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Question for the Americans

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Why the three stars?

Have I missed you winning the World Cup 3 times?
 

obc said:
hrm. seems Landon is struggling with fitness issues.

Maybe our manager knew what he was talking about. If he struggled going 30 off the bench against the Carolina Railhawks, I don't think he would have been the answer for a missing Jozy.
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My problem with him wasn't not starting, its that he provided something different to the side and could have been an excellent sub. He could have done a job for 30-45 min if needed and which the goalscorers/forwards dropping like flies we could have used him.
 
Rook said:
My problem with him wasn't not starting, its that he provided something different to the side and could have been an excellent sub. He could have done a job for 30-45 min if needed and which the goalscorers/forwards dropping like flies we could have used him.
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And if he was struggling going against a NASL squad, I question how useful he would be in the jungle against the teams we were facing. Was there any match in which we had a sub to spare? Having to replace him (or have him replace an attacking player) would have left us one less sub on the defensive end.
 

obc said:
And if he was struggling going against a NASL squad, I question how useful he would be in the jungle against the teams we were facing. Was there any match in which we had a sub to spare? Having to replace him (or have him replace an attacking player) would have left us one less sub on the defensive end.
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I'm assuming its really hard for him to get up for a match with a NASL side. I kind of thought he was saving his body for the world cup given that the MLS reg season is pretty much meaningless. We've gotten away with it but I think before we are done they'll be a moment in which we are going to need the guy. Love to be wrong though.
 
ijjysmith said:
Question for the Americans

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Why the three stars?

Have I missed you winning the World Cup 3 times?
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Trying to answer this for you brought up this interesting result someone posted in another forum four years ago in regards to the same question. Seems some of the links are no longer bueno, though.:

Really? This again? *sigh* Alright...

Yes, we all know that national teams generally use stars to represent World Cup titles that they've won. Everyone knows this, it's fact. It's also an exceptionally tired argument against the US national team using stars in its crest. Sure, argue all you want that it's a bit of an ugly crest; in fact, I won't disagree with that. But to say that the Stars and Stripes shouldn't use, you know, stars in its logo? Really?

I vaguely remember posting up, probably years ago, the national team crests around the globe that use stars in some way. Unfortunately, the search function on the boards hasn't been very helpful, so I'll recreate the list for you. I'll only include five-pointed stars.

I'm pretty sure I can't show all of the images in a single post, so I'll give you links instead:

Algeria
Bahrain (it's abstract, but I'm counting it)
Belarus (national coat of arms on shirt, not FA logo)
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic (inconclusive as to if they wear that, but their flag features the same motif)
Chile (apparently a new logo that Wikipedia doesn't have)
China (flag, not the FA logo)
Comoros (inconclusive as to if they wear that, but their flag features four stars)
Cook Islands
Cuba (use flag, not logo)
Djibouti
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras (five!)
Indonesia (national coat of arms on shirt, not FA logo)
Latvia
Liberia
Mauritania (inconclusive as to use, but flag uses star)
Morocco
Mozambique (use flag instead of logo)
North Korea (flag, not logo, which contains flag anyway)
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe (inconclusive as to if they use that, but their flag has two stars anyway)
Senegal
Solomon Islands (TEN!)
Somalia
Syria (flag instead of logo; both have TWO stars)
Tajikistan (Seven!)
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey (use flag on shirt, not FA logo)
Vietnam (flag, not logo; star on both)

By my count, there are thirty-five international teams wearing five-pointed stars on their shirt for reasons other than denoting championships. Why is it, again, that only the US gets stick for this?

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Completely unrelated, but my search did turn up these kits for Vanuatu
 
ijjysmith said:
What?
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while looking for an answer, stumbled on a post with a listof other countries with stars incorporated into logos, including gold stars. There's a 7 page thread on it. All sorts of theories, from just our "Stars & Stripes" to the three representing youth, adult, and pro football.
 

obc said:
while looking for an answer, stumbled on a post with a listof other countries with stars incorporated into logos, including gold stars. There's a 7 page thread on it. All sorts of theories, from just our "Stars & Stripes" to the three representing youth, adult, and pro football.
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But why do USA have 3?
 
obc said:
while looking for an answer, stumbled on a post with a listof other countries with stars incorporated into logos, including gold stars. There's a 7 page thread on it. All sorts of theories, from just our "Stars & Stripes" to the three representing youth, adult, and pro football.
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No mate. We are coloring them gold one by one.
 
unfortunately, either it's youth, adult, and pro... or youth, women's and men's. the q was never answered before the 7 page thread devolved into the german crest, then eventually nazis.

i'd be happy if we scrapped it and started again.
 

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