Summer is so long
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And only a few days away from the second part of Larry Lewis' Summer Position Analysis series! [thumb2]
Not to make matter worse but, it hasn't technically started ;o)
College baseball playoffs start up today! Here's hoping Oral can knock off the Piggies!
Quite a bit going on this time of year. College golf championships just wrapped up at Karsten. College softball world series going on in OKC. College baseball regionals start in an hour. NBA finals. Stanley Cup finals. World Cup right around the corner.
I was really looking forward to having USA in the world cup to bridge the gap until TU Football starts... we only get that level of excitement once every 4 years. And now we don't even get that! F.U. Bruce Arena.
Now I have to root for Die Mannschaft! Go Germany!
My neighbor next door is from Brazil as well as the one directly behind me (pretty crazy) so I'm all in with Brazil this time around. Going to have watch parties with the whole nine yards....and I don't even like soccer
Egypt is the team to beat. Especially with a 45-year-old keeper!
OKState golf team was a buzzsaw this season. So many quality players.
Stanley Cup finals >>>>> NBA Finals
Hockey is for losers and Canadians. I'm not watching the NBA finals this season, so I really have hardly anything to do. I'll probably watch some of the French Open instead.
I play indoor soccer with a gentleman who was on Brazilian soccer team with Pele when they won the world cup.
I'm impressed the guy is still in good enough shape to play. That wasn't yesterday. Wasn't Jimmy Carter in office then?
I’ve played indoor with and against some older guys who looked like they couldn’t make it up a flight of stairs much less play soccer. They weren’t fast and couldn’t run for very long but most still had decent ball skills. Much better than mine for the record.
It isn’t unusual for guys into their 80’s to get together for pick-up in Brazil.
That said, he was probably a youth development player for Brazil at the time and he is stretching when he says he was on the “team”. So he was among 100 or more recruits.
If he was capped for Brazil, it’s on the books and you can look it up. His birthday will be disclosed on the roster. Better yet, ask to see one of his caps. For you non-soccer guys, every time you appear for a national team, you get a beanie like cap as a keepsake. Well, most legit teams still give them every game. Others give you 1, 50, 100th appearance, etc. It’s a tradition going back to the 19th century. They are priceless souvenirs and if he was truly on the team, he will pull out his phone and show you pictures. If he is legit, that would be an amazing conversation. Especially given Pele’s political position at the time.
That said, he was probably a youth development player for Brazil at the time and he is stretching when he says he was on the “team”. So he was among 100 or more recruits.
If he was capped for Brazil, it’s on the books and you can look it up. His birthday will be disclosed on the roster. Better yet, ask to see one of his caps. For you non-soccer guys, every time you appear for a national team, you get a beanie like cap as a keepsake. Well, most legit teams still give them every game. Others give you 1, 50, 100th appearance, etc. It’s a tradition going back to the 19th century. They are priceless souvenirs and if he was truly on the team, he will pull out his phone and show you pictures. If he is legit, that would be an amazing conversation. Especially given Pele’s political position at the time.
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We are an over 60 pick-up league.
We play fo 90 min twice a week. Some still play outdoors in the over 50 league. We have players in their 80s.
We have traveling squads that compete in over 60, 65 and 70 nationwide tournaments and win their age bracket. These players are mostly from other countries, and it is a pleasure to associat with. They like to drink beer.
I look forward to the World Cup and rooting for Brazil, and my favorite player Marcello.
@HuffyCane do you remember what club team Joe-Max Moore played for in Tulsa before he moved to California? I played for United back then, and TFC, Arsenal and Express were the other big premiere teams that I can remember.
Interesting. Makes sense, they moved when he was 14, I believe. He was 3 years older than me.
He was tiny, but had talent. That was evident. 5'4" or so, maybe 120 pounds. Maybe. Heck, his playing weight at Everton was 160 or so. 5 goals in his first five games, then they started taking him seriously as a striker. Gave his career to the 2002 win against Portugal. Legend.
I didn’t realize you were such a young pup. You’re probably in the age range of my kids.
I thought this was my buddy Chris, but after reading a description of him I knew it couldn’t be. Being bow-legged and very dangerous are spot on but very quick? Like me, only quick when going thru the pizza buffet line.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/chris-harmon
I had several dust-ups with Joe-Max, starting in second grade when I gave him the what-for and he cried. Who am I kidding? I clipped him. Clipped him real good.
Then by the time we were 12 and he was playing for Red Star and Milan Dovedic (Dobedan?) he got even with a good headbutt on a 50/50. Well played, Joe-Max.
And by the way, I’m still the best keeper on this board. That includes Tony Meola, who still posts occasionally lol
Then by the time we were 12 and he was playing for Red Star and Milan Dovedic (Dobedan?) he got even with a good headbutt on a 50/50. Well played, Joe-Max.
And by the way, I’m still the best keeper on this board. That includes Tony Meola, who still posts occasionally lol
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Nice post. I never played, except at recess in grade school. Lol. But I love to hear stories of those that did or still do. When I was working in London in the mid-seventies, a lot of the Brits I met and/or worked with, did play. I also got to watch some matches in person. Fans were very rowdy even back then.
The funny thing to me is that the Brits only celebrated England’s 1966 World Cup for maybe three years. Then we started the NASL as a result.
So by 1973ish, all the Euros started coming to the US. Rodney Marsh left Chelsea in 76 or so to play for the the Tampa Bay Rowdies. He said, “English futbol is a grey game played by grey people on grey days.” I’ve always remembered that for whatever reason.
So by 1973ish, all the Euros started coming to the US. Rodney Marsh left Chelsea in 76 or so to play for the the Tampa Bay Rowdies. He said, “English futbol is a grey game played by grey people on grey days.” I’ve always remembered that for whatever reason.
