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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 07:24 AM) Refs may have been helping Mexico, but it didn't take any help from the refs to get the US out. That was pretty pathetic. I still can't figure out what Beckerman does for this team, and there seems to be a serious lack of quality defenders. And yeah, Guzan is no Tim Howard. I remember saying during the World Cup that Howard was the most irreplaceable player on the team and getting told it wasn't true because Guzan was almost as good. Nope. We just blew it. That's all it was. Good first 20 minutes in both halves, absolute s*** for the rest of the game.

Another great episode of Mr. Robot. Looks like the conflicts in the show are starting to diverge. It's not just about hacking E Corp anymore.

It's fairly obvious that CONCACAF wants that USA Mexico playoff to get into the confederations cup.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 08:52 PM) So is that the worst loss in US soccer history? In Jurgen we trust? Worst loss in his tenure for sure.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 06:05 PM) cant give any credit to Jamaica. Those types of things only happens if the defenders just stand around and do nothing. If Alvardo was half way decent, he would've easily cleared that ball. Gotta capitalize on those chances when you get them though. We played poorly, but not every CONCACAF team scores those two goals.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 05:53 PM) Lalas was engineering the Guzan train during the pregame and Warren Barton was saying how Howard should walk in to be the #1 because Guzan basically chokes in pressure games. And Klinsmann looking like a moron again for always playing Alvarado. First goal was all on him. Gotta give Jamaica credit though that first header was really well placed as was the FK. Guzan throwing that ball outside the box was absolutely unforgivable though.

Guzan with an awful game so far. This is embarrassing.

He has the second highest wRC+ on the team right now if you don't include Saladino.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) So apparently my buddy just hangs out with Saladino now. Tyler is crashing at a buddy's apartment in the city for the remainder of the year. He went over to my buddy's place Monday night and they played Fifa and my buddy picked out his walk-up song that he used last night. Pretty cool, I guess I need to go visit my buddy in Chicago so I can go hang out with Saladino. BTW, he said Chris Sale is the best one on the team in Fifa. Is that guy just good at everything? Does every pro sports team play FIFA or something? On the topic of Saladino, it's great to finally see a hitting prospect come up doing well for us. I think everyone should be very mildly optimistic. He won't keep hitting like he is now given his track record, but if he can put up a .320-.330 wOBA while playing solid defense at 3B, he should be locked in at 3B or SS for us next year.

Yordano Ventura optioned to AAA. Good to see him struggle after all the stupid s*** he pulled early in the year.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jul 19, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) Rocket league is addictive and a blast, thanks for the recommendation! And yes it's free for plus members. It's so much fun, especially when you play with friends.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jul 19, 2015 -> 09:31 PM) Generous is putting it lightly. There isn't even a debate that there was no foul there on Costa Rica. A dive on Mexico would have been more appropriate than a penalty on Costa Rica there. There was contact, but I don't think it actually affected the Mexican player. Diving is exactly what it was.

I would have liked to watch some penalties.

Mexico just got a very generous penalty call at the end of extra time to win.

Nice blowout win today. Cuba was awful. We'll play Jamaica on Wednesday.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 16, 2015 -> 06:56 PM) Anyone buy into the theory that Mr Robot is a hallucination and not really there? I'm still not sure, although I'm leaning towards he's not real. I thought he was real for a good 10 minutes during the actual hallucination.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 15, 2015 -> 11:24 PM) The second half of that game was ridiculous. Soccer would really catch on in America if every game was like that. And of course it's not a Mexico game without fans throwing trash at the players. The trash throwing and the laser pointing was f***ing awful. That last goal by T&T was instant karma. Maybe MLS should make teams play 2 at the back so more goals can be scored. LOL

Really exciting game between Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago. El Tri with only 5 points in the group stage. Poor showings for the 3 top teams in CONCACAF so far. Costa Rica and Mexico are both on the other side of the bracket. We should have it easy against Cuba. Jamaica's the other 1 seed and they're actually a solid team.

Mr. Robot was trippy as hell. I think I'm even more confused as to what the hell is actually going on. That said, that's what makes the show so great.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 10:35 PM) Best parts were Trout lead off hr and then Chapmans amazing performance, hitting 103 multiple times. Not a lot in between those. DeGrom was really good too.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) I'm intrigued. What if you could only loan to the other league? Well for starters, I think most teams will disallow their loan players from playing against them. Most teams will probably never loan to a division rival.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 03:26 PM) I would absolutely hate this. Every playoff franchise would get a bunch of ringers every year, and it wouldn't even feel like it was the same franchise that actually got through the season in the first place. I understand that trades for pending free agents are kind of halfway there already, but as a fan, I can at least consider the rental player a "part of my team." Well the article suggested you can get one loan per year.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 03:06 PM) It would be fascinating, but I think I'd hate to see it. Chris Sale wins the World Series in Houston. Decided he likes it there. Demands a trade to Houston. Welcome to European soccer.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 02:54 PM) http://grantland.com/the-triangle/trading-...er-loan-system/ I've always found the loan system interesting in soccer. It's a very foreign concept to American sports, but it's a very good tool to develop players in soccer. Have a guy who's not good enough to start for you, but good enough to start for a mid-table team? Loan him for a season, let him get some PT, and grow.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 14, 2015 -> 12:33 PM) I only do the pump fakes if I have a reason. Like, the hitter is talking crap (usually just for fun), or the like. Otherwise I don't bother. Though I will sometimes pause before I pitch just for a second or two longer than seems needed, or speed up or slow down the motion, just so they can't get a good timing going. I rarely do the sidestep either, unless the hitter is clearly pounding my pitches. Also, for whatever reason, while I can pitch 16 pretty well, I am awful with pitching 12. There's actually the possibility of getting blasted by a ball in 12 when you pitch. 16 comes off a lot slower and the ball isn't as hard, so it might be a mental thing. At least it would be for me.