Tweaked Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 The European leagues are off and running. Well, perhaps you can't say that about Manchester United, who are continuing their limp toward mediocrity. Bundesliga: Where young U.S. players cut their teeth. If there is going to be a U.S. Golden Generation in time for World Cup 2026, you can thank the Germans. Watch for break out seasons from 17 year old Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund) and 21 year old Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig). The Prem: Liverpool, Leicester City, and a surprising good start from perennial also ran, Everton(!), who finally decided to buy some good players. Watch out for the Merseyside Derby on Oct. 17. U.S wunderkind Christian Pulisic takes over the number 10 jersey at Chelsea (oh, did I mention he used to play for a German team). 25 year old U.S. goalkeeper Zack Steffen cracks the first team at Manchester City (you guessed it, his pro career started in Germany). La Liga: Spanish drama erupted over the summer as Messi sought to leave Barca. Will some team, any team, finally crack the Barcelona Real Madrid duopoly? In further Barca news, it appears U.S. 19 year old Sergino Dest is heading to Camp Nou (as far as I know he has no German ties, but he is Dutch Surinamese-American) Serie A: Juventus, Juventus, Juventus, Juventus, Juventus, Juventus, Juventus, Juventus, Juventus...or? oh yeah, Juventus signed young American Weston McKennie (from a German team, no less). Ligue 1: PSG already has 2 losses. I'm still not sure if anyone cares. Up next, Champions League Group Stage, World Cup qualifiers occurring world wide, and every team trying to stay corona-free. Finally, our very own pathetic MLS has-been DC United...suck. Even front office staff are saying the games are unwatchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Everton actually started their rebuilding process by hiring a good manger in Carlo Ancelotti. With a partial owner willing to splash cash on a top manager, it signaled that Everton means business. Good manager + cash + decent scouting brought in a whole new mid-field to Everton. Ancelotti also brought out the best in their front players. Nevertheless, Roger Bennett made fun of their shirt sponsor, Cazoo. He said it meant cock in Italian. I tried to look it up, I think cock in Italian is Cazzo. Liverpool still looks like the team to beat. Man City's defense is as shoddy as ever so they may stay at #2. Chelsea and United are inconsistent. Arsenal may even jump over the latter two. Leicester looks good so far but they don't have the squad depth. Barcelona didn't rebuild, in fact, they just dumped a bunch of their aging overpaid players, including one Luis Suarez, who joined Atletico Madrid and in his first 20 minutes made 1 assist and scored 2 goals. With no money, Barca couldn't sign anyone so they hired a new manager who brought in a new formation that doesn't seem to "depend" on Messi. So Barca had the talent, they were just sitting on the bench while the old celebrated players got their asses whooped by Bayern in the Champions League last season to the tune of 8-2. Real Madrid won last year because of dodgy refereeing. They may do it again this year because Real made no signins to improve the team, and they already benefitted from some dodgy calls in the game vs. Real Betis. While Bayern Munich and PSG will easily win their respective leagues, it's not as certain for Juve to retain their title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Champions League Draw Group A #1 Bayern Munich #2 Atletico Madrid FC Salzburg Lokomotiv Moscow Group B (Inter may give Real trouble)Real Madrid Shakhtar DonetskInter Milan Borussia Monchengladbach Group C (City easily wins) FC Porto#1 Manchester City Olympiakos Marseille Group D (Atlanta v. Liverpool should fun to watch)#1 Liverpool Ajax#2 Atalanta FC Midtjylland Group E (evenly matched top 2)Sevilla FC Chelsea Krasnodar Rennes Group F (wimpy wimpy wimpy) Zenit St Petersburg#1 Borussia Dortmund#2 Lazio Club Brugge Group G (Penaldo v. Messi!)Juventus Barcelona Dynamo Kiev Ferencvaros Group H (This is kinda group of death)#1 Paris Saint-Germain Manchester United RB Leipzig Istanbul Basaksehir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 USMNT defender Sergino Dest moves to Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I bought FIFA 21 for Xbox. I have never played FIFA or any soccer game before - I suck at this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Watching Champions League in Spanish because I don't want to pay CBS. I don't think I'm missing out much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 Champions League Round of 16 Draw 16 February & 10 March RB Leipzig (GER) vs Liverpool (ENG) Barcelona (ESP) vs PSG (FRA) 17 February & 9 March Porto (POR) vs Juventus (ITA) Sevilla (ESP) vs Borussia Dortmund (GER) 23 February & 17 March Lazio (ITA) vs Bayern (GER) Atlético (ESP) vs Chelsea (ENG) 24 February & 16 March Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) vs Manchester City (ENG) Atalanta (ITA) vs Real Madrid (ESP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Holy shit, Everton is in second place after Boxing Day. I’m chuffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Champions League knockout round kicks off this week: Feb. 16 RB Leipzig v. Liverpool 3pm Barcelona v. PSG 3pm Feb. 17 Sevilla v. Dortmund 3pm Porto v. Juventus 3pm Feb. 23 Atletico Madrid v. Chelsea 3pm Lazio v. Bayern 3pm Feb. 24 Atalanta v. Real Madrid 3pm Monchengladbach v. Manchester City 3pm Streaming via CBS All Access ($5.99 per monthly is totally worth it for watching Champions League) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I'll be watching in Spanish for free. Força Barça. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Champions League Quarterfinal draw and bracket: QUARTERFINALS Manchester City vs. Borussia Dortmund FC Porto vs. Chelsea Bayern Munich vs. Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid vs. Liverpool SEMIFINALS Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain vs. Manchester City or Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid or Liverpool vs. FC Porto or Chelsea The quarterfinal first legs will be played on April 6/7 with the returns on April 13/14, and the first semifinals will be on April 27/28 with second legs to take place on May 4/5. The final will be played in the Turkish city of Istanbul on May 29. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Soccer has provided me much entertainment during this dreadful winter. I love being able to watch interesting matches almost every day of the week, except Fridays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Spurs sacked the special one (Jose Mourinho). Top 6 of the Premier League plus the top 3 of La Liga plus the top 3 of Serie A has decided to form their own "Super" league. The Brits are ENRAGED!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I believe angry nonsensical opinions have killed the "Super" league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Assuming the Olympics goes on as planned: Men's Olympic draw (this is primarily a U-23 tournament, because FIFA doesn't want it competing with the World Cup. The USA did not qualify...again) Group A Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France Group B New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania Group C Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia Group D Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia Women's Olympic draw (This is a full squad tournament. The USA is a favorite for a Gold Medal. Other than Germany (#2) and France (#4) not qualifying this is a stacked tournament) Group E Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Chile Group F China, Brazil, Zambia, Netherlands Group G Sweden, United States, Australia, New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Messi finally won one for Argentina but "it" didn't come home. The Italians took "it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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