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Mr. Conehead said:
I studied abroad in France in 1995 while at UConn and played on the college team in France (skill level was maybe DIII, Europe does not have college sport programs). Playing our cross-city rival, their top scorer was a trash talking machine (it’s funny in French) and I was a defensive midfielder. During a pause, he was commenting how bad American ‘soccer’ was and I pointed out that the US has been in the last few World Cups and France had not (they won it in 1998). The punk turned around and cold cocked me. He got a nice fancy red card for his effort, while my team won and I did not have to pay for a single drink that night at the pub.
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It's France. You can insult him, his wife, even his mistress. But don't EVER insult his wine or his football.
 
Great first half, UC up 2-0. Winner plays USF for the title.

Video here: http://post original url/uckgRwmsiC
 
vowelguy said:
It's France. You can insult him, his wife, even his mistress. But don't EVER insult his wine or his football.
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Les Blues lost to Ukraine today 2 to 0, their World Cup hopes just took a big hit.
 
UConn lost to USF 6 to 5 on PK's after a 0 to 0 draw through regulation and OT in Dallas for the American Conf title. Only good news is that UConn appears to be a 'lock' for a spot in the NCAA playoffs.
 
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I'm going to post the following here too, although I had originally put it in another thread:

"The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again.
You need to stay calm and focused but the biggest thing you need is luck."
Peter Shilton
Former England Goalkeeper

PK's are such a brutal way to lose a game. Let's hope the team gets their emotions back for a nice run in the big tourney. Go Huskies...
 
UConnDan97 said:
I'm going to post the following here too, although I had originally put it in another thread:

"The main factor in a penalty shootout is luck again.
You need to stay calm and focused but the biggest thing you need is luck."
Peter Shilton
Former England Goalkeeper

PK's are such a brutal way to lose a game. Let's hope the team gets their emotions back for a nice run in the big tourney. Go Huskies...
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Actually saw a worse way to lose (or in this case tie) a game a few weeks back at a high school soccer game - Bergen County Girl’s championship between undefeated (something like 60 games in a row) Northern Highlands and IHA. Tied 1 to 1 in the waning moments (the field clock is turned-off under 2 minutes) of the second OT, Highlands intercepts an IHA pass deep in their own end and a quick feed sets-up a 1 on 1 breakaway on the goalkeeper. A second or two later, the girl is about to take a shot from about 15 yards from the net and the referee blows the whistle ending the game. The look of shock on both team’s faces and the stunned silence of the 1,500 in attendance said it all. Bergen County championships do not go to PK’s. Ended as a tie.
 
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Mr. Conehead said:
Actually saw a worse way to lose (or in this case tie) a game a few weeks back in the a high school soccer game - Bergen County Girl’s championship between undefeated (something like 60 games in a row) Northern Highlands and IHA. Tied 1 to 1 in the waning moments (the field clock is turned-off under 2 minutes) of the second OT, Highlands intercepts an IHA pass deep in their own end and a quick feed sets-up a 1 on 1 breakaway on the goalkeeper. A second or two later, the girl is about to take a shot from about 15 yards from the net and the referee blows the whistle ending the game. The look of shock on both team’s faces and the stunned silence of the 1,500 in attendance said it all. Bergen County championships do not go to PK’s. Ended as a tie.
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Incredible! Stopping the final attack seconds away from the shot is sacrilege! In Europe and South America, that ref would not have made it off the field...
 
UConnDan97 said:
Incredible! Stopping the final attack seconds away from the shot is sacrilege! In Europe and South America, that ref would not have made it off the field...
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I e-mailed the Bergen County Official’s association on that rule and have not heard back. Though, I did hear a rumor that the refs were under strict rules to watch the time of the game as the Boy's county championship game (most of whom were sitting near me on the hill) was scheduled right after the girl’s. It even made the local papers and a follow coach in the Rec league I volunteer with wrote an OpEd against the call on it (and his oldest daughter plays for Ramapo, which is Highlands' biggest rival and the school that previously held the unbeaten streak record).
 
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