I didn't get to see the match. Does anyone know of any links that show replays of the disallowed goals? I've watched the highlights, but they only contain Madrid's goals and not Ajax's disallowed goals, and I want to judge how bad those calls were. A first half red card and 7-1 in Zagreb certainly s...

My impressions… Ajax used the game as a passing and possession training exercise. Portland couldn’t string more than 3-4 passes together without Ajax’s pressing and trapping getting the ball back, and then it seemed like Ajax’s biggest objective was: “okay, last time we strung together 24 passes in ...

Wow, excellent list. Are any of these Under-21-friendly? I'll have my 12yo son... I'm not 100% certain, but I'm pretty sure all are okay for underagers. And if you can't get in at one, the others are all within a couple blocks. I'll have my five month-old strapped to my chest for this match, and we...

Regarding the Leaky Roof pub/restaurant: it's pretty small. Only enough seating at the bar itself for maybe six people, and otherwise, seating at about a dozen tables. Not trying to dissuade you from going there, it's an okay place, but just saying. I'll also add (all of these are within a couple bl...

Depends on what you're looking for. Here's a seating map for orientation: http://gpsdsoccer.com/userfiles/image/TimbersSeatingChartUnsold.JPG The north end behind the goal is where the supporters mostly hang out (i.e., singing, chanting, standing, don't expect to sit for 90 minutes... although for a...

To ajaxusa and anyone else interested: Tickets for the Ajax match at Portland Timbers go on general public sale this Friday, April 15, at 5:00 pm Pacific time. Unfortunately, you have to buy through Ticketmaster. And to anyone out there in the US or with ESPN viewing access: the Timbers' first ever ...

And... Do you know of any decent online communities for Timbers fans? The Timbers discussion on BigSoccer is dead/lame. Virtually no interest in this game. Try here: http://www.soccercityusa.com/cgi-bin/yabb25/YaBB.pl Most avoid BS at all costs. And season tickets are being mailed out this week. No...

Ajaxusa, I'll let you know when I hear about general tickets going on sale. This game is included in the season ticket package, so there's 12,500 tickets already gone. Stadium holds just under 20,000, so there will be tickets available. It's often hard to tell what demand will be like for these frie...

I'll arrive Sat evening and stay 'till Tuesday night (when I fly to Portland for Ajax' 2nd friendly, v the debutantes of MLS, the Portland Timbers!). I've been a Timbers season ticket holder for the past eight years, and been a lurker on these Ajax boards ever since back at the old website. I'll ha...

Couldn't find a thread devoted to him, so thought I'd put this quote here in the UEFA Cup thread. This is what Dennis Gentenaar had to say today after being left off the squad for the match tomorrow (Vermeer will take his place on the bench): "This sort of behaviour is what you see at the amateurs. ...

bluedaddy19 schreef: He now has 3 offers; one from a "big" La Liga club, one of Lyon/Marseille/Monaco and Prem team.

Source??

I'd love to see Gooch at Ajax.

Van der Wiel probably set him up to eliminate the competition.

... but reports also say Tottenham are ready to offer 25M euros for him if Berbatov goes to Man Utd, so who knows what the hell will happen.

Van Basten has stated he wants to add one more defender and one more midfielder, and the internet rumors today say that his target right now is Lucas Biglia (22 y/o, defensive midfielder, Argentinian, plays for Anderlecht). Due to Anderlecht getting booted from the Champions League qualifying round,...

ZoefdeHaas schreef:Would the Ajax fans join me to finance this man's trip out of here?

Not unless Ten Cate agrees to personally pay half.

I’m not a fan of either of the Barca defender transfers. Henrique because Ajax shouldn’t be a feeder club, and I hate the idea of only having him on loan. Weak. And as for Oleguer, he may be a decent player, but he’s also 28, coming from a massive club, and on a huge wage. Here’s an idea: instead of...

Maybe MvB has plans to unleash a 2-4-4 formation this season.

Looks like France's shirt to me.

Reports today that Ajax have made an 8M Euro offer for Palmeiras central defender Henrique. He's 21 years old and got his first call-up to the Brazil national squad a few months ago. Barcelona is also interested and is considering a 9M Euro offer, but the articles I've read today indicate that Barca...

4-1, full time. Unbelievable! Impressive wins over both Italy and France (the 2006 WC finalists, fergahdsake!). On a 7-to-effin'-1 goal difference. Qualified for the quarters. Flowing, attractive football playing the beautiful game quite beautifully. Van Basten pulling the strings and on his way to ...

And Blind doesn't exactly inspire faith based on his personnel moves as Ajax manager. Hopefully Marco's making the decisions and Danny's rubber-stamping them. I'm hoping MVB can at least convince Engelaar (and Boularouhz) to come with him to Amsterdam...both looked awsome against Italy...maybe Van ...

Actually, the ref may have got the first goal wrong. Rule 11.1 (as stated above) has been modified more recently to state the player off the field is only classified as an active player if he's off the field by choice . The rule was originally written to prevent defenders from simply stepping over t...

Sneijder is running his mouth about how terrified Italy is to play the Oranje:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... 74&cc=5901

In related news: Sneijder isn't very smart.

I'm with Bryan on this one. I'll never say never, but luckily there's only a 0.1% FIFA will find a loophole that allows this plan to actually be implemented. It's discouraging that FIFA is still so focused on creating and encouraging national discrimation within societies, but I'm not completely sur...

What can anyone tell me about Jan Poortvliet as a manager? Yes, I know he played 5 million matches for PSV, but he was just appointed head coach at Southampton, and since my English team is Saints, I'm very curious if you all know more than I do (which is nothing) about his manager skills. From the ...