Pure, 100 percent street cred (and more)
5 Comments Published by Cardillo on August 14, 2007 at 1:28 PM.
Moving solidly into No. 2 on the list of ridiculous sports songs, right behind the seminal "Super Bowl Shuffle."
I'll give credit to the bloke in the Baltimore Orioles cap, at least he's got the rapper-tough-guy moustache down.
(Hey, since all other soccer-related video from Merry Olde England will get you thrown in the Tower of London, it's something, right?)
_____________________________
The USSF released the roster for next week's friendly against Sweden in Goteberg. (Live on FSC, 2:30 p.m., yay).
Goalkeepers (2) -– Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Tim Howard (Everton FC)
Defenders (6) –- Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
Midfielders (6) –- DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Bobby Convey (Reading FC), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
Forwards (5) –- Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Kamani Hill (VfL Wolfsburg), Josh Wolff (1860
Munich), Sal Zizzo (Hannover 96)
Couple interesting things here:
1. Benny Feilhaber is listed as a Derby County player. The deal isn't totally official as of Tuesday afternoon. Here's the official Derby release notes. At first I didn't think this was a good move, but I've come around. Hamburg might be near the top of the Bundesliga come May, but it's still not the Prem. Even if Derby goes straight back down, he'll get bigger exposure and should move to a new, higher-profile club in a year. The sky appears to be the limit...right now. (Crossing fingers.)
2. Jon Bornstein is Bob Bradley's adoptive son. There aretwo three MLS players in this squad (sorry Lando). Pablo Mastroeni makes sense, Bornstein over, say, Heath Pearce who now plays at Hansa Rostock or Frank Simek at left back just doesn't make sense. After the two International tournaments earlier this summer we all know exactly who Bornstein is. The other two players, not so much. This is a perfect opportunity, wonder what Bradley's thought process is here.
3. Welcome back -- Steve Cherundolo, Marcus Hahnemann, Bobby Convey and Josh Wolff. Considering there won't be a lot of pre-training before this one-off game, which is more of interest to Sweden that anything, it kind of makes sense to recall these players. No sense bringing in any excess MLSers who are still in season. It'll be good to see if Cherundolo has anything left in the tank. Wolff...umm...he had his moments but is past the sell-by date. The Reading boys both deserve looks. Hahnemann should have earned a start after his work vs. Manchester United. Who knows what Convey has coming off his lengthy knee injury.
4. Sal Zizzo is a forward? Looked like a winger to me during the U-20 World Cup.
Again, this isn't a huge game in the grand scheme of things. Yes, Sweden is a nice team with a good pedigree, but this is just a friendly. You can't read too much into it, yet this is a lineup that should be able to compete.
You just wonder if Bradley will recall a similar, Euro-based squad for the much anticipated friendly with Brasil in early September.
The matchup I want to see the most in the Sweden game is Onyewu vs. Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
And maybe we'll get lucky and Olof Mellberg and Freddie Ljungberg start bitch-slapping each other.
I'll give credit to the bloke in the Baltimore Orioles cap, at least he's got the rapper-tough-guy moustache down.
(Hey, since all other soccer-related video from Merry Olde England will get you thrown in the Tower of London, it's something, right?)
The USSF released the roster for next week's friendly against Sweden in Goteberg. (Live on FSC, 2:30 p.m., yay).
Goalkeepers (2) -– Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Tim Howard (Everton FC)
Defenders (6) –- Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
Midfielders (6) –- DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Bobby Convey (Reading FC), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
Forwards (5) –- Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Kamani Hill (VfL Wolfsburg), Josh Wolff (1860
Munich), Sal Zizzo (Hannover 96)
Couple interesting things here:
1. Benny Feilhaber is listed as a Derby County player. The deal isn't totally official as of Tuesday afternoon. Here's the official Derby release notes. At first I didn't think this was a good move, but I've come around. Hamburg might be near the top of the Bundesliga come May, but it's still not the Prem. Even if Derby goes straight back down, he'll get bigger exposure and should move to a new, higher-profile club in a year. The sky appears to be the limit...right now. (Crossing fingers.)
2. Jon Bornstein is Bob Bradley's adoptive son. There are
3. Welcome back -- Steve Cherundolo, Marcus Hahnemann, Bobby Convey and Josh Wolff. Considering there won't be a lot of pre-training before this one-off game, which is more of interest to Sweden that anything, it kind of makes sense to recall these players. No sense bringing in any excess MLSers who are still in season. It'll be good to see if Cherundolo has anything left in the tank. Wolff...umm...he had his moments but is past the sell-by date. The Reading boys both deserve looks. Hahnemann should have earned a start after his work vs. Manchester United. Who knows what Convey has coming off his lengthy knee injury.
4. Sal Zizzo is a forward? Looked like a winger to me during the U-20 World Cup.
Again, this isn't a huge game in the grand scheme of things. Yes, Sweden is a nice team with a good pedigree, but this is just a friendly. You can't read too much into it, yet this is a lineup that should be able to compete.
You just wonder if Bradley will recall a similar, Euro-based squad for the much anticipated friendly with Brasil in early September.
The matchup I want to see the most in the Sweden game is Onyewu vs. Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
And maybe we'll get lucky and Olof Mellberg and Freddie Ljungberg start bitch-slapping each other.
That was awesome. Thank you.
But I feel the need to defend the Super Bowl Shuffel... it brought rap into the houses of millions of Americans, or at the very least, Midwesterners. The culturel impact of the SBS cannot be understated... it might just be the most important song of the 80s.
The man in the Orioles cap is none other than legendary keeper Bruce Grobbelaar, pioneer of the original wobbly legs penalty dance in a Champions League final.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2GyLdD1iwE
Ah, the memories behind this video. Jon Aldo is a star.
In the 13 years since USA '94 we're almost at the point where we can field an entire national team with European based players.
I think that Ibrahimovic is injured and will not play. Thus saving Oguchi the embarassment.
I hereby pronounce my man-crush on Benny Feilhaber. With that being said I think it is clear I am adopting Derby as my new Prem/EPL/BPL squad. Miles Addison I look forward to getting to know you.