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1. Sagna is 1 heck of a player

   BTW watching the BMG-Mainz match.

   Pretty stale atm but fun to watch the Bundesliga. Even a USA flag by the sidelines. Bradley got a Yellow in the 22nd for a challenge on a player who had the ball near the touchline. But the thing is Bradley actually was gunning for the ball.

2. Watching M’Gladbach vs Mainz on ESPN3. Running this through the XBox360 onto the big screen and it really looks great. Impressed with the technology.

3. It looked like Fabregas pulled Chamakh’s arm up when he raised his, rather than both of them independently raising their own arms. Still, it was weird. And stupid.

4. I hate his smug little face!

5. Nasri is nothing more than a two-bit, cheating frenchman.

6. Arsenal has nobody to blame but themselves, they threw that away. Although the ref did not help on that 2nd goal, not even close to a foul by song

7. What did that water bottle ever do to Arsene Wenger?!

8. Thanks for this, +1!

9. Well, looks like Gallas got the last laugh over Nasri. What a gritty performance by Spurs. Whether it remains number 1 remains to be seen, but it’ll be hard to top.

10. What an awful choke job by Arsenal, awful.

11. What a fantastic game. Love to see the Gunners lose at home.

12. Well, not to stir controversy but it’s going to take a hell of an MLS Cup to top this game. 🙂 Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

13. Five minutes, I can’t watch!

14. Oh, shameful officiating.

15. Disappointing from Theo Walcott. He was blazing hot before his injury.

    Look at Titi cheering the Gunners on, hehe.

16. Walcott blasts a great chance over the bar… not surprising.

17. He should be a sub, I agree that he can’t go a full game. Arshavin, that is.

18. lol….understatement of the day!

19. A few things.

    Chamakh may score some goals, but he destroys more fast breaks than any player in recent memory. He single handedly ruined several almost sure goal opportunities today.

    Arshavin is done, he simply cannot compete anymore like he used to.

20. Arsene Wenger looks a little upset.

21. Wow! Kaboul comes forward with the sweet finish!

22. This is an odd, odd game. What a turnaround

23. Van der Vaart booked. What a surprise. He’s been asking for that card all match long.

24. “rob” (if I may call you that).

    You don’t know me. You don’t know where I’m from, where I live, where my loyalties lie, or why I like the things that I like.

    Don’t try and pretend as if you know me. You’ve already shown yourself to be a fool, speak again and remove all doubt.

25. Weird indeed.

26. Fabregas and Chamackh with the simultaneous intentional handball in the box, weird.

27. Not so schoolyard! Against play, but what a beauty of a pass and finish.

28. COYW ….. DTID !!!!!

    Those will be my two ancronym anthems this weekend…

    Please god let them win

29. Tottenham looks like a school yard squad right now.

    Arsenal’s domination in the midfield is admirable.

30. And taking heed of Mig22’s wise words, I will bow out of this conversation.

31. Now, back to the actual games: Arsenal is looking very very good….again.

32. Ok folks, it’s not a matter of what players are better. Obviously any EPL match will feature better players top to bottom than the MLS cup game. The question of which game is the #1 or #2 game to watch is sort of an individual choice, yeah?

    I would watch the better teams and players over the MLS Cup because I don’t care about the teams in the final. Other people find MLS entertaining. Cool. Worldwide, more people will watch the Arsenal-Tottenham game, in the US it will be close.

    Don’t really need to fight about it.

33. Nobody reasonable thinks that FCD or Colorado can beat a full-strength team from the Premier League. That’s obviously a laughable statement, and I’ve hinted at nothing of the sort in my post. Good job on tearing down that strawman Leo.

    However, you would have to be lying to yourself if you said that these teams are not fun to watch. There is plenty enough skill and talent in these teams’ rosters for fun, end-to-end action for ANY observer, neutrals included.

    Your reason for watching EPL games over MLS games is not merely for “entertainment,” as it rarely is for most Eurosnobs. There is more talent than there are resources and roster spots in the top teams in the top 4 leagues of the world. Plenty of fun games can be found anywhere else, including in MLS. Your reasons for zeroing in on a derby game in North London of all places are far more petty and childish, coming from a sense of entitlement and misunderstanding of what the sport is about. If you don’t feel a connection with teams in your own domestic league and don’t feel the need to watch the biggest game of the MLS season, I don’t know what else to say to you.

34. Tell you what, moron. Why don’t you put the best XI from FCD and Colorado and put them up against the best from Arsenal and Tottenham.

    Afterwards, I’ll kindly invite you to shut up.

35. Of course you don’t “care.” Anybody whose happiness is predicated upon other people’s judgments of them probably won’t ever be happy. Good for you.

    That said, such an attitude shouldn’t excuse you from being told that you are a foolish Eurosnob, that not wanting to see two quality, attacking teams full of talent in FCD and Colorado is definitely in poor judgment, and that most sane soccer fans in the United States who want to see the domestic league grow in strength hope you change your ways.

36. I’m watching Arsenal – Tottenham right now.

    I probably won’t watch the MLS Cup final.

    Guess what? I don’t care if you don’t like that.

37. Congrats to Dempsey. Best player on the NT.

    (yeah I said it )

38. How about MLS Cup in the photo…This isnt the UK

39. Part of it may be the fact it’s a less illustrious matchup for a the MLS Cup title. Guess the battle for EPL underachievers outpaces the MLS Cup.

40. I am going to challenge the statement that far more people will watch Arsenal-Spurs than MLS Cup final. I would guess that more people will watch the Cup, but if not then at least it will not be “far more” as you claim.

41. You’re really gonna compare the N. London Derby with the MLS Final. I’m all for supporting our domestic league but we’re talking about one of the top rivalries in all of Europe pitting mega stars (vdv, bale, modric) vs mega stars (Cesc, Walcott, Nasri, Wilshere)…Gunners all the way!

42. Would have been a classy move to put the MLS Cup first. You do claim to approach the game with an “American voice”. . . . I tend to favor championships over run-of-the-mill league games, even derbies.

    Madrid v. Bilbao should be a nice game. One of the more emotionally/politically charged contests each season.

43. really depends on your perspective. personally if they were on at the same time i’d chose to watch the mls cup final but i cant speak for every living soccer fan in this country.

44. It says a lot that a regular season fixture from a league across the Atlantic Ocean takes precedence over the Cup Final, the biggest game of the season in the domestic league.

    “The world of soccer with an American voice.”

    And I’m not even a FCD or Rapids fan.

45. Geez, between this and the Arsene Wenger video, when did this site become filled with a bunch of sissy whiners? And Bob Bradley isn’t even involved!!

46. That rating just lost this site a lot of respect.

47. Jermaine was kicked out of the lineup for Schalke due to poor form (read:insubordination), but I doubt it will be a snooze fest as both teams are in dire need of points.

48. hmmm. a regular season premier league game beats out the mls cup, even on soccer by Ives. that’s gotta hurt a bit for some. but its’ true…

    (SBI- While we obviously factor in the American aspect of things, Arsenal-Tottenham is tough game to top. Let’s face it, far more people will watch Arsenal-Tottenham than Dallas-Colorado, but that doesn’t mean MLS Cup isn’t worth watching. I think it’s going to be very entertaining.)

49. COYW!!

50. So sad the MLS season is already almost over.

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