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Football / Re: Glen vs Defoe, Sealy vs Gudjohnsen
« on: April 23, 2010, 02:27:09 PM »
I hopin Sealy rediscover form too though
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Football / Re: Birchall makes "Team of the Week"
« on: April 23, 2010, 02:26:32 PM »
Me Mum have to be on dah squad next rounds. It have no question dere.
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Football / Re: Findley happy with his decision in choosing USA over T&T.
« on: April 21, 2010, 03:18:00 PM »Robbie Findley happily admits having indulged the fantasy.
By Michael C. Lewis (The Salt Lake Tribune).
Forward Robbie Findley hopes that his World Cup fantasy soon will become a reality.
Pulling on the special jersey jogging onto the field hearing the roar of a massive crowd as he emerges from the darkened tunnel as a member of the United States national soccer team to play in the World Cup soccer tournament - the biggest sporting event in the world.
"It's just something that everybody dreams of," he said, smiling.
Except that dream could soon become a reality for the Real Salt Lake forward. Findley is among a handful of players hoping to earn one of the final spots on the U.S. team for the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
And while the prospect is definitely exciting, it also is putting Findley in a challenging position as RSL prepares to play the Los Angeles Galaxy at the Home Depot Center on Saturday night, in a rematch of last season's MLS Cup championship game.
On the one hand, Findley needs to perform well over the next three weeks, to impress national team coach Bob Bradley, who will select the players for the World Cup. But on the other, he can't afford to get too caught up in the possibilities or push so hard to prove himself that he winds up playing poorly and sabotaging his chances.
"I know from personal experience, that can be a difficult situation," RSL coach Jason Kreis said. "It's also a learning process."
Midfielder Kyle Beckerman also has a chance to make the World Cup team, but his odds are much more remote because there are more good players ahead of him at his position.
"I don't really expect to make the team," he said.
But Findley?
His blazing speed alone makes him a contender for one of what most analysts believe are the last three spots up for grabs on the 23-man roster.
Add to that his impressive form from last season - he led RSL to the championship with a career-high 12 goals - and injuries to several fellow forwards, and Findley might just have a shot.
"You think about it a little bit," he acknowledged after practice earlier this week. "It's pretty big, so it's kind of hard to keep it out" of my mind. "But it's just times like this - training - and during games, you have to try to block it out. Focus on what you're doing at the time. Things will work themselves out if you're doing all the hard work out here and do what you need to do in the games."
Findley is coming off his first goal of the season, scored in RSL's shootout victory at San Jose in a U.S. Open Cup qualifying game on Wednesday night, and could use a few more in the next few weeks to show Bradley he's in top form.
Bradley must submit a preliminary 30-man roster to FIFA by May 11 - Findley seems almost certain to make that - before trimming it to 23 by June 1.
Shining against the Galaxy could prove particularly important, since the Galaxy's Edson Buddle might have played his own way into the picture with spectacular form so far this season. The striker has scored all five of the unbeaten Galaxy's goals in three victories, and fueled discussion among some soccer aficionados that he deserves consideration for the World Cup team.
But Buddle has not been called up for an international game in seven years, while Findley was summoned for training camp last year, in advance of World Cup qualifying games against El Salvador and Trinidad & Tobago. He didn't play in either game -"he didn't really get a chance," Beckerman said - but at least showed he was on the radar.
National team veterans Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore are the presumptive locks to make the World Cup team as forwards, with most analysts believing that Charlie Davies will join them if he can recover in time from the injuries he suffered in a car accident last year. Houston's Brian Ching also was considered as a top contender, until he hurt his hamstring against RSL two weeks ago.
All of which might open the door for Colorado's Conor Casey or Findley, whom Kreis believes has all the tools - physical and mental - to thrive on the national team.
"He's very even-keeled," Kreis said, and "he's very humble."
Meanwhile, with four games left until Bradley submits his preliminary roster, there's little for Findley to do except keep working hard and trying to score for RSL and prove he's ready for the big-time. Of course, he's only human. He might also permit himself an occasional dream about what it would be like to hear his name called on his sport's grandest stage.
"It would be an honor to represent your country and be a part of something like that," he said. "Not a lot of people get to do so."
- Fighting chance?
RSL's Robbie Findley is among at least six forwards fighting for probably three spots for the World Cup team:
Player Team Caps
Clint Dempsey Fulham 59
Versatile veteran scored team's only goal at 2006 World Cup.
Jozy Altidore Hull City 24 Top young star led team in scoring during World Cup qualifying.
Charlie Davies Sochaux 17 Fighting to recover from injuries suffered in car crash.
Brian Ching Houston 44 Hurt his hamstring two weeks ago, jeopardizing his chances.
Conor Casey Colorado 19 Enjoyed solid showing last summer after three years away.
Robbie Findley RSL 3 Coming off a great season, but has little international experience.
But it is not only those guys. You have Edson Buddle who has started off the season very good for LA Galaxy, leading with 7 goals already and Herculez Gomez who also has been playing well for Puebla. Another outside looker is Eddie Johnson who is playing with Aris in Greece.
My opinion is that Ching will go. He is the big man that is needed. Davies will go as he is coming off injury, Altidore, maybe Buddle if he keeps up and injury free.
Dempsey is a must without question there. He playing middle or up top depending on the formation.
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Football / Re: Ouch...We starring on the 'I Thought You Were Overrated And I Was Right' XI
« on: April 19, 2010, 02:35:03 PM »
Where is ah man like David Nugent?!
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Football / Re: Trinis in Action (April 16-18, 2010)
« on: April 18, 2010, 08:18:16 AM »
How did Julius James play? Right now their team playin garbage
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Football / Re: Trinis in Action (April 16-18, 2010)
« on: April 17, 2010, 10:49:24 AM »
NASL is a breakaway league from USL-1. However, this year, they have both of them running together as a division down from MLS. Eventually, NASL and USL-1 will have to join or one dissolve though.
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Football / Re: Pele: Messi must score 1,000 goals first
« on: April 13, 2010, 11:57:07 PM »
he does really talk some kinda filth sometimes
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Football / Re: Q&A with T&T striker Darryl Roberts (updated)
« on: April 12, 2010, 04:03:21 PM »
Bring Darryl back to d squad!
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Football / Re: Maybe I'm too laid-back - Edwards
« on: April 12, 2010, 04:02:47 PM »Despite his weaknesses, Carlos was by far our best player in the last campaign and i hope he around for next campaign even with his age, but he really have to get a handle of his club performances.
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Football / Re: T&T footballers in Japan??
« on: April 12, 2010, 04:00:30 PM »
Spann went Zagreb too ent?
I think Spann thought he was destined to better stuff but pushed too much maybe. He was rel injury prone too which didn't help his case.
I think Spann thought he was destined to better stuff but pushed too much maybe. He was rel injury prone too which didn't help his case.
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Football / Re: Sealy in talks about a possible return to the Earthquakes
« on: April 11, 2010, 06:33:38 PM »
Came back from Chicago. Sealy didn't warm up with the team. Prob still working out paperwork.
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Football / Re: Sealy in talks about a possible return to the Earthquakes
« on: April 09, 2010, 12:31:26 PM »
Leh we hope so.
I going and watch Fire play the Quakes tomorrow in Chicago.
I going and watch Fire play the Quakes tomorrow in Chicago.
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Football / Re: Sealy in talks about a possible return to the Earthquakes
« on: April 06, 2010, 01:28:03 PM »
Well so far for the season, Cornell start. We shall see who starts when they play Chicago this weekend. I do hope they keep Cornell. He is on a one yr contract but I rel hope he extend it and rel play cuz we all know Cornell very bad.
San Jose have other strikers they could release and if I'm not mistaken they already have.
San Jose have other strikers they could release and if I'm not mistaken they already have.
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Football / Re: Sealy in talks about a possible return to the Earthquakes
« on: April 05, 2010, 01:15:56 PM »
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Football / Re: Abou Diaby is the best midfielder in the whole of europe!
« on: April 02, 2010, 08:09:24 PM »
Well of course I taking him on d side. I would take rel players on my side if they were from Trinidad.
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Football / Re: Abou Diaby is the best midfielder in the whole of europe!
« on: April 02, 2010, 08:02:04 PM »
April Fool's wasnt yesterday 
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Football / Re: Sealy in talks about a possible return to the Earthquakes
« on: April 02, 2010, 06:52:34 PM »
Na man. Huckerby retire last season from injuries.
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Football / Re: Sealy in talks about a possible return to the Earthquakes
« on: April 01, 2010, 06:54:29 PM »
Sealy just sign back for the Quakes.
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Football / Re: 1/4 1L UEFA CL • Arsenal FC v FC Barcelona • 31 Mar 2010
« on: March 31, 2010, 03:11:01 PM »
I find dem cards was rel not deserved. Only Song cuz he rel foul unnecessarily.
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2010 World Cup - South Africa / Re: The World Cup's 'untouchables'
« on: March 30, 2010, 12:44:14 PM »
Xavi-Spain
Rooney-England
Nakamura-Japan
Rooney-England
Nakamura-Japan
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Football / Re: New Caribbean league created for clubs
« on: March 30, 2010, 12:41:26 PM »
Gonna be very hard to do though. Crowd support lacking, transportation is paper. Where they gonna get all that revenue?
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Football / Re: 26 MLS players living in poverty
« on: March 30, 2010, 12:40:20 PM »
Yeh buh most ah dem fellas gettin free housing, free meals. Yuh money just stickin in yuh pocket, so at the end of the day dem making more money dan actual workin men.
Buh d league do ah good move dey by uppin yuh money on ah real.
Buh d league do ah good move dey by uppin yuh money on ah real.
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Football / Re: Sealy in talks about a possible return to the Earthquakes
« on: March 30, 2010, 12:33:18 PM »
Hmmm how dah go look cuz dem just bring in Eduardo and Sealy didn't score that much in his last season there, doh mind he was injured.
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Football / Re: Q&A with T&T striker Darryl Roberts
« on: March 30, 2010, 12:31:21 PM »
Israel league? Dah wuz Sealy dan.