possess the ability to spread the offense out.

The world-class clubs like Man U and Real Madrid set up the ”D” with many short passes and then attack.

This is called a build up.

The USA plays too much long ball.

Bob Bradley needs to work on his clubs passing ability.

This means the pass has to be right on the money.

Think Joe Montana and Jerry Rice or Magic Johnson feeding Kareem.

Mexico 3- USA 2 will be the final score.

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The United States and Mexico have a hot date in the finals of the CONCACAF tourney.

USA defeated Panama 1-0.

This was redemption time for Tim Howard and the boys.

Bob Bradley made two key moves in this match.

The first Bradley sat Landon Donovan until the late in the first half.

Actually the 45^th minute.

This in turn opened up the U.S. attack.

Clint Dempsey was free to play his more nature position forward.

Dempsey didn’t have to worry about creating plays. He was thus allowed to roam and attack the box.

The second key move happened in 64^th minute when Freddie Adu was inserted for Juan Audile.

With Adu pushing the ball up the right this opened up the entire pitch for Donovan and his mate Dempsey.

Adu set up the Americans only goal in the 76^th minute.

The do the Freddie attacked the center of the box. Donovan was wide right.

Adu swung the ball wide to Donovan.

Buda bang, buda boom a goal for the guys and this sucker was over.

Dempsey slipped the shot past the helpless keeper.

This was a classic futebol play.

Think Man U or Barcelona.

The was only one tense moment in the match for Howard.

This came late in the match (83^rd minute) when Panamanian Amilcar Henriquez Espinosa hit a nutcracker of the of shot.

Howard was able to tip the ball over the cross bar.

The difference in this baby was the USA attacked and played tight “D”.

Up next Mexico.

The Mexican side defeated Honduras 2-0.

This sucker was forced in to extra time after both clubs tied nil-nil at the end of regulation.

Chicharito scored in the 98^th minute.

Jesus De Nigris found the mark in the 92^nd minute.

Javier Hernandez is on a goal-scoring tear. Chicharito has seven goals.

This dude is unreal.

Watch out EPL.

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Lot’s of great futebol is happening on this fine Wednesday. In the CONCACAF semifinals we have two dynamite match ups.

The USA battles Panama.

The Panamanians destroyed the USA “D” in a 2-1 butt whopping.

Tim Howard and company need to shore up their sieve like “D “.

Howard is one of the best keepers in the world but he can’t go one on eleven.

This is sure suicide.

I think it would behoove Bob Bradley to start the same line up he did against Jamaica.

Bring Donovan off the bench and this will give the USA a better defense while at the same time will open up the offense.

In short this will give Clint Dempsey more scoring chances.

For Panama they will be missing one of their top scorers Blas Perez. He will be MIA due to a no-no he committed in the quarterfinal match against El Salvador.

Perez is voce vai.

“D” is the key.

If Howard is naked against the Panamanian offense it will be a long night.

The Copa Libertadores finals will be played Wednesday night in Santos house.

Both Peixe and the Manyas battled to a nil-nil draw in Montevideo.

Penarol has a habit of scoring a ton of goals at the opposition’s house.

Lets see if Santos can hold serve and win out right.

Peixe hasn’t won the Copa since 1962 while the Manyas last won the whole enchilada in 1987.

The key to the match will be how well Santos plays “D”.

Neymar needs to come up big.

I am pulling for Peixe.

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The United States defeated the reggae boys 2-0.  Clint Dempsey and mate Jermaine Jones scored for the Red, White, and Blue.

Manager Bob Bradley shook up the lineup. Landon Donovan didn’t start.

This was a good move on Bradley’s part.

Inserted in Donovan’s place was Alejandro Bedoya.

Bedoya played well.

The bad news is this Jozy Altidore injured his left hammy and he left the match.

Let’s hope this cat can return.

Up next for Bob Bradley and his chargers are either Panama or El Salvador who will play later on Sunday.

Panama defeated the U.S. in-group play for the first time in any competition.

Sure this was a convincing win but lets get real. The competition isn’t world class.

On a scale of one to ten the reggae boys are maybe a one if that.

A better test will be against Panama.

This is of course if the Panamanians win against El Salvador.

Then we will see how the guys can handle a team that dominated them throughout their first match.

Except for a couple of moments in the second half The USA was on their collective heels the entire match.

Mexico and Honduras advanced to the CONCACAF semifinals.

They will play each other on Wednesday June 22^nd.

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The United States advanced to the knockout stage of CONCACAF.

A stinging goal by Jozy Altidore in the 9^th minute was the difference in this sucker.

The guys should have had at least six more but Guadeloupe keeper Franck Grandel made stop after stop after stop.

At one point it looked a shooting gallery.

Tim Howard almost had the night off but he was forced to make a great save late in the match.

The U.S. squad still does not have the basic passing skills and finishing punch to make them a contender on the world stage.

Sure Clint Dempsey is good but this clown missed two sure gimmie goals.

If Messi was playing it would been nothing but the back of net.

A win is a win and the U.S. is a power in the North America Zone and CONCACAF stage.

On the world stage what do you expected chopped liver?

The guys will take on the reggae boys on Sunday June 19^th.

Jamaica is dangerous squad.

Later tonight the first leg of the Copa Libertadores will be played between Santos and Penarol in Montevideo.

It should be a good one.

Manyas need to win and not give up the all-elusive away goal.

The two big guns Neymar for Peixe and Penarol’s Juan Manuel Olivera should have lots of firepower to display.

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The United States futebol team really stunk the joint out big time against Panama.

The Panamanians kicked major butt big time winning 2-1.

Once again, Tim Howard was left naked to defend against the entire Panama team.

After a dumb foul outside the box, Panama’s Nelson Barahona fired a perfectly placed ball into the box. Armando Cooper took the gift straight to the rack.

He left the entire American “D” defenseless. This forced Howard to come off his line. Howard deflected the header by Cooper. Rebound to Tejada who knocked home the rebound in the 18^th minute.

Panama’s Gabriel Gomez nailed a PK gift in the 38^th minute for a 2-0 lead.

This was set up by a dumb foul by Tim Ream. This was a total bonehead by Tim Ream. Let the guy go. Gomez was not in danger of scoring. Ream took a wild swing at the ball and nailed Gomez in the family jewels.

The U.S. made it close when Clarence Goodson struck home a header off a great placed corner kick by Landon Donovan in the 68^th minute.

The final score was 2-1 Panama.

This was a piss poor performance by the Americans.

Their defense was like a sieve.

Half of the time Panama’s top scorers Tejada and Gomez were totally unmarked.

This means they were unguarded.

It should have been worse except for Howard’s outstanding keeping.

The Americans are sorely lacking in good players. Only Howard, Brad Friedel, and Clint Dempsey are starters in Europe. The rest of the team is benchwarmers.

The U.S. can make it out of group play if we win our match on Tuesday.

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I usually won’t do this but I have to. All-State Insurance Company is pure bullshit. I have had my auto insurance with this company since 1983.

I have a clean driving record. I have had one ticket in my life and that was in 1982. That’s it folks. I have had one accident in my life.

This happened in 1988.

My family moved to Oklahoma.

My insurance rate was very reasonable.

For California, it was really good.

All State now wants to increase my insurance rate to almost double to what I was paying in California.

If I were you, I would cancel your insurance with this company.

They are a bunch of liars.

I spoke with a rep and she said my rate would go up one hundred dollars.

When I went to my new agent, I saw my new bill it was well over four hundred dollars higher.

I was paying 954 a year for total car coverage.

I have carry above the minimum required by law.

These people lie.

My new agent and I are meeting on Tuesday to find a new insurance company.

All State Insurance Company is crap.

You move to a new state and you get screwed.

These people are liars.

I will never do business with these folks again.

They have pissed away a 28-year relationship.

Screw them big time.

You are not in good hands with All State.

They choke the life out of you.

You have a good driving record. You move and you get screw.

I like to get kissed while I am being fucked.

Enough of the rant.

USA takes on Panama later Saturday night.

The Panamanians have a habit of us look silly.

Tim Howard needs to be at the top of his game.

Landon Donovan and crew need to play lights out.

Mexico has played very well.

Chicharito has set the tourney on its ear with his scoring and play making ability.

Sir Alex has an eye for talent.

Javier Hernandez year in the EPL is sure paying dividends for the Mexican side.

Now if five of their players we stop snorting and shooting drugs they should have a good time.

They coach blames the dirty tests on bad meat.

How come the rest of team didn’t come up with a dirty piss test?

I know call All State Insurance and let their good hands play with you.

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No more mister nice guy.

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The USA defeated Canada 2-0 in-group play in the CONCACAF tournament.

Tim Howard shut em out.

At one point late in the second half it looked like Howard was the only defender the USA had.

Tim Howard is the only world-class player the USA has.

This shows in a span of three minutes why Howard is one of the elite keepers in the world.

He stopped a point blank shot with his legs.

Howard got up and blocked another shot.

Then he had the presence of mind to run back to his line and stop another point blank shot with his hands.

The ball should have been resting in the back of the net.

Tim Howard is the USA’s only saving grace.

Clint Dempsey is a notch below Howard.

Dempsey had a goal in the 61^st minute.

Dempsey’s sliding foot flick into the back of the net put this sucker out of  reach for our neighbors from up north.

Jozy Altidore ripped the twines in the 15^th minute to give the USA the early lead.

This was a good win.

If the USA is to take the next step up the ladder we must play better “D”.

Landon Donovan is not the best player in the USA.

Our players are severely lacking in the fundamentals of the game.

What I mean by this statement is Donovan etal don’t know how to make crisp passes. Donovan, Michael Bradley, and Maurice Edu passes are either behind the player or way to far in front of the player making an attack in the offensive end of the pitch. 

The team does not know how to create a build up to create scoring chances.

To understand what I am talking about watch either Real Madrid, Man U, the Brasil, Argentina, Spanish national teams.

Sure these folks have world-class players.

Not just a few but they have at  least five or six world class players on their collective squads.

Sure we have quite a few players who play in Europe but only Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey are starters. This means we are sorely lacking in talent.

The USA can compete at the CONCACAF level and the North American zone however at the world level we will occasionally pull the upset or keep it close.

Tim Howard can only save us so long. Usually he finds himself one on one with attacking players. This happens about sixty percent of the time. In the end this will result in goal after goal.

Howard is only human.

Most of the time The USA will stink the joint out against the world’s best.

The USA is lacking in real players.

This is due to the fact that our best athletes play either football or basketball.

Until this changes the USA will be a second rate team.

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