The Goat Pen

Damn, nice display of penalty taking. Brazil looked like the typical limp wristed womanly hope the goal keeper goes the other way (ironically except the one Solo saved), but the USA took a set of 5 PKs that men's players might be proud of.

Awesome!

Normally, not a fan of soccer, but last 5 minutes were very entertaining

I also hope that Ian Darke learned that 90 + 30 = 120 minutes and not 115.

Nice finish.

Also, Ian Darke is also rapidly becoming a twisted soccer version of Gus Johnson.

heh. Exactly.

Owlman wrote:Normally, not a fan of soccer, but last 5 minutes were very entertaining

that's pretty much what soccer comes down to — 120 minutes of nothing then 5 min. of excitement

well, a run could be scored on any pitch so it's better than soccer, which is I'm sure fun to play but hell to watch

I cant agree with that, you're always seconds away from a goal in soccer as well with that logic. Brazil had the ball with just minutes to play, wasting time in the USA end playing keep away in the corner, the US got possession just outside their own box at 121:05 on the clock and at 121:20 the ball was rattling the back of the net on the other end.

The most famous US goal from the last World Cup is another example, Howard makes a save on an Algeria shot, and about 10 seconds later Donovan puts the ball in the net at the other end.

aTm wrote:I cant agree with that, you're always seconds away from a goal in soccer as well with that logic. Brazil had the ball with just minutes to play, wasting time in the USA end playing keep away in the corner, the US got possession just outside their own box at 121:05 on the clock and at 121:20 the ball was rattling the back of the net on the other end.

Gayest post ever.

EVER!

aTm wrote:I cant agree with that, you're always seconds away from a goal in soccer as well with that logic. Brazil had the ball with just minutes to play, wasting time in the USA end playing keep away in the corner, the US got possession just outside their own box at 121:05 on the clock and at 121:20 the ball was rattling the back of the net on the other end.

yeah, but look at the percentage that actually happens. If you're aware of that, as I am, watching soccer is mostly tedious. Sure, you can get excited thinking about what could happen, but I lose interest since I know it most likely won't. And if you're talking about lower-level soccer like collegiate or high school, as is the case with most of the soccer I watch, it really gets tedious, although goals are scored at a much higher rate.

I suspect that the number of goals scored within 30 seconds of taking possession of the ball is a significant percentage of goals. Much higher than say, the percentage of of runs scored on solo homeruns.

not sure what you're trying to say here. all goals are scored within 30 seconds of taking possession of a ball, aren't they? and why limit HRs to just solo homers?

CAT wrote:hardly the gayest darling--look on the baseball thread--most posts there are absolutely flaming

I have to defer to the cat lady with a club foot on all matters gay and soccer...

I don't think you can get credit for " this guy could score on any pitch" for a guy who batted a few minutes ago