Iranian player in the MLS... Suspended and fined...

[Farzadoo]

Just read this in today's Washington Post...

"Colorado Rapids midfielder MEHDI BALLOUCHY was suspended two games and fined $1000 by Major League Soccer yesterday for elbowing an opponent earlier this month..."

I've never heard of him, but his name sounds totally irooni....

 

[Keeper]

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[a_m]

Just read this in today's Washington Post...

"Colorado Rapids midfielder MEHDI BALLOUCHY was suspended two games and fined $1000 by Major League Soccer yesterday for elbowing an opponent earlier this month..."

I've never heard of him, but his name sounds totally irooni....

he is not iranian he is morroccian.....t

 

[Farzadoo]

MEHDI BALLOUCHI is MORROCAN????!!!! if so, I am so sorry for the post. The Arabs don't have ch sound, so how is he Morrocan?

 

[Arsenal]

MEHDI BALLOUCHI is MORROCAN????!!!! if so, I am so sorry for the post. The Arabs don't have ch sound, so how is he Morrocan?

Yeah he is although I recall he went to college here. There a piece on him in world soccer a few months back.

 

[Javeed]

I always wondered about the Iraqis guy name Ahmad Chalabi.

 

[Farzadoo]

Yeah folks, my apologies, He actually played for Morrocan U17 national team. The name was just so irooni sounding and I am sorry for the wrong thread heading...

 

[Kaabi Teymourian]

100th+ time a Morrocian or Tunisian or Algerian etc. gets mistaken for an Iranian. Don't worry Farzadoo jaan, you're not the first!

 

[meyti]

it is strange indeed
in the first place the arabi nations call our Mehdi Mahdi
2nd ...balooch-stan is in Iran??!
so both his 1st and last names are definitely Iranian.

they might have migrated to moroco then usa?

 

[R.BAGGIO]

how is balouchi morrocan? lol

 

[Niloufar]

how is balouchi morrocan? lol

the same way Chalabi is Iraqi!!!

but thank God turned out he is not Iranian.

 

[meyti]

chalabi is Kurd so in reality he is Iranian too ...iraq used to be part of iran dont forget..

one of these days i will take them all back...

pi** on UN!

 

[Anchor Man]

if Chalabi is Kurd then what is Halabi? or are they even not related?

 

[Faran]

I always wondered about the Iraqis guy name Ahmad Chalabi.

Iraqis have plenty of Persian names, Moroccans don't. It wouldn't be an oddity even if Chalabi was not of the Kurds, who speak an Iranian and not Semitic language.

They pronounce that name Shalabi

 

[IraqiFootball]

Iraqis have plenty of Persian names, Moroccans don't. It wouldn't be an oddity even if Chalabi was not of the Kurds, who speak an Iranian and not Semitic language.

They pronounce that name Shalabi

Actually Iraqis do pronounce it Chalabi. Iraqis pronounce P, Ch, etc. because of Persian and Turkish influence. Iraqi Arabic is quite unique.

 

[Faran]

Actually Iraqis do pronounce it Chalabi. Iraqis pronounce P, Ch, etc. because of Persian and Turkish influence. Iraqi Arabic is quite unique.

oops, my mistake. I was aware that Iraqi Arabic and nomenclature is quite unique from the rest of the Arab World but I wasn't aware that you pronounced the sounds that Persian has and Arabic doesn't, so I was just assuming you'd pronounce his name like Al Jazeera/Al Arabiya commentators.

Thanks for the correction


Congratulations on Asian Cup!!!!!!!

 

[IraqiFootball]

oops, my mistake. I was aware that Iraqi Arabic and nomenclature is quite unique from the rest of the Arab World but I wasn't aware that you pronounced the sounds that Persian has and Arabic doesn't, so I was just assuming you'd pronounce his name like Al Jazeera/Al Arabiya commentators.

Thanks for the correction


Congratulations on Asian Cup!!!!!!!

No problem bro. Thanks man, and inshAllah your Europ stars will shine in the upcoming season. Unfortunately all our players who were linked with Europe are now signing contracts in UAE, Qatar, etc.

Btw, do you say Pacha in Farsi? Pacha is sheep head, ehh, it's quite a nasty delicacy.

 

[Anchor Man]

sheep head = kaleh pache

kaleh = head