I found this tweet disturbing, to be honest. It is not the type of thing, in my opinion, for a national commentator to be speculating on in a public forum like Twitter. It is too easy to be seen as race-baiting without facts to back it up. Yes, there is an intense rivalry between the USA and Mexico in terms of the national teams and yes, at times there have been some ugly incidents in stadiums. That does not mean everything is racially motivated, including a moment of madness at the end of a hard-fought playoff match that resulted in a loss for a high-powered high-money outfit. Marquez lost his head. That does not mean he did it because he hates Landon Donovan for being American. To draw that conclusion is disingenuous at best.
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November 1, 2011
Eric Wynalda probably jumped over some sort of line
October 31, 2011
Apparently Rafa Marquez did not want to go to the West Coast, so he whipped the ball at Landon Donovan AFTER the final whistle yesterday. What a sportsman!
(Source: mlssoccer.com)
May 26, 2011
awww
That couldn’t have been the only shirt he saw. Red Bull Arena is crawling with Arsenal fans. Ugh.
I am not judging the state of Red Bull Arena nor hating on the fan or van Persie. I just thought this was freaking hilarious.
(via sbnation)
April 23, 2011
"If you look at the leaps in technical ability from Tab Ramos, to Claudio Reyna, to Landon Donovan, the growth is evolutionary. One player sort of picked up and improved upon the career of the other until we reach the point where the best American player is coveted by teams in top European leagues for his technical ability and pace. But the growth from say Ramos to Clint Dempsey to the flashes we’ve seen from [Juan] Agudelo in terms of creativity and approach to the game is revolutionary. It’s a change of such great degree that it’s a change in kind. It’s not that a player in the 1990s or 2000s couldn’t do what Agudelo did or couldn’t produce something like Dempsey’s strike that downed Juventus. It’s that they never would have thought to try it."
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World Class Orange Slices: You Don’t Think Like Juan Agudelo Does
Referencing this goal from earlier in the week. A read of the full post is necessary.
(Source: captied)
April 22, 2011
So if you’re trying to understand why we in Sam’s Army are excited about this Juan Agudelo guy, this might give you an idea (if the goal he scored within minutes of coming on against Argentina in that friendly wasn’t enough.) That is a straight-up solid volley he put in for the Red Bulls against D.C. United.
Juan Agudelo goal vs D.C. United (by mls)
July 23, 2010
Thierry Henry first goal for New York Red Bulls v Tottenham Hotspur - Barclays Challenge 22/07/10 (via noikz3)
Once a Gooner, always a Gooner that gets up and going against Tottenham, even if it’s an exhibition. Thierry Henry scored in his first bit of action for the New York Red Bulls, even though Spurs came back to win yesterday.
July 21, 2010
Quite possibly one of the worst soccer interviews ever
Awkward much?
Hosts Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly begin the train wreck by telling Henry that he had just won the World Cup. And the interview seems to get worse from there with Scotto seemingly slowing down her words for Henry to understand her despite the fact that Henry speaks and under stands English incredibly well.
The hosts of the “Good Day New York” TV show then make even more fools of them selves by talking about how Americans love “big scores” and “blowouts,” while trying to make a joke that a 3–0 score line is a “blowout” in soccer.
Scotto then ad libs and starts talking about the “horns” (i.e. vuvuzelas).
It’s obvious that Scotto and Kelly didn’t do their home work before interviewing Henry. To have one of the biggest soccer stars in the world on your show but then not even give him the courtesy of asking intelligent questions is a travesty. Yes, the TV show is a morning program, which is typically the bottom of the barrel when it comes to television shows. But still, you would have expected Henry to be treated with a little more dignity and respect than this horrible interview.
Fair play to Henry for remaining calm during the interview and answering the ques tions with a humility that a lot of other sports stars wouldn’t have been able to carry.
No wonder soccer gets a bad rap in US especially when you have morons like Scotto and Kelly on the show, or when you have TV news programs that can’t tell the difference between South Africa and South America.
(via ontd_football)
(Edit note: It’s the show producer’s responsibility to make sure anchors don’t pull this kind of crap. SMH. - Colin)
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