your "second" team or team you have a soft spot fo

marc baltique

i go to every DC United home match (MLS). don't mind when VfB Stuttgart do well.

anyone else?

will_lufc · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

soft spot for celtic my best mate at work is a season ticket holder there and been up to a few games with him so i always look out for them or watch em when there on tv.
in england maybe liverpool but tbh nothing is ever going to make me feel the way leeds united do there my number 1 and always will be MOT.
whats like watching dc play is the football any good there ?

_________________
MARCHING ON TOGETHER

Josie-lufc · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

I often look out for Everton's results cos I feel they have been in the shadow of Liverpool for too long but Leeds Utd have been my number one team for 35 years now and no other team can make me feel the way they do.

Leeds till I die

_________________

LynnT · Heavyweight. Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 12109 Offline

my second team is Real Madrid ....especially when Roberto Carlos was playing for them......i think he was a fantastic footballer

lil eva · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject:

I always look for Rangers results cause my mum was Scottish and all her family were Rangers supporters.
In England i look for the Spurs scores,but just as Will and Jo said no team will ever take the place of Leeds.
If there was no LUFC,i wouldnt support anyone

Twong · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject:

I seem to recall a 15 point deduction ... deducted from Leeds United voted for by the majority of the members of the football league, so
they all can YAWN off and team f.a. has an international side I used to watch but as co-conspirators they can YAWN off enall.

Leeds and Leeds and Leeds

_________________

Chrissy Canadian · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:20 am Post subject:

Vancouver Whitecaps!

marc baltique · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:50 am Post subject:

well i don't like any other teams in england really (although i do check how the yank squad at fulham are doing).

see, it's hard for me to be 'die hard' LUFC since i live over here and getting live league 1 matches on tv is impossible much less making it to elland road.

still, LUFC is firmly my first love.

will_lufc · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:04 am Post subject:

thanks marc now i have a better understanding to what the footy is like over there

_________________
MARCHING ON TOGETHER

marc baltique · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:21 am Post subject:

hmm.. can't tell if you're being sarky.

ok well if you want a more in-depth analysis...

there is currently no promotion or relegation between the MLS and it's assumed sub-division of the USL, although that will be addressed in the next 10 years. a team can win the MLS Cup, US Open Cup and Champion's League (CONCACAF) as well as one of the central or south american invitational tournaments. DC was in all 4 last season.

the MLS is not as fast as the premiership but not as many route 1 balls either. generally there's no banging it up to a peter crouch type. it's technically inferior to the premiership but tactically just as sound. it's more like the bundesliga.

fitness is a key factor in the MLS due to the heat in the states during the summers and because of that most players can run for hours. lot of overlapping backs running up the wings. in that regard, it always reminds me of south american footie.

keepers are the best export out of the MLS although that's changing now to include big lumbering defenders. if you're ever thoroughly bored, check out how many yanks play in norway, denmark, germany etc.

there is very little away support but that's not unique to the MLS. for example, for me to go to see DC play in LA (the farthest ground from DC) it would be the equivalent of going from middlesbrough *spits* to Tblisi in Georgia!! another illustration, the CLOSEST ground to DC is New York's... which is roughly the same as going from Leeds to Highbury. suffice to say, traveling fans are a rare breed.

we face a big struggle here to get the sport and especially the league the recognition it deserves. die hard american football fans (read c**ts) may have heard of beckham or real madrid and may not even mind the two.. but get them to back their local MLS, USL team and they ain't having it.

i could go on and on and on.. but i'm sure i've bored the piss out of you by now.

marc baltique · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:30 am Post subject:

can i post pics from DC matches here? don't want to piss off the powers that be

dantheleedsfan · Light heavyweight. Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 1864 Offline

I like yeovil, but obvoiusly i wanted them to struggle this year cause leeds are in this league

_________________

LynnT · Heavyweight. Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 12109 Offline

Chrissy Canadian · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject:

will_lufc · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject:

thanks marc and no i wsnt been sarcy mate i now no a lot more than i i first did.
and yeh would love to see the pictures get snapping

_________________
MARCHING ON TOGETHER

marc baltique · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject:

there are several main supporters groups.
barra brava (of which i am a member) is the more vocal, beer drinking of the three main ones. we're a mix of american and central/south americans with a few hotties thrown in to keep us 'civil' (i'll post some pics hehehe).

reflecting our ake-up, our songs are 50% english and 50% spanish.

it's an north american tradition to 'tailgate' before the match. same thing as going to a supporter's pub beforehand.. only in the parking lot. there's usually lots of drinking.. haha

haha i'm actually in that pic.

marc baltique · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject:

marc baltique · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject:

will_lufc · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject:

hey nice 1 mate for sending the pictures that looks great.yeh the chicks are nice and i noticed drinking in the ground now that just wouldnt happen here now to many idiots spoiling things.
but we always drink plenty before and aftet the games lol
do you have a season ticktet for your club like in england which allows you to go to all home games,or can you just turn up and pay on the gates/turnstiles.
i se dc have been doing ok in the msl Winners (4): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
Runners-up (1): 1998
MLS Supporters' Shield:
Winners (4): 1997, 1999, 2006, 2007
Runners-up (1): 1998
US Open Cup:
Winners (1): 1996
Runners-up (1): 1997
International

CONCACAF Champions' Cup:
Winners (1): 1998
Third place (3): 1997, 1999, 2007
CONCACAF Giants Cup:
Runners-up (1): 2001
InterAmerican Cup:
Winners (1): 1998
any way thanks for the pics

_________________
MARCHING ON TOGETHER

musab90 · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:22 am Post subject:

It's Chelsea for me, i fell in love with them after Mourinho joined i like him and the players he bought, obviousely not sheva.

_________________

	U.K Chat Forum Index -> General Sports	All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page 1, 2 Next
Page 1 of 2