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World Soccer XIII: Through the Group Stages

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Messi with another great play off a free kick give n' go.

Nigeria's keeper makes another great save keeping the game 1-0 for the time being.
 
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Messi has been a freak so far. Can you triple-team a guy? :p
 
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Nigeria are settling for too many long range efforts.
 
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1-0 Argentina is the final.

However, they looked good with the exception of the finishing, and the Nigerian goalkeeper stood on his head.
 
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Wow. Nigeria couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat.
 
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Fun match to watch, now I just have to find something to do for an hour and a half.
 
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Heck of a game for Enyeama. Hapoel Tel Aviv might find themselves making a pretty good amount of money if they decide to sell him after the Cup.
 
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Farce Poobah said:
FIFA rankings have Greece #13 and Korea #47.
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Not that we needed more proof, but the FIFA rankings are trash, particularly when you get outside the top ten and particularly comparing less favored to more favored confederations.

The ELO ratings were essentially reversed with Korea at #22 going into the game and Greece at #32 (they're now #17 and #42, respectively, after the exchange of points from the match against each other).
 
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3W said:
1-0 Argentina is the final.

However, they looked good with the exception of the finishing, and the Nigerian goalkeeper stood on his head.
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Looks like I missed a great final 60 minutes... the first 30 was fun to watch but I decided to go grocery shopping.
 
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Craig P. said:
Not that we needed more proof, but the FIFA rankings are trash, particularly when you get outside the top ten and particularly comparing less favored to more favored confederations.

The ELO ratings were essentially reversed with Korea at #22 going into the game and Greece at #32 (they're now #17 and #42, respectively, after the exchange of points from the match against each other).
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FIFA ratings are an awkward political config... I'd trust Elo a lot more.

Going into mathwonkland... I wish, and I don't have the energy to develop it, but if there was a decent way to benchmark the "reliability" of lesser matches (friendlies, minor cups, continential championships) in predicting world cup results or world cup + qualifiers.... particularly in light of Mookie's pool... I feel like if soccer wasn't so irregular I could game that system.
 
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Engerland team: Green; Johnson, Terry, King, A Cole; Lennon, Lamp, Gerrard, Milner; Heskey, Rooney
 
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Ian Poulter has apparently tweeted that if England lose, he will play the first round of the U.S. Open "in my birthday suit."
 
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3W said:
Ian Poulter has apparently tweeted that if England lose, he will play the first round of the U.S. Open "in my birthday suit."
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What he means is the suit he wore to dinner on his last birthday :p
 
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US team:
Howard; Cherundolo, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra (c); Donovan, Bradley, Clark, Dempsey; Altidore, Findley


CAMON USA!!!
 
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