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1. 

   Ty
   Moderator

   Any French soccer fans on the forum?

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   Jabster
   Member

   I would be rubbing it in bigtime myself but it's ever so possible that the same is going to happen to England this afternoon! My worst nightmare is that Algeria end up qualifying. I can just about rationalise USA and Solvakia but Algeria?

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   dutchhobbit
   Member

   No, not a french football fan. I can proudly say that my team has one every game they played so far in the world cup and will most likely end on top of their group.

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   Joe B
   Member

   U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   James G
   Member

   Well, that was more difficult than it needed to be. After that performance against Algeria, I´m just happy to qualify. Well done to the USA. I think the main difference between the two teams is that the USA had something to prove and actually played with some real passion.

   Posted 2 years ago #
6. 

   Professor Marvel
   Member

   I must say that I am as impressed with the increasing interest being shown by my fellow citizens here in the USA in this World Cup as I am with the play of the US team itself.

   While not necessarily brilliant or overwhelming, we are holding our own at least, and that was a very nice goal by Landon. I think if we can make a good showing in the round of 16 (and hopefully beyond), perhaps this may be the point where "critical mass" is reached for entrenching the sport in the popular AMERICAN mind.

   Does anyone have any thoughts on whom we may be playing next?

   Posted 2 years ago #
7. 

   Jabster
   Member

   Any thoughts on it ... erm, the USA will be playing the runners up from group D perhaps?

   Posted 2 years ago #
8. 

   Siberia
   Member

   Brazil is lame in this Cup. The first game was ridiculous, the second... Meh.
   As long as we don't get trounced by Argentina, I'm cool with it.

   Posted 2 years ago #
9. 

   James G
   Member

   England v Germany
   USA v Ghana

   Posted 2 years ago #
10. 

    Huxley
    Member

    This is just like WWII. The French capitulate, the Americans are late and England is left to fight Germany! :)

    Posted 2 years ago #
11. 

    Professor Marvel
    Member

    Hux,

    That's hilarious. Last night on 'The Daily Show', I was reminded of this thread with its going back and forth between discussing the World Cup and arguing British (I know, not English)/German tactics in WWII. Here is Jon Stewart's and John Olover's most delightful performance:

    http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-june-23-2010/world-cup-2010--into-africa---us-beats-algeria

    If laughter is the best medicine I should be good for a week at least. But I can't believe they missed out on your bit about the capitulation of the French. I hadn't thought of that angle until you mentioned it either, but those guys rarely miss a chance to bash our allies across the channel. The Comedy Channel, that is.

    Otherwise-- a bit of synchronicity, no?

    Posted 2 years ago #
12. 

    James G
    Member

    The French shouldn´t be too disheartened. It wasn´t even their worst performance in a World Cup. In 2002, when World Champions, they drew one, lost two, conceded three and didn´t score at single goal.

    Posted 2 years ago #
13. 

    James G
    Member

    Holders Italy are out too, which means both finalists from the previous tournament are going home.

    Posted 2 years ago #
14. 

    Ty
    Moderator

    I continue to cackle madly during the three minutes each morning that sports radio talks about the US advancing while countries that care about soccer fall to the wayside.

    USA! USA!

    What's sad is that even if our boys pulled off some amazing miracle and won the damned thing, five minutes later we'd go back to not caring.

    That fact keeps me rooting for our poor unappreciated team.

    Posted 2 years ago #
15. 

    Jabster
    Member

    "five minutes later we'd go back to not caring."

    So much so that it generates this many posts?

    ;-)

    Posted 2 years ago #
16. 

    Elemenope
    Moderator

    This is because we care a great deal about winning, and not so much about soccer, so really our attention is focused on the winning part, and the fact that it is winning at soccer in particular is beside-the-point.

    Posted 2 years ago #
17. 

    James G
    Member

    Poor Landon Donovan. In any other country on Earth, he´d be that country´s biggest hero. He´d be mobbed at every opportunity and get given endorsements for just about everything. But this being the US, he´ll probably be famous for a few days, do a couple of adverts for Best Buy and then go back to his life of solitude.

    Posted 2 years ago #
18. 

    Kodie
    Member

    I don't care so much about winning. I'm a root-againster and not that big into sports in general, but if I can root against someone, that's how I watch the game. I get 100% of my soccer information in this thread. I think it is really sweet for so many teams to lose who actually care about soccer while the US advances.

    Another great time I had was the Super Bowl a few years ago. I had moved to Boston, having been raised and lived in New York my whole life. Not a football fan or a Giants fan, althought (American) football is one of the better sports to watch on TV, in my opinion. Partway through the season, I said to a friend re: the Patriots streak, "wouldn't it be funny if the Patriots won every game of the whole season and lost the Super Bowl?" Then it actually happened. Losing to the Giants made that extra sweet. Boston loves their sports teams to a really annoying degree, and hates New York so much, that it's really easy to root against them in just about every instance. That's exactly how I feel about this soccer thingie. Whoever Landon Donovan is, I think he will probably also get on a Wheaties box. I don't know if anyone actually eats Wheaties, but that's the tradition.

    Posted 2 years ago #
19. 

    dutchhobbit
    Member

    I was also for some underdog teams. But that just means that there are more bad teams for the netherlands to play later in the tournament.

    Posted 2 years ago #
20. 

    Siberia
    Member

    Brazil and Portugal tomorrow, oh dear. Methinks we'll lose. Lametastic team is lame.
    As for underdogs: GO JAPAN GO!

    Posted 2 years ago #
21. 

    Huxley
    Member

    "This is just like WWII. The French capitulate, the Americans are late and England is left to fight Germany! :)"

    Italy totally capitulated. The Japanese are advancing.

    Bloody hell. Never a truer word eh?

    Posted 2 years ago #
22. 

    James G
    Member

    But unlike wars, the Germans tend to be pretty good at World Cups. They´ve won it 3 times, runners up 4 times, 3rd place 3 times and have qualified for every cup they´ve tried to qualify for.

    Posted 2 years ago #
23. 

    Huxley
    Member

    The Japanese attack hasn't been this well coordinated since Pearl Harbour.

    Posted 2 years ago #
24. 

    Siberia
    Member

    It'd be ironic if Japan beat the U.S. this time...

    Posted 2 years ago #
25. 

    Professor Marvel
    Member

    The key to nurturing US fanaticism about futbol: BRACKETOLOGY!!

    http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/kostage.html

    Posted 2 years ago #
26. 

    Professor Marvel
    Member

    Dang.

    Posted 2 years ago #
27. 

    Huxley
    Member

    I bet we wont get any further.

    Posted 2 years ago #
28. 

    Darwin
    Member

    USA lost to Ghana 2-1. BAM!

    Posted 2 years ago #
29. 

    Huxley
    Member

    WE SUCK!

    Posted 2 years ago #
30. 

    Kodie
    Member

    Yay for sucking at soccer! (Footie is a type of pajamas, or how you call them, pyjamas? Lol. Babies and small children wear them.)

    A classic variation! Goal, it's a gooooalll.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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