soccer talk… how I miss that sport! I played for 12 years and was planning on going to college for it, eventually I would have liked to get into an international league… then - knee surgery killed it, stupid knee. I tried after going under the knife, but my right leg couldn’t keep up with my left… I felt like I was learning the sport all over agian… I hate my knee. I hate my knee, and did I mention that I hate my knee? Not that I’m bitter or anything
no problem rev, but let me remind you that i´m just kiding you.
let me re-phrase that: according to Brazillian Standards most of the countries suck big time in soccer, just like os US standards most of the countries suck big time in basketball… got it?
Just to illustrate: a couple of years ago, an US National Team player (his name escapes me at this moment) came here to play for Vasco Da Gama, a club from rio de janeiro, at that time Vasco was really bad, losing all matches. This guy passed all year without even making to the bench. The club president, Eurico Miranda (a despized creature) stated at that time, that he was a huge loss of money.
yeah! you´ve made to the final 8 last time, losing to germany for GER 1x 0 USA , and i cheered for you big time!
i don´t know if you remember the 94 world cup, where Brazil was the champion, one of the hardest matches in the entire cup was Brazil 1x0 USA. Man… just remembering gives me the jitters :hair:…
USA has a good team, but no individual stars. yet!
why USA sucks big time compared to Brazil in soccer:
USA best Achievements:
– Semi-final 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay
– Champion 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
– Runner-up 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
– 3rd 1999 FIFA Confederations’ Cup Mexico
Brazil best Achievements:
– FIFA World Cup™ winners 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, runners-up 1950, 1998
– Copa America winners 1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999
– Runners-up in the Olympic Football tournament in 1976 and 1988
– Winners of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 1983, 1985 and 1993
– Winners of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1997 and 1999
If the only pro sport in the country was “football” , do you really think you could go against our athletes? I mean we split our athletes between NFL, MBL, NBA, occasionally NHL, plus all of the amature athletes … ?