2013/14 BPL, Gold Cup, WC Qualifying...etc sponsored by nyjunc

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  1. Brook!

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    Barry how was the game and crowd last night? Would love to see a soccer game at Jetlife but was busy getting drunk.
     
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    So Clint Dempsey is back in MLS?

    That actually is kinda big...
     
  3. Brook!

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    Tell that to junc. Maybe he will believe you
     
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    Its a good move for Seattle, they always sell out games there
     
  6. nyjunc

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    wasn't the move orchestrated by MLS?
     
  7. ShadeTree#55

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    USA up to 19 in latest FIFA rankings.
     
  8. nyjunc

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    is that good? what is the highest we have ever been?
     
  9. ShadeTree#55

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    Is it good when a DIV 1 college team cracks the top 20? Its common sports sense. Have you seen a globe?
     
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    div 1 teams tend to play other top teams and we get a sense, what are these rankings based on? it doesn't appear we are playing any good teams. why so snippy? I ask an honest question and this is what I get?
     
  11. ShadeTree#55

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    Come on. Top 20 team in the Whole world, you ask if it is good.
     
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    I know it is good, I meant is this historical? have we been top 20 before?
     
  13. ShadeTree#55

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    Yes, we have been ranked as high as 4 in 2006.
     
  14. Johnny English

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    In this case, Junc is absolutely correct to question it. FIFA rankings are largely horseshit as they are arbitrary and subjective judgements that are based on performances against other teams whose ranking is just as arbitrary and subjective. There is absolutely no sensible way of ranking the USA versus non-CONCACAF teams when the only way of doing it is relative performances against other teams in entirely different competitions.

    If you want evidence of the ineptitude of these rankings, you only have to look at where England have been ranked over the last ten years. Virtually the entire time we have been in the top ten, and yet there is no sensible argument by any criteria you wish to choose that England have been one of the ten best sides in the world.
     
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    If you base it on club salary per player England is a top 10 team.
     
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    :breakdance: .
     
  17. Johnny English

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    Like I said:

     
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    no way theres enough oil in all of mid east to cover what it costs to event get people to start talking about a stadium like that...
     
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