The Official World Cup Thread

[Big Fergie J]

And English fans now exhale..............................

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Argh, a disappointing turn of events.

[soccer10k]

An entertaining game. Too bad T&T couldn't hold on for another few minutes.

[Balsa]

ENGLAND! wowowowowoowoww yeah!!!!11

 

ENGLAND IS goingin up!

[Marco4]

I'm all about Paraguay for this one. Finally, the English might get a chance to view the masterful Paredes for the genius he is, after the debacle of the coverage he got in Japan/Korea.

[Balsa]

I can't believe how terrible Engalnd played that game thoguhg. They had so many chacnes....the score should be 4-0....

 

Thank god for Terry.

[circlechange]

Rooney coming in for Owen. Why is Erickson leaving Crouch on the field?

 

So how long until Rooney gets sent off?

 

Eriksson is the Dusty Baker of football managers for leaving Crouch on.

 

Somewhere, Sir Alex is throwing a fit.

Sorry this is late, I was out watching the game. Just curious why you guys thought it should have been Crouch coming off? Obviously it's easier to say it was a good decision after his goal, but even before that it seemed like Crouch was much more involved than Owen. Owen had that one shot that went wide and I don't remember much else, Crouch had a few chances which he admittedly botched, but at least he was there.

[Outshined_One]

Rooney coming in for Owen. Why is Erickson leaving Crouch on the field?

 

So how long until Rooney gets sent off?

 

Eriksson is the Dusty Baker of football managers for leaving Crouch on.

 

Somewhere, Sir Alex is throwing a fit.

Sorry this is late, I was out watching the game. Just curious why you guys thought it should have been Crouch coming off? Obviously it's easier to say it was a good decision after his goal, but even before that it seemed like Crouch was much more involved than Owen. Owen had that one shot that went wide and I don't remember much else, Crouch had a few chances which he admittedly botched, but at least he was there.

 

His screwups were much more visible, plus Owen's been battling injuries lately, hasn't he?

 

I get the feeling that this English team is going to have trouble making it past the quarters...if they even get that far.

[Balsa]

Naah Naahh....nahh nahh.....nahh nahh nah nah nah nah nah naaaah....nnaaaa NAAAA....NA NA NAAAAAAA...NAAA NAA NA NA NA NA ENGLAND!!

[Jon]

ESPN's coverage got an additional point for the Holy Grail references, but they're still pissing me off.

[soccer10k]

Sweden-Paraguay tied 0-0 at halftime.

[Outshined_One]

Sweden-Paraguay tied 0-0 at halftime.

 

I've been back and forth in terms of paying attention to it.

 

Is it me or have teams been pretty bad at finishing plays so far this year?

[Marco4]

Ouch; Sweden were robbed by that offside decision.

[UMFan83]

Does Sweeden want to score this tourney?

[Marco4]

:P - Good timing. By you and Sweden.

[UMFan83]

Another dramatic goal. Paraguay played pretty good, shutting out the opposition for 179+ minutes, but just couldn't knock one in themselves and will likely be going home.

[Balsa]

Waht an exciting World Cup this syear.

 

Now if only teh US could beat Italy by 3 points...

[Outshined_One]

Another dramatic goal. Paraguay played pretty good, shutting out the opposition for 179+ minutes, but just couldn't knock one in themselves and will likely be going home.

 

Paraguay's ballhandling and passing was atrocious. I kept waiting for those turnovers to kill them...and it finally happened.

 

Then again, Sweden wasn't exactly playing all that well, either...

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Peter Crouch looks so English it hurts.

[USSoccer]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=371218&root=worldcup&cc=5901

 

Carlisle speculates that benching Donovan is a possibility, albeit a remote one.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/soccer/specials/world_cup/2006/06/15/usitaly.warcomments/index.html?cnn=yes

 

Looks like Italy woke up.

[CuseCubFan69]

What happened to the moms in spandex pants? All I see are hooligans.

[soccer10k]

Games for Friday:

 

Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro at 6 AM on ESPN 2

Netherlands v Ivory Coast at 9 AM on ESPN 2

Mexico v Angola at 12 PM on ESPN

 

EDIT: All times are Pacific time.

Edited June 16, 2006 by soccer10k

[Transmogrified Tiger]

yes, second day in a row with the good game going on at lunchtime

[sethuel1]

yes, second day in a row with the good game going on at lunchtime

 

Yep, looks like lunch will be back at Chili's tomorrow.

[soccer10k]

I'll get to watch the Netherlands-Ivory Coast game as well as a majority of the Mexico-Angola matches before my graduation.