waltere Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Wonder if this world cup can continue one of soccer's oddest quirks - both Bayern Munich and Inter Milan have had at least one player in the squad in every final since 1982! Quote 1 hour ago, BringBackTheVet said: sorry sweetie, but I don't suck minor-league d CCSLC Post of the day September 3rd 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltere Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 11:21 PM, waltere said: Wonder if this world cup can continue one of soccer's oddest quirks - both Bayern Munich and Inter Milan have had at least one player in the squad in every final since 1982! Double post, but it will! Croatia and Argentina both have an Inter player (Croatia also have a Bayern player), whilst France and Morocco both have Bayern players. 2 1 Quote 1 hour ago, BringBackTheVet said: sorry sweetie, but I don't suck minor-league d CCSLC Post of the day September 3rd 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 28-3 and 33-0 respectively 1 3 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 4 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Jeff Saturday was the first coach ever with the last name Saturday to coach on a Saturday 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Something I learned for the first time today - the first hat trick and first clean sheet in World Cup history both belong to the same national team: the United States. Both of course happened in the 1930 tournament. Bert Patenaude scored the hat trick against Paraguay in their 2nd group stage game, and Jimmy Douglas won the clean sheet against Belgium in the first (he’d get a second consecutive clean sheet in the Paraguay game, also). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 2 hours ago, FinsUp1214 said: Something I learned for the first time today - the first hat trick and first clean sheet in World Cup history both belong to the same national team: the United States. Both of course happened in the 1930 tournament. Bert Patenaude scored the hat trick against Paraguay in their 2nd group stage game, and Jimmy Douglas won the clean sheet against Belgium in the first (he’d get a second consecutive clean sheet in the Paraguay game, also). Just wanna state a likely unpopular opinion: The golden boot/hat trick stuff is kinda "meh" when nearly half those goals are on PKs they were designated to kick. I believe (like in NBA basketball) the player who drew the foul should be the one taking the shot. Instead, soccer let's the team handpick their best player to take the kick, which is basically like stat-padding for the likes of Messi and Mbappe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Cujo said: Just wanna state a likely unpopular opinion: The golden boot/hat trick stuff is kinda "meh" when nearly half those goals are on PKs they were designated to kick. I believe (like in NBA basketball) the player who drew the foul should be the one taking the shot. Instead, soccer let's the team handpick their best player to take the kick, which is basically like stat-padding for the likes of Messi and Mbappe. You'd have fewer annoying "hack a Shaq" / "hack a Ben" moments that draw out games forever if teams got to designate who got to shoot. Right now, other than fouling out, there's no reason not to have your scrub players hack anyone that's not a good FT shooter but will make an easy lay-up or even dunk. That said, soccer PKs are dumb, and using them to decide championships is absurd. 1 Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 1st 2nd Vikings became the first team to win 11 games decided by one possession last week 3rd Vikings have a -19 point differential despite their 12-4 record 1 1 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Despite Randy Moss’s illustrious HoF career, he never won a superbowl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 The 1976 Twins won 85 games and finished five games out of first place. Yet they had no starter with a winning record. Their top winner was reliever Bill Campbell, who went 17-5 with 20 saves in 78 appearances (all in relief). 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 According to Scorigami, there's only been 46 games with a final score of 38-7 (so not exactly rare, but definitely uncommon.) Eagles just beat the Giants in the playoffs in PHL 38-7, five years to the day that they beat the (fraud) Vikings, in the playoffs 38-7. Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 IDK if birthdates count in this but nevertheless going to put it here because whoa. 1 4 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 1 hour ago, TrueYankee26 said: IDK if birthdates count in this but nevertheless going to put it here because whoa. I really want this to be true. But I must ask: when did Vin Scully call a game managed by Connie Mack? It could only have been in 1950, Mack's last season managing the A's, and Scully's first in the Dodgers' broadcast booth. It could have been in spring training. But I doubt that spring training games would have been on the radio then. Also, I have read Scully's debut with the Dodgers dated to an April date in the regular season. So that would mean that, for Scully to have called a game managed by Mack, the Dodgers and A's would have to have met in an in-season exhibition during the 1950 season, and also that this exhibition game would have to have been broadcast by the Dodgers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Somebody tweeted a response crediting Elias with the claim that the Dodgers broadcast a 1950 spring training game against the A's. However, the Philadelphia Inquirer says that Scully's broadcasting debut came in a regular season game against the Phillies on April 18. That date can be found in many other accounts of Scully's career. Still, I hope that the Inquirer is wrong, because the story involving Connie Mack is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gothedistance Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 The Arizona Cardinals are the Super Bowl host team this year. 3 of the 4 remaining teams in the playoffs have played the Cardinals. The 49ers, Eagles, and Chiefs. If you count the preseason, Arizona played the Bengals in the preseason. Many Super Bowl host teams have had an opponent who they played during the same season play on their home stadium for the big game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SpidersReorg Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Diversity win! Super Bowl LVII will be the first Super Bowl in which both starting quarterbacks are African-American! Assuming Patrick Mahomes starts, anyway. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 8:39 PM, DCarp1231 said: Ha! That was my 18th birthday. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 The Chiefs and Eagles first played each other in the regular season in 1972. They didn't meet again until 1992. 1 1 Quote It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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