Yikes I'm behind. I'll do quick bullet answers then.
You need to see Landon's interview in the post match session after he scored his first goal if you haven't already. Cahill is giving him some smack in the background talking about touchdowns.
Haha, that sounds awesome! Where can I watch this? I didn't get that match in the first place, only was able to watch donovan's goal clilp from SBI.
* this match was a disappointment. The reffing was horrible, Everton didn't seem to completely show up and Liverpool outplayed us.
Too bad that couldn't have been 3 points.
* At least it was in HD for us!
* I'll agree with Felix's summary about LD - I think he could have done more. He does seem to be reluctant to make his own runs off the ball and often looks too quick to pass it back. He isn't known to do this, so I'm wondering if he's playing cautious or not. The good news is LD was able to put in a full 90 (or 99 as it were) on Saturday. More likely I think someone else hit the nail on the head with LD's place on the team. He's a leader, but not on this team. He's probably carefully trying to chose his place between bossing other players around for motivation, or shutting up & coloring (i.e. knowing his place). I'm guessing he's trying to find that balance. I definitely don't think he "gave up" at any point during the match, he was still running full-speed by the end, one of few Everton players showing that hustle. He was just quick to pass the ball back and do those one-touch passes instead of runs, which as was said I'd like to see more of.
* I thought Donovan's shot was horrible as well, but have to credit him for taking the shot. It keeps defenses honest a bit and might draw more coverage to Donovan as a shooting threat on future runs.
* Regarding the "best-looking" USMNT players, the gf likes Bocanegra herself - she thinks he looks a little like Scott Wolf, whom women fawn over for some reason. Her 2nd favorite is Tim Howard, who she says looks like Jason Taylor. She says LD is "cute" but not in the "hot" kind of way like the others are.
MLS is not quite EPL: You should come join the group of us Evertonians that watch games in Seattle at the George and Dragon in Fremont. Take a look at the schedule of when they're showing games here:
Matches on the Telly | George & Dragon Pub | Seattle's British Pub in Fremont
I'm not sure if anyone can make it to the mid week game against Chelsea but we'll be there on the 20th for the Manchester United game.
Here's the Seattle's EvertonUSA page:
Everton USA - Seattle which we manage to update occasionally.
Thanks for the invite! I tend to keep to myself now though, don't do the viewings much anymore. I tried out the supporter group thing with the Sounders last year and have realized that most of the soccer/footy fans are not really the type of people I fit in with I guess. :beer:
fact, if i put on a lid and shoulder pads i would have no qualms whatsoever about stepping onto the field in a 'gridiron' game
you'd probably have broken limbs & some concussions to show for it as well! Pads don't prevent injury, as is evidenced daily in that league. Rugby's tough, but the "Rugby doesn't use pads, therefore it is tougher" argument is possibly the worst ever. Gridiron used to not use pads either, but when the players & hits got bigger, the pads were a necessity. The pads were not introduced to make Rugby seem more tough or gridiron appear more wimpy - they were added because people were getting hurt. I realize people get hurt in Rugby too, but not to the level & with the frequency NFL players do. Common sense tells me the answer to the question right there, but this isn't a gridiron vs rugby thread though, so i'll just leave it.
won't compare soccer to gridiron either as they're completely different. I don't like how some feel the need to "pick" one over the other. Can't we enjoy both? I do.
I'm a DVR guy too though - I have to record it as watching an NFL game live just takes too long. I don't blame the game as much as the NFL. Citing a good quote from an awesome movie, "Football died the first time they stopped a game for a commercial break". Don't think gridiron players are the best athletes in the world, but I don't think you can say that about any sport as a whole.
The fact is there are NFL players who could outrun soccer players - we have a NFL running back who recently challenged Usain Bolt to a footrace because he recorded a faster time at the combine. And obviously there are linemen that can't even run the length of the field, so you have players all over the place that fit their positions. I don't think England has any sports similar to that outside of the handful of types Rugby uses, but even that doesn't scratch the surface of specialization like the NFL employs. Hard to understand if you didn't grow up with it though, I completely understand that.
