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10-13-2017, 08:33 AM #1001
Might as well start a general Footy/Soccer thread
There was a really good article a year or two ago (possibly posted here?) that spoke to the current pay to play system. In Europe, professional clubs have to pay a percentage of transfer fees to the youth clubs that trained the player - the longer you had him, the larger the percentage. So, teams are incentivized to recruit the best talent, at minimal cost to the player, as that is their path to money - not via player fees. A team in the us, or maybe it was up here in Canada, sued an MLS team for a portion of the transfer fee they received from a European club - don't know what happened with that.
There are clubs in Europe still funded by the career of one player (robben was one such player). Obviously youth teams from professional clubs reduce the likelihood of that in Europe, but not here. Anyways, an interesting take on it, I thought.
Edit: found the links
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/articl...deandre-yedlin
https://www.google.ca/amp/amp.timein...n%3Fsource=dam"...if you're not doing a double flip cork something, skiing spines in Haines, or doing double flip cork somethings off spines in Haines, you're pretty much just gaping."
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10-13-2017, 08:42 AM #1002
Yeah, I recall the Brit who started our local club mentioning something about the way it was done over there. They all have club teams I believe and that was the model brought to the states. The $$ part is interesting though. Over there the money flows like water in the pros, here not so much.
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10-13-2017, 09:47 AM #1003
Might as well start a general Footy/Soccer thread
Arena resigned. One small and token baby step for US soccer.
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10-13-2017, 10:46 AM #1004
True, but if a player were signed in Europe, it would still apply - it wouldn't be limited to players who play in America. And, even though the money here isn't huge, it all adds up and is incentive to have the best players join your club, not only the best players who have the money to pay to play.
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10-13-2017, 10:54 AM #1005
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10-30-2017, 11:33 AM #1006
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/new...mar-and-messi/
ISIS issues World Cup threats involving disturbing images of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar
Yeah, enjoy this one Ruski.
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11-13-2017, 07:08 PM #1007Best regards, Terry
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11-13-2017, 08:13 PM #1008
Italy out!
WTF. Sweden played well from what I saw though. My son's coach is from Italy...he's pretty devastated.They think I do not know a buttload of crap about the Gospel, but I do.
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11-13-2017, 09:31 PM #1009Common sense. So rare today in America it's almost like having a superpower.
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11-14-2017, 09:14 AM #1010
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11-14-2017, 09:27 AM #1011
https://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine/sta...37879227383809
Reykjavík Grapevine @rvkgrapevine Oct 9
We would like to offer a statement at this time.
#IcelandSmites #WorldCup #ÁframÍsland #RoadToRussia #ISLKOS #fotboltinet #ISLpic.twitter.com/WjeTuEqKJI
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11-17-2017, 06:49 AM #1012
crazy. not that i give a shit about the timbers in the least.
https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2017...mbers-news-mls
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11-17-2017, 08:58 AM #1013Head down, push foreword
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I'm thinking he may have gotten tapped for the US national team
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11-17-2017, 10:04 AM #1014
^^^ From what I've read, that sounds like a good thing.
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11-17-2017, 11:23 AM #1015
Re: Porter, I really do not think it is for the USMNT. His previous international experience was poor. I think he needs a break, a move back the the Mid-West for his family, and a coach/GM position with someone like Cincinnati expansion team. There was always a weird dynamic here in Portland with him as coach, but Gavin Wilkinson as in control
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11-17-2017, 04:43 PM #1016
Might as well start a general Footy/Soccer thread
I’d take Porter at the Rapids.
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11-17-2017, 04:45 PM #1017
Might as well start a general Footy/Soccer thread
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/ch...mnt-world-cup/
This makes me sad, though three and out would have been the most likely scenario in Russia. Also, no other veterans on the team that i know of could must more than a mea culpa tweet or obligatory brief interview.
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12-23-2017, 07:10 AM #1018
Once again,Sergio Busquets is a genius.
14 points clear of Los Cabrones Blancos.
Visca Barca!!
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01-07-2018, 01:31 PM #1019Registered User
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busquets is class. that being said, messi played his 400th game in la liga today and scored his 365th goal. it was his 16th goal in 16 games vs. levante in 3-0 win. say what you will but think he's the greatest player of all-time.
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01-07-2018, 03:43 PM #1020
Was disappointed to see Liverpool sell Coutinho to Barca midway through the season, but it sounds like he'd made up his mind, and couldn't be convinced to stay longer. Sounds like it'll be Coutinho in La Liga, and Iniesta for CL.
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01-07-2018, 04:37 PM #1021Registered User
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Some nice upsets in the FA Cup matches today.
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01-07-2018, 05:11 PM #1022
re: Coutinho - that basically happened in August
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01-10-2018, 04:08 PM #1023
Anybody see Lichaj's 2 goals versus Arsenal in the FA Cup? He plays for Nottingham forest.
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02-13-2018, 02:37 PM #1024
How good would Tottenham be if they could have kept Bale, and he had been able to stay healthy.
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02-13-2018, 03:16 PM #1025Registered User
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Tottenham went out and bought good players like Christensen and pochetino with the bale and modric money. They couldn’t have both.
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