Author Topic: USA Does Not Lose In World Cup! (Read 10507 times)

gr1m · « **on:** Sun, 13 June 2010, 02:28:50 »

You know how England always comes into World Cups with a lot of talk and then fails miserably? Well, yeah, that happens often. So I was chilling the other day and a friend said that England would be the team to watch. I died inside a little and laughed at him but he said something about the English side's coach being pretty beastly.

Fast forward a day and I was watching the match. After the 4th minute Gerrard goal, I was ready to really consider what my friend has said, but then:

Sorry England, another wasted World Cup. Get good next time.

isp · « **Reply #1 on:** Sun, 13 June 2010, 14:56:48 »

that shouldn't take long to reach failblog! :-)

noctua · « **Reply #2 on:** Sun, 13 June 2010, 15:36:34 »

short summary..

Group C: USA (1 Point) current at 2. place
Group D: GER (3 Points) current at 1. place

itlnstln · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 14 June 2010, 07:38:50 »

I watched the game at a "British Pub." You know, the ones in the US where they wear kilts? Yeah.

Anyway, it was surprisingly packed for being the US and Texas, for that matter. It was a good game, and I don't really like soccer. I joked saying that the only reason Texans came to the bar to watch was because they were showing "Football."

hyperlinked · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 14 June 2010, 12:52:51 »

Here's the USA vs. England game in Lego:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2010/jun/14/world-cup-2010-england-usa-brick

hyperlinked · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 14 June 2010, 13:31:04 »

I thought the England celebration at :36 was totally hilarious.

vils · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 14 June 2010, 14:36:57 »

No worries, I've got the Juche!

kishy · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 14 June 2010, 15:08:39 »

That looks substantially more like 4chan than geekhack.

gr1m · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 14 June 2010, 15:23:40 »

Lackluster performance by the Oranje. Italy failed, thank God.

gr1m · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 14 June 2010, 16:08:13 »

Paraguay beat both Brazil and Argentina in the qualifiers. Italy is lucky to have escaped with a draw.

vils · « **Reply #10 on:** Tue, 15 June 2010, 06:58:17 »

Lego soccer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/video/2010/jun/14/world-cup-2010-england-usa-brick

itlnstln · « **Reply #11 on:** Tue, 15 June 2010, 07:42:51 »

Quote from: ripster;193017

I'm going with South Korea.
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Me too.

My goodness...

ricercar · « **Reply #12 on:** Tue, 15 June 2010, 12:44:50 »

Quote from: ripster;193017

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Reminds me of Dichen Lachman

Or maybe it's just me....

vils · « **Reply #13 on:** Tue, 15 June 2010, 17:04:17 »

Worry Brazilians, 2-0 is just a start, I've got the bomb.

gr1m · « **Reply #14 on:** Tue, 15 June 2010, 19:02:20 »

2-1

I think Brazil will have a hard time beating any decent team this year if a country ranked 105th in the world managed to penetrate their defense.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 07:27:37 »

I hate how those idiots keep calling the world cup a big football game when it isn't. It's soccer.

itlnstln · « **Reply #16 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 07:30:14 »

Jesus. If anybody responds to that post (other than this one), they're getting banned for having a broken troll detector.

Try a little harder next time, MW. That was terrible.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #17 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 07:35:50 »

It always disappoints me when I keep hearing "football" and then just realize a minute later it's some dumb old soccer game. I never got what was so interesting about people kicking a ball into a net for hours.

noctua · « **Reply #18 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 08:10:56 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;193608

...I never got what was so interesting about people kicking a ball into a net for hours.

women's soccer!

itlnstln · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 08:15:33 »

It's a shame that's not real.

gr1m · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 10:51:42 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;193601

I hate how those idiots keep calling the world cup a big football game when it isn't. It's soccer.

Reasons why football should be called football and not soccer:

1) It is the oldest sport to call itself football
2) It is the most popular sport in the world to call itself football
3) It is called football in 98% of the world
4) They use their feet more than any other game called football

itlnstln · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 10:56:32 »

That was probably the worst troll I had ever seen. That said, someone bit. I'm genuinely surprised.

gr1m · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 10:59:25 »

It was hard to tell it was a troll since most Americans share that sentiment. Besides, what fun are trolls if you can't shut them down?

kishy · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 11:29:30 »

itlnstln · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 11:47:55 »

You need to take a screenshot of the PC actually shutdown before we believe you.

Mental Hobbit · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 16:18:25 »

Quote from: ripster;193703

Spain loses to a bunch of Cuckoo clock and chocolate makers.

That's what they'd like to make us believe.

Most of their chuckoo clocks look rather like this:

itlnstln · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 16:58:43 »

They're pretty well-armed for being so damn neutral. Their Army makes some interesting knives,too.

audioave10 · « **Reply #27 on:** Wed, 16 June 2010, 20:12:17 »

I'm beginning to respect the Logo world much more now.
I only had tinker toys as a kid. I'm afraid to see the cheerleaders of that location in the sixties.

gr1m · « **Reply #28 on:** Fri, 18 June 2010, 07:22:35 »

Um, Germany, you're letting me down here you know. Seriously. Buck up.

noctua · « **Reply #29 on:** Fri, 18 June 2010, 08:32:06 »

Sorry, we have lost today (Germany - Serbia; 0 : 1), miniguru was also canceled..

Enough for today!

itlnstln · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 18 June 2010, 11:35:59 »

Quote from: ripster;194345

Stupid ref.

Well, he needed some work after his team got bounced from the playoffs.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 18 June 2010, 15:55:47 »

Quote from: gr1m;193674

Reasons why football should be called football and not soccer:

1) It is the oldest sport to call itself football
2) It is the most popular sport in the world to call itself football
3) It is called football in 98% of the world
4) They use their feet more than any other game called football

But they don't play with a football, they play with a soccer ball. And they use their feet just as much in football as they do in soccer. How do you all think the players get around the field? I've never ever seen wheelchair football...

In Stereo! · « **Reply #32 on:** Sat, 19 June 2010, 02:46:17 »

Handegg lover.

Half-Saint · « **Reply #33 on:** Sat, 19 June 2010, 03:37:46 »

Quote from: ripster;194345

Final score.

Stupid ref.
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Anyway, what kind of game is this? All these ties.

A game for socialists.

Eh, the second half was more like a wrestling match! Ref did good :P

gr1m · « **Reply #34 on:** Sun, 20 June 2010, 18:26:00 »

Quote from: Julle;195005

Rofl.

ch_123 · « **Reply #35 on:** Sun, 20 June 2010, 18:44:17 »

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1) It is the oldest sport to call itself football
2) It is the most popular sport in the world to call itself football
3) It is called football in 98% of the world

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But they don't play with a football, they play with a soccer ball.

Hurp-de-derp indeed.

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And they use their feet just as much in football as they do in soccer. How do you all think the players get around the field?

Don't you pick the football up in American football?

American Football looks superficially like rugby, except American Footballers wear 10" of protective clothing in case they break a nail...

Hak Foo · « **Reply #36 on:** Mon, 21 June 2010, 00:39:16 »

Quote from: ripster;193027

Our KBDMania friends reacting to this....
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Can't be kbdmania. the keyboard looks Japanese layout, not Korean. and it's only one colour.

I'm really impressed with the DPRK still-- as a bottom seed, they beat Brazil 1-2 as far as I see it.

imsto · « **Reply #37 on:** Mon, 21 June 2010, 02:27:00 »

lol I am waiting for the game between North Korea and Portugal
Portual would hard to win tha game.

gr1m · « **Reply #38 on:** Mon, 21 June 2010, 02:55:41 »

Quote from: ripster;195121

Motivation.

The North Koreans will be summarily executed when they return.

The Brazilians get laid win or lose.

Except for the one guy who scored.

itlnstln · « **Reply #39 on:** Mon, 21 June 2010, 07:48:11 »

Quote from: ch_123;195059

Hurp-de-derp indeed.

Don't you pick the football up in American football?

American Football looks superficially like rugby, except American Footballers wear 10" of protective clothing in case they break a nail...

Don't feed the trolls. You should know better.

ch_123 · « **Reply #40 on:** Mon, 21 June 2010, 09:04:57 »

I thought I was trolling people who like American football...

quadibloc · « **Reply #41 on:** Tue, 22 June 2010, 11:45:06 »

Of course I imagine that North Korean television will show a certain clip from the game between those horrible Brazilian brutes and the players from the Ivory Coast, so that the North Korean people can understand how it could happen that their team was not victorious.

ch_123 · « **Reply #42 on:** Tue, 22 June 2010, 14:15:31 »

It will be like one of those horribly racist 1930s American films with people in shoe polish dancing around a totem pole...

microsoft windows · « **Reply #43 on:** Wed, 23 June 2010, 18:02:59 »

Horribly rascist?

ch_123 · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 10:34:42 »

Speaking of silly sports...

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Horribly rascist?

Yes

And you misspelled racist.

=)

wellington1869 · « **Reply #45 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 11:34:37 »

wouldnt it be really funny if the US won the cup? I dont think the rest of the world would ever recover from that.

btw This is the first time i've ever seen this much mainstream public interest in the world cup in the US. Like, ever.

noctua · « **Reply #46 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 12:41:37 »

Quote from: wellington1869;195961

wouldnt it be really funny if the US won the cup? I dont think the rest of the world would ever recover from that.

btw This is the first time i've ever seen this much mainstream public interest in the world cup in the US. Like, ever.

The reason is simply and surprisingly, the US leads the group C, UK comes
at second place.. this is absolutely remarkable, because US soccer was
not taken seriously initially.. here in europe.

gr1m · « **Reply #47 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 16:34:31 »

The US reached the top 4 once in the 1960s. It's not like they're COMPLETELY new to the game. And they have a strong enough team to make the top 4 IMO. European and South American teams can learn a lot from how gentlemanly the US coach (and US players) behave.

wellington1869 · « **Reply #48 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 20:51:22 »

Quote from: gr1m;195995

The US reached the top 4 once in the 1960s. It's not like they're COMPLETELY new to the game. And they have a strong enough team to make the top 4 IMO. European and South American teams can learn a lot from how gentlemanly the US coach (and US players) behave.

I agree this US team are good sports, in their behaviour. The world will still hate us no matter what though. Its the lot of the US to be hated (often for no good reason) or envied (usually for good reason) in the world. They love to hate us. Hating us is the one thing that seems to reliably unite the rest of the world. If the US wins they'll call it "soccer imperialism" or something. Or blame it on steroids. God forbid Americans should ever get credit for hard work and discipline

gr1m · « **Reply #49 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 21:00:24 »

Scratch that, I meant 1930s*, not 1960s.

@wellington1869
The Algerian player Boughera summed it up nicely before their game. He said something like "This isn't a game between superstars. This is a game between patriots." I think the US have a lot to be hated for but their soccer team shouldn't be one of them.

ricercar · « **Reply #50 on:** Thu, 24 June 2010, 23:36:27 »

"The French give up, the Americans decide to turn up at the last minute
and England are left to face the Germans. Familiar?"

- seen on Twitter

Quote from: ch_123;195953

And you misspelled racist.=)

He's irascible?

gr1m · « **Reply #51 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 00:54:23 »

I am SO glad at Italy's early exit. My dad summed it up well after the game. When I posed the general question, "How the **** do champs get owned so bad?", he replied, "Bull**** only works once. Or in the Italians' case, 4 times."

noctua · « **Reply #52 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 02:58:58 »

Quote from: ricercar;196131

"The French give up, the Americans decide to turn up at the last minute
and England are left to face the Germans. Familiar?" ..

Heh, England vs. Germany this is the main reason why the World Cup exist ;-)

gr1m · « **Reply #53 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 04:01:09 »

Quote from: noctua;196186

Heh, England vs. Germany this is the main reason why the World Cup exist ;-)

Wish I could agree but England has an abysmal World Cup record. I'd say the point of the World Cup is "Brazil vs. Everybody".

zerocool · « **Reply #54 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 07:34:45 »

but thats the greatness of it
we as English beleive we can beat German, thats what all believe on the radio and this year we kind of have a point as both of havnt not played the greatest and thats not really german like

Mental Hobbit · « **Reply #55 on:** Fri, 25 June 2010, 09:25:44 »

Quote from: zerocool;196229

we as English beleive we can beat German

Tss, Gary Lineker explained it so well, but you just don't get it:

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Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.

;P

Mental Hobbit · « **Reply #56 on:** Sat, 26 June 2010, 16:16:51 »

Classy match! I started watching as a neutral observer, finished as a new fan of Ghana.

noctua · « **Reply #57 on:** Sat, 26 June 2010, 17:25:44 »

Whether we are win or lose, in any case we have seen exciting soccer matches
and this is the essential point. One has voted for US, another for GHA, not that
I care, but i have waited until the end for an "headed" equalizing goal..

gr1m · « **Reply #58 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 05:06:23 »

I'm an atheist but today, I'm praying for Germany. However, England do the job of losing well enough for me not to have to pray too hard for Germany to make them lose. Seriously. What makes a good team for me this their delivery:hype* ratio. Germany has a MASSIVE d:h ratio, about 4. England has a puny one; 0.3 at best. Brazil has a hefty amount of hype but an infinite amount of delivery by default. Italy, although I dislike them and they just got owned in 2010, have a d:h of > 1 because they have delivered. I'll give France an even 1 because when they had Zidane, they wrecked.

Last but not least, Ghana just achieved a d:h of 24.

*Disclaimer: all the d:h numbers I list are subjective and based on my opinions

gr1m · « **Reply #59 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 10:54:52 »

Honestly, the only thing England has brought to the past few World Cups has been beautiful slow-mo shots of Rooney yelling after he failed to score over and over. I feel bad for Gerrard and Lampard because they deserve a better team.

That call was complete bull**** from the linesman, Lampard's goal should have been allowed, but the Germans erased all doubts with style (as opposed to letting the game end 2-1). Beautiful counter-attack work from Ozil.

noctua · « **Reply #60 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 11:44:27 »

Yep, 2 : 2 at end of halftime would be the correct result. This classical
match was gripping to the very last and a must-see for english|german
fan!

gr1m · « **Reply #61 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 19:48:33 »

Too many refs this year deserve to get their licenses revoked, it's becoming bull****.

gr1m · « **Reply #62 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 21:45:48 »

I still am a firm believer that if a team deserves a win, they'll overcome all the odds (like, England beating Germany 3-2 even with that disallowed goal). However, referee blunders also affect players psychologically and the team morale and that's a factor nobody can anticipate or calculate.

hyperlinked · « **Reply #63 on:** Sun, 27 June 2010, 21:58:37 »

Quote from: gr1m;197057

I still am a firm believer that if a team deserves a win, they'll overcome all the odds (like, England beating Germany 3-2 even with that disallowed goal). However, referee blunders also affect players psychologically and the team morale and that's a factor nobody can anticipate or calculate.

I think it depends on the kind of blunder we're talking about and the style of tournament. If we're talking about a goal, then I'd have to disagree when we're talking about a sport in which goals are so hard to come by and so many games (especially at the elite level) end in ties. In a points based tournment, I could see a case for a better team being able to overcome the odds, but in an elimination tournment, luck can overpower skill because at this level of the game, the difference between the great teams and the average teams isn't overwhelming.

gr1m · « **Reply #64 on:** Mon, 28 June 2010, 03:56:01 »

Quote from: hyperlinked;197062

I think it depends on the kind of blunder we're talking about and the style of tournament. If we're talking about a goal, then I'd have to disagree when we're talking about a sport in which goals are so hard to come by and so many games (especially at the elite level) end in ties. In a points based tournment, I could see a case for a better team being able to overcome the odds, but in an elimination tournment, luck can overpower skill because at this level of the game, the difference between the great teams and the average teams isn't overwhelming.

I still think that if it was Germany down 2-1 and they had a disallowed equalizer before the second half, they would still win the game because of how well they play.

noctua · « **Reply #65 on:** Mon, 28 June 2010, 04:50:45 »

Yeah, referee the ball wasn't behind the line..

vils · « **Reply #66 on:** Mon, 28 June 2010, 06:08:45 »

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Author Topic: USA Does Not Lose In World Cup! (Read 10507 times)