2010 World Cup Thread

[shnsajax]

I've been correcting my girlfriend for 6 months that its not points.

 

Wondering if Gooch can go more than 60 tonight. A little worried about him being beaten in the 2nd half. You called the slow back line guess Bradley is going for the speed to beat them with Findley.

[imb]

England

Algeria

Slovenia

Yanks

 

was better

[Pushfrog98]

I'm not a big follower of soccer, but the world cup always intrigues me. Just wondering though... do you root for your home country, or do you pick another to root for? I was always under the impression that you either root for your home country or the country you were from (as in you moved from one country to another.) Is it acceptable to root for a country that you have no affiliation with?

[shnsajax]

Like the picture

 

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2010/0610/soccer_usa_england_576.jpg

[Magnetic Curses]

I'm not a big follower of soccer, but the world cup always intrigues me. Just wondering though... do you root for your home country, or do you pick another to root for? I was always under the impression that you either root for your home country or the country you were from (as in you moved from one country to another.) Is it acceptable to root for a country that you have no affiliation with?

 

i don't know. good question. i'm an every 4 year soccer fan and i always root for the USA, but i have a buddy from albania who actually DOES like soccer and he roots for italy because albania sucks at everything.

[USSoccer]

England

Algeria

Slovenia

Yanks

 

was better

 

 

http://cdn.majorleaguesoccertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/the-sun-world-cup-2010.jpg

[Pushfrog98]

I'm not a big follower of soccer, but the world cup always intrigues me. Just wondering though... do you root for your home country, or do you pick another to root for? I was always under the impression that you either root for your home country or the country you were from (as in you moved from one country to another.) Is it acceptable to root for a country that you have no affiliation with?

 

i don't know. good question. i'm an every 4 year soccer fan and i always root for the USA, but i have a buddy from albania who actually DOES like soccer and he roots for italy because albania sucks at everything.

I ask because a former co-worker (who is an all-around douche) likes to pretend that he's from England. He had the Union Jack hanging in his office, a big ben mini-statue, etc... and he puts the unnecessary "u" in words like color and favorite. He also calls potato chips "crisps" even though they were invented and named in the US.

 

He was born and raised in california and his heritage is actually german...

[Magnetic Curses]

I'm not a big follower of soccer, but the world cup always intrigues me. Just wondering though... do you root for your home country, or do you pick another to root for? I was always under the impression that you either root for your home country or the country you were from (as in you moved from one country to another.) Is it acceptable to root for a country that you have no affiliation with?

 

i don't know. good question. i'm an every 4 year soccer fan and i always root for the USA, but i have a buddy from albania who actually DOES like soccer and he roots for italy because albania sucks at everything.

I ask because a former co-worker (who is an all-around douche) likes to pretend that he's from England. He had the Union Jack hanging in his office, a big ben mini-statue, etc... and he puts the unnecessary "u" in words like color and favorite. He also calls potato chips "crisps" even though they were invented and named in the US.

 

He was born and raised in california and his heritage is actually german...

 

would you please punch him?

[USSoccer]

I'm not a big follower of soccer, but the world cup always intrigues me. Just wondering though... do you root for your home country, or do you pick another to root for? I was always under the impression that you either root for your home country or the country you were from (as in you moved from one country to another.) Is it acceptable to root for a country that you have no affiliation with?

 

i don't know. good question. i'm an every 4 year soccer fan and i always root for the USA, but i have a buddy from albania who actually DOES like soccer and he roots for italy because albania sucks at everything.

I ask because a former co-worker (who is an all-around douche) likes to pretend that he's from England. He had the Union Jack hanging in his office, a big ben mini-statue, etc... and he puts the unnecessary "u" in words like color and favorite. He also calls potato chips "crisps" even though they were invented and named in the US.

 

He was born and raised in california and his heritage is actually german...

 

Your co worker sounds like a total clown

[bcl412]

I wouldn't know myself what the mindset of a hardcore soccer fan would be but I would assume that you would want your country to be good at your favorite sport so the likelyhood of seeing the best players in the sport would increase.

[USSoccer]

I wish they would have banned those damned horns for just this match.

[Exile on Waveland]

I root for the US first and foremost, of course. I also like Germany and Netherlands, if the US is out. Most fans I know have secondary teams after the US.

[kujay]

I watch soccer every four years. And every four years all the "we are the world" [expletive] gets on my nerves.

 

That said, I'm excited for this one.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Let's do this! Woo! And woo to the Blackhawks for getting us through to the World Cup so seamlessly.

 

Don't see how the US can do this. The back line weakness is just unacceptable against a team like England. If we can keep it to something like a 2-1 loss, that's a positive toward advancement.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Yeah I root for the US first and foremost but after that I root for Germany since that's my main heritage.

[bcl412]

I want the US to win mainly because the meltdown their country would have would be hilarious.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I still can't believe how far our first touch has come in the last decade or so since I started watching, especially the midfield.

[Butterscup1679666578]

brutal

[UMFan83]

Fudge

[USSoccer]

That was piss poor

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Terrible backline says what?

[Magnetic Curses]

that looked really easy.

[UMFan83]

Complete breakdown. We knew this would be a weakness but geez.

[USSoccer]

Thats why Rico Clark is useless.

[Guest]

Jesus.