Football (Soccer) Thread

[Zanza]

Germany qualified with ten wins and the best goal difference ever in Europe. The team hasn't lost a WC qualifier away game in 83 years...

[Ed Anger]

Did the German coach pick at his butt and smell his hand again?

[FunkMonk]

I'm glad Christian Pulisic decided to be from America and not from Croatia.

He's real good. Hopefully he doesn't break before he's 21.

[Josquius]

I always seem to buy him on football manager.

Amazing Altidore plays for the US. And scores. He was recently declared the worst forward in premier league history by a British newspaper

[The Larch]

Amazing Altidore plays for the US. And scores. He was recently declared the worst forward in premier league history by a British newspaper

He was really poor in Spain as well. I guess he needs a team that adapts his system to him and his strengths, and he has that in the US Team.

[celedhring]

Amazing Altidore plays for the US. And scores. He was recently declared the worst forward in premier league history by a British newspaper

He was really poor in Spain as well. I guess he needs a team that adapts his system to him and his strengths, and he has that in the US Team.

Or he just needs to play against CONCACAF minnows.

Pulisic's the real deal though. Love him.

[The Larch]

Amazing Altidore plays for the US. And scores. He was recently declared the worst forward in premier league history by a British newspaper

He was really poor in Spain as well. I guess he needs a team that adapts his system to him and his strengths, and he has that in the US Team.

Or he just needs to play against CONCACAF minnows.

Pulisic's the real deal though. Love him.

That always helps, I guess.  I believe he was halfway decent in his time in the Netherlands, although that isn't a really challenging league either. I guess he was another victim of the hype machine, Freddy Adu Mk.2 style.

[FunkMonk]

Altidore is ok playing for the US team. I don't know how well he plays for his MLS squad though. MLS is more his level. His was really really poor when he played for Sunderland.

[Josephus]

Altidore is ok playing for the US team. I don't know how well he plays for his MLS squad though. MLS is more his level. His was really really poor when he played for Sunderland.

He does pretty well. He normally plays as a target man alongside Sebastian Giovinco. he's better than Defoe was here.

[Valmy]

Tomorrow both France and the US might qualify for the World Cup. That would be a good day.

[Josquius]

Altidore is ok playing for the US team. I don't know how well he plays for his MLS squad though. MLS is more his level. His was really really poor when he played for Sunderland.

He does pretty well. He normally plays as a target man alongside Sebastian Giovinco. he's better than Defoe was here.

Which is funny. The general view is that the defoe for Altidore swap was one of the best deals of recent years, an absolute steal.

[Maladict]

Well at least we get to root for Iceland again 

[dps]

Altidore is ok playing for the US team. I don't know how well he plays for his MLS squad though. MLS is more his level.

He's still viewed as not living up to his potential.  Though that's probably a bit unfair;  expectations for him at the start of his professional career were unrealistically high.

[Josephus]

Altidore is ok playing for the US team. I don't know how well he plays for his MLS squad though. MLS is more his level. His was really really poor when he played for Sunderland.

He does pretty well. He normally plays as a target man alongside Sebastian Giovinco. he's better than Defoe was here.

Which is funny. The general view is that the defoe for Altidore swap was one of the best deals of recent years, an absolute steal.

it probably was for Sunderland. But Dafoe never really took to Toronto. He was injured, cried for his mommy a lot, and was seeking treatment in England often. He was excited at first but it became obvious he lost interest about half way through the season.
Altidore is probably, no certainly, a less talented player, but he's been in MLS before, knew what was required of him, and more importantly, was happy to be here.

[Josephus]

Altidore is ok playing for the US team. I don't know how well he plays for his MLS squad though. MLS is more his level.

He's still viewed as not living up to his potential.  Though that's probably a bit unfair;  expectations for him at the start of his professional career were unrealistically high.

By who? this year, in 25 games, he's scored 13 times and has six assists. Not bad, considering he's not the team's #1 striker.
In last year's playoff run he scored 5 goals in six games.