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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 10, 2016 - 03:00pm PT
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Well, Gignac certainly came closer to scoring than Giroud. Payet was not a factor and the
whole team, Sisoko excepted, looked lethargic. Portugal's extra day off had to have mattered.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 10, 2016 - 03:09pm PT
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Just watched the replay of Gignac's miss a couple of times. Griezman was perfectly placed
but he was totally flat-footed and unable to react to the rebound. Lloris also looked to be
caught flat-footed by Eder.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 10, 2016 - 08:13pm PT
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Well, the Brasilian men's team finally showed up at the olympiad
tonight. 4-0 (no, Neymar didn't score), so they play Columbia
in one of the quarterfinals on Saturday.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 13, 2016 - 01:49pm PT
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wrt Hope and the US women's soccer team. Ouch.
I had little use for Hope way back when she dissed Briana Scurry, but now days: I think she's mostly really really good and always entertaining, i.e. the US's Mourinho.
You know when some outsider non-climber comes on Supertopo and proposes some study or piece of gear about which we all (1) wince and then (2) rip him(almost always) a new one? I'm not much of a soccer aficionado, so here's my version or proposing something I don't enough about.
We all agree that resorting to penalty kicks totally sucks, right? I have two alternatives.
(1) start taking a player off each team every 5 or 10 minutes -> more scoring -> greater likelihood that the score won't be equal. Also, it removes the incentive for the weaker team to play for penalties.
or
(2) drop the offsides rule. Same rationale as (1), and I so just want to see what happens.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 13, 2016 - 08:00pm PT
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Oh boy my own private thread.
I thought the Columbia/Brazil Olympic game was one of the better ones I've seen in a while. I'm not sure I was rooting for the winner. What Steve said above.
I didn't watch any of the Premier League action today.
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SteveW
Trad climber
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Aug 13, 2016 - 08:06pm PT
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Darwin
The first half was a foul affair!
The better team won.
It'll be interesting to see what happens in the semis!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 13, 2016 - 08:34pm PT
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Yeah. I didn't see the first half. Thanks.
Honduras!?!?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 14, 2016 - 07:51am PT
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It might be entertaining but who really takes Oly footie seriously other than the host country?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 19, 2016 - 08:53pm PT
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Hey, Man City, don't you cover that #10 player?
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scaredycat
Trad climber
Berkeley,CA
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Oct 19, 2016 - 09:44pm PT
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Ya, City didn't do too well today. Sh#t,
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 19, 2016 - 09:50pm PT
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OK, 'The Greatest' and 'The Great One' are taken so how about
The Baddest Muthaphukka Evah?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Oct 20, 2016 - 07:25pm PT
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Who's been injured, but has come back and only put a brace of
hat tricks away in the EUFA Champions League. . .
Who else, but MESSI!!!!!
Man City looked more like Manless U yesterday.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Nov 22, 2016 - 05:18pm PT
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Championship of the MLS Eastern Division being played in Montreal - but wait, the penalty box is 2 yards too small!, and has to be remeasured, and repainted, while the 61,000 fans wait in the 30 degree (F) evening. D'oh!
Damn Canadians and their metric system :-) I blame Trump!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Nov 22, 2016 - 08:53pm PT
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And good riddance to Klinsmann.
Need to get rid of Gulati too.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 22, 2016 - 09:43pm PT
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I thought the Seattle/Rapids game was quite good, although there were two near misses by the Sounders (Alonso and Lodeiro) that I wish to heck had gone in. Arg. It's going to be tense back in Colorado. It can totally go either way, IMESHO. I guess some of you have to root for the Rapids, but NOT ME!
Go Canada, except against the Sounders.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Whoa - Maradona/Messi ball handling! That dude fell on his azz trying to stop him!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 14, 2017 - 02:02pm PT
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Well, well, well. Paris-St.Germaine decimated Barcelona in the first of their quaterfinal match 4-0, led by two beautiful goals by Argentinian
Angel Di Maria.
I weep for Barca, who will not overcome this time. . .
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Well, I'll be. Barca 6 PSG 1. Unreal. I didn't get to see it, I wuz out having fun building trails, but what a comeback. Go Messi!!!!
(And my Leicester have won two in a row to hopefully stay away from
relegation. . . ) To be continued.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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That's truly amazing. Prettty sure Messi is a lock for The Greatest Evah now.
Hope Leicester stays up.
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