Any football (Soccer) fans around here?

I have seen the thread allowing you to show your colours in terms of NFL, but anyone here follow the English football? Premier league, MLS, La Liga, Bundesliga?!

I for one support the mighty Queens Park Rangers hailing from Hammersmith, West London. Bitter rivals include Chelsea, Brentford and Fulham! Of late we have had zero success, our best striker and 2 best midfielders are out for the rest of the season and we are sinking like a stone! The joys of being an R's fan!

Tell me yours :)

Hey George! I'm in the Seattle, WA area and my team is the Seattle Sounder FC. I've played soccer at the highest levels when I was younger and followed it pretty closely. I used to be an obsessive EPL fan but don't follow it nearly as much as I used to. I catch a game here and there along with some La Liga matches. We're getting ready for our season to crack off on March 8th! We're season ticket holders and soccer time of year is my favorite :D

Best Regards,

B

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Hey George! I'm in the Seattle, WA area and my team is the Seattle Sounder FC. I've played soccer at the highest levels when I was younger and followed it pretty closely. I used to be an obsessive EPL fan but don't follow it nearly as much as I used to. I catch a game here and there along with some La Liga matches. We're getting ready for our season to crack off on March 8th! We're season ticket holders and soccer time of year is my favorite :D

Best Regards,

B

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Good stuff! How you enjoying Clint Dempsey? I used to love watching him at Fulham, although he seemed to lose his way a bit at spurs... You should get back into the EPL, this has been a very interesting year. Fergie left Man United, and they are playing pretty poor football and are under pressure. Manchester City have one of the best attacking line ups ever seen in football! Arsenal and Livepool both going strong, with Chelsea playing typical boring Mourinho football. Title race is hot and the bottom 10 are seperated by only a few points! Great year :) What with QPR in the divison below, none of this matters to me haha!

nice to see you are showing strong support though, enjoy the upcoming season ;)

I know nothing about soccer teams or players really :(

Gunner here!!! But, in the MLS I've followed D.C. United since the opening season of the League. Looking forward to the Orlando club starting play in 2015 since they will right down the road from me.

Personally I played in high school and for the Air Force for a couple seasons. I played adult league soccer until just a couple years ago. Not as young as I used to be LOL.

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Gunner here!!! But, in the MLS I've followed D.C. United since the opening season of the League. Looking forward to the Orlando club starting play in 2015 since they will right down the road from me.

Personally I played in high school and for the Air Force for a couple seasons. I played adult league soccer until just a couple years ago. Not as young as I used to be LOL.

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We have a gooner in our midst... I am loving the following that football is gather in the states. I feel it can push the game forward, more teams and more leagues can't be a bad thing! I personally haven't played at high level, just played for my school really. It is a great game to play though, very fast paced :)

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I know nothing about soccer teams or players really :(

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Ahh man, you should get into it ;) Great year, world cup in Brazil, that will be a spectacle... Provided the stadiums are built on time...

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Good stuff! How you enjoying Clint Dempsey? I used to love watching him at Fulham, although he seemed to lose his way a bit at spurs... You should get back into the EPL, this has been a very interesting year. Fergie left Man United, and they are playing pretty poor football and are under pressure. Manchester City have one of the best attacking line ups ever seen in football! Arsenal and Livepool both going strong, with Chelsea playing typical boring Mourinho football. Title race is hot and the bottom 10 are seperated by only a few points! Great year :) What with QPR in the divison below, none of this matters to me haha!

nice to see you are showing strong support though, enjoy the upcoming season ;)

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Man U's fall apart has been pretty bad. Crazy for a team that has dominated for years. I got to watch Liverpool v. Swansea last night. Crazy goal scoring. I enjoy watching the EPL. The level of play is mostly unmatched anywhere in the world.

Dempsey is on another level for most in the MLS league. We also picked up Obafemi Martins last year who is an incredible Nigerian striker who played in the EPL earlier in his career. We've had some major roster churn this year. We've been in the playoffs every year but been unable to hoist the MLS cup yet. There's rumors that we're going to get Didier Drogba when the Turkish league is over this summer. Hopefully we can match the Seattle Seahawks Superbowl success and get the MLS Cup!

Regards,

B

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Man U's fall apart has been pretty bad. Crazy for a team that has dominated for years. I got to watch Liverpool v. Swansea last night. Crazy goal scoring. I enjoy watching the EPL. The level of play is mostly unmatched anywhere in the world.

Dempsey is on another level for most in the MLS league. We also picked up Obafemi Martins last year who is an incredible Nigerian striker who played in the EPL earlier in his career. We've had some major roster churn this year. We've been in the playoffs every year but been unable to hoist the MLS cup yet. There's rumors that we're going to get Didier Drogba when the Turkish league is over this summer. Hopefully we can match the Seattle Seahawks Superbowl success and get the MLS Cup!

Regards,

B

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Yeah the Prem is definitely something special. I had the pleasure of watching QPR play in the prem for 2 years... Got devastated week in, week out haha!

Dempsey is a great player, I was shocked when Fulham let him go to Spurs, I'd of done anything to keep him. If he was in their squad now, I don't think they would be in the struggle they are in currently. Any team would be blessed to have Drogba, the man is a beast. So powerful, quick feet, good in the air! You don't get much better than him in my opinion. 13 goals in 32 games at Galatasaray. 100 in 226 at Chelsea. Not numbers to sniff at.

And another terrible result for Man United... This is brilliant, the season couldn't get any better! Any United fans hanging about? Let us know what you think of the team and Moyes this year!

Update! Moyes has gone! Liverpool have messed up! Man City can pounce and win the title! Everton can play a big role in the league this year, beat or draw with City and they can give it back to Liverpool, their local rivals! Crazy stuff!

All that is important is QPR anyway! We have made it into the championship playoffs, probably going to play Wigan… I don’t have much faith, we have been poor recently! Our team isn't good enough for the prem anyway, we will get battered game in game out like we did last time we made it into the top tier.

So this has been dead for a long time. Buuuuuut, it is a new season. New signings, Costa and Fabregas at Chelsea, Welbeck at Arsenal, and most importantly Nico Kranjkar is still a QPR player ;)

Any new soccer fans brought here from the world cup this year?

Lemme know your teams! How well do you think they will do? What do you think of your new signing?

You can also talk to me about the NFL, I am a dedicated fan, stay up late here in the UK to watch the games on a Sunday and Thursday! BILLS! BILLS! BILLS!

I'm a Gunners fan. Nothing like the emotional roller coaster of being an Arsenal supporter...

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I'm a Gunners fan. Nothing like the emotional roller coaster of being an Arsenal supporter...

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Tell you what, your defence today was laughable! Saying that, tightened up in the second half. Bojans disallowed goal was a but of luck for you boys I guess. That goal coulda knocked your confidence bad. Good result for my boys! You wanna talk emotional rollercoasters haha! Being a QPR fan 20 years wil galvonise you against most things in this world.

Arsenal need to quit messing around and put this game away, vs. Hull City in FA Cup. :rage:

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Arsenal need to quit messing around and put this game away, vs. Hull City in FA Cup. :rage:

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Pulled it out of the bag at the end... Unlike QPR... 0-3 at home against Sheffield United. Awful! Need some support for Austin, he works so hard but the rest of the team are letting him down majorly!

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Pulled it out of the bag at the end... Unlike QPR... 0-3 at home against Sheffield United. Awful! Need some support for Austin, he works so hard but the rest of the team are letting him down majorly!

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I know what you mean. The last I saw, Charlie Austin was in the top 1o goal scorers, but he cannot do it all by himself. It has to be a team effort. What do you think about Alan Pardew moving to Crystal Palace?

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I know what you mean. The last I saw, Charlie Austin was in the top 1o goal scorers, but he cannot do it all by himself. It has to be a team effort. What do you think about Alan Pardew moving to Crystal Palace?

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He is currently number 3 in the prem! He is awesome haha! I really do not know to be fair. I don't think he is the right man for the job. I know that Newcastle fans are delighted to get rid of him! I hope he does a bad job hahaha, Palace are no doubt going to be scrapping down at the bottom with us!

I think Feb 11, is when CP goes to Newcastle, I will watch that match, it should be entertaining.

Come on Crystal Palace, hold that lead... :please:

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Come on Crystal Palace, hold that lead... [emoji14]lease:

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Haha leave it out mate! I hope they get battered! A few results went against us today. I'm getting worried...

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Haha leave it out mate! I hope they get battered! A few results went against us today. I'm getting worried...

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I know what you mean. It's not so much that I want CP to win, as much as I want Spurs to not win.

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I know what you mean. It's not so much that I want CP to win, as much as I want Spurs to not win.

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Haha the Spurs v Arsenal rivalry is one of my faves! Very strong. Makes for amazing games!

Derby Day, Derby Day, Let's go, Gunners.... :gj:

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Derby Day, Derby Day, Let's go, Gunners.... :gj:

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The north London derby! Always an awesome day! I got an Arsenal win in my acca!

The bad thing is, I broke the handle in my shower this morning, and the water is still in there running, but I can't work on it until the game is over... :rofl:

NOOOOOOO!!!!! :rage:

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NOOOOOOO!!!!! :rage:

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Harry Kane mate. What a season he is having! I despise Tottenham...

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NOOOOOOO!!!!! :rage:

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You will be saying that again when the mighty Queens Park Rangers give you boys a good hiding today :P

I hope QPR can rally back and at least get a draw... :please:

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I hope QPR can rally back and at least get a draw... :please:

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We tried our best mate, really did! Quite a good game, shame it was against a good spurs side, any one outside the top 8 and we would have won!

Does following the MLS here in the colonies count?