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Great, first the Supreme Court doesn’t strike down Obamacare and now Germany lost to Italy in the Euro semi-finals. I swear, can my day possibly get any worse?

#worst day everything #random thoughs #die mannscaft #germany #soccer

∞ June 28, 2012 at 04:38pm

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Germany vs Italy

See you in about two hours internets, I’m too busy watching Germany crush Italy.

#euro 2012 #soccer #germany #die mannschaft

∞ June 28, 2012 at 02:48pm

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German Soccer Joke

Q: Why do Dutch children have such big ears?
A: Because their parents hold them up, look wistfully over towards Germany and say "Look over there at the World Champions."

#funny #jokes #michael ballack #soccer #football #germany #die mannschaft #euro 2012

∞ June 13, 2012 at 03:14pm

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Group B play starts today.

Well this is undoubtedly the group of death in Euro 2012. You have 3 of the top 5 teams in the world (2. Germany 4. Netherlands 5. Portugal), and then you have poor Denmark, who despite being ranked 10, has virtually no shot at making it out of this group. Follow the link to take a closer look.

#euro 2012 #soccer #football #group b #group of death #germany #netherlands #portugal #denmark

∞ June 09, 2012 at 10:52am

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Today

Poland vs Greece 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Euro Cup)
Russia vs Czech Republic 2:45 PM - 5:00 PM (Euro Cup)
United States vs Antigua & Barbuda 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (World Cup Qualifier)

Clearly, I’m not getting anything done today.

#soccer #euro 2012 #world cup #us soccer #soccer everything

∞ June 08, 2012 at 11:25am

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It all begins today. It’s going to be an exciting three weeks and I can hardly believe the time is finally here…I’ve be looking forward to this since the end of the 2010 World Cup.

I don’t know about you, but I’ll be pulling for Germany.

#soccer #football #euro 2012 #euro cup

∞ June 08, 2012 at 09:40am

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Random Thoughts

Great effort, but a bitter loss tonight against Brazil. Things started off rough for the U.S. in the first half, but with about five minutes left of play, it seems Brazil started to get a little tired. This opened up the field a bit and Gomez took full advantage, scoring just before the end of the half.

The second half was more of the same. The U.S. had great control, moving the ball upfield, and putting pressure on Brazil (who’s defense looked very shaky as the game progressed), but we just couldn’t seem to put the ball into the back of the net. We had headers barely batted away, headers into the crossbar, a beautiful touch knocked away at the last second by a lucky defender, and two uncanny saves by the Brazilian keeper…with in about 10 seconds.

If you keep up with the U.S. Men’s National Team, you know that technical play has never been our strong suit. We would typically play the long ball up the field and hope for the best. But this strategy just doesn’t provide success at the level we want to play at. Now tonight, in the second period, we controlled the ball out of the backfield, developed plays, pushed forward and applied pressure. It was a much different look than what we would have seen a year ago.

So the bad news is we lost, but the good news is, in the second period, we took it to a Brazilian team who stands at number six the the FIFA rankings and we controlled the play. A bittersweet defeat? Yes. But tonight’s game has left me excited about what we can do and the direction of U.S. Soccer.

#soccer #us soccer #us vs brazil #us mens national team #random thoughts

∞ May 30, 2012 at 10:36pm

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