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The FIFA World Cup Thread (Spoilers Welcome)

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Jimjamesak said:
The thing now is that Landon is speaking out in the press saying things like "the 2002 team was better" and "Jurgen should've gone for it and used an attacking formation against Belgium." And the media seems to be jumping on it.
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If he thinks they were better as in talent better, he's functionally insane. If he's saying they designed and executed a better system...

It's hard to read LD's comments as anything else but sour grapes with a soupçon of fear that his skills and his athletic career are slipping away.

I hope JK stays, but hey I also support Mike Schafer. :) If there's somebody out there who is obviously better and available, by all means, let Him reveal Himself.
 
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America has embraced the World Cup

Not necessarily soccer in total, but for sure this event.

These are facts. For the 2014 World Cup, America tuned into futbol like we tune into football. The US-Belgium game on Tuesday, played in the middle of the week and even during the middle of a work day, drew a bigger audience than all but two college football games in 2013 -- the BCS title game and the Rose Bowl. What I'm saying is, America was more interested in US-Belgium than in Alabama-Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl, Alabama-Texas A&M in the regular season or even that Alabama-Auburn epic.

And it's not just World Cup games involving the US team. By itself, patriotism doesn't mean we love the World Cup -- it means we love America. But this year we've loved both. ESPN has the rights to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and it has logged more than 30 million hours of on-line streaming video. No event has ever been streamed that much, not March Madness on CBS or the Summer Olympics on NBC or anything, anywhere, ever.

But when it was America playing in the World Cup? America stopped. And that's never happened before. We've paid attention to America's games in past World Cups, but this was different. We didn't become Brazil or England when Brazil or England plays, but we got rid of our stupid cooler-than-you pride and embraced what was happening. We had street parties all over the country, except in Chicago, where the street wasn't big enough and so they moved the party to Soldier Field.
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MountieBoyOz said:
Were the French counting on the Brits, Americans and Canadians to bail them out?
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Youngest son and I were speculating that Team USA would enter the match in the 85' and save France.

But the French were entrenched and the German Fokkers were pretty good.
 
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joecct said:
Youngest son and I were speculating that Team USA would enter the match in the 85' and save France.

But the French were entrenched and the German Fokkers were pretty good.
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'85? Maybe 55'.
 
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Did that have topspin? Can't believe about eight heads missed it, and it still hit the ground in front of the goal.
 
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Here is a question, why has Brazil worn two different color shorts with their yellow jerseys?
 
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I'm thinking you're just gonna have to kick a guy in the head to get a yellow this game. Ref is being lenient on everything.
 
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CLS said:
or pull a brain fart and interfere with the keeper.
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What the hell is the captain of the team thinking there? And carrying a yellow? Moronic.

When's the last time Brazil won a game by having only D-men score? They are in for a much bigger test against the Germans. And to that...

Auf geht's Deutschland!
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
That was one hell of a free kick.
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Horrible play by the goalie. You put up a wall so they cover the net for you... You don't stand behind them and leave the entire net open. Well struck ball, but the goalie should be there.
 
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