The Soccer Thread

[TruffleShuffle]

man north korea is going to get bent over.

[shnsajax]

Wow, some tough groups in this one.

[Jon]

Will game times be determined today?

[Garwilly]

Will game times be determined today?

 

 

Already are

[Garwilly]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/livedraw?cc=5901&ver=us

 

 

Game times

[Guest]

Barring an injury to Landon Donovan, I expect us to advance.

[Jon]

Nevermind:

 

vs. England - Saturday, June 12 - 1:30 PM CT

vs. Slovenia - Friday, June 18 - 9:00 AM CT

vs. Algeria - Wednesday, June 22 - 9:00 AM CT

[Garwilly]

Saturday 1:30 PM vs England

Friday 9 AM vs Slovenia

Wednesday 9 AM vs Algeria

[Exile on Waveland]

Yes yes yes yes yes. US have no excuse not to advance.

[USSoccer]

USA v ENG 6/12

USA v SVN 6/18

USA v ALG 6/23

[Jon]

Sets up wonderfully to get into work late those days instead of having to take a long lunch or something like that.

[Guest]

Nevermind:

 

vs. England - Saturday, June 12 - 1:30 PM CT

vs. Slovenia - Friday, June 18 - 9:00 AM CT

vs. Algeria - Wednesday, June 22 - 9:00 AM CT

 

Two 7 a.m. starts, son of a bitch.

[TruffleShuffle]

A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece

C: England, United States, Algeria, Slovenia

D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana

E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia

G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal

H: Spain, Hondruas, Chile, Switzerland

[shnsajax]

Nevermind:

 

vs. England - Saturday, June 12 - 1:30 PM CT

vs. Slovenia - Friday, June 18 - 9:00 AM CT

vs. Algeria - Wednesday, June 22 - 9:00 AM CT

 

Two 7 a.m. starts, son of a bitch.

 

This beats the 2002 WC.

[Guest]

Group G definitely looks like the toughest one and B seems pretty balanced. A is also tough because you've got the host nation.

[UMFan83]

Wow what a switch of fortunes. Mexico/South Africa and USA/England meant sure doom, but arguably got the worst teams in Pools 3 and 4. This is making up for Italy, Czech Republic, Ghana in 2006.

[TruffleShuffle]

with current FIFA ranking:

 

A: South Africa (86), Mexico (15), Uruguay (19), France (7)

B: Argentina (8), Nigeria (22), South Korea (52), Greece (12)

C: England (9), United States (14), Algeria (28), Slovenia (33)

D: Germany (6), Australia (21), Serbia (20), Ghana (37)

E: Netherlands (3), Denmark (26), Japan (43), Cameroon (11)

F: Italy (4), Paraguay (30), New Zealand (77), Slovakia (34)

G: Brazil (2), North Korea (84), Ivory Coast (16), Portugal (5)

H: Spain (1), Honduras (38), Chile (17), Switzerland (18)

 

i'd rank the groups, from most to least difficult:

 

G, B, D, A, H, C, E, F

[Exile on Waveland]

Wow what a switch of fortunes. Mexico/South Africa and USA/England meant sure doom, but arguably got the worst teams in Pools 3 and 4.

 

Really amazing.

 

If the US advances -- they should -- a matchup with Germany looks probable in the first knockout game.

[Guest]

Great draw...and I like the weekday times.

[TruffleShuffle]

if the u.s. had gotten put where north korea did, this thread would have exploded in anger.

[brinoch]

if the u.s. had gotten put where north korea did, this thread would have exploded in anger.

 

Yes. Brazil, Portugal and Cote D'Ivoire? Ouchouchouchouch.

[Guest]

if the u.s. had gotten put where north korea did, this thread would have exploded in anger.

 

Yes. Brazil, Portugal and Cote D'Ivoire? Ouchouchouchouch.

 

North Korea basically got our nightmare scenario.

[Guest]

I'd kill for SA and Uruguay to find a way out of Group A

[reggiemiller rules]

Sky Sports interviewed Beasley about playing England. Beasley better not see the field against England.

[TruffleShuffle]

I'd kill for SA and Uruguay to find a way out of Group A

 

uruguay can definitely make it out. south africa would really surprise me though, even with the home field advantage. they probably needed a team like slovakia or slovenia out of Pot D, maybe a team like paraguay from Pot C, and/or a north korea/new zealand from Pot B. if they got 2 of those 3 things they'd have a decent shot. instead they got one of the two teams in Pot D that nobody wanted to play, uruguay is pretty solid, and mexico may be the best team in Pot D.