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World Soccer XXV - the run up to the World Cup

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Shirtless Guy said:
USA vs Portugal is the 3rd game to be played there...wow that could really suck by then.
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Gotta be honest, anything that might eat into Portugal's speed/technique advantage is fine by me.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
THe US has been continually f* ked in the a** this entire Cup and it hasn't even started yet.
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other than the potential for injury due to the poor field, I can't help but agree with jmh that it helps USA They are likely way more used to playing on crappy pitches with all their games in CONCACAF, not to mention more comfortable in the climate due to fitness and spending time in Florida.
 
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Just read the World Cup preview edition of Sports Illustrated. Could FIFA have done anything else to pave the way to the knockout stage for them? A week before the draw FIFA changed the rules and decided to include the bottom two European qualifiers in the European pot instead of leaving them where they might have had to face someone good. Meanwhile, England, Italy and Uruguay are all top 10 teams and one will go home early. Seeded team: Switzerland (yeah, right). Worst team in South America? Check. Worst team in CONCACAF? Check. All games along the coast and no travel up the Amazon? Check. Just save us all the trouble and slot France in the quarterfinals.
 
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Greetings from São Paulo.... Had no idea this thread existed, since I spend the majority of the time thrashing about on the Marty Scarano/UNH thread these days.

Been down here a year (got here just in time for the Confed Cup Final). Looking forward to getting very little work done for the next 30+ days. I will say that the run-up has been eerily quiet, save for the occasional protest. The Euros have started to hit Rio in numbers, but it's still pretty subdued. Also saw Marcelo Balboa and his wife on way back down from Atlanta to Rio last Sunday night, resplendent in his white USMNT windbreaker.

Headed to the opener tomorrow, then up to Natal Sunday - first time to the NE, not looking forward to the equatorial climate. Need that opener, and praying for a miracle v. Portugal.

Going out on a limb and saying Klinsmann gets us to the quarters.
 
Priceless said:
Just read the World Cup preview edition of Sports Illustrated. Could FIFA have done anything else to pave the way to the knockout stage for them? A week before the draw FIFA changed the rules and decided to include the bottom two European qualifiers in the European pot instead of leaving them where they might have had to face someone good. Meanwhile, England, Italy and Uruguay are all top 10 teams and one will go home early. Seeded team: Switzerland (yeah, right). Worst team in South America? Check. Worst team in CONCACAF? Check. All games along the coast and no travel up the Amazon? Check. Just save us all the trouble and slot France in the quarterfinals.
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Agreed with the seemingly easy road, but they did just manage to sneak past Ukraine, and with a Ribery out, I think there's at least an outside shot of them choking. Call it the "curse of the head butt"
 
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wildcatdc said:
Agreed with the seemingly easy road, but they did just manage to sneak past Ukraine, and with a Ribery out, I think there's at least an outside shot of them choking. Call it the "curse of the head butt"
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Or the Curse of the Hand of Gaul.
 
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So is this thread going to have scores in it? I'm going to see most weekday games on DVR. Need to know if I'm avoiding this thread.
 
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I guess the question is does this thread have spoilers or should we create a separate thread that allows spoilers or a separate thread that doesn't allow spoilers?
 
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I would say do the same thing we did for the Olympics. A thread to talk about the World Cup without spoilers (or at least a primetime/24-hour rule). I know we talked about non-specific news items in that thread as well (namely the the horrible conditions and general f*kery that was going on with the games).

Then there was the spoiler thread where results and live discussions about the games on currently.

Thoughts?
 
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This is sort of a strange one because it's in the same time zone unlike London and Sochi, and I don't remember what we did with Vancouver.

I think it might be best to create a seperate WC thread anyway, since this one is just titled "run up to the World Cup."
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
This is sort of a strange one because it's in the same time zone unlike London and Sochi, and I don't remember what we did with Vancouver.

I think it might be best to create a seperate WC thread anyway, since this one is just titled "run up to the World Cup."
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But there are still games that start before lunch time here...so while there are plenty of games that will happen at or near the end of the work day, there is still plenty of action while most of us are at work. Unless I can get away with streaming at the office, I won't be watching much live beside the late game and the US games...
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
This is sort of a strange one because it's in the same time zone unlike London and Sochi, and I don't remember what we did with Vancouver.

I think it might be best to create a seperate WC thread anyway, since this one is just titled "run up to the World Cup."
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True, but the US-Germany game is one where it's going to be at what? 1 PM or 2 PM on a weekday?

There is another thread for the WC. I assume that's the spoiler thread and this is more of a general non-spoiler thread? ...or?
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
True, but the US-Germany game is one where it's going to be at what? 1 PM or 2 PM on a weekday?

There is another thread for the WC. I assume that's the spoiler thread and this is more of a general non-spoiler thread? ...or?
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I believe US/Germany starts at Noon on Thursday, June 26.
 
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My feeling is that the burden should always be on the people who are trying to avoid spoilers (I am often one). If you want a spoiler-free thread, then you'd better create one and state that requirement explicitly and prominently in the main title. Any expectation that every other poster would have read a particular post requesting that there henceforth be no spoilers in this or that thread would be sorely misplaced, IMHO.
 
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I would say use the other thread to discuss games and results from the World Cup and leave this thread for club teams. That means no spoilers in this thread.
 
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