KeyboardJockey
Clowns to the Left of me
To watch the spectale of your former colonial masters being ignominiously dumped out of the competition by some small pacific island nation or somewhere. 
Why should this American watch World Cup?
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Andy the Don
Wise men say only fools..
The USA are in a very tough group with Czech Republic, Italy & Ghana. If you can get out of that group to the knock out stages you will be doing very well. Did you realise pieman that this is the fifth World Cup in a row the USA have been in. A very good record. Also football is the fastest growing sport in the USA. Its is massive in the Latino areas & states such as New Jersey. There are also some excellent players in your national side. Go on support them, you will have fun & a much better chance of getting a ticket than us.
Termite Man
zombie flesh eater
jiggajagga said:
No your just rambling unitelligably ffs
chieftain
Mega Gammon
Pieman said:
You might miss the chance of finding a new sporting intrest by watching the best players in the world competing...
What have you got to lose, watch a couple of games and see how you get on.
If I were you I'd try: Group E's first match: USA V's Czech Republic on the 12.06.06
should be a very good one
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Lots of gamesmanship, cheating and crap refereeing decisions which will change the course of matches and lead to injustice, acrimiony, threats, violence and possibly even spark major international incidents. It's the beautiful game, but it can turn very ugly. No other sport matters to so many people like football does.Pieman said:
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Dr. Furface said:
and some poor Colombian might get murdered for scoring an own-goal.
and guess who the Colombians were playing?
inflatable jesus
I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders
Andy the Don said:
Is there something special going on in New Jersey that I wasn't aware of?
Or is it just that there's a fairly big Hispanic population and the 'Red Bulls' play there?
The Pious Pawn
I Can
Because its the greatest sport spectical in the world .
Chorlton said:
But it would put the anti-English lefties in a real quandary.
I don't think the USA have any serious chance of winning it. I do think that they will get out of their group (ahead of Italy) along with the Czechs. But probably quarters again.
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
Hey PIE,you will miss seeing firsthand why it is called THE WORLD GAME.Nearly every country on earth has a soccer team and if good enough can make it to the finals.It is the fastest growing sport here in Australia and has been for the past 4 years.As with Aussie rules,Rugby and League there are no helmets or shoulder pads just speed,agility,skill and heart.
the world cup is a lot more dramatic than shit like the superbowl, there's always something amazing happens. i tried to watch the superbowl once and it went on for about 5 hours
watch 2 teams get to the semis of the biggest sporting event in the world, battle to the death for 120 minutes, then go out on penalties and you'll never say '5 yard recovery' or whatever again
watch 2 teams get to the semis of the biggest sporting event in the world, battle to the death for 120 minutes, then go out on penalties and you'll never say '5 yard recovery' or whatever again
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Lincoln City used to have a pieman.
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Hmm has anyoen actually seen the USA play or know their players. It's true they're much improved team, but they're not even dark horse for the world cup.
They can get the odd shock result like beating Portugal in 2002 and they're very adept at beating their slightly superior, but overrated Mexican neighbours, but they lack truly world class players who are capable of winnign the World Cup.
If you look at USA's star players:
Kasey Keller: very experinced goalkeeper, currently plays in the Budasliga spent most of hsi career in England with a successful sohourn in La Liga. He had a great season in the Bundasliga this year, but you have to say even in his prime in England he was never among the top goalkeepers in the Premiership.
Landon Donovan: won the ward for best player at the U-17 WC in the late nineties and won the best young player at WC 2002. However after WC 2002 he went to Bayer Leverkusen, but was unable to forcve his way on to the first team before returning to the MLS.
Demarcus Beasley: PSV player, last season briefly rgearded as one of the hottest young prospects in European football. However that looks now to be misplaced as he has had an exceptionally poor season at PSV this year where he is no longer an automatic starter.
Brian McBride: Playss for Fulham in the Premiership, has proabbly had the season of his life this year - voted player of the year by Fulham fans. But let's remembr that the best season in a long career as a target man still only amounts to 9 Premiership goals and being voted player of the year for a mid-table Prmeirship club.
It's possible they're going to get out of their group as the much stronger Italians and Czechs have their own troubles, but winning the group seems very unlikely and a second place finish will almost inevitably mean a second round meeting with Brazil who are they no match for at all.
They can get the odd shock result like beating Portugal in 2002 and they're very adept at beating their slightly superior, but overrated Mexican neighbours, but they lack truly world class players who are capable of winnign the World Cup.
If you look at USA's star players:
Kasey Keller: very experinced goalkeeper, currently plays in the Budasliga spent most of hsi career in England with a successful sohourn in La Liga. He had a great season in the Bundasliga this year, but you have to say even in his prime in England he was never among the top goalkeepers in the Premiership.
Landon Donovan: won the ward for best player at the U-17 WC in the late nineties and won the best young player at WC 2002. However after WC 2002 he went to Bayer Leverkusen, but was unable to forcve his way on to the first team before returning to the MLS.
Demarcus Beasley: PSV player, last season briefly rgearded as one of the hottest young prospects in European football. However that looks now to be misplaced as he has had an exceptionally poor season at PSV this year where he is no longer an automatic starter.
Brian McBride: Playss for Fulham in the Premiership, has proabbly had the season of his life this year - voted player of the year by Fulham fans. But let's remembr that the best season in a long career as a target man still only amounts to 9 Premiership goals and being voted player of the year for a mid-table Prmeirship club.
It's possible they're going to get out of their group as the much stronger Italians and Czechs have their own troubles, but winning the group seems very unlikely and a second place finish will almost inevitably mean a second round meeting with Brazil who are they no match for at all.
With respect baseball is actually a very international sport, taking in virtually all of Latin America, Japan, South Korea and to a certain extent Australia. It isn't near the scale of football but then what is? Cricket has a world cup but in reality how many teams outside the Commonwealth enter? Similar for Rugby, although that reaches further. Baseball is an international sport, but I think where the impression of North America looking inward comes from the fact that all of the top quality play is centralised there, whereas with football the top players play throughout Europe (with some in South America first).
PS. I am English and a huge football fan if that makes a difference.
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
I've eaten that pieman's pies, on sincil bank!Monkeygrinder's Organ said:Lincoln City used to have a pieman.
'Pieman, give us a wave. Pieman, pieman give us a wave.'
stavros said:With respect baseball is actually a very international sport, taking in virtually all of Latin America, Japan, South Korea and to a certain extent Australia. It isn't near the scale of football but then what is? Cricket has a world cup but in reality how many teams outside the Commonwealth enter? Similar for Rugby, although that reaches further. QUOTE]
Umm... How can you say Rugby reaches further than cricket?
The overall cricket-watching populations must be, when you take INdia and Pakistan into account, considerably bigger than the rugby-watching ones.
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
Chorlton said:
LOL
Harold Hill
Jay Emm forgot his p/word
phildwyer said:
Are you insane?
