Timbers Tid Bits: Guadeloupe Edition
by Geoff Gibson on Jun 14, 2011 9:04 AM PDT
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PrintTonight the U.S. Mens National Team will take on Guadeloupe in the last game of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Unfortunately, it's not one I'm sure the Nats can win given their craptacular performance against Panama this past weekend. But I'd like to be proven wrong...
Here's the morning news.
Timbers specific news
Spencer’s Referee Reforms
Think Spencer was done with the referees? Think again.
Portland Timbers' "Futty" Danso hopes to return sooner than expected
Timbers' defender suffered dislocated shoulder against Colorado Saturday.
Timbers coach John Spencer in Alaska Airlines ad: a translation
In case you couldn't quit decipher what Spencer was saying.
League news (after the jump)
BMO to become the Kit Sponsor for the Montreal Impact
The Montreal Impact, set to join MLS in 2012, will have the Bank of Montreal as its jersey sponsor.
From afar, odd-man-out Gonzalez watches US struggles
I was impressed with Gonzalez at both the Galaxy and his short time on the USMNT. Wish he was there now.
Gold Cup: US must get result vs. Guadeloupe or go home
If they play like they did against Panama, they might as well pack their bags now.
Philadelphia Union Sign Former La Liga Striker Veljko Paunovic
La Liga strikers don't have the best record in MLS. We'll see how this one does.
Game is showcase for America’s best soccer players and new stadium
USMNT in a must win game against Guadaloupe tonight at Liverstrong Sporting Park.
Best MLS goal ever?
I don't know if Hassli's goal was the best ever. I've seen Donovan and Agudelo pull off some amazing goals before.
U.S. men have big questions to answer for 2014 World Cup
Can this team advance in the latter stages of the Cup?
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Dislocated shoulders suck but are pretty easy to bounce back from
I dislocated my shoulder in a bicycle wreck when I was about 16, and have broken bones in multiple crashes since then. Nothing I will ever experience will be more painful than that separated shoulder. I can’t even describe how awful it was. But the nice thing is about a week later it’s more or less fine, other than a little aching.
BMO
I have to say… first I find it odd that BMO would sponser the field for Toronto and the jersey for Montreal. And what I found even more odd was after 4 years of hearing about BMO field I never once asked what BMO was. I had no idea it was a bank. I am not sure if that just says they are ineffectively advertising or I am just not in their target market.
Scoreboards, not billboards.
Regular season, not pre-season.
They sponsor the stadium and the kit for Toronto.
And even though its the Bank of Montreal they are throughout Canada. Seeing how you don’t live there you probably aren’t in their target market. Montreal’s stadium and kit sponsor is Saputo a food brand in Canada which makes sense as the Saputo family owns the Impact. Don’t know if they will remain the sponsor when they go to MLS. I imagine if they get a sponsorship deal like Vancouver got with Bell the Saputo family has to take it.
According to the article above
BMO is the kit sponser for Montreal too.
Scoreboards, not billboards.
Regular season, not pre-season.
Gaudalupe
I understand the need to be polite about an opponent, so maybe that is all it is. But there is no excuse for a nation of 300 million to lose to guadalupe (not even a nation of 400K.
We better not lose.
Scoreboards, not billboards.
Regular season, not pre-season.
How big your country is
has no impact on how good your international squad is. If that mattered, China and India would be perennial contenders.
No impact.
Seriously? I am not saying it is all there is to who is better, I am merely saying that a country that has nearly 300:1 the population has a such a sizeable advantage that it is pathetic if we lose.
Scoreboards, not billboards.
Regular season, not pre-season.
The population of Spain is 46 million against the US' 310ish million
We should TOTALLY beat Spain every time we play them. And those English, with their paltry 51 million? A fly on the windshield.
wait what
It already matters
If 2% of our athletes go to soccer we have more good soccer athletes than if 100% of their athletes chose soccer. Size matters.
Scoreboards, not billboards.
Regular season, not pre-season.
since we are jumping to extremes...
I will just admit you are right and say that a Soccer City USA team could compete against a Team USA squad since the size of the population you are pulling from apparently has no importance in the quality of your team.
Scoreboards, not billboards.
Regular season, not pre-season.
Your original statement did not take quality of team into account, only population
I was trying to point out how absurd that was.
Spencer pointed out that an offside call should have been made on Colorado’s goal and that a handball in the penalty box went unnoticed as well.
From one of the articles above.
Interesting. I think I remember the handball, but was Moor offsides on that goal? Now that I think about it, it did seem that way.
USMNT to win tonight
When our backs are against the wall, we deliver. Come on you yanks!
USA 1-0
Americans finish 2nd in group A, will face Jamaica Sunday in quarterfinals
Say it ain't Cho
by Sean in Vancouver on Jun 14, 2011 10:22 PM PDT reply actions
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