A Happy Medium 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2006 Robinho is not the next Pele....unless Pele was lost in 75% percent of his games and picked up yellow cards within ten minutes of entering games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 19, 2006 Nobody is the next Pele. They love to talk up Ronaldinho, but so far he hasn't done a whole lot. I'm saying that in hopes that he will tear the Japanese apart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2006 Devastated. Our defence was superb in the first half. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2006 Yeah, I had my head in my hands when Kewell missed the open goal. Aussies should still go through though. It's not as if Croatia don't look like scoring, but you can beat them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xavier Cromartie 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 Fernando Torres is pretty handsome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 Germany beats Ecuador 3-0 to win group A, Ecuador finishes 2nd Let go Trinidad and Tobago!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 England still can't beat Sweden, Sweden ties the game in the 90th minute Both Advance to next round Germany vs. Sweden England vs. Ecuador Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mystery Eskimo 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 Another mediocre performance from England, which some added awful defending this time. Apart from Joe Cole no one really made a positive impact. Still, maybe we'll keep scraping through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 20, 2006 I'm pretty sure that Owen's done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2006 God the world's gonna hate us if we keep progressing so miserably. A draw was no less than we deserved. Thank christ Gerrard didn't get booked though, and Rooney is fortunately still a massive threat, he'll only get fitter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 Plus, we saw the return of Roon Rage~! If football were a 45 minute game, we'd be World Champions. Another game, another competent first half, another stinkfest in the second. Joe Cole was superb and Hargreaves had his best performance in an England shirt ever, but other than that not a lot of positives. Going by trend, we should crush Ecuador in the 2nd Round and build everyone's hopes up, then go out in the Quarters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 I'm pretty sure that Owen's done. Yup, his World Cup's over. Expected to be out for up to 5 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 Portugal takes an early 2-0 lead. Mexico has to thank their stars they were up three over Angola in goal differential. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 Mexico makes it 2-1... maybe the Mexicools can find a way to beat Portugal after all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 It won't be a problem if Angola can't score. The next tiebreaker after goal differential is goals scored, and Mexico leads Angola by four in that department. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 Mexico advances unless Angola scores three goals in the next three minutes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 bah, Mexico makes it to the round of 16. The countdown to what ol' Brucey is calling America's "world cup" is just a bit over 19 hours away. I hope America can win out and move on to the next round, I mean we fucked up and didn't win the group, which means we'll have to wind up playing Brazil next, but I think if we lose out.. then Soccer will take another step back as far as popularity in this country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 21, 2006 So, any potential loser plays Portugal, winner plays Mexico, in the event of a draw, Argentina plays Mexico. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 Quick question: Without knowing the name of the goalie for Portugal, were the fans screaming: "PUTO!" everytime he goal kicked or no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 Quick question: Without knowing the name of the goalie for Portugal, were the fans screaming: "PUTO!" everytime he goal kicked or no? I guess so, my brother heard that too. Anyway updating the brackets Germany vs. Sweden Argentina vs. Mexico England vs. Ecuador Portugal vs. Netherlands Even though as a Mexican American I root for the US over Mexico Nothing would make me happier than seeing Mexico beat Argentina, too bad Mexico has been playing craptacular. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danville_Wrestling 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 bah, Mexico makes it to the round of 16. The countdown to what ol' Brucey is calling America's "world cup" is just a bit over 19 hours away. I hope America can win out and move on to the next round, I mean we fucked up and didn't win the group, which means we'll have to wind up playing Brazil next, but I think if we lose out.. then Soccer will take another step back as far as popularity in this country. Would a victory over Brazil mean much for the popularity of the sport in the US anyway? Just a fair question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 A loss to Ghana would mean the death of Major League Soccer in USA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2006 bah, Mexico makes it to the round of 16. The countdown to what ol' Brucey is calling America's "world cup" is just a bit over 19 hours away. I hope America can win out and move on to the next round, I mean we fucked up and didn't win the group, which means we'll have to wind up playing Brazil next, but I think if we lose out.. then Soccer will take another step back as far as popularity in this country. It's hard to say we fucked up when we weren't the favorites by any means. People forget that these are three really good teams. Sure losing 3-0 was an embarassment, but we could've played our best and still lost 1-0 or 2-1 easily. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broward83 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2006 bah, Mexico makes it to the round of 16. The countdown to what ol' Brucey is calling America's "world cup" is just a bit over 19 hours away. I hope America can win out and move on to the next round, I mean we fucked up and didn't win the group, which means we'll have to wind up playing Brazil next, but I think if we lose out.. then Soccer will take another step back as far as popularity in this country. It's hard to say we fucked up when we weren't the favorites by any means. People forget that these are three really good teams. Sure losing 3-0 was an embarassment, but we could've played our best and still lost 1-0 or 2-1 easily. That's true, and I think to the lay fan, that would've looked a whole hell of a lot better than getting smoked the way we did. I mean, we tied with Italy and the fans respected the team for tying because they saw how the US played their hearts off. Beating Brazil would be a huge thing for soccer heads here because the lay fan knows that Brazil is like, OMGWTFAWESOME!!!1!1 .. and to beat them would almost legitamize the sport stateside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 22, 2006 Why even talk about that match, it's a small chance that it happens anyway? If it does, I have some really good points to bring up in regard to it. The US will beat Ghana tomorrow, but I don't trust Italy to get the job done. Ghana has one top player playing tomorrow, the rest are suspended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted June 22, 2006 They still haven't played that Ghana game? Seems like it's been forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deancoles 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2006 Ghana has one top player playing tomorrow, the rest are suspended. Their best players are playing(Essien and Appiah) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2006 A loss to Ghana would mean the death of Major League Soccer in USA. The MLS is pretty stagnant as it is. I've seen a couple of games before. There aren't enough top quality players because all the money is in Europe, obviously. But the big problem I had was the pitch. The couple of games I've seen, plus the handful of games England played in the U.S a couple of years ago, the playing surfaces were terrible. Bobbly, hard, it's too hard for teams to play exciting football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2006 USA! USA! Soccer is dead in the USA! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2006 GOAL! Tied 1-1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
