Football/Soccer
 

Didn't see a thread about it so I thought I'd start one to talk about games, teams, leagues, championships, fans, the game in general or whatever you'd like concerning the sport.

To start off: FC Bayern played their first game of the season against Wolfsburg two days ago and won 2-1. An alright start though Wolfsburg picked up the pace in the second half and Bayern seemed to lose their original pace for a bit. Two brilliant goals though by Schweini and Müller.

Prediction: FC Bayern dethrone Inter in the Champions League and, of course, remain the German champions as well :D

Are there really no fans around here? There must be some, no? Though I ramble about the Bundesliga, feel free to post even if you follow Serie A, EPL etc...especially with the Champions League starting :p Personally pleased that Twente at least tied with Inter today. I was so disappointed that they beat Bayern in last year's final.

As far as the Bundesliga, so far Hoffenheim and Kaiserslautern are probably looking the sharpest this year. Bayern won their first match against Wolfsburg, lost 1 against fucking Kaiserslautern who are surprising everyone, it seems, and tied their last game against Werder Bremen. Really uneventful season for Bayern so far, and I hope they wake up a little for their match against Roma tomorrow.

Yes, let's talk football all year long!
I play, and I'm a big fan. I'm rooting for Uraguay lately.

In the Copa America? I haven't been able to see any games so far over here. I've only been able to follow the scores online. I'll need to search some more for a proper stream, I think.

Uruguay reached the Copa America final on Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Peru to book a showdown with either giantkillers Venezuela or Paraguay.

Congrats to Uruguay in the Copa America! Didn't get to watch it live, but gonna watch the replay.

And the Bundesliga is kicking off soon. Bayern play Mönchengladbach on the 7th! Which as luck should have it, I'll be in Germany to actually watch since they never televise the Bundesliga in Canada! Excited to see Bayern play with Manuel Neuer added to the lineup! :D Shall the Champions League be ours this year? It bloody well better be!

Heißer Sand und die Erinnerung daran, wie's in München einmal war! MÜNCHEN! MÜNCHEN! MÜNCHEN!



:D

Congrats to Uruguay! Forlán and Suárez are a great (and great-looking) combination.

Bob Bradley fired as coach of the US men's team.
I'm not surprised.

On right now- FC Bayern vs FC Barcelona!

It will be interesting to see what Klinsmann does with the US men's team.

Was a bit disappointed by that friendly. Bayern hasn't come out to a good start this year...I really hope it won't be a repeat of last year where it was tie after tie after tie, until the last stretch. I thought with Neuer brought into the squad this season, it would be the breath of life they need. With a lineup stacked with Neuer, Schweini, Müller, Gomez, Ribéry and Lahm you always must expect more from them. But then they go and lose to fucking Mönchengladbach of all teams. And then, of course, Barça (no disrespect to Barça for sure...amazing team as usual... but 2-0? A bit embarrassing for Die Roten, not even to score a point against Barça) before that.

Anyways, at least they beat Wolfsburg today 1-0 and we'll see how they do against Zürich in the Champions League game this week.

I'm thrilled about Newcastle this season!

Extremely psyched about the season Bayern have been having! Top of the Bundesliga. Top of their group in the Champions League with their recent win over Man. City. I definitely foresee them retaking the Champions League, the Bundesliga and DFB titles this year.

Oh hai Barça! We can haz our title back nao? Inter, you go sit in your corner :D Die Bayern sind zurück!!!

The Pirates - FC St. Pauli club | Hamburg, Germany
 

I'm a huge fan of this club.







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_St._Pauli

http://www.jpcaulfield.com/storage/s...=1270462253071

Germany beat Turkey 3-1 today in another Euro Cup qualifier...not that it matters for Germany since they were the first ones through anyways. Belgium's turn to be beaten next week :D

Great to see Germany and the Netherlands dominating.

I haven't played a soccer game for 2 weeks! Missing it!

Also, now that the Phillies have crashed and burned, I can turn my full attention to soccer.
I hope Chicharito will get the positive attention that he deserves, now that Rooney is back to his shenanigans.

Brazil (with 10) v Mexico!
Go Chicharito! What a game.

Bananas! How did Brasil do that?!?!

I'm really hoping Portugal makes it through to the Euro's after the 2-1 loss to Denmark. I would be devastated if they didn't!

Bayern currently playing Napoli and tied at 1-1, though Napoli goal came off Badstuber (bet he's hating himself right about now since Napoli haven't been able to score on of their own).

Need FCB to maintain their perfect record on all fronts after their big win over Hertha over the weekend. Bayern are totally dominating Napoli so they'd definitely deserve to add this notch to their belts!

Edit: And it's a draw...kinda disappointing since Bayern outplayed Napoli.

Bayern still dominating, beating Augsburg 2-1 over the weekend...also beating Napoli 3-2 in the Champions League last week :thumbsup:

Next weekend we face Dortmund. It should prove to be an exciting game! So far there haven't been many challenges for Bayern this year so this will be a good test. Also happy to see Schalke closing in on third spot...would be good to see them back in the Champions League next year, too. Their last run was pretty impressive and was sad to see them knocked back to Europe League.

! Galaxy !
 

Beckham and Donovan (and Keane) get their title!
Well done.

NY Giants lost to the Phillie Eagles... bummer 17;10

Raiders won over the Vikings 27;21... yessss!

Ahhh my Ravens came thru for me! And oh my! Poor Dolphin's.. got their tail flippers smacked!:huhlaugh:

dangit wrong thead

*Bump*
 

I never was any good at American Football predictions, thanks to my magic 8_ball that only works for Soccer. ;)

So I'm hoping that any good news out there about favorite soccer teams will magically appear in this forum thread soon. Here's a little something to get the ball rolling again:

*Bump x 2* (for good measure)
 

A familiar anthem to many of you out there:

Especially for those fans who support the Hamburg Pirates Club, like me.

Let me take you all back in time warp to the year 2006:



ps/ Ender? Does World Cup Championship pre-qualies begin soon?

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I leave this for all the lovely peeps like me who might not be as proficient as others at the game of soccer: Soccer Pidgeon (a highly specialized language most kittens like me possess) is one of my better suits (pun intended) and in the video below, you'll see me wearing my gloves as I handle the proverbial soccer ball. ;)

ps/ I fell asleep earlier tonight and now I'm wide awake. I guess I have plenty of time to prepare for work today.

In terms of continental Europe, I love Benfica of Lisbon and their legendary side of the early 1960s, European Cup winners in 1961 and 1962:





I also have a strong admiration for Red Star Belgrade whose brilliant side of 1991 was decimated by the civil war in the, then, Yugoslavia. I've been fortunate to attend Red Star games on many occasions, including during 1991 and the side will live in my memory forever.

Haha, yeah just to reiterate to people who are confused, the thread isn't for grid-iron/American football, but for football/soccer/association football.

Anyways, itching for Bundesliga to start again after the Christmas break. Mönchengladbach on the 20th and hopefully we get our vengeance for the first game of the season and not give Dortmund an opportunity to steal first place. Sneaky bastards :P

Qualies have started everywhere except for Europe pretty much, which will start in the fall. Until then, European fans get to go nuts over Euro Cup :D

Is it fall yet???
 

http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-cont...r-ball-346.jpg

I've been following Jules Klinsmann for quite some time now and I recently learned that he's still the coach for the US team. Matter of fact, he was recently in Italy for a friendly in Genoa the last part of February. According to what I've read recently (LINK), the next game for the US will be held in Jacksonville,Florida on May 26th of this year: US vs Scotland.

PS/ UofManfan: That's pretty awesome to learn about Mr. Messi scoring 5 goals in the Champions League game.

Champions League
 

I'm excited for APOEL and Basel, but this might be Barcelona's tournament.

Hopefully not. Barca's self-styled "people's club" imagery and rhetoric is all rather sickening. I much prefer Espanol who also play in the city.

No surprise that Bayern knocked Basel out again this year.

Anyways, the Bayern warmachine is still rolling strong with one 7-0 against Basel and and 7-1 victory against Hoffenheim last two games. Set to finish the year with inevitable Bundesliga glory and very possible Champions League glory. And hopefully a German Euro Cup victory as well. Now that would be a good year for Bavarian football.

And to gloat a little:

Can't believe Chelsea pulled that off. Dang.

Interesting matches for the final 8. Would like to see APOEL beat Madrid, though I think there isn't a big chance of it happening. Also would like to see Benfica beat Chelsea and Milan beat Barça (simply because I don't like Barça). And of course, Bayern will beat Marseille no problem :p

And on we go to face Madrid! :D