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ohiobucks1

Posts: 4,915

Jul 9, 2013 5:18pm

OSH;1469960 wrote:USMNT opens their Gold Cup tonight on FSC at 11ET. Tough opener against Belize...

Hey. Canada didn't think their game was going to be tough, either.

6-0

Terry_Tate

Posts: 7,606

Jul 9, 2013 6:00pm

Hopefully Brek Shea gets to play in the second half and balls out tonight.

Pick6

Posts: 14,946

Jul 9, 2013 7:17pm

Thoughts on Messi bailing on the 80 fans who paid $2500 a piece to meet him?

ohiobucks1

Posts: 4,915

Jul 9, 2013 8:01pm

Pick6;1470001 wrote:Thoughts on Messi bailing on the 80 fans who paid $2500 a piece to meet him?

I've always kinda thought he was a douche since he said that Palestine should be a country. But to each their own, he's still dirty.

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Jul 9, 2013 8:21pm

Pick6;1470001 wrote:Thoughts on Messi bailing on the 80 fans who paid $2500 a piece to meet him?

Were they refunded $2500 when it didn't happen? If so, IDGAF.

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Jul 9, 2013 8:25pm

Mulva;1470025 wrote:Were they refunded $2500 when it didn't happen? If so, IDGAF.

They were not. They weren't promised a meet and greet with Messi specifically, either.

"VIP" packages that promised to include "tickets with unprecedented field access following a meet and greet with the players, as well as a jersey and ball autographed by Messi" for a whopping $2,500 a piece." ... " The autographed ball and jersey turned out to be "a cheap plastic ball" and a "T-shirt" with the Messi autographs either stamped on or smudged and the pre-match meet and greet consisted of only a few of the professional footballers in a hot, windowless room"

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/fans-paid-2-500-meet-lionel-messi-match-030808034.html

Still sounds like a shitty deal.

Laley23

Posts: 29,506

Jul 9, 2013 8:27pm

Pick6;1470001 wrote:Thoughts on Messi bailing on the 80 fans who paid $2500 a piece to meet him?

Sucks. But I dont understand why these promoters always sell this stuff without the "person of interest" being contractually tied to it.

Its as if they said, "Messi will be here, we can probably have him meet some people and sign some stuff...so lets sell really expensive tickets and hope he agrees."

Well, he didnt. Sucks for the fans, but blame the dumbass promoters.

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Jul 9, 2013 8:42pm

I was going to go to the game, until I saw how unorganized it was. About every star I wanted to see ended up not playing last minute lol

Automatik

Posts: 14,632

Jul 9, 2013 10:04pm

SportsAndLady;1470033 wrote:I was going to go to the game, until I saw how unorganized it was. About every star I wanted to see ended up not playing last minute lol

Shoulda went to Wavefront!!

Interesting lineup tonight. I'm surprised to see Landy in there.

ohiobucks1

Posts: 4,915

Jul 9, 2013 10:05pm

list lineup please

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Jul 9, 2013 10:08pm

Rimando; Parkhurst, Orozco-Fiscal, Goodson, Beasley; Beckerman; Corona, Diskerud, Torres; Donovan, Wondolowski

ohiobucks1

Posts: 4,915

Jul 9, 2013 10:22pm

Mulva;1470094 wrote:Rimando; Parkhurst, Orozco-Fiscal, Goodson, Beasley; Beckerman; Corona, Diskerud, Torres; Donovan, Wondolowski

Fuck those apples. No Holden, Shea, Hamid, or JackMac? GFY klinsy

Fab1b

Posts: 12,949

Jul 9, 2013 10:27pm

Heading to my first MLS game Saturday. Real Salt Lake @ FC Dallas. Looking forward to it.

I expect a US route tonight regardless of the lineup!

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Jul 9, 2013 10:30pm

Speaking of MLS, my honeymoon is in August to Seattle and Portland and like an idiot I scheduled the first three days in Seattle before going to Oregon (wine country and Portland) for the last six days. On day four of our trip, Sounders play the Timbers at CenturyLink. Fuuuuck that'd be fun to go to.

ohiobucks1

Posts: 4,915

Jul 9, 2013 10:50pm

Clint Mathis sounds funny

like_that

Posts: 26,625

Jul 9, 2013 11:02pm

gorocks99;1470110 wrote:Speaking of MLS, my honeymoon is in August to Seattle and Portland and like an idiot I scheduled the first three days in Seattle before going to Oregon (wine country and Portland) for the last six days. On day four of our trip, Sounders play the Timbers at CenturyLink. Fuuuuck that'd be fun to go to.

That would definitely be fun. The two best fanbases in the MLS.

OSH

Posts: 4,145

Jul 9, 2013 11:03pm

ohiobucks1;1470104 wrote:**** those apples. No Holden, Shea, Hamid, or JackMac? GFY klinsy

No surprise on Holden. He's not a full-90 ready. Same goes for Gooch. Same goes for Gomez.

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Jul 9, 2013 11:48pm

Man Belize is horrible.

OSH

Posts: 4,145

Jul 9, 2013 11:54pm

Wondo gets a first half hat trick with a misspelled name on his shirt...

Fab1b

Posts: 12,949

Jul 10, 2013 7:54am

Straight beat down last night. Poor Belize!!

ohiobucks1

Posts: 4,915

Jul 10, 2013 8:22am

I still wanted to see Jack Mac up top with Donovan out right. Corona is balls deep terrible

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Jul 10, 2013 10:23am

Belize is balls deep terrible. Tahiti would give them a good game.

Our next one vs. Cuba should be about the same as well - punch an easy ticket to the next round.

Fly4Fun

Posts: 7,730

Jul 11, 2013 8:59am

Apparently some Belize players were approached by match-fixers. According to the article, the reason to approach players for the first time in a game they will most assuredly lose is so that they might agree for the extra cash, then the fixers permanently have a hook into those players for other matches where the odds might matter.

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/match-fixers-tried-to-get-to-belize-players-before-match-with-u-s/related/

ohiobucks1

Posts: 4,915

Jul 11, 2013 11:34am

Anyone get their usa mexico tickets today? Looks like I'm going to make bank selling them online (have guaranteed 14 tickets possibly up to 25).

Classyposter58

Posts: 6,321

Jul 11, 2013 12:42pm

ohiobucks1;1470944 wrote:Anyone get their usa mexico tickets today? Looks like I'm going to make bank selling them online (have guaranteed 14 tickets possibly up to 25).

Is stubhub the only way to get those tickets?