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[soccer10k]

1 hour ago, JHBulls said:

If Iran was summed up in one song tonight it would be Hokey Pokey.

Madness. It seemed like both had an agreement and Algeria just went rogue at the end for some sweet revenge. But then Austria score a minute later. Wow. 

I really hope the revenge thing is why they did it.

"I know none of us were alive then but you F'd us over 44 years ago so we're going to try to F you over now even if it means we get a harder R32 game."

[Derwood]

7 hours ago, JHBulls said:

Somehow this makes not having Mexico and Canada in North America even worse. 

???

[soccer10k]

Just realized that Mexico got Ecuador in the R32, which is a rough matchup. Second hardest behind Senegal according to the world rankings.

[UMFan83]

12 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

Just realized that Mexico got Ecuador in the R32, which is a rough matchup. Second hardest behind Senegal according to the world rankings.

Yeah, though the fact that they're playing in Azteca (for the R16 too against England) is probably a big advantage for them.  They can be beaten there but in general it has a way of leveling Mexico up.  England especially is going to have an interesting time there if they both advance.  England's historical World Cup stumbles + playing a host team in a notoriously difficult Latin American stadium = trouble.

[UMFan83]

No official news release yet but some pretty reputable soccer guys are reporting Lewandowski has chosen to sign with the Fire after weeks of speculation.  He may not be in his prime, and attack might not have been the position the Fire most need but he's still been very good in Europe and will bring some needed visibility to the Fire franchise and enthusiasm to the fan base - particularly the huge Polish population here.

I'm guessing the hype for this will be somewhere in between Messi going to Miami and Son going to LAFC.

[JHBulls]

6 hours ago, Derwood said:

???

Really, nothing. Just a joke that you original didn’t have Mexico and Canada in NA in your post, before editing it. My joke fell short and now I feel like absolute horsefeathers. Sorry. 😞

[JHBulls]

We might not see a worst attempt at a header than that for the rest of the tournament. 

[Derwood]

so what would "chalk" look like for this tournament?

[JHBulls]

Austria vs Algeria it has not been, but the match did liven up at the end of the half. Hopefully it picks up from here. 

[bukie]

19 minutes ago, Derwood said:

so what would "chalk" look like for this tournament?

All the higher ranked teams winning.

So round of 32 winners:

France, Germany, Canada, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, , USA, Belgium, Brazil, Norway, Mexico, England, Argentina, Egypt, Switzerland, Colombia

Round of 16 winners:

France, Morocco, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, England, Argentina, Colombia 

Quarterfinals winners:

France, Spain, England, Argentina 

Finalists: France, Argentina

Winner: Argentina 

 

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, bukie said:

All the higher ranked teams winning.

So round of 32 winners:

France, Germany, Canada, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, , USA, Belgium, Brazil, Norway, Mexico, England, Argentina, Egypt, Switzerland, Colombia

Round of 16 winners:

France, Morocco, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, England, Argentina, Colombia 

Quarterfinals winners:

France, Spain, England, Argentina 

Finalists: France, Argentina

Winner: Argentina 

 

Thanks. I've only looked at the ESPN.com version of the bracket that doesn't give any seeding info

 

[Derwood]

Heartbreaker for South Africa

[Derwood]

This heat wave is about to wreak havoc on these day games

[squally1313]

I'm sure I'm jinxing this, but there are some incredible second round matchups coming if things break the way they're 'supposed to'. Germany v France on 4th of July, Portugal v Spain, Mexico v England in Mexico City are all nuts. 

[Derwood]

Great goal by Japan!

[JHBulls]

Do not sleep on Japan. 

[Derwood]

I was unimpressed by Brazil in the first half

[cl smooth]

brazil with the equalizer. pedal to the metal from them so far in the 2nd half. 

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, cl smooth said:

brazil with the equalizer. pedal to the metal from them so far in the 2nd half. 

They decided to play. Almost a 2nd goal there

[cl smooth]

Unbelievable. Japan had their hearts ripped out. 

[Derwood]

What a brutal turnover. Nightmare

[bukie]

Lesson to be learned from thr first two knockout games: Don't play like a coward hoping for PKs.

[mul21]

The pass before the cross that set up the Paraguay goal was absolutely fantastic and filthy.

[Derwood]

I don't know enough about the rules to have an opinion if that was a foul against the goalie. In hockey, that would be goalie interference, but I don't know how it works in soccer. Half the time I feel like fouls are called on ticky-tack things while all out pushing and shoving isn't called. It's completely unclear where the line is

[bukie]

Paraguay have been playing for penalties since the halftime whistle. Let's see if they get rewarded for it.