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World Cup fans?

World Cup fans?

  • I follow soccer even outside of the World Cup

    Votes: 16 42.1%

  • I watch European Soccer League matches

    Votes: 4 10.5%

  • I follow the World Cup only and maybe read about the MSL now and then

    Votes: 6 15.8%

  • Soccer - what's that?

    Votes: 9 23.7%

  • I watch the WC only for the camera takes of the Swedish and Brazilian women!

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Total voters
    38
  • Poll closed .
Watching this US-Algeria match. The US got very lucky as a defensive lapse in the 6th minute lead to a wide open shot from close in the middle of the field by Algeria. Should have been 1-0 Algeria, but the shot bounced off the crossbar and it's still 0-0 after 16 min.
What is with the US giving up these early scoring opportunities? Hopefully they will pull together and win this match. They probably need to win to advance.

In the other Group C match, it's England 0-0 with Slovenia after 16 min.
 
The US just scored on a great offensive push at 20 minutes, but the linesman called an offsides. Replays show it was a questionable call.

IMO, the World Cup officials do not want the US to advance.

England has just taken a 1-0 lead over Slovenia, so if that stands, a draw will not do it for the US.
 
The US now appears to be satisfied to play a defensive style that is not giving them any meaningful scoring chances. How about playing with a little urgency like they did in the 2nd half against Slovenia?
 
Amazing- after continuously being frustrated by bad luck and bad officiating, the US (Landon Donovan) scores in the 91st minute to win the game 1-0. US will advance to the Round of 16!
 
How many times did any of you yell at your tv's?? I must've done it 15 times...obviously including the goal....

Why so dramatic USA....finish teams off
 
The refs and side officials in this WORLD CLASS event are pathetic...

with the replays, we see that nearly 50% of all the close offsides calls are called incorrectly when re-shown in stop action...

And - yet another BLOWN call took another goal away from the US!!
This has not only happened twice already in this World Cup, but similar calls cost the US games in each of the past two World Cups...

Here is the infamous hand ball that the referee apparently did not see & allowed that killed the US in 2002 and stole a goal from the US that would have prevented our elimination...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLtT0imwdCQ
(it is at approx. 2 min in..)
 
I thought at the end of this US game today that the refs seemed to favor the US on calls. It's almost as if they were instructed to do what they could to ensure that the US advances (for ratings and attendance). At least, that's what I saw.
 
Offsides is the most difficult call to make in sports. You're watching the ball and players at the same time which could be 40 yards from one another and often times the difference in onsides to offsides could be inches. At the same time the ref is 30 yards from the players and oftern times with the pace of the match it is near impossible to stay at a completely 90 degree angle with the last defender.
 
DeltaBrave03 said:
Offsides is the most difficult call to make in sports. You're watching the ball and players at the same time which could be 40 yards from one another and often times the difference in onsides to offsides could be inches. At the same time the ref is 30 yards from the players and oftern times with the pace of the match it is near impossible to stay at a completely 90 degree angle with the last defender.
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True, but my problem is usually a good pitch, like at the world cup, is rolled in such a way that about every 6 yards has a distinct line to it. Even for a linesman they should be able to make more accurate calls.
 
Due to a Germany win and a Serbia Loss. Germany and Ghana go through and Germany wins the Group.

This means the USA play Ghana in the first round of the knockout stage on Saturday at 1:30.
 
Fyrebyrd said:
Due to a Germany win and a Serbia Loss. Germany and Ghana go through and Germany wins the Group.

This means the USA play Ghana in the first round of the knockout stage on Saturday at 1:30.
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And if the US wins, then they play the winner of Uruguay/South Korea to advance to the semi-finals. That's a ridiculously good draw! If England had scored one more goal against Slovenia, then the US would be playing Germany for the right to play the winner of Argentina/Mexico. Which group would you rather be in? :-D
 
I really hope we start with buddle and feilhaber in there. I have been really impressed with their work rates lately, and the ball seems to get to attacking speed much more frequently with them in the game.

I honestly couldn't be more excited about this world cup. We're really playing some solid futbol. We outworked our group, and ghana is one of the better draws we could hope for. Heres for hoping we keep it up.
 
The US soccer team plays Saturday at 1:30 against Ghana. The game is televised on ABC.
Here is a preview-
http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wo...watch--fbintl_ro-fivethingstowatch062510.html


Here is a good article that sums up one aspect of international soccer, futbol for the purists, that Americans (including me) just can't tolerate-
the phony injury flop.
http://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/.../Phoney-soccer-injuries-are-a-flop-in-US-eyes

yes, I know there are the occasional "flops" in basketball, but it doesn't lead to players being ejected, the US basketballers don't go through the extensive writhing and embellishing the "injury" to get time for himself and teammates to get a nice rest, and I have never seen a stretcher be called out for a player taking a charge, like the numerous stretcher incidents in soccer, that always lead to the player popping up and re-entering the game moments later.
 
I agree - the flop is an issue. FIFA made a good call by making "faking injury", or flopping for fouls a 'card-able' offense. Granted it doesn't catch it every time, but it does help keep some of the players in line, especially after they have been cautioned.
 
Braves4Life said:
I thought at the end of this US game today that the refs seemed to favor the US on calls. It's almost as if they were instructed to do what they could to ensure that the US advances (for ratings and attendance). At least, that's what I saw.
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The calls went our way at the end because Algeria's players were spent and fouling. I thought beside the off-side call on Dempsey the reffs did a real good job.

Can't wait until the game begins. Ghana is a pretty good team and will have a ton of support in South Africa being that they are the last African country. I expect a close game and the out come will be decided by which mid-field can dominate their style. I'd have to believe Edu will start again. IMO Michael Bradley has been the best USA player on the pitch.
 
I'm not sure what lineup change will happen after 1/2 time but the Findley/Altidore pair is not working. I'm not a Findley fan at this level and I bet Buddle would have finished that open look he had. I know why Bradley has Findley in there but his speed just does not pay off because the guy is never in the right place.
 
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