(good) football is on its way back to the U.S.!

[db44]

Manchester and Celtic are returning to the States this year, and they are bringing some new friends! If you can call them friends, that is.

This year the U.S. tour will also have two other EPL teams (Clelsea and Liverpool), AC Milan an AS Roma from Serie A and one game with Bayern Munchen!

The sucky part for me is the Munchen/Manchester game is in Chicago, so I have little chance of going (and since I'm a fan of the Bundesliga, that sucks), but in my "neighborhood," Man U. will play Milan and Roma plays Liverpool... If I have the days off, maybe I can drive to the games in Philly or in Hartford. But the real cool one is Celtic will play Roma in the Skydome in Toronto.

[glamour-gal]

awwwwww, great to hear!!!
football (soccer) will conquer the us :D


where do you live then?
omg, in the skydome in toronto!! lovely!! wish i could go....

you're a fan of the bundesliga, really? and bayern munich is your fave team?! have you any chance to watch matches from the bundesliga then??

[db44]

Bayern is not my favorite team. Now is the Bundesliga my favorite league, but it's my third favorite, after the EreDivisie and the EPL.

My location is <--- There. ;)

I get Fox Sports World, so I get some games from various leagues.

[glamour-gal]

thanx god, bayern is not your fave team!! :p

sorry, how could i NOT see where you're from...lol...

so, have you ever been to europe, to see some matches live?

[db44]

A number of times, but all those games were Dutch. My last trip brought me to The Netherlands to see the U.S./Holland friendly, and later that trip I saw Roda JC/Volendam.

I went to one of the semi-final WC games when the tournement was here in '94. And I was at teh WWC this summer.

In other words, I've seen my share of good football. ;)

What about you? Canada isn't exactly a bastion of football?

[muffins]

Unless I was hallucinating I think Wales are going to play Canada in a friendly!

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by db44
A number of times, but all those games were Dutch. My last trip brought me to The Netherlands to see the U.S./Holland friendly, and later that trip I saw Roda JC/Volendam.

I went to one of the semi-final WC games when the tournement was here in '94. And I was at teh WWC this summer.

In other words, I've seen my share of good football. ;)

What about you? Canada isn't exactly a bastion of football?



oh really?! sounds cool!
you were at the wwc?!? omg!!! great!!
glad to hear that you had a fantastic time then!

nope, in canada nobody really cares about soccer...

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by muffins
Unless I was hallucinating I think Wales are going to play Canada in a friendly!


are they?!
so let's fly over then :D

[db44]

I take it then you are a fan of women's soccer?

[glamour-gal]

..lol.. no i'm not!!

are you then?!
in the states women's soccer is really huge, innit?!

[db44]

Oh, I figured since you wrote wwc that you were.

I follow it. Right now the league is trying to restructure itself for relaunch. Hopefully it works out. A good performance at the Olympics would help that out.

[glamour-gal]

the wwc is alright, however i prefer when MEN play!! :D

don't know so many female players, but do you have a fave one?!

[db44]

As I work with the league sometime, I reserve judgement. :p

[glamour-gal]

alright :)

[muffins]

I'm not sure when the friendly is but I think it might be played in Wrexham which is in North Wales rather than in the usual place of Cardiff which is in the south. I'll try and find the exact details.

[glamour-gal]

alright. let me know then!

[muffins]

Wales will take on Canada at the Racecourse in Wrexham on May 30th 2004.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/wales/3522103.stm

[glamour-gal]

thanx for telling!!
are you going then?! :)

[muffins]

Not sure yet. Wales is small but it takes a while to get up there. It depends on my dad and he didn't rule it out when I spoke to him about it earlier. It's play-off weekend that weekend so it'll be pretty mad around here.

[glamour-gal]

i'll keep my fingers crossed for ya!

and don't forget to tell me, if you're going!!
as usual! :p