World Cup - Spoilers (Page 17)

I agree I like our chances against Ghana a bit better.  Not that they will be easy by any stretch of the imagination.  It will be tough.  It will be a good rematch of us getting knocked out during the last one. 

The game is 2pm EDT, 11am PDT. Plan accordingly

Yeah.  I'm gonna be getting my long workout in tomorrow or Friday so it won't interfere. 

This has got to be the coolest thing I've ever heard.  Can't understand a word he is saying except the players names but you know it when Donovan scores.  The passion is palpable.

http://www.fanaticos.com/2010/06/23/asi-narro-andres-cantor-el-gol-de-landon-donovan/

It almost sounds like it doesn't it.

Italy again showing why the shouldn't advance.  Sloppy play gave Slovakia a great scoring opportunity which they easily capitalized on.

Italy advances if:

They beat Slovakia
Draw and Paraguay beats NZ
Draw and Paraguay and NZ draw but score more points than NZ

NZ is just the opposite of Italy

Slovakia
beat Italy and NZ loses to Paraguay
beat Italy and NZ beats Paraguay but they score enough goals to cover the goal diff (currently at -1)

 Paraguay
beat NZ
draw NZ and Italy draw Slovakia
draw NZ and Slovakia beats Italy

Missed most of the Slovakia/Italy game. Did catch the 3rd Slovakia goal, and now the Italy goal in stoppage time. 3-2 Slovakia.

Italy is going home.

I like the fact that Italy and France are out of it.

European "football' is mediocre right now..France/Italy out and showed nothing...England /Germany an elimination game basically for the next round..I'm not impressed with any Euro teams...

South America has shown up..all 4 teams through....CONCACAF with a good showing...

Truly shows how it is becoming a world game

A friend of mine just sent this link to me.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/Ned-Rice-No-Third-World-cup-fever-here-96866799.html

Wow, just wow.

I could only read a couple of paragraphs and then had to stop.  It amazes me how ignorant people can be and how easily they spew hate.  I read the posts on articles about the WC and I find it so unbelievable how much people can hate an event that only comes around once every 4 years. 

Wow, indeed. This guy brings hate to a new level. I've actually heard the "Soccer's only popular in third world countries" argument before--recently, at work actually since the start of the WC. It's not just that the argument is wrong, it's that it's kind of elitist and bigoted. Baseball is popular in some third world countries, too. What does that prove?

What a rocket!

Beautiful shot by Honda!

Yep, a beauty. Commentators just spoke what I was thinking--finally a score from a set piece. And a long-range shot at that. Hopefully we'll get some reprieve from the whining about the ball.

I know.  Someone finally got that ball to drop.