Real Madrid vs Manchester United at the Big House
August 2nd, 2014 at 10:11 AM ^
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:21 AM ^
Complaining about the texture of the grass is just such a soccer thing to do.
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:27 AM ^
Van Gaal (Manchester United's coach) was ripping the turf yesterday at his press conference. Wayne Rooney (United's striker/attacking midfielder) also reported it was too soft.
Personally interested to see the continuing transformation of the United attack (Rooney & Welbeck up front, Mata and Hererra with sprinkles of Kagawa/Fletcher/Arturo Vidal please please please please) against much stiffer competition that Real will provide.
Neither team will be at full strength (RvP out for United, Rodriguez, Kroos, Benzema, Ronaldo out for Real). Real when fit will be absolutely frightening.
Striker: Benzema
LWing: Ronaldo Attacking#10: James Rodriguez RWing: Bale
Modric and Kroos to link up?
Sick.
His complaining about the tour reminds me the MLB player who complained aobut going to Australia. It's a goodwill tour designed to grow the sport. Why these assclowns don't understand this I don't now.
August 2nd, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^
from a cave (or Ohio):
TV coverage is on FOX at 4pm EDT. Get your chores done now so you can drink your Guinness then. You now have 5 hours 18 minutes and counting...
August 2nd, 2014 at 10:53 AM ^
and I see it's even on Fox here! Didn't occur to me. Thanks for the wake-up.
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:17 AM ^
Thanks for mentioning that...I'm in the NY area and din't know it was on. Fox is going national with it.
August 2nd, 2014 at 10:54 AM ^
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:26 AM ^
Perfect day for tailgating, wish I were on the golf course right now...
August 2nd, 2014 at 10:57 AM ^
Anybody else just rocking michigan gear to this game?
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:10 AM ^
I'm being "that guy" and wearing a MCFC jersey since its the only soccer jersey I own. But I'll have a Michigan hat on
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:21 AM ^
Yup. I'll be in a maize football tee.
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:08 AM ^
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:11 AM ^
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:28 AM ^
Therefore, with 99.999999% certainly, I'll predict they'll be open.
Special edition for the soccer game - MDen at Crisler:
Crisler Center - Restrooms and MerchandisePublic restrooms and an M Den store can be found on the concourse level of Crisler Center by entering the Northeast Entry off the Blue Lot beginning at 1:00pm. A second M Den store in Crisler Center can be accessed via the Southwest Entry near Gate 2 beginning at 9:00am.
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:22 AM ^
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:37 AM ^
only lightning would stop the show
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:49 AM ^
August 2nd, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
Not a soccer fan but going. We will see if I become a fan.
August 2nd, 2014 at 12:24 PM ^
Wearing my Diego Forlan Uruguay jersey from travels long ago (its the only soccer jersey I have) and getting really excited! My wife's history of living in Spain has us rooting for Real Madrid.
August 2nd, 2014 at 12:35 PM ^
Who's the traitor? You are. Lol
people sitting on their couches calling athletes pu**sies has gone out of style. Those guys have been documented to run up to a full marathon's distance over the course of a match, and don't wear your prissy little pads, either. My ten-year-old, who plays for her area All Star squad, will kick your a**.
Where are you going with that "prissy little pads" comment?
Don't try to act like soccer players are hardasses because they run a lot. And don't try to act like (American) football players are pussies because their sport requires pads.
FWIW, I'm definitely not a soccer hater, but what you said is pretty stupid.
Ehhhhh...nevermind.
That is easily the most noteworthy thing to happen to EMU in, oh, 30 years.
Well, I guess it was a bit over 30 years ago when I was there for grad school and they had Soup Sales as the grand marshall of the homecoming parade.
Do they not understand that soccer is almost never played in stadiums above 30K people in America? The field shouldn't be very good for soccer considering it's not built for that.
I think Voltron is Handsome gets text alerts whenever a thread is made on mgoblog that isn't related to basketball or football. You can always count on him to neg a soccer thread within the first few minutes of it being posted
Ugh. Way too much red in the Big House.
Just like for every Ohio State game, amirite?
/duckseventhoughitstrue
This has to be the most hype I've seen for a game that essentially means nothing.
This field looks almost comically small
Having those crowd shirt colors in the stadium feels weird... the red in particular.
Wow the stadium looks amazing.
Not a doubt they will smash the Rose Bowl record.
Does it look like the ball is rolling slowly on the grass surface they put in?
and I think Man U's coach was complaining about it too
So the Big House will now have the US records for football, hockey, and soccer...seems like an appropriate time to play a basketball game in there and possibly a very goofy looking baseball game
Michigan holds-
- NCAA , Division I & World record for attendance at a Football game: 115,109 (and virtually the entire top-20 list)
- NCAA & World record for attendance at Hockey game: 113,411
- NHL record: 105,491
- NCAA Division II football record for attendance: 61,143
Michigan might as well go for the record for DIII football. Maybe invite Mount Union to play Adrian?
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL