Comments on: McBride Retires

By: cody

cody — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:18:46 +0000

I think mcbride is great player, he and many before him have paved a uncharted path to American soccer. We are still in search for our style and rythme, but as a 26 year old soccer junky that understands the game not as a sport but as a passion, I belive that USA Soccer is about to hit the scecn. I remeber spending hours upon hours in my backyard deveoping my touch and relationship with the ball. I just didn’t have the coachs to guide me. But now I see coachs that understand the game not just from tv or a book, but have played it from an early age, and have put there heart into something that is not understood in this country. The more I watch USA soccer and the more I see the city leages, and the more I see the kids trying to make the more I see a better team.

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:02:42 +0000

I heard McBride loves to take elbows up the ass…

By: dietmar

dietmar — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:45:40 +0000

i had a chance to see him play in columbus, and he really is a classy player! everything that he brought to US soccer is to be underscored. truly, one of the US’best players ever. they will miss that kind of sportsmanship.
it’s gonna take a while before one can say that there is a player that has learned to fill that position. here’s a thought though, how about the beasly brothers? might be a dynamic that could actually produce a scoring barrage…just a thought!

By: AJM

AJM — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:52:48 +0000

Good luck, Brian, all the best to you.

By: Cajun Nick

Cajun Nick — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:55:56 +0000

Kelly,

I’m pretty good at “inventing” words, due to a limited vocabulary. My attitude is, hey, if people understand me, then everything’s cool. (Besides, language is not static; it’s constantly evolving.)

Twellman is good; but Razov’s looking pretty good lately, too.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:48:32 +0000

Cajun Nick – As far as the word “gutsiness” goes, I had a computer science professor in college who had a pet peeve about taking a noun making it an adjective and then turning it back into a noun again. His example was function -> functional -> functionality. I guess guts -> gutsy -> gutsiness is kinda the same. But he was a computer science professor not an english professor so why should I care what he thought?!?!?!

Whatever you end up calling it, McBride had it (and still does).

Anyways, sorry to digress… how about Ching and Twellman?

By: Cajun Nick

Cajun Nick — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:05:03 +0000

I still like Brian Ching better than Johnson; so, I’d make it Ching and Dempsey.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:25:02 +0000

Johnson and Dempsey

By: Cajun Nick

Cajun Nick — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:56:06 +0000

I can’t think of a single USMNT player that I’d rather have as a teammate.

The guy had talent, yes; but, it was his unbelievable workrate, commitment, and determination, and gutsiness (is that a word?) that really earns my respect.

Oh, plus, I don’t think that even the Hulk could knock him out of a match.

Great luck to him at Fulham.