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USMNT Gold Cup training camp: Behind the scenes

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  1. YOU need to stop goofing around so much.
    Stop watching soccer and reading about soccer and go do your job. Be a productive member of society for chrissakes…

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  2. I think the point was that Gooch -exceeded- what the formula said was his maximum heart rate, proving the formula to be wrong. Although I always thought it was more of a “ballpark” calculation, and it was only off by 6 beats per minute, but hey, I’m not the one training a bunch of elite athletes, so presumably he knows better than I do.

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  3. he’s saying gooch is proving the formula “220 minus his age” cannot be correct because according to the formula, he should be at 191 beats per minute, but he’s at 197. (I believe this is a maximum capacity heart rate formula, but i’ll defer to those exercise science majors). I think the point he’s making is that if gooch, who is a physical specimen, can’t hit the formula, then no one can.

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  4. I love getting behind the scenes like this of a training camp. Sometimes you forget just how much work and preparation goes into a tournament. Looks fun as hell too.

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  5. I’ve seen them charter flights too. I guess it depends on the relative cost of everything. Sometimes, gotta fly coach.

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  6. DUDE!

    Definitely. That was hilarious. The look on Dolo’s face was like… “I’ve been playing soccer at a high level since like when your kid was born, and I’m the freaking mayor of Hannover.”

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  7. Agreed — Cherundolo stole the show. Made me a bigger fan of him. Seems humble, well-spoken, and hell if he ain’t a damn good player.

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  8. Could Bob Bradley get more patronizing with Dolo when he was explain the D line and used the term ” Rule of thumb” .

    Come on Bradley- these are pros, not high schoolers.

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  9. If I were either of them I would have burned the camera so that never saw the light of day. Pele nude photos in the Brazil team locker rooms have surfaced years later and cause a huge ” gay ” issue for pele.

    Just not smart of the USMNT to show that scene. Time for a regime change.

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  10. agreed, i like dolo a lot. kinda like they’re doing now with the ‘mnt in england’ before world cup 2006 they went to germany and did a little two part thing where he showed them around hannover, he’s a pretty funny guy.

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  11. Captain of his club team Hanover 96 (no small feat in Germany)…considered one of the top two or three right backs in the Bundasliga…I have watched him play when his club matches are on GOLTV…he is a very good player at club level and a real leader…USA vice-Captain to Boca…

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  12. pretty cool behind-the scenes. gooch still looks like a beast; if only he could regain his positional sense. and what’s with sascha sitting at a desk, like he’s cramming for finals?

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  13. I liked how Dolo narrated most of it. I feel like he’s such a staple on the team but that I don’t know anything about him (probably since he’s played in Germany for so long).

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