Football (Soccer) Thread

[Grey Fox]

Well, yeah. Most soccer teams in North America have stupid names. How hard is it to have a plural thing has your name?

[HVC]

Are they at least sponsored by Toyota?

[Norgy]

Well, Forest are clearly headed for relegation.

Fun fact: The first Norwegian-born player to play in a World Cup was Werner Nilsen. For the United States. He emigrated, and did apparently really well for himself by breaking goal-scoring records. I think he earned the nickname "Scotty" because Americans don't know where Norway is.

When he was picked for the World Cup squad, he was probably past his prime at 32-33, but he got a match in the 1934 World Cup when Italy beat the US 7-1 in the opening round.

Among the clubs he played for was Fall River Timbermen or something.

He is inducted in the American soccer hall of fame, but largely unknown in Norway.

[Josquius]

Forest were quite terrible first half.
Second half Sunderland played poor and were really determined to let Forest score but luck was on our side.

I'm not sure I'd be so pessimistic about Forest based off the second half.
Based off the first.... Well. Poor. But as poor as some others?

The PL in general this year seems quite a microsm of the country with quite a few usually decent teams just being awful.