By IVES GALARCEP
The U.S. Men’s National Team made beating Cuba look easy in the Gold Cup quarterfinals, but things are about get much tougher as the U.S. heads to Atlanta for a semifinal date with Jamaica.
Episode 223 of The SBI Show previews Wednesday’s USA-Jamaica semifinal, and looks back at the win against Cuba. We discuss Jurgen Klinsmann’s options as he heads toward the difficult challenge Jamaica will present.
Co-host Garrett Cleverly and I also discuss all the latest in MLS news, from the All-Star Game selections to the pursuit of Didier Drogba, and more. We also discuss the recent announcement that Alex Morgan was chosen to be on the cover of FIFA 16.
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Give Episode 223 of The SBI Show a listen after the jump:
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What did you think of the show? Who would you like to see Klinsmann start on the back-line against Jamaica? Who would you have put in the FIFA 16 cover if you had a vote?
Share your thoughts below.
Hey Ives,
Wanted to drop in and drop some nerd stuff on you regarding the FIFA 16 cover. These cover athlete agreements are often negotiated MONTHS before they are announced. Think about who you would want on this cover 6-8 months ago and the conversation about who deserves to be on it changes a little, especially when they’re trying to project this out so far in advance. That’s why they tend to go with safe choices on these instead of rewarding who is hot at the moment.
Jah Bless.
For the record third consecutive episode Garrett has attempted to name off the entire LA Galaxy roster.
CAN HE MAKE IT FOUR ?
It’s now a standard segment of the SBI show, when Garrett and Ives recite the whole Galaxy roster and drool over every player (including Dan Gargan).
Next we’ll hear a discussion of how the Galaxy players love to visit soccerloco.com.
Kor- I agree Carli should be on the cover, but that’s a little harsh on Alex Morgan. She’s not just the hot chick that does bikini shoots, she’s an amazing player. When she’s on her game, she’s easily a top three striker. Unimpressive world cup performance from her, no doubt about that. However, she was recovering from an injury, which she just had surgery on a few days ago. Ronaldinho kept his FIFA cover spot after 2006 world cup, and he was more useless in that tournament than Morgan was.
I am not anti Alex Morgan. I’m a fan, but I still think Lloyd should have had the honor. Maybe she’ll get a Wheaties cover. 🙂 It was a tongue-in-cheek response to Garrett’s comments
The point of my comments above was irony regarding good ol’ Sepp. Comments and expressed opinions are viewed and interpreted through our personal prisms, so the intended humor is sometimes missed.
I don’t get it, how do you listen to this? There is no link.
And speaking further of good ol’ Sepp, the women’s soccer world went crazy when the old coot suggested that they would get more fans if the women wore tighter shorts. What an insult, using cheap sex appeal to market serious athletes! Disgusting!
Hmmm. Carli Lloyd is the USWNT superstar. She carried the team on her back. But, according to certain anonymous people here, marketing is more important for EA’s FIFA 16. Following that logic, they ignored the best player for the sexiest player, the one who does bikini photo shoots, including body paint only. Can’t get much tighter than body paint! I wonder if good ol’ Sepp is on EA’s board.
There is a difference between how a theoretically non-profit governing body speaks about it’s athletes and how a business does it’s own marketing. There is no doubt that in all aspects of life for both men and women, good looks gets you promoted and gets you more marketing deals if you are in the public sphere.
Good ol’ Sepp has become a cartoon character parody of FIFA leadership.
Speaking of FIFA, I wonder how many FIFA-like political deals will be required before the stadiums are built in Miami or NYC. Will somebody’s nephew get the trash hauling contract, or will somebody’s cousin be the stadium seating vendor? I think that the team that “invests” the most money will win the stadium race. Big city politics always have a dubious undercurrent.
See Beckham, David for talking about marketing in soccer, he was a good player, but was a marketing superstar because of his looks