Found this video from this US Cup game in 1992. Go to http://www.ussoccer.com/sights/video/index.jsp.html and click on "Center Circle: May 2006". A lot has changed in 14 years.
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Found this video from this US Cup game in 1992. Go to http://www.ussoccer.com/sights/video/index.jsp.html and click on "Center Circle: May 2006". A lot has changed in 14 years.
:D That is goontastic :p
Did you hear the Irish music been played in the backround while the Irish line up is being shown and the soccer commentators calling the kits "uniforms"
Brilliant stuff :)
townsend was started as a striker????? wtf
Is this the match we lost 3-1 with McCarthy scoring for us?
yes it is
didn't packie bonner get sent off in a match in this tourney?
And Niall Quinn as well I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by vega007
Against Italy where the ref was called Corleone or something. :rolleyes: I was at that tournament. Good trip despite the scores and it seemed that the players were distracted by off the field temptations. 2-0 win over Portugal - which included Figo and others from the golden generation - in Boston undoubtedly the highlight.Quote:
Originally Posted by vega007
Quinny, Liam Daish and Mick McCarthy were sent off in the 1996 tournament. Packie Bonner was sent off in the 1992 tournament. In both cases, the officaldom was remarkably incompentent. I think (and I may be biased here) that the ref who sent Packie off wasn't even in the same half and called it wrong. The Mexico game obviously needs no further explanation. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dotsy
that ref was demoted after that mexico game in '96 (giant's stadium if i recall). irish fans singing "INS" to the mexican fans as well, irony perhaps lost on them? :D
classic stuff
ronaldinho must be the new roy wegerle
It was the era of 4-5-1Quote:
Originally Posted by vega007
Or Mike McCarthy as he was reffered to in this video! :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Classic! :)
yes, of course it was 4-5-1, i was referring to the terrible presentation of the starting lineups by the US television network.