World Cup 2014

[zelezo vlk]

Never thought that I'd be happy at Ronaldo scoring.

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[notredomer23]

Saint Ronaldo

 

[blueNDgold44]

Bring on Belgium

 

[Cackalacky]

 

[notredomer23]

Held my breath for the last 10 minutes.

Don't worry gents, the USA won't have to play Germany again until the final

 

[tko]

Well done boys. Everyone gets a trophy.

 

[Ndaccountant]

Bring on Belgium

I never knew my birth parents. There was a car accident. My birth mother was incinerated, and I only survived because her smoking carcass had formed a protective cocoon of slaughtered human effluence. A Belgian man and his fifteen year-old love slave were looting the accident scene, and came across a blood soaked baby, moi.

 

[ACamp1900]

Hang with Germany (not get killed) and get points against Port and Ghana... that's very doable... it could have been easier but it's not impossible.

 

[IrishLax]

On to the next one.

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I BELIEVE
I BELIEVE THAT
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ADVANCE BASED ON A FAVORABLE RESULT IN THE OTHER MATCH!

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Didn't win the SEC West, so we're in good shape for the national title</p>— Jas⚽n Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonKirkSBN/statuses/482220474844606465">June 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[ACamp1900]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Didn't win the SEC West, so we're in good shape for the national title</p>— Jas⚽n Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonKirkSBN/statuses/482220474844606465">June 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Standing O...

 

[ACamp1900]

Just had Tuesday approved as a vaca day...

 

[notredomer23]

nm

 

[Emcee77]

ACamp said it's not impossible; he used to bullseye womp rats in his T-16 back home, and they aren't tougher than Germany, Portugal and Ghana.

 

[notredomer23]

Go South Korea and Algeria!!! I would love playing Algeria in the Round of 16...

 

[Emcee77]

Everything I read leading up had us advancing with one goal win by Ghana and one gaol loss by us????

It's academic now, but it depended on the score. 1-0 by Ghana and 0-1 by U.S. means goal differential and goals scored are the same. So it comes down to head to head, so we go through.

But 2-1 Ghana and 0-1 U.S.? Still tied on goal differential but Ghana goes through on the goals scored tiebreaker.

That's likely where the confusion came from ... the people who said we advance with a one-goal win by Ghana should have said a 1-0 win.

I would have liked to see at least a draw from us. We had a chance to control our own destiny, and we failed to do so. Still, pretty good result against the best team in the world (for my money) (barring maybe the Oranje). If we had scored on that great run where Lahm had to sprint back to block a shot, I would have been delighted with the result.

 

[gkIrish]

Took off Tuesday

 

[Emcee77]

Go South Korea and Algeria!!! I would love playing Algeria in the Round of 16...

Absolutely.

Belgium has looked lackadaisical at times in this World Cup ... and at other time they have looked like they are as good as anybody. Young team prone to lapses, but dangerous when focused.

I would rather not have to hope to catch them on an off-day.

 

[Cackalacky]

The bright side for the U.S. is that the ref tosses the smallest stick onto the field for every U.S. game, and, much like in Quidditch in Harry Potter, if any player finds it the U.S. gets 2000 points and wins the entire World Cup. We will dedicate two or three players just to that and just play defense with everyone else.

The old 7-2-1 formation eh. Probably see us through alright.

Yes and yes. Ghana basically owns us, Germany is one of the best teams in the world and Portugal has the (arguably) best player in the world.

You play them until two teams gets to 100 points. That's why the tournament lasts all summer.

Yes you keep rotating. It is part of the World Cup, its just the first round. The two winners advance to the sudden death round where they play one match and the first team to get 10 goals advances to the semi-final round. Some matches can last for over 8 hours.... this is why Americans say soccer is boring.

The chained tigers liven things up though

They actually changed the rules for this year. Matches capped at 4 hours. Should speed up pace of play considerably.

GITF is out of date on this. They had lots of people complaining about matches taking too long and how the quality of play decreased over the really long 6-8 hour matches as people got super tired, so now after a match hits 4 hours they take a break and come back the next day.

Still first to 10 wins though.

Oh I didn't realize that. Thanx. SHould definitely speed up play

For every defender you fake out like this you earn extra time on clock improving your chances for winning so that is why the clock runs forward and not backward like US sports.

I love u Kuehnja

There are 4 groups of 7 pools (selected randomly) that take turns drawing the sticks. Its a big show they put on that happened today where each country sends a rep to draw their stick (England sent Princess Kate).

At the ref's discretion though, which is what makes matches so controversial.

Yep this is Cristiano Ronaldo, the guy that plays for Portugal. He once racked up an extra hour on the clock for the number of jukes he completed. INSANE.

Everyone remember this? LOL. Finally can laugh at bit. This seemed like ages ago.

 

[Emcee77]

Everyone remember this? LOL. Finally can laugh at bit. This seemed like ages ago.

This was one of GITF's finest moments, IMO. He rarely joked around, but really funny when he did.

I almost blew it with my Quidditch joke. Too obviously false.

 

[Cackalacky]

This was one of GITF's finest moments, IMO. He rarely joked around, but really funny when he did.

I almost blew it with my Quidditch joke. Too obviously false.

Maybe not....apparently.

 

[notredomer23]

Man of the match for US was Omar Gonzalez... I will eat crow there. He played exceptional. I also thought Demarcus Beasley played his best game.

Bradley played decent in the first half, but terrible in the second. His legs are spent.

Besler continues to play exceptional.

Jones is the MVP overall.

 

[Emcee77]

Man of the match for US was Omar Gonzalez... I will eat crow there. He played exceptional. I also thought Demarcus Beasley played his best game.

Bradley played decent in the first half, but terrible in the second. His legs are spent.

Besler continues to play exceptional.

Jones is the MVP overall.

Agreed on all points, especially the bolded. The Gonzalez move made no sense to me ... but Omar really shone.

Klinsmann did crap out on the Davis change though. He had no impact and was a liability defensively.

 

[IrishBlood81]

How hilarious for Portugal and Ronaldo. They score, they win and they so totally lose. Awesome.

 

[ACamp1900]

Man of the match for US was Omar Gonzalez... I will eat crow there. He played exceptional .

Yes, yes you will... and you're not done yet... you have to finish to ENTIRE PLATE... there's still some fat there...

 

[ACamp1900]

 

[Cackalacky]

I personally have to say Jermaine Jones was the best player in Group G not named Mueller. Fantastic 3 games. Also, somehow,he did not get a yellow card today.

Amazing!

 

[nlroma1o]

Yes, yes you will... and you're not done yet... you have to finish to ENTIRE PLATE... there's still some fat there...

If i can get a dessert down em, you think you can throw in some Paul Bunyan hats for the kids.

 

[Emcee77]

Mertens has been great at creating chances for himself but has not been an efficient finisher in this World Cup.

EDIT: Yikes, red card for Belgium! KOR's chances of advancing just improved, especially with Russia leading Algeria. But that would mean we definitely play Belgium. Tougher matchup (though it could be worse).

 

[Cackalacky]

Any chance Algeria comes roaring back for the win. I have not been watching.