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Post by prhoya on Jun 17, 2010 7:43:24 GMT -5
Fl, I suggest you catch ESPN2's World Cup PrimeTime. It's excerpts of the critical parts of the game as it was called. It's highlights, internationals tyle. After it each half, you get commentary from the studio guys.
Btw, the Arg-SK game is one of the best so far.
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Post by Boz on Jun 17, 2010 15:20:16 GMT -5
Au revoir, Francois!!!
I suppose if they absolutely demolish the home team by a huge differential, they've still got an outside chance, but today's vuvuzelas are playing the buzzing funeral dirge for France.
So, what are Ireland fans feeling more strongly today? 1. Delight in schadenfreude 2. Anguish and anger knowing they wouldn't have performed so poorly.
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Post by Jack on Jun 17, 2010 15:30:05 GMT -5
Au revoir, Francois!!! I suppose if they absolutely demolish the home team by a huge differential, they've still got an outside chance, but today's vuvuzelas are playing the buzzing funeral dirge for France. So, what are Ireland fans feeling more strongly today? 1. Delight in schadenfreude 2. Anguish and anger knowing they wouldn't have performed so poorly. I'll take the schadenfreude but temper it as a USA fan first who found it very difficult to root for Mexico. I guess this helps CONCACAF, though.
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Post by prhoya on Jun 17, 2010 15:33:14 GMT -5
Jack, my thoughts exactly...
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Post by prhoya on Jun 17, 2010 15:46:01 GMT -5
Argentina looked great today. Kudos to SK for going after them until Argentina's fourth goal.
SK-Nigeria and Arg-Greece will be awesome. Do or die...
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Post by vcjack on Jun 17, 2010 15:48:37 GMT -5
Au revoir, Francois!!! I suppose if they absolutely demolish the home team by a huge differential, they've still got an outside chance, but today's vuvuzelas are playing the buzzing funeral dirge for France. So, what are Ireland fans feeling more strongly today? 1. Delight in schadenfreude 2. Anguish and anger knowing they wouldn't have performed so poorly. I'll take the schadenfreude but temper it as a USA fan first who found it very difficult to root for Mexico. I guess this helps CONCACAF, though. I didn't have a problem. We already root for Mexico against France every year with margaritas in our hands, except few people realize that. Although Boz is right that the Frenchies have a slim hope left, this team couldn't score in a brothel. Domenech might want to find a new nationality. So far in this tourney Asia and South America are excellent, North America about what everyone expected, Europe mixed and an absolute fail brigade for Africa.
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Post by Jack on Jun 17, 2010 15:54:14 GMT -5
Much like NYC and it's most distinguished baseball team, I don't hate Mexico, I just hate their soccer team.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Jun 17, 2010 16:21:17 GMT -5
Mexico-France, the typical asteroid game. A scientist from Greece just joined our group for three months, plus we have a scientist born in Nigeria, who is actually in Nigeria this week, so we may have troubles, when he gets back.
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Post by prhoya on Jun 17, 2010 16:55:28 GMT -5
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Post by prhoya on Jun 17, 2010 17:04:29 GMT -5
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Post by SirSaxa on Jun 18, 2010 8:29:52 GMT -5
WOW...."That's a LOW price"! I mean, WOW, that's a BIG upset! soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264051&cc=5901&ver=usGermany loses to Serbia 1-0 (That's one - nil for you soccer snobs, 1 nothing for the rest of you!) So Germany's striker gets himself thrown out of the game in the 37th minute. Germany has to play a man down for the rest of the game. One minute later with Germany still upset and unsettled by the loss of their main man, Serbia scores! Then it was Katie bar the door! US coming up soon. Take a BIG lesson from Germany and don't take Slovenia lightly!! USA USA USA. BTW, in all this talk about who the real soccer fans are and whether or not this is a popular sport in this country, what happened to all those minivan driving "soccer moms"?
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Jun 18, 2010 8:32:02 GMT -5
Incredible result. That's why the WC is great. Just hope that the tournament play does not get clowned because of screwy pool results.
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Post by HometownHoya on Jun 18, 2010 9:03:16 GMT -5
USA: intimidation in the first few seconds...good strategy coach
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Post by Boz on Jun 18, 2010 9:15:42 GMT -5
Ye gods.
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Post by vcjack on Jun 18, 2010 9:45:46 GMT -5
I guess with a Greg Monroe doppleganger on the team USA decided to play defense like the Hoyas did in the Ohio game.
Also, Robbie Findley sucks
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Post by Boz on Jun 18, 2010 10:01:17 GMT -5
Yes, so much for defense being the strong point of this team. There's a giant welcome mat smack in the middle of the central defense.
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Post by SirSaxa on Jun 18, 2010 10:07:13 GMT -5
Just when you thought it was over, LANDON DONAVAN! scores in the first three minutes of the second half! US now down 2-1.
Can this team really get it done?
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Post by Boz on Jun 18, 2010 10:17:28 GMT -5
They're certainly generating chances. Jozy Altidore needs a calm pill or something though.
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Post by Boz on Jun 18, 2010 10:41:18 GMT -5
Nice!
I'll say this. The US team is nothing if not entertaining, for better or for worse.
85th minute: Are there any soccer experts who want to explain to me why that was not an absolutely horrible call???
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Post by kchoya on Jun 18, 2010 10:48:10 GMT -5
Nice! I'll say this. The US team is nothing if not entertaining, for better or for worse. 85th minute: Are there any soccer experts who want to explain to me why that was not an absolutely horrible call??? Where the F was the foul?
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