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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    The Quarter Final at Metlife is on June 17. It'll be 1B vs 2A, which is why I'm all twitchy about Sunday. Not that I wouldn't like to see Brazil, but I know a lot of Ecuadorians.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837

    Well that was more like it. Very nice performance all around. Have themselves in a position to advance against a shitty Paraguay team on Saturday.

    Yessir. How was the game? I was at a concert and didn't see a second of it, but looks like it was probably a good time. Pumped for Saturday
    It was a good time. My seats were kinda shitty, but still awesome to be at a big international game like that....my first time seeing the U.S. in person. Philly should be rocking on Saturday night.
    Nice. I saw some clips of the goals and looked like it was sweet. Yeah, ours aren't very good for Saturday. Middle level of 3 levels behind the goal, but whatever, I have bitched about the prices plenty and the tournament is paying for it. I think we are at the opposite end of the American Outlaws which kind of stinks. Gonna be a good drunk time. Weather is supposed to be glorious. Think we have at least 10 people coming and tailgating.

    I have seen them a few times when I was a kid, but never something like this.
    dude, I'm in tomorrow. will be three of us. let me know if you need me to bring anything

    weather is supposed to be awesome -- should be a great time
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    The Fixer said:

    Well that was more like it. Very nice performance all around. Have themselves in a position to advance against a shitty Paraguay team on Saturday.

    Yessir. How was the game? I was at a concert and didn't see a second of it, but looks like it was probably a good time. Pumped for Saturday
    It was a good time. My seats were kinda shitty, but still awesome to be at a big international game like that....my first time seeing the U.S. in person. Philly should be rocking on Saturday night.
    Nice. I saw some clips of the goals and looked like it was sweet. Yeah, ours aren't very good for Saturday. Middle level of 3 levels behind the goal, but whatever, I have bitched about the prices plenty and the tournament is paying for it. I think we are at the opposite end of the American Outlaws which kind of stinks. Gonna be a good drunk time. Weather is supposed to be glorious. Think we have at least 10 people coming and tailgating.

    I have seen them a few times when I was a kid, but never something like this.
    dude, I'm in tomorrow. will be three of us. let me know if you need me to bring anything

    weather is supposed to be awesome -- should be a great time
    The Fixer said:

    Well that was more like it. Very nice performance all around. Have themselves in a position to advance against a shitty Paraguay team on Saturday.

    Yessir. How was the game? I was at a concert and didn't see a second of it, but looks like it was probably a good time. Pumped for Saturday
    It was a good time. My seats were kinda shitty, but still awesome to be at a big international game like that....my first time seeing the U.S. in person. Philly should be rocking on Saturday night.
    Nice. I saw some clips of the goals and looked like it was sweet. Yeah, ours aren't very good for Saturday. Middle level of 3 levels behind the goal, but whatever, I have bitched about the prices plenty and the tournament is paying for it. I think we are at the opposite end of the American Outlaws which kind of stinks. Gonna be a good drunk time. Weather is supposed to be glorious. Think we have at least 10 people coming and tailgating.

    I have seen them a few times when I was a kid, but never something like this.
    dude, I'm in tomorrow. will be three of us. let me know if you need me to bring anything

    weather is supposed to be awesome -- should be a great time
    Hell yeah, gonna be a blast. Hope storms miss south philly, but what can you do.

    Planning on getting down there early afternoonish. Probably between 2-3. I will hit you up with details.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837


    The Fixer said:

    Well that was more like it. Very nice performance all around. Have themselves in a position to advance against a shitty Paraguay team on Saturday.

    Yessir. How was the game? I was at a concert and didn't see a second of it, but looks like it was probably a good time. Pumped for Saturday
    It was a good time. My seats were kinda shitty, but still awesome to be at a big international game like that....my first time seeing the U.S. in person. Philly should be rocking on Saturday night.
    Nice. I saw some clips of the goals and looked like it was sweet. Yeah, ours aren't very good for Saturday. Middle level of 3 levels behind the goal, but whatever, I have bitched about the prices plenty and the tournament is paying for it. I think we are at the opposite end of the American Outlaws which kind of stinks. Gonna be a good drunk time. Weather is supposed to be glorious. Think we have at least 10 people coming and tailgating.

    I have seen them a few times when I was a kid, but never something like this.
    dude, I'm in tomorrow. will be three of us. let me know if you need me to bring anything

    weather is supposed to be awesome -- should be a great time
    The Fixer said:

    Well that was more like it. Very nice performance all around. Have themselves in a position to advance against a shitty Paraguay team on Saturday.

    Yessir. How was the game? I was at a concert and didn't see a second of it, but looks like it was probably a good time. Pumped for Saturday
    It was a good time. My seats were kinda shitty, but still awesome to be at a big international game like that....my first time seeing the U.S. in person. Philly should be rocking on Saturday night.
    Nice. I saw some clips of the goals and looked like it was sweet. Yeah, ours aren't very good for Saturday. Middle level of 3 levels behind the goal, but whatever, I have bitched about the prices plenty and the tournament is paying for it. I think we are at the opposite end of the American Outlaws which kind of stinks. Gonna be a good drunk time. Weather is supposed to be glorious. Think we have at least 10 people coming and tailgating.

    I have seen them a few times when I was a kid, but never something like this.
    dude, I'm in tomorrow. will be three of us. let me know if you need me to bring anything

    weather is supposed to be awesome -- should be a great time
    Hell yeah, gonna be a blast. Hope storms miss south philly, but what can you do.

    Planning on getting down there early afternoonish. Probably between 2-3. I will hit you up with details.
    cool. I'm meeting my friends in university city at 130 so 2-3 is perfect timing.

    gonna have to bring the spf 3,000 for my pale ass
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    Gameday!!!
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    And they win the group! Crazy.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    I can say I saw Clint Dempsey score a goal in person. I dig it.

    Phenomenal day. The venue fucking sucked and was so unprepared
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859

    I can say I saw Clint Dempsey score a goal in person. I dig it.

    Phenomenal day. The venue fucking sucked and was so unprepared

    Was the security terrible? The clear tote bag thing is killing me
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029
    edited June 2016
    ldent42 said:

    I can say I saw Clint Dempsey score a goal in person. I dig it.

    Phenomenal day. The venue fucking sucked and was so unprepared

    Was the security terrible? The clear tote bag thing is killing me
    security wasn't too bad but that's venue to venue I think. No NFL stadium allows bags. There were a couple real long lines but we were able to walk a bit and find a quick one.

    No preparation for a 50k crowd. Lines inside were beyond belief
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913

    ldent42 said:

    I can say I saw Clint Dempsey score a goal in person. I dig it.

    Phenomenal day. The venue fucking sucked and was so unprepared

    Was the security terrible? The clear tote bag thing is killing me
    security wasn't too bad but that's venue to venue I think. No NFL stadium allows bags. There were a couple real long lines but we were able to walk a bit and find a quick one.

    No preparation for a 50k crowd. Lines inside were beyond belief
    Soldier Field wasn't too bad last week with the big crowds. But overall it feels like the preparation for this tournament hasn't been the best.

    Sounded like a rowdy crowd in Philly last night. Should be another rowdy crowd in Seattle on Thursday for the QF....glad they ended up there. Should be a mostly US crowd no matter who they play.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029

    ldent42 said:

    I can say I saw Clint Dempsey score a goal in person. I dig it.

    Phenomenal day. The venue fucking sucked and was so unprepared

    Was the security terrible? The clear tote bag thing is killing me
    security wasn't too bad but that's venue to venue I think. No NFL stadium allows bags. There were a couple real long lines but we were able to walk a bit and find a quick one.

    No preparation for a 50k crowd. Lines inside were beyond belief
    Soldier Field wasn't too bad last week with the big crowds. But overall it feels like the preparation for this tournament hasn't been the best.

    Sounded like a rowdy crowd in Philly last night. Should be another rowdy crowd in Seattle on Thursday for the QF....glad they ended up there. Should be a mostly US crowd no matter who they play.
    Was an awesome day. Tailgate was great. Beautiful weather. So much to drink.

    Lines for beer in the game were unbearable. Have been to plenty of eagles games and other events and the Linc and have never experienced anything like that. They clearly had a skeleton crew because of it not being sold out, but it was absurd.

    As for the game. Was awesome seeing Dempsey score. Brooks played an incredible game. Was furious about how little the possessed, but I had no clue Yedlin got sent off. It could have been me being drunk but I don't think anyone around me knew. The ref was horrific and 6 minutes of extra time?!? My section was a good time. There as a big group a few rows in front of us that was rowdy, my group of 8 was pretty solid and there was a big group behind us that we had a great time with. All around a great day
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Great game last night. Dempsey is just awesome. Brooks has been great this whole tournament. Jones, Bedoya and Wood are all out for the semifinal game. Bedoya being out is really going to hurt. Assuming Argentina will pound Venezuela and face the US. Going to be a tough one.
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    It was a really exciting game. If only it would have been played here instead of the other side of the country :lol:
    We DO get Yedlin back for the Semifinal game though. Still, I don't wanna be negative, but realistically I don't see us beating Argentina, particularly with Messi on the pitch, especially down three of our starters.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    edited June 2016

    ldent42 said:

    I can say I saw Clint Dempsey score a goal in person. I dig it.

    Phenomenal day. The venue fucking sucked and was so unprepared

    Was the security terrible? The clear tote bag thing is killing me
    security wasn't too bad but that's venue to venue I think. No NFL stadium allows bags. There were a couple real long lines but we were able to walk a bit and find a quick one.

    No preparation for a 50k crowd. Lines inside were beyond belief
    Soldier Field wasn't too bad last week with the big crowds. But overall it feels like the preparation for this tournament hasn't been the best.

    Sounded like a rowdy crowd in Philly last night. Should be another rowdy crowd in Seattle on Thursday for the QF....glad they ended up there. Should be a mostly US crowd no matter who they play.
    Was an awesome day. Tailgate was great. Beautiful weather. So much to drink.

    Lines for beer in the game were unbearable. Have been to plenty of eagles games and other events and the Linc and have never experienced anything like that. They clearly had a skeleton crew because of it not being sold out, but it was absurd.

    As for the game. Was awesome seeing Dempsey score. Brooks played an incredible game. Was furious about how little the possessed, but I had no clue Yedlin got sent off. It could have been me being drunk but I don't think anyone around me knew. The ref was horrific and 6 minutes of extra time?!? My section was a good time. There as a big group a few rows in front of us that was rowdy, my group of 8 was pretty solid and there was a big group behind us that we had a great time with. All around a great day
    Had a blast at the tailgate and the game. beer lines were definitely a drag. I left at the 40 minute mark to hit the bathroom and try to beat the halftime beer line surge. I didn't see yedlin get his card or get sent off either (funny that you didn't know this either -- probably not a coincidence after our aggressive tailgate -- haha). I was complaining the entire second half about how much the USA was sitting back. Little did I know they were playing a man down -- haha. people around me must have thought I was a genius.

    Definitely a cool experience. I'd definitely go to another game if philly gets the national team again.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Big one tonight. Hard to see the US taking down Argentina, but you never know. Hopefully it goes the same way things went when US beat Spain back in the 09 Confederations Cup.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029

    Big one tonight. Hard to see the US taking down Argentina, but you never know. Hopefully it goes the same way things went when US beat Spain back in the 09 Confederations Cup.

    Hoping for a solid showing tonight. Not often we get to see the US play a team like this in a tournament, so pretty pumped.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913

    Big one tonight. Hard to see the US taking down Argentina, but you never know. Hopefully it goes the same way things went when US beat Spain back in the 09 Confederations Cup.

    Hoping for a solid showing tonight. Not often we get to see the US play a team like this in a tournament, so pretty pumped.
    Yep. Just don't want them to get embarrassed. I am pretty confident that they won't. Let's go USA!!!
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029

    Big one tonight. Hard to see the US taking down Argentina, but you never know. Hopefully it goes the same way things went when US beat Spain back in the 09 Confederations Cup.

    Hoping for a solid showing tonight. Not often we get to see the US play a team like this in a tournament, so pretty pumped.
    Yep. Just don't want them to get embarrassed. I am pretty confident that they won't. Let's go USA!!!
    Fuck yeah! I'm pumped
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    Wondo is in the starting lineup. Fucking Wondo.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,029

    Wondo is in the starting lineup. Fucking Wondo.

    Bobby wood is a big loss