Anybody going to watch the World Cup and root the USA on?

We face England on Saturday at 2pm ET.

After thirty years as an official (qualified up to semi-pro and pro lines), I plan to.

I will watch some matches.
Belgium is not in the world cup, we have had bad team management over the past few years :(

But I'll watch and enjoy some matches, to me... may the best team win :)

Soccer holds no interest for me. Sorry.

I used to have more than 40 TV channels, now every one is polluted with this silly shit kicking. I can't even watch the weather forecast, they sure as hell include the weather in South Africa.

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I wish it were already August.


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Brew wrote on Jun 11^th, 2010 at 9:52am:

Soccer holds no interest for me. Sorry.

I look at soccer as hockey minus the sticks and skates.

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I might watch just to see this commercial again - it cracked me up!
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QnHeartMM wrote on Jun 11^th, 2010 at 2:58pm:

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I don't get it.

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Soccer holds no interest for me. Sorry.

I grew up in a time when soccer had even less following here. I can't remember any schools then with a program. Today every school seems have it.

Soccer isn't my thing but it's more popular than ever here.

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Charlie

England...England !

not that i have the slightest interest in footy

Well, the one thing that has annoyed me so far in this World Cup is those damn horns they blow in S. Africa.

I watched that game and couple others... :) But only the ones with my favourite countries playing and they are England, Brazil, the Netherlands and Argentina.

Maybe one of these years I can cheer for team Finland! ;)

Sanna

You got a great result today Chad... I don't know why the 3rd was disallowed it looked a perfect good goal to me. You should pull off a result against the Algerians to go through to the next round. I seen them in Dublin last month and they were brutal, we beat them 3 and it could have been 6 or 7.


Lefty

Fingers crossed here for New Zealand taking on Italy tonight. Having got their first ever point at a world cup a few days ago a win would be just amazing!

Lefty wrote on Jun 18^th, 2010 at 12:17pm:

You got a great result today Chad... I don't know why the 3rd was disallowed it looked a perfect good goal to me. You should pull off a result against the Algerians to go through to the next round. I seen them in Dublin last month and they were brutal, we beat them 3 and it could have been 6 or 7. Lefty

The US needs to stop letting in goals so early.  Playing comeback will bite them eventually.   I'm pleased withe result though :)

Mike NZ wrote on Jun 19^th, 2010 at 8:09pm:

Fingers crossed here for New Zealand taking on Italy tonight. Having got their first ever point at a world cup a few days ago a win would be just amazing!

I didn't see the game, but you must be estatic with this result.

the way England were playing on Saturday I think they'll be coming home in fairly short order  :-/

For those unfamiliar with the game, The Onion has much to offer -


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Then there's sensational footage from Youtube -


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Chad wrote on Jun 21^st, 2010 at 11:29am:

Mike NZ wrote on Jun 19th, 2010 at 8:09pm: Fingers crossed here for New Zealand taking on Italy tonight. Having got their first ever point at a world cup a few days ago a win would be just amazing! I didn't see the game, but you must be estatic with this result.

It's not just me, the whole country is over the moon.

NZ have only ever qualified once before and that was in 1982, so to even qualify was a big achievement. Then to get that first draw was another step forward but drawing against the defending champions was something quite special.

As long as NZ don't lose their next game they are quite likely to go through to the next round, unlike some big names.

For many of the players in the team, football isn't even their day job, so you can imagine how they must be feeling like they are in a dream playing the likes of Italy.

Mike,

I can imagine a bit of what you and the rest are feeling. For us Finns that just a dream, but maybe one year... I bet we'd get all excited in the very same way! Good luck for your country.

Sanna :)

Congratulations my USA friends, you're in, first of your group in the last minute.
Saludos
Poli

Thanks Poli! 

I'm very excited to say the least.  Round 2, here we come :)

well done USA .
Seems that we're no going home just yet too

Headache Boy uk wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2010 at 1:32pm:

well done USA . Seems that we're no going home just yet too

Hats off to our English friends as well.

Best of luck!

New Zealand are now heading home after a draw against Paraguay. The dream is over. :(

However they will be, apart from the eventual winners, the only undefeated team in the competition. Not bad for a country with only 25 professional players!

Ok Germany, floor wiped, can we go home now ?  :'(

I think England's momentum may have changed if that blind ref would have seen Lampard's obvious goal before the half.  They were striking and completely controlling the game at that moment.  What a buzz kill.

Chad wrote on Jun 28^th, 2010 at 12:54pm:

I think England's momentum may have changed if that blind ref would have seen Lampard's obvious goal before the half.  They were striking and completely controlling the game at that moment.  What a buzz kill.

There seems to have been many, many issues where referees have missed things or have been taken in by things like diving.

Being a world cup, the referees have been taken from all over the world, with the result that many matches have been under the control of relatively inexperienced referees.

It is also amazing that football does not make use of any technology other than the human eye to make the decisions. It doesn't even make use of replays from TV that for things like the England "goal" would have made it very, very obvious that a goal really was scored.

Is it time for football to join the 21st century?

I 100% agree with you Mike.  The games I watched... I saw the US get robbed of a goal and now England.
I believe instant replay is now going to be pushed due to these issues especially during the World Cup.  Here in the states, the National Hockey League sends video to Toronto, Canada to review goals in slow motion.  The refs lets the league decide and then they announce if it's a goal or not. They need to do something like this in football/soccer as well. 

Agree instant replay for goals only. But the refs did not affect who advanced. The US just ran out of gas agains a Ghanaian team that was playingon adrenilin for their continent. Donopvan is now our star and I hope they keep Bradley for 2014. He put together a good team (but needs a finisher) My sonshut down Robbie Findlay for 90 minutes witout a shot when he played for Oregon St three years ago. You need more than just speed in this game. Yu need touch and ability to finish. We wer two players away from the senis and will do better in 2014. I pick Argentina this year.

jayhedges wrote on Jun 29^th, 2010 at 9:00am:

Quote: I pick Argentina this year.

Haven't been really tested yet. German's lookin good for another world cup. I got the dutch at 14-1 at the start of the tournament.


Lefty

World cup?

I never heard of that race before.
Is it an oval or a road course?

Wait, I think I heard it playing while I was at the bank. I thought the engines sounded like mosquitoes. It must be a race of all rice burners.

Paul

Opus wrote on Jun 30^th, 2010 at 6:54pm:

World cup? I never heard of that race before. Is it an oval or a road course?

It's a soccer compitition held every 4 years...I suppose it's a bit like the world series in baseball only significant difference is the whole world is actually involved.



Lefty

Lefty wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 6:45am:

the whole world is actually involved.

Hey, kind of like this place, only here we kick the sh!t around into the internet.  Deej archives the stuff, cleans the sh!t out from between the posts where it all ends up on Don's (Seaworthy) lawn.


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It's a soccer compitition held every 4 years...I suppose it's a bit like the world series in baseball only significant difference is the whole world is actually involved.

Excellent point! ;D I just hope next time they hold it some place where the fans don't blow those horns non stop.....wow!!!

Joe

:) :D ;D ;) :) :D ;D :D ;) :) :D ;D :D ;) :)

And now Germany, I'm afraid

Saludos
Poli

Lefty wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 6:45am:

It's a soccer compitition held every 4 years...I suppose it's a bit like the world series in baseball only significant difference is the whole world is actually involved. Lefty

It was joke,

So I guess the only thing I can say is:

Whoosh.

Paul

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It was joke

I know it was paul.. I was actually going to edit it and put one of these little guys in but I got distracted... ;)

These little babies are like the UN of computer forums... :) ;) :D ;D 8-) :P :-*



Lefty

Poli, I wish luck to Spain against those German's.
They're on a mission.  Spain isn't ranked #1 for nothing though.
I think the Dutch will take Uruguay though.  It's going to be two great semi games.

I've watched several of the World Cup games because, you know, 57 channels and nothing on. I like the international competition aspect, but can't really get into the game itself. Seems to me like watching a basketball game where no one can score a basket.
I admit that it would probably help if I knew the rules of the game. Watched a game where they disallowed a goal because of an off sides. They ran a replay with a still frame at the critical time, and said, see the off side? All I could think was.. no.
I'll probably watch some more, but still be in puzzlement.
Anyway, Enjoy

Offsides in soccer is similar to the blue line in ice hockey except the blue line always changes in soccer.
The last striker who has possession is the imaginary blue blue.  Once he kicks the ball forward, it's free game to any player on the same team.  Now, if those players go past the last defender on the opposing team before that man in possession kicks the ball, it's offsides.  That's when the line judges flag goes up.

Thanks, I think I got that.