Real Madrid vs. Barcelona (PATHETIC)

First of all what they was Real MAdrid and Jose Mourhino thinking. I mean are serious. Play with three center defensive midfielders. What is wrong with you. Didn't want to give up a goal that bad huh? Thought you would of felt a little more confident after your COPA Del Ray win which means absolutely nothing to me. That's Real MAdrids first trophy in like forever. There kinda like Arsenal but Arsenal doesn't complain as much as these guys. I hated this game, with a passion. I almost broke Tom Parkinson's TV because this game pissed me off that bad. Embarassment, pure embarassment. You call that soccer or football. It was a chess match to see who could get someone a red card first. Everyone putting there hands in the air after a simple touch. Wahhhh, Wahhh, Wahhhh omg some touched me. Get over it and yourselves. Yeah, I know I am not as good as these guys and probably never will be but are you serious! So many pansies out there and not enough winners and ball players. But maybe thats what soccer is turning into. I am just going to watch MLS and EPL now because at least how bad MLS is they still try and play and the EPL you cannnotttt compete with that league anywhere no matter what you say. The Italian league sucks, Spanish league not competitive enough, German league isn't bad, and the EPL competitveness week in and week out. Unbelievable. Pedro the right wing should never be allowed to walk onto a soccer field again with the way we acted, played tonight. embarrasing. I wish i could been there just to really injury the crap out of the guy. The lone wolf who provided this game with some brilliance was of course Messi. Amazing, absolutely amazing. Proved once again that Ronaldo couldn't compete in the spotlight. Didn't see Messi attack the referee once, wasn't involved with the rest of the Barca team trying to get Pepe sent off. If I was Jose, hats off to Messi. He tried to play, and always tries to play. Barely ever dives and plays his little heart out. When the subbed Pedro for the little dutch kid I was ecstatic because PEDRO SUCKSSSSSSSSS. He is awful besides diving what did you do today PEDRO? I knocked out a final and a presentation so I am gonna feel a little better about myself then you should. Well forget it. The other point is Cristiano, you aren't a soccer player anymore just a sex symbol, and a guy that can head the ball and hit a wicked good shot. Where has the rest of your game gone. I will tell you where you left it behind at MANU u prick. Sir Alex let you play! you had everything there but you were lured to the lavish pansy lifestyle at Real Madrid where they have done nothing for over 12 years. I'm pretty sure you were winning trophies at Manchester United. Hey don't you remember this: PANSY. Sorry if I screwed up spelling I am just extremely pissed that I had to watch that whole game and only get 15 minutes of brilliance. Messi should of called me to tell me at half time don't bother watchin the game until the 76th minute. And what Abedayor did to Busquets, I commend you Abedeyor loved watchin it live and the replay. Made my dad seeing the Spanish pansy know what a real foul feels like!

Hello guys

Hey Everyone,
Sorry for the past couple weeks. We started up our spring season here at Stockton and I have been dealing with work and schoolwork too. Anyways, on April 15th MLS had some big news. They signed U.S midfielder Benny Feilhaber from a Danish club where he made 54 appearances in 2 and half years. This is a young man who I personally enjoy watching play but I feel that he hasn't grabbed a hold of his opportunities as well as I thought he would. After a successful 2005 U-20 world-cup and 2 seasons at UCLA Benny signed with Hamburg of Germany. He only made about 5 senior appearances before moving on the regulation battlers Derby County where he only made 10. 15 appearances in 4 years is not enough soccer. However, I love what is happening to many of these young U.S players. Many of them are realizing that the BIG clubs might not be the best fight. They can be successful in other leagues like Denmark, Belgium, Scotland, Sweden, Greece and Portugal or in lower level divisions. This gets them regular playing time and may even bring here confidence back. Also, I like how many are coming back to the U.S to play in the MLS and I thinking at the moment the MLS is flourishing with young talent, competitive games, and exciting future. Players are realizing the changes the MLS is making to make the league better and give younger players an opportunity to stay home. In the past 6 months I can think of 4 players who have made the move back to America. Jay Demerit (Vancouver), Hunter Freeman (Houston), Charlie Davies (D.C. United), and Benny. New England Revolution picked up his services in this years allocation draft after Chivas USA and Philly passed up on him. To me this is exactly what the Revs needed and frankly wanted. There are youthful team who has a great future ahead of them where they will be able to compete for MLS Cups. Matt Reis in goal, Darius Barnes, Kevin Alston, and A.J Soares in the back and Sharlie Joseph and now Benny in the midfield this is a core group of guys you can build around for now and the future. I think that this puts the Revs back on the map and puts them right in the thick of things in the eastern conference. I think this move for Benny benefits: MLS, Benny, and the Revs. Makes the eastern conference that much more competitive with Redbulls, the resurgence of D.C and this acquisition I can only hope more struggling U.S internationals (Freddy, Jozy, etc.) follow Davies and Benny in coming home. We can't look for just internationals to make MLS relevant, we need our own to market MLS to the American people and to the world.

Tomorrow's Game Vs Argentina

Us are facing a tough test tomorrow when they take on Argentina at the New Meadowlands Stadium and yours truly will be enjoying himself quite throughly with his gf and some buddies. Anyways, over the past several years there has been some major controversy over the U.S best lineup and how they are utilized. Well I am here to solve this mystery for you. If I were Bob Bradley tomorrow and I had to choose my squad I would go like this.

GK: In goal I would put Howard in obv. He is going to be the stone cold force of the net for the next two World Cups in my opinion. He is the most athletic out of everyone and is the most seasoned playing in the EPL, world cup qualifiers and games, for Man U. He quite simply is the best option and I am proud to have him in our goal.

Defense: Very tricky at the moment because of the transformation that is going to take place these next couple years in the national team. For tomorrow nights game I would have started like this : Cherondelo, Demeriet, Ream, and Bocanegra. I'll take three World Cup starters and my boy Reamer because frankly I love him and think he is going to have a great career club and country. Why not start him with a big test tomorrow night with three veteran guys. I don't trust Gooch because he is not a SOCCER PLAYER. First defender off the bench is Spector.

Midfield: I am going 4-4-2 folks and if Holden was healthy this is how I would play em. Right mid: dempsey Center def mid: Edu, Attacking Mid: Holden but I gotta put Jones in there now and Left Mid: Donovan. My first choices off the bench are Bradley, Sacha Kjiesten and IDk ahahahha

Forward: If I had to pick the healthy choices: Davies and Altidore. They mesh so well together thats why I would put them up there. it got US fans excited before the world cup and we should be for the future. And young Juan Agudelo off the bench. Kids exciting and I cant wait to see what happens with him. Lets hope not another Freddy Adu or whatever his name was.

Sorry Folks

Sorry Folks. I got caught up in the good ole Spring Break that college kids love. Anyways I have two posts that I want to share with you this week. The first is my first team of all time. Many will think it is going to biased because frankly I can only pick people, in my mind, that I have watched and seen play over the years. You won't be seeing names like Pele because frankly I have never seen the dude play. Hats off to my brother who ruined my mood yesterday by telling me that he trained with Messi and the Argentina team. Impressive, I guess it pays dividends when your older brother paves the way for in the soccer world haha. However, lets get down to it. I am not picking the best players, I am picking the team that I would put on the field during their hay days to win me a match and get me three points.

Goalkeeper: Edwin Van Der Sar
This was a tough decision between Edwin Van Der Sar and Casillas. Although Casillas has a World Cup, Euro Cup, and Champions League titles I am going to take the Dutch at the moment. He is simply one of the greatest goal keepers to ever take the field. I know that he doesn't have the accolades the Iker does but if I want to win a game and during the past ten years, find somes I can rely in game in and out I am going with Van Der Sar.

Back Four: Neville, Fabio Cannavero, Vidic, Roberto Carlos

Midfield (5): Right Mid (Luis Figo), Left Mid (Messi), Central Mid (Xavi, Roy Keane), Central Attacking Mid (Ronaldinho)

Foward: The Original Ronaldo get the pansy cristiano ronaldo crap out of here

Subs Bench:
Cassillas
Maldini
Cafu
Rooney
Henry
Beckham
Gerrard

Any thoughts hit me up with it

Friday Afternoon

I will doing my 00-10 decade team on Friday 3/11. Also next week be on the lookout for my Eastern and Western Conference MLS season predictions Along with my early playoffs and eventuall MLS Cup Champs. See ya then!
BT

2nd of the 2 posts

Tonight for our second post we talk about what's going on in the premier league. Well folks, there is a lot going on and for the first time in a long time the Premier League race is as close as ever. However, I blame this on one reason: Manchester United's two straight losses has caused them be 3 points ahead of Arsenal instead of a huge 9 point clearance at the top. These two losses help other teams too. First, it clearly helped Chelsea who beat Man U 2-1 last tuesday and Blackpool earlier today 2-1 because they are now 9 points back with a game in hand which could prove costly in the next couple weeks depending on results. The other team who benefited from United losing is Arsenal because United could be 9 points ahead instead of a mere 3 points. One could say the Arsenal could be one point behind but I still feel that the two losses benefited Arsenal very much so. And with there recently bas taste in their mouths from the Carling Cup Arsenal now have something to prove to themselves, their fans, and the rest of the world. There are two clubs that didn't benefit from United losing: Totenham and Liverpool. Totenham continues to fight and gain draws and a few wins here and there but to me this isn't good enough. Harry Rednap should be busting his players balls and demanding more from them because they have the talent and a great team atmosphere. They shouldn't be shooting for just Europe but rather a top 2 finish and Cup finals. Totenham needs to make themselves relevant again in London. Lastly, Liverpool, there win this weekend over Manchester United to me was a pride win because they are 18 points back and there is no way in hell Manchester United is going to give up a 9 point lead to Chelsea let alone an 18 point lead to Liverpool. I think Liverpool needs some big name signings in the defesive department to join Carrager for them to make some noise next year. Especially if the rumors about Reina leaving and going to United to replace Van Der Sar comes true this upcoming summer.

First of Two Posts

The first post that I bring to you guys tonight is about a very emotional subject to some (Arsenal fans). I know that it has been over a week since the Carling Cup final but I promised myself that I had to blog about it. I mean as Manchester United fan it brings me great joy to see Birmingham City lift that cup because yet again Arsenal failed to get their hands on any silverware. However as a soccer fan it is shame to watch Arsenal go through this 7 year drought now. I love the game and I am a Manchester United fan but from a person who truly understands the game it brings great joy to watch Arsenal play the game of futbol. To me that don't play soccer, they play football because what they do out on the field and what Arsene Wegner preaches is just pure beautifu stuff. As a soccer fan I can never hate Arsenal because of the beauty and class that the club brings to this wonderful game. BUT! lets anaylze what has gone wrong over the years. The first and foremost thing that pops out on my mind is that they don't have enough proven winners. Cesc has won on the international stage (World and Euro Cups), which is huge, but it doesnt really correlate to Arsenal. I believe he may have one medal but the only person I think that has a medal is Gael Clichy. They lost a lot of players after their invincible years and they had a couple great years afterwards too but no medals to show for it. When the invincibles left it became apparent that Arsenal was going to have to rebuild. And year after year I keep hearing the same thing my brother, "we're young, just wait in a couple years". For once I absolutely agree with him. Their biggest problem has been their goalkeeping situation. There just hasn't been another Jens Lehnman or Seamen between the pipes for Arsenal. You can look at it from another persective though, all teams go through a spell like this. Man U went through a 4 year spell where they lost a lot and Arsenal pounced on the opportunity and now Arsenal lost a lot and Chelsea and Man U have dominated the past 7 years of English football. I believe Arsenal's time will come because of the youth and talent. Once that team wins one thing, it will want to keep repeating that theme and wonderful feeling over and over again. Mark my words, once this young Arsenal team wins one thing, there will be a domino effect and the rest of the world will be in trouble because the one thing I noticed about great Arsenal teams, they are a great 'team' one that will do anything on the pitch for each other.

BUT this video is gonna sting a little. Come on guys I looked at both sides!