BluesChick

Hi Scott, Welcome to TC! I look forward to seeing your posts. For the American tour side of things, I recommend checking out Chelsea in America (The American supporters club). For everything else Chelsea, I recommend TC Kerry

Hi Alex, welcome to TC! Kerry (from rainy, smoggy shanghai)

US women don't get as much as the men, I but I haven't looked up the amount.

I think they tend to play longer because there are few women that play and stick with it past their mid 20's. Plus professional women's sports tend to lag behind men's sports with the possible exception of tennis and golf. As of December 15, 2012, Wambach has 152 goals in 198 international matches. Out of her 152 goals, 61 goals or 40% were headers. http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/playeroftheyear/player=186483/index.html

I was happy to hear that Abby Wambach won the women's Ballon d'Or!!

I'm honoured to make you feel special and hopefully smile Better aim for 21 before I met my husband I was at Purdue University working on my biology degree and studying Russian of all the God awful languages to try and learn… should have chosen Spanish or German… well Mandarin if I had had a crystal ball….

Welcome!

Hi, Welcome!

LOL I think he means that we've got ourselves another American Hi Micah, what part of Texas are you from? Look forward to seeing your posts

Well, I am excited to see Ba play and the fact that it is on at 11pm here but then comes the choice of whether or not to find a pub to see it at!… decisions decisions LOL Hope we win!!! KTBFFH!

i always look forward to your posts, you always have interesting things to say and even if the quantity isn't there the quality is @CFC Lucas… maybe I would if I was single and 20 years younger

i will check it more frequently but have liked it a long time ago too

Manpe or Spike for me

I think he is starting to pay the price for playing through and coming back early from injury time and time again. He's not as young as he used to be and what in his 20's he could shake of in his 30's will take longer… that is a fact of life. Soon those aches and pains will remain and become chronic (some already have … his back). Add that into to the powder keg that is his personal life and it makes him a liability for the club. Unfortunately. 6 weeks is a long time for your captain to be side lined … especially when it was supposedly a minor injury.

Ack, I hate games like this.

I'm curious why none of our players are on the under-21 list didn't any of them play for the NT?

wow, you need to learn a little tact and perhaps realize I was trying to ask you maybe not in the best way to back off the American bashing. Like everyone here I am proud of my country and I am a long standing member of the community who would appreciate it if you didn't take pot shots at all Americans. Especially when the person instigating the bashing is a twerpy little troll who won't become a worthwhile member of the forum. As to the physics discussion, we will leave that for another discussion so we don't bore everyone else to pieces and I'm not in the mood to debate science, it is why I am no longer in the classroom full time. Did anyone catch the Corinthians Match last night? Anyone know the score or have an update? TIA

Do we really have to bash the US again? Not all Americans like the system of measurement that we use, but until our government forces a change it's not going to happen… and trust me it's not going to happen. And for the General Physics student, yes, Celsius is more logical and fits in nice with the metric system than Fahrenheit but both scales are in a sense arbitrary since they are based on the freezing and melting points of water and if you were in a world with out water then neither scales would be logical. The fact remains that the only reason those two temperature scales are used is because Fahrenheit and Cesius made the best thermometers and other scientists used them. The standard unit of temperature for industry and science is kelvin. Having said that y'all do know that this is a MEXICAN team, right?? So the goofball picking the fight about weather it is football or soccer has not a leg to stand on since in Mexico the game is called FUTBOL! SO back to the game, it sounds like we have a decent chance and the lads are doing well in training. I am hoping for a good solid win without injuries!

Anyone who plays it and follows international football knows it is the real football :blue scalf: … but what do I know I'm just a silly American! LOL alright lads, who left the door open and let in all the trolls? SIGH I have to admit I am sitting here laughing at y'all whining about the game time because much like the lads in Australia, it is finally at a decent time of the day for me! Most of the games are on between midnight and 4 am here! This one will be on at 6:30 pm!!! Think I might have to see which pub will be showing it! :blue scalf: I hope we win and I really wish I could have gone to the game, it is hell knowing the lads are so close yet still so far away Japan is just too expensive for me to justify flying there for one or two very expensive games. especially when Christmas is so close.

I am happy we won and hope the trend continues. I hope the team continues to meld together and hopefully what ever fire Rafa has lit under Torres stays lit… but I will wait and see, it is early yet. I will also pray that no one gets injured in Japan like David Villa did last year. I don't like games that take players so far away and out of the "normal routine". That flight from England to Japan (and back) plus the time change is going to be rough in such a short amount of time. I hope the do well but I hope there isn't an impact on the season.

I hope to goodness we win, I have resigned myself to the fact that Torres will start. I am dressed in my new Hazard jersey and will be rooting for my boys! Has anyone heard what the line up will be? JT is still out I assume after the announcement that he won't be going to Japan. Is Lamps back? KTBFFH

I am saying my prayers and looking for any good luck charm/symbol I can find! I am happy the game is on at a time I can stay awake long enough to watch it!

I read a lot but don't comment much. Yougs and Cara have been massively busy with family but I do miss their input. Nicola is busy with university and I miss her too!

Welcome! We will give you lots of practice for your English! Unfortunately, you will learn all the "naughty words" first probably! LOL Please stick around and post a lot!

Welcome to TC! I am sure that we'll understand each other just fine! Not all the members are native English speakers, so we all help each other along when there is a communication error.