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gRYFYN1
06-18-2009, 10:06 AM
US vs Brazil, US need at least a draw to have a chance to advance, anyone watching?
rockiesfan4ever
06-18-2009, 10:09 AM
No
gRYFYN1
06-18-2009, 10:16 AM
No
disappointing, international soccer is great to watch.
200tang
06-18-2009, 10:16 AM
Go Espana! :D
I'm not a fan of either Brazil or USA, but I'll probably watch it.
gRYFYN1
06-18-2009, 10:19 AM
Go Espana! :D
I'm not a fan of either Brazil or USA, but I'll probably watch it.
I root for USA by default, but watching Brazil is always fun.
200tang
06-18-2009, 10:20 AM
Within 2-3 minutes of turning it on USA has already made 2 or 3 mistakes with one resulting in a goal and it's now 2-0 :|
If it gets out of hand like the Spain v Netherlands game I'll probably just turn it off soon, so let's hope it doesn't get to that point.
gRYFYN1
06-18-2009, 10:21 AM
2-0 brazil in the 19th minute, this could be ugly
TheNamelessPoet
06-18-2009, 11:05 AM
whats soccer?
metsguy234
06-18-2009, 11:07 AM
No
Ditto
free2131
06-18-2009, 11:52 AM
This is the only soccer I would ever watch...
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/stevenvjordan/SOCCER.jpg?t=1245340166
...and even then, there would have to be nothing else on.
TheNamelessPoet
06-18-2009, 12:08 PM
*sigh*
free2131
06-18-2009, 12:12 PM
whats soccer?
Oh, sorry, fútbol. Didn't mean any disrespect.
(SOCCER SUCKS) ;)
Slingshot
06-18-2009, 02:43 PM
What's the point of posting in a thread about a sport you're obviously not interested in? :confused: But I guess hating on soccer is a very cool thing to do, so keep on doing your thing. :rolleyes:
Back on topic, yeah USA is getting schooled today. I hope they advance to the World Cup though.
TheNamelessPoet
06-18-2009, 03:09 PM
peeing your pants is cool :p
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i308/russphillipps/billy%20madison/bm5.jpg
and the point of posting is so that the world knows that I hate its most popular sport.
TheNamelessPoet
06-18-2009, 03:11 PM
US vs Brazil, US need at least a draw to have a chance to advance, anyone watching?
not to mention I was answering the original poster question :D albiet in a rude sort of way but I was still answering with my honest opinion
OregonDuck1989
06-18-2009, 03:53 PM
I like soccer, somewhat.
I'll watch the World Cup.
It's better then NASCAR
ragecage
06-18-2009, 06:06 PM
Why watch this game? Its like watching the Patriots play a High School Football team. The US has no business playing soccer, great international game, but no way are we competitive at all.
Even the goalie made a gesture where he is sucking on his thumb, thats the international gesture of saying that we are cupcakes, and basically we are batting practice.
OregonDuck1989
06-18-2009, 07:56 PM
Why watch this game? Its like watching the Patriots play a High School Football team. The US has no business playing soccer, great international game, but no way are we competitive at all.
Even the goalie made a gesture where he is sucking on his thumb, thats the international gesture of saying that we are cupcakes, and basically we are batting practice.
We're actually ranked #14 in the world.
We're not near the top in terms of Italy and Brazil talent. But we're getting there. For thirty years we didn't make a world cup, now we are the best team in the North and Central American region
ragecage
06-18-2009, 11:31 PM
We're actually ranked #14 in the world.
We're not near the top in terms of Italy and Brazil talent. But we're getting there. For thirty years we didn't make a world cup, now we are the best team in the North and Central American region
And to be ranked 14th isnt saying much, sorry but Brazil owned today, I believe in the first half we had one shot on goal to their 12. In soccer, that is total domination, we are not getting there as far as I see.
OregonDuck1989
06-19-2009, 02:13 AM
And to be ranked 14th isnt saying much, sorry but Brazil owned today, I believe in the first half we had one shot on goal to their 12. In soccer, that is total domination, we are not getting there as far as I see.
14th is saying a lot considering where the US was twenty years ago...
We expect every sport we play in that we should dominate and when we don't we "have no business playing in it". It's arrogance, honestly.
When USA basketball wins gold...it's expected. Anything less is a disappointment . Each loss in the WBC is doubled for the US as they should have "the best players".
Why can't we just realize we're not the best at something and that we have to grow it? Soccer is a fast growing sport, sure we've never won a world cup. But neither has Mexico or Canada or Sweden or Portugal. All countries who love soccer.
We just expect greatness out of American teams and when one loses to arguably the BEST team in the world we get upset.
We have business playing the game, we're actually pretty good. Are we one of the world's best? No. But, we're still growing. Twenty five years ago we were one of the world's worst teams.
bucher34
06-19-2009, 02:28 AM
I personally think soccer is truly enjoying to watch. For those who don't like watching it, you obviously don't know anything about it.
Kind of like why I don't like watching hockey, I don't know much about it so I don't watch it. I have to admit though, I enjoy going to Blues games and watching hockey matches live. TV ruins it for me.
ragecage
06-19-2009, 06:59 AM
14th is saying a lot considering where the US was twenty years ago...
We expect every sport we play in that we should dominate and when we don't we "have no business playing in it". It's arrogance, honestly.
When USA basketball wins gold...it's expected. Anything less is a disappointment . Each loss in the WBC is doubled for the US as they should have "the best players".
Why can't we just realize we're not the best at something and that we have to grow it? Soccer is a fast growing sport, sure we've never won a world cup. But neither has Mexico or Canada or Sweden or Portugal. All countries who love soccer.
We just expect greatness out of American teams and when one loses to arguably the BEST team in the world we get upset.
We have business playing the game, we're actually pretty good. Are we one of the world's best? No. But, we're still growing. Twenty five years ago we were one of the world's worst teams.
Not arrogant, realistic. I dont expect to dominate in every sport, but I dont believe people should be saying we are getting there on the same level as Brazil either, thats arrogant in itself.
OregonDuck1989
06-19-2009, 11:26 PM
Not arrogant, realistic. I dont expect to dominate in every sport, but I dont believe people should be saying we are getting there on the same level as Brazil either, thats arrogant in itself.
We're improving.
And to be honest, the only way to go is up.
One world superstar away from top ten.
oriole^
06-21-2009, 07:04 PM
Sad state of affairs. Not only did our team look dreadful, but we got people who hate on soccer so much that they won't even root for their own country...
Seriously, is there any other sport that is so free-fire hated in this country? I mean, swimming is a fine sport, but I don't watch it. I don't hate swimming. I don't go out of my way to post in swimming forums about how much I hate it and how boring it is. I don't regularly see ESPN dingbat anchors cracking snide jokes about swimming. People don't call in to loudly proclaim how they don't like swimming on Jim Rome or Tony Kornheiser.
200tang
06-21-2009, 07:55 PM
I don't go out of my way to post in swimming forums about how much I hate it and how boring it is.
lol, for some reason I really thought this was funny.
OregonDuck1989
06-22-2009, 12:27 AM
Hey the USA advanced to the semis lol
gRYFYN1
06-22-2009, 08:25 AM
Hey the USA advanced to the semis lol
Actually an amazing turn, with Brazil beating Italy by 3 goals and the US winning by 3 goals, putting them in the next round with Italy.
200tang
06-22-2009, 10:02 AM
Actually an amazing turn, with Brazil beating Italy by 3 goals and the US winning by 3 goals, putting them in the next round with Italy.
GL against Espana :)
I'll be rooting against the USA in the next round though.
OregonDuck1989
06-22-2009, 12:19 PM
So the semis are USA vs. Spain and Brazil vs. South Africa I believe.
Gee, I wonder what the odds are Brazil vs. Spain is the final lol
200tang
06-22-2009, 12:25 PM
So the semis are USA vs. Spain and Brazil vs. South Africa I believe.
Gee, I wonder what the odds are Brazil vs. Spain is the final lol
probably extremely high :)
gRYFYN1
06-22-2009, 12:29 PM
probably extremely high :)
seeing how they were the two best teams at the very start of the tourney, it was a reasobale bet they would have been there.
bucher34
06-22-2009, 09:08 PM
Give the U.S. some credit for once, they beat Egypt 3 nil when they absolutely needed to do that. They got help from Brazil, but the U.S. played outstanding against Egypt (who, if I'm not mistaken, played like world cup contenders against Brazil and Italy) and did what they needed to do. Congrats to the U.S. team and I hope they pull out a win vs Spain.
gRYFYN1
06-24-2009, 03:55 PM
US is playing a solid game Vs Spain leading 1-0 in the 60th. Spain is peppering them and they are playing all def. Good Game so far.
gRYFYN1
06-24-2009, 04:03 PM
Feilhaber with a great play, Clint Dempsey in the the right place right time a picks the D-man pocket from about 8 feet ... 2-0 US!
rockiesfan4ever
06-24-2009, 04:06 PM
Wow. Gotta say they played with heart
gRYFYN1
06-24-2009, 04:14 PM
Wretched Red Card given by the ref to Bradley. US is doing a great Job at clearing balls away from the front area.
gRYFYN1
06-24-2009, 04:24 PM
So the semis are USA vs. Spain and Brazil vs. South Africa I believe.
Gee, I wonder what the odds are Brazil vs. Spain is the final lol
maybe not so much,
200tang
06-24-2009, 04:27 PM
maybe not so much,
maybe not so much what? :confused:
All he said was I wonder what the odds are.
Awesome result, now lets hope South Africa can pull a rabbit out of the hat tomorrow.
OregonDuck1989
06-24-2009, 11:01 PM
One of the biggest upsets in soccer history.
how crazy would a US Confed Cup championship be. From barely getting into the semis to champs.
PotatoOfCouch13
06-24-2009, 11:21 PM
The win raises our international credibility a little. I think this raises our profile after the disaster called the '06 World cup, just enough to put too much pressure on the team for the '10 World Cup.
ragecage
06-25-2009, 02:19 AM
Amazing upset.
bucher34
06-25-2009, 12:40 PM
U!s!a! U!s!a!
Rongar
06-25-2009, 01:01 PM
Congratulations, U.S.A.! Their team's feat was a soccer Lake Placid
gRYFYN1
06-28-2009, 03:17 PM
Wow, get home from Work, 2-0 US nearing halftime in the finals.. wow.
OregonDuck1989
06-28-2009, 03:24 PM
Unbelievable first half for the US
Dempsey and Donovan with outstanding goals. Tim Howard is playing out of his mind right now.
rockiesfan4ever
06-28-2009, 03:36 PM
2-1 now :EEK:
Astrosfan183
06-28-2009, 04:03 PM
2-2
Dammit
gRYFYN1
06-28-2009, 04:04 PM
Brazil should have had one earlier too, this may not turn out well
Astrosfan183
06-28-2009, 04:14 PM
3-2
:(
OregonDuck1989
06-28-2009, 04:15 PM
Tale of two halves.
Brazil is just that much better then us.
200tang
06-28-2009, 06:35 PM
Tale of two halves.
Brazil is just that much better then us.
That's okay. They should feel proud for getting here and beating Espana.
bucher34
06-29-2009, 02:04 PM
The U.S. guys really transformed from a bottom feeder into a world contender after this tournament.
They beat Egypt 3-0 when they absolutely had to, beat the #1 team in the world (Spain), and led by two goals over the always top world contender Brazil. Yes, they let it go against Brazil, but you couldn't have expected this performance from the U.S. before the tournament.
They are no longer push-overs (as you can see from their performance in this tournament). They showed great development and this experience (playing in the S. African conditions in June and playing on the level of World Cup contenders) will only help them come World Cup time next June.
Congrats to the U.S. soccer team (for once).
OregonDuck1989
06-29-2009, 02:29 PM
If they can pull off a 2002 performance they will start to gain respect. If they do another 2006....I'm not so sure.
Now for the Gold Cup.
UKfan
06-29-2009, 03:14 PM
The US national team did gain a lot of repect for the way they played in the last 3 games from football (thats soccer to you) fans everywhere. In the UK for example the commentators all agreed they have an incredible work rate and team chemisty. It did seem in the second half they tired a bit, but Brazil are one of those teams who can play poorly, but still grind out a result.
I've had a lot of respect for your national team for a few years now, and they really have made forward progress. I know many Americans are not interested in football, but your team really did you proud.
If they can pull off a 2002 performance they will start to gain respect. If they do another 2006....I'm not so sure.
Now for the Gold Cup.
I don't think that 2006 was the disaster that some people think it was. Yes, it was a disappointment and a let-down, but IMO it wasn't a disaster.
I don't think that 2006 was the disaster that some people think it was. Yes, it was a disappointment and a let-down, but IMO it wasn't a disaster.
Yeah the US were the only team not to lose to Italy in '06.
OregonDuck1989
06-29-2009, 08:28 PM
I don't think that 2006 was the disaster that some people think it was. Yes, it was a disappointment and a let-down, but IMO it wasn't a disaster.
Compared to the hype they got and fan support lost...it was at the very least a major disappointment.
They scored 1 goal all tournament. The goal against Italy was an own goal. That was also a poorly officiated game and ended with 10 men for Italy and 9 for the USA.
They were ranked top ten going into the tournament in 2006. I didn't believe they were that high but I expected A LOT more. Certainly not 3-1 to Ghana and 3-0 to the Czech
They were ranked top ten going into the tournament in 2006. I didn't believe they were that high but I expected A LOT more. Certainly not 3-1 to Ghana and 3-0 to the Czech
Rankings don't mean that much Spain have always been in and around the top 10 and until recently always underperformed at Major Tournaments, normally making it out the group stage and then getting beat in the first knockout round. Plus with the rankings it's normally based on the teams you play to qualify for the main tournaments so if you're playing Greenland and other awful teams and always make it the the finals you'll gain more points towards your ranking.
OregonDuck1989
06-29-2009, 09:09 PM
Rankings don't mean that much Spain have always been in and around the top 10 and until recently always underperformed at Major Tournaments, normally making it out the group stage and then getting beat in the first knockout round. Plus with the rankings it's normally based on the teams you play to qualify for the main tournaments so if you're playing Greenland and other awful teams and always make it the the finals you'll gain more points towards your ranking.
Spain is a top ten team though right? I mean like you said they underperform. The USA was a major disappointment coming away from 2006. They were outplayed heavily 2 out of 3 games and got lucky in the 3rd against Italy. Their group was tough and I agree it wasn't a huge disaster but you have to admit it was a major disappointment considering the hype they got.
You think the hype the US got was huge move to England, the press here thinks England will win every World Cup, European Championship and I'm so glad when they don't. The problem with the US team is they probably don't play decent teams often enough, I remember 2 summers ago they were invited to the Copa America and sent an "B" squad.
OregonDuck1989
06-29-2009, 09:52 PM
You think the hype the US got was huge move to England, the press here thinks England will win every World Cup, European Championship and I'm so glad when they don't. The problem with the US team is they probably don't play decent teams often enough, I remember 2 summers ago they were invited to the Copa America and sent an "B" squad.
Oh I know I was in England for the 06 World Cup. They were so harsh on the team when they lost to Portugal in PKs. I mean a tough loss for any team but England yikes.
And I think your right. The toughest competition the US gets on a regular basis is Costa Rica and Mexico.
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