So I Tivoed 4 soccer games last week, and ended up fast forwarding to the goals. Although to be fair, I couldn't sit through the Cavs/Suns NBA game I Tivoed a couple weeks ago. Here are my quick thoughts.
EUFA Champions
Chelsea-Porto, 1-1. Chelsea is the better team and should win with the 2nd leg at home.
Barcelona-Liverpool, 1-2. Barcelona played crappy defense and let in 2 bad goals. Now they have to go on the road and win.
CONCACAF Champions
Houston-Puntarenas(Costa Rica), 0-1. This game was played in a stadium that holds 8,000 and had yellow grass. Houston let in a goal in the 92nd minute. Hopefully the US squad will do better when they return home.
DC United-CD Olimpia(Honduras), 4-1. I was excited to watch Freddy Adu, and then found out he was traded from DC to Salt Lake. DC wins big on the road, virtually assuring they will advance.
But what boggles my mind is the way the Premiership/UEFA Champions League works. Here's what the NFL would look like, if they adopted this format.
1. The San Diego Chargers would have won the NFL, as they had the most wins during the regular season.
2. Oakland, Detroit, Cleveland, and Tampa Bay would be demoted to Arena Football, and the 4 top Arena Football teams would take their place.
3. San Diego, Baltimore, Chicago and Indianapolis would get to play in the 2007 World Champions League, that would have scattered matches played during the 2007 NFL Regular Season.
4. Indianapolis, Seattle, Denver and Jacksonville would have been playing in the 2006 World Champions League, based on their 2005 NFL records.
I've been meaning to comment on "football" since you posted last week. Being over here in Israel, I'm getting a sense for why it's a big sport. First, the kids play it year round at school. They're much more talented with their feet than I (but I was the goalie once and threw the ball the length of the court to score a goal). Also, they can watch the sport year round. No offseason really.
ReplyDeleteTheir national players are scattered on various club teams, thus a rooting interest kind of like fantasy.
They watch so much football that they know the teams by their jerseys without the names. Don't you think you could tell real football teams from their jerseys if you remove the name? I don't care for the ads though.
And you really gotta love the relegation. That could be the best thing in sports. Seriously. Column that.
However, that doesn't make up for a lot of dull 1-1 games. I like baseball, but there are no homers in "football".