go MLS

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MLS fails so much

van der sar is so bored hahahahaha.

edit: what a cheeky little chip from chicarito hahahahahahaha. may have been offside though

if he wears a fking 'chicarito' jersey i will fly out to england and beat his fking *** silly rofl

If Donovan played the MLS would win :D

he did play, but he looks so dead hahaha

I wasnt watchin I thought they said he wasnt.

Donovan came in around the 75th minute.

& yeah, "CHICARITO" on the back of a uniform is ******* stupid.

i'm thinking that was just a one off novelty jersey for tonights game, they wont let him wear that chit in Manchester. SAF is a douche if he does. Donovan looked dead, he played a full 90 yesterday so its understandable. Alston, apart from the duff he made in the first few seconds, looked pretty sharp on the side, he shut Nani down all night long, however, the middle defense for the MLS was el garbagio. You cant really expect to put a bunch of guys together and have them play cohesively for 90 minutes in 3 days, the team was in disarray all game, wayward passes, sloppy dispossession, etc. It was plain to see that this game was all and will always be a publicity stunt. I will say though, Macheda is pretty damn good for a kid his age, he might develop into one hell of a striker one day.

arsenal home kit released today :excited:

Yup. I hope my kitbag order gets here quickly.

Arshavin tweeted this link:
Cesc Fabregas is torn between his favourite side or the team he captains | Give Me Football

Nothing new, other than quotes from Fabregas.

"He doesn't want me to leave. And in my last conversation with him in London, it was one of the most difficult moments I have experienced. I ended up very upset."

I have a feeling that AW explained to Cesc that Arsenal took him in and made him who he is today, Barca didnt give a second look at the kid when they allowed him to go, now that Arsenal molded him into one of the best midfielders in the world today, it would be like spitting in the face or biting the hand that fed you.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

yep

as we've been saying, i think we all are resigned to cesc leaving arsenal, maybe as early as the 2011-2012 season. but i think we get one more season with him as the captain, and here's to hoping he goes out with trophies.

with that said, if barca wants him now, they better pay up. if arsenal plays the martyr and takes less than 50 million for fabregas i'm gonna be PISSED.

Further adding to my Barca hate. STFU Puyol. FIFA really does need to do something about this chit.

Barcelona defender Carles Puyol slams Arsenal for not allowing Cesc Fabregas to leave - Goal.com

I'm at the point where I think it would be best if Fab just left, all this is doing is causing unrest in the locker room and will definitely have a negative effect on the squad come match day, I say let the kid go and bring in Yoann, the guy is good and would fill Fabs boots straight away, and with the money from the sale, we could buy 3 more players, 2 at world class level even.

even for me, i have to agree. this is getting ridiculous. the stance isn't even 'arsenal' anymore, it's 'cesc + arsenal'. if barca pays, then adios to one of my favorite players, but yes, bring in gourcuff. we can spend that much more on a defensive line, as well.

barca: f*ck you. f*ck you and go to f*cking hell. i hope mourinho rapes your team in el clasico.

btw, i hope this is wenger-speak for "lol don't want to risk first-team yet"

Midfield quartet missing for Emirates Cup

the Emirates cup is just a publicity stunt anyways, no biggie, and yeah I think thats all that means, keeping the midfield and our main starters healthy. And as far as Real goes, they just signed Khedira, excellent signing for them, I have a feeling Real will chit all over Barca this season.

Gourcuff could be snapped up for 15-20 mil, would be an excellent buy if we could get him. We still havent bought a keeper, hopefully this Marchetti rumor is founded, he'd be a great addition. If we could add Merte and Tasci, our defensive woes would be solved.

ha, Cow, I thought you might like this, Arsenal.com now has an American store.

Arsenal Store USA

They've had the USA store for a while, but, like all other American vendors, they don't (yet?) carry long sleeve kits. Any idea why that is?

good question... i dunno. I think this training jacket looks badass though, think i'm gonna buy it.

http://h2089v01.hyperfive.com/Images...catalog=Soccer

Agreed. Maybe buy a size bigger, though-- I normally rock a large & as such ordered last year's one as a large, but it was tighter than I'd like.

i'm only about 170lbs so a large should be big enough yeah?

I suppose. Mine "fit," but was tight. I'm 5'11" ~190, so you'll probably be straight.

i'm 5'10 and 20 lbs. lighter, a large should probably fit perfectly, muchas gracias senor.

haha, do you remember the old Kappa Team Italy tracksuit with the pants/jacket? i used to rock that in high school, wish they still sold em.

I still have mine. I hate the Azzurri, but that **** was fresh.

haha, dont we all? I actually had them in my school colors, green and white, with the little emblem down the legs, man, that was a sharp warm up outfit, looked the best out of all the teams we played easy:icon17:

ha, found a pic, man, i wish these were still sold, I want another set to wear for indoor.

http://ak.buy.com/db_assets/large_im.../200034011.jpg

I think soccer.com still sells them.

Nevermind.

:(

closest thing they have currently:
Kappa Classic Open Hooded Jacket || SOCCER.COM

boooo... to be honest, I havent been able to find anything new from Kappa, did they fold?

Apparently not:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(company)

As far as I remember, there were only four outfitters in the World Cup-- Nike/ Adidas/ Puma/ whomever North Korea wore. I think most teams have moved to the first three leaving Kappa/ Kelme/ Diadora/ Lotto/ etc to the side.

:::edit:::
Umbro outfitted England, but they're owned by Nike now.

speaking of Kappa, check out these sweet ass boots that I still pull out from time to time...

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/g...t6/p_00670.jpg

I remember those! I used to have some rad red Kappa shoes. I think they're in my storage center.

I think they were called "Kappa Italias" or somethin like that, cant beat that good Roo leather. Speaking of Kelme, I had the Kelme Masters, those things were magic. But so far out of all the boots i've ever owned, the Puma Kings are my personal favorites, never had so much as a hot spot on my foot from them, only boots i've ever owned that can go a whole 90 and my feet feel great after.

I used to be nostalgic about some older boots I had until I switched to Nike's new stuff. It really is fantastic.

Boots are getting ridiculous though nowadays, seriously, $300 for a pair of vapors? I think the Adidas F50's are something like $400? thats just stupid.

Kappa is still around. I think AS Roma uses their jerseys.

I'm wearing my free Arsenal polo shirt today :tup:

Arsenal raid for Cagliari goalkeeper Federico Marchetti foiled by £12.5m price tag - report - Goal.com

what the f*ck? hahahahah

lmao, 12.5 for a keeper? never, Cech isnt even worth that much. Dudes not even top 5 in the world.

1. Casillas
2. Valdes
3. Cech
4. Frey
5. Stekelenberg/Lloris

yep, Marchetti isnt in that list.