Official World Cup Soccer Thread

[bigrash]

How's the US playing? I just saw the replay from the England match and it looked like they were playing pretty well.

 

[akshatp]

Yes the disallowed goal was a wrong call, but WTF did the incredible hulk decide he had to power the ball into the net when he was staring at an open net?

Thats what happens when you try to show off Altidore you dumb fuck you should have just touched it in

 

[wheresmybacon]

i don't understand how anyone could see that as offside. isn't he supposed to have the best view of that?

At this point I can only surmise that the linesman ("referee's assistant") is either guessing, totally inept, or being paid off. It really wasn't even close. Onside all the way.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I vote for paid off.

 

[wheresmybacon]

How's the US playing? I just saw the replay from the England match and it looked like they were playing pretty well.

It's a wide open game, lots of up and down and we generally are looking solid offensively. Defensively we're not looking so good. Demerit and Cherundolo have had had some shakey moments, misjusdging balls played in. Fortunately a clean sheet still, although Algeria put one off the crossbar in the opening minutes when Demerit totally wiffed a ball played into the area.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Yes the disallowed goal was a wrong call, but WTF did the incredible hulk decide he had to power the ball into the net when he was staring at an open net?

Thats what happens when you try to show off Altidore you dumb fuck you should have just touched it in

I think this is what they mean when they say Altidore is still "raw". LOL I love the guy's size, speed, and natural ability, but his decision making is shit.

 

[ProfJohn]

We can win the group if we win the match and England wins, correct? Unless England scores a ton of goals.

We would be tied with differential and would be a two goal lead on goals scored.

 

[hdeck]

our defense is so inconsistent...

 

[hdeck]

We can win the group if we win the match and England wins, correct? Unless England scores a ton of goals.

We would be tied with differential and would be a two goal lead on goals scored.

if we win it doesn't matter what happens in the other game.

 

[akshatp]

if we win it doesn't matter what happens in the other game.

He is talking about winning the group.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

We can win the group if we win the match and England wins, correct? Unless England scores a ton of goals.

We would be tied with differential and would be a two goal lead on goals scored.

we had 2 goals on them before the game started. it was 3-1 as far as goals. so if we win 1-0 and their score stays we will take the group.

 

[ProfJohn]

if we win it doesn't matter what happens in the other game.

If we win we are in, but I am talking about wining the group so we don't have to play Germany, if they beat or tie Ghana.

I think we would be much better off playing Ghana.

 

[GasX]

Goal differential supercedes goals scored, so 2-0 England and 1-0 USA means England wins group.

 

[Balt]

damnit!

 

[HybridSquirrel]

jafkldsjfkl;sd

 

[ProfJohn]

^ yes.

And it looks like England is going to score at least one more based on yahoo's commentary. Maybe two.

 

[Kev]

this team is pathetic. they deserve to lose.

wtf is a cap?

 

[GasX]

Woodwork in both games - I am having palpitations!

 

[lupi]

So many close chances that are getting muffed it's starting to hurt.

 

[Kev]

Okay FIFA, let's go for THREE robbed goals now.

You corrupt, paid-off mother fuckers.

why would you think they are paid off? That makes no sense. It would be in FIFA's best interest to have USA advance deep. If anything they are just incompetent.

 

[GasX]

A cap means you played in a game as a starter or sub.

 

[ProfJohn]

watching this via online commentary is painful

 

[Kev]

yellow card for that? this sport is a fucking joke

 

[Homerboy]

yellow card for that? this sport is a fucking joke

You mean for nothing. What a joke.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

yellow card for that? this sport is a fucking joke

didn't even touch him. he probably argued with the ref more than anything, they didn't show him talking to the ref on my screen.