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Heaveeeen

Nice goal

I think it's disgraceful the way that MLS have decided to remove the goalkeepers to make it more exciting - it takes a lot of the skill out of the game.

LOL
 rotflmfao

better than their original idea of removing the goals

LMFAO- seriously but why is the goalkeeper up does anyone know?? did the team really need to score to get anything or was it a meaningless league game or something(wouldnt surprise me to try and stir up more Beckham mania over there)

It was stoppage time and 2-1 la so norm to do so.

Yes, but the point is that in the NASL all teams have to play ten minutes without goalies. This articifical move adds to excitement obviously, but detracts from a "pure" game. Its interesting the tactical means with which teams counter this rule..often playing seven at the back for these periods and two teams have even brought in Olympic divers to their squad and are training them to save with their heads.

Interesting, but I hope FIFA resist the temptation to make it a worldwide rule.

They don't have draws in the US - so if the other team had equalised they would have got a 35 yard shootout for 1 point.

drogba to nasl??

Haha

The New England Revolution, managed by Steve Nicol, have Olympic Gold medalist in high board diving Greg Louganis as their goalkeeping coach.

Interesting times in North American soccer.

he has just kicked a ball 60/70 yards into an empty not bad for 350k a week

You're kidding, right?

Ask Tracey.

Not a joke, its actually true.

Taken from NASL homepage

"Team Managers must confirm with the match officials the exact timing of the "10 minute goal minder exclusion" no later than 15 minutes before the scheduled match start time. These timings once submitted can not be amended under any circumstances"

"The match officials signify the start of the "10 minute goal minder exclusion" with a triple blast on the whistle, upon which notice the Goal tender must leave the field and stay in the holding pen for the entire 10 minute period"


wtf is a goal tender ??

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, we've been over the whole goals and goal tender thing before.  Now ya know I wasn't making it up.

someone who quotes for making them?

On 2nd thoughts .....  rotflmfao

anyone see last years game between the vancouver whitecaps and LA aztecs? vancouver were awarded a penalty seconds before LA's exclusion started so LA had to put a defender in goal. it was quite a weak pen and the defender actually headed it out

It's still not English though.  It's not football either.

You're right...it's not.  It's soccer, but we won't even go there.

Wrong in 2 nationalities - is that a record?

http://www.fifa.com/

No 'S' in FIFA.

I thouht this was just a wind up wtf no keepers thats like how we used to play when we were kids and that was just coz been keepers shit.If beckham ever wants SOCCER to be taken seriously this rules gotta go anyone find any footage of this madness.

no, if you find some let me know.

it must be there somewhere.

I especially want to see the "diving" defender training. Mad!

a friend sent me some of these but they were on a small site, not youtube. I'll see if I can find the email with the links

Isn't that why Klinsmann is held in high regard over in the States?

I've seen the clips before.  Can't see any on YouTube, but I remember watching it on Transworld Sport on Sky. 

yes you're right, just found the links but their site seems to be down.

the best one is http://www.transworldsport.tv/video/viewid/228741 hopefully it's a temp thing and the site'll be back up soon, well worth watching

thank you gatso

Come on, 10 minute goalkeeper exclusions, you lot are having a laugh.

You are.....aren't you?

sadly

Taken from NASL homepage

"Team Managers must confirm with the match officials the exact timing of the "10 minute goal minder exclusion" no later than 15 minutes before the scheduled match start time. These timings once submitted can not be amended under any circumstances"

"The match officials signify the start of the "10 minute goal minder exclusion" with a triple blast on the whistle, upon which notice the Goal tender must leave the field and stay in the holding pen for the entire 10 minute period"


must find and link to the LA Times Podcast with Beckham where they talk about it. The Commissioner of the NASL talks through what problems he had convincing Sepp Blatter to allow the trial too.

Tighty, do you remember David the Welsh guy who works as a translator for the scandies at FIFA that  I introduced you to at Luton last year?

I asked him about this when it first happened and it turns out he was at the meeting you mention as the Norwegians were one of the delegations invited to the meeting (12 countries minimum have to be at any discussion of this type). 

Apparently all the European teams were against the trial while all the non Europeans (of who there were more that day) supported it. Blatter could’ve effectively vetoed the motion and forced a meeting of all members of FIFA but instead chose to go with that day’s vote. David reckons that was to avoid pissing off the South Africans who’d also been invited that day and who Blatter was already having major rows with over 2010.

Well IMO it's wrong, in fact it's very very wrong, it's like some dirty tainted perverted low brow kind of football for people with the attention span of a goldfish and it should be banned. FIFA should kick them out for suggesting it let alone have a vote on it (as if it was needed we have even more proof Sepp Blatter is an arse). The most popular sport in the world for 100 years or so and the American's want to change it. They should play by the FIFA rules or not play at all.

They should stick to basketball, rounders (I think they call it baseball), or that padded up variation of rugby that welcomes performance enhancing drug cheats.

I'm still not entirely convinced that this isn't a wind up as I have been on the FIFA, MLS, and the now defunct NASL sites in an attempt to see this for myself and have drawn a blank. If you have any working links please post them.