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World Soccer XVI: The Sadness

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A. Game most likely to end 3-2. - Argentina-Germany

B. Game most likely to end 0-0. Paraguay-Spain -It's what Paraguay does
C. Leading goal scorer. - Messi

D. Player most likely to be red carded. - A Ghanaian, likely Kevin Prince Boateng
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It sucks when there's almost nothing to add (except I had thought KPB got double-yellowed and that knocked him out of this game).

C. Leading goal scorer -- somebody obscure. All the usual suspects will be well-marked.
 
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Rafa had to go for many reasons. Tough situation for Hodgson to walk into, and time will tell if he can make things work at a big club like Liverpool, especially with the problems they've got right now. But I'd say he's a decent choice. Not sure who else was seriously considered. Saw a rumor he was considering pursuing ex-Gunner Gilberto, who I think still plays in Greece. Interesting.

Sounds like the arrival of Laurent Koscielny from Lorient is imminent for the Gunners. Sounds like a good central defender. And Lord knows Arsenal needs to sign a few, with it sounding like Gallas, Campbell, and Silvestre (hardly worth mentioning) are all gone.
 
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Nothing will be resolved at Liverpool until the team gets owners with deep pockets. And stop racking up debt.

Who build a new stadium.
 
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Bill Simmons on the World Cup.

I don't read his columns (or listen to his podcasts) often, because he usually comes off as your typical "let's be honest, I really only know what I'm talking about in Basketball and Baseball, and I'm a sucker for populism in sports... if this were a music website, I'd probably write about American Idol all the time and then insult everything else because I'm ignorant" sort of ****** you see all the time in comments sections on ESPN articles.

But this one was actually a good read for me. My favorite part comes at the end:

the U.S. completed Stage 1. Soccer is no longer taking off. It's here. Those celebratory YouTube videos that started popping up in the 24 hours after Donovan's goal -- all unfolding the same way, with a stationary shot of nervous fans watching the game in a bar, going quiet for a couple of seconds during the American counterattack, reacting to Dempsey's miss ("Nooooooooo!"), holding their breath for two beats ("Wait a second …"), exploding on Donovan's finish ("Hi-yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"), then chanting "USA! USA! USA!" afterward -- tapped into a collective American sports experience unlike anything since Lake Placid.

I would never compare Donovan's goal to Mike Eruzione's goal, or compare the significance of an early-round World Cup game to the best American sports night ever. But you can't tell me Donovan's goal was a fleeting moment or a lark. Each celebration clip that landed on YouTube could have been any American bar, any group of American friends, anywhere. Like John Cougar Mellencamp's annoying Chevy commercial sprung to life. Only it wasn't annoying. I thought it was glorious. Those clips choked me up. Those clips gave me goosebumps. Those clips made me think, "I forget this sometimes, but I'm glad I live in the United States of America."

Rasheed Wallace loved to say "ball don't lie." YouTube don't lie, either. We will always have the Algeria game. Always.
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Wow, that is exceptionally bad writing. Though I guess he unintentionally proves his own point: a sport has indeed arrived when hacks write drippy panegyrics about it.
 
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Kepler said:
[Wow, that is exceptionally bad writing. Though I guess he unintentionally proves his own point: a sport has indeed arrived when hacks write drippy panegyrics about it.
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It's a good reminder that "favorite" and "best" are entirely different things.
 
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What the heck is that supposed to be?
 
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Kind of makes me think of those little white colored guys in the old Willie Wonka movie from the 70s. Or maybe something from Alice in Wonderland.

One of the fun things of the World Cup has been when the camera shows all the crazily dressed people.
 
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Bob Gray said:
Kind of makes me think of those little white colored guys in the old Willie Wonka movie from the 70s. Or maybe something from Alice in Wonderland.

One of the fun things of the World Cup has been when the camera shows all the crazily dressed people.
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Reminds me of those freaky mascots London designed for their Olympics.
 
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