Re: Official World Cup Thread: The US team should make some noise this time... they have a somewhat favorable draw, hopefully they'll be mostly healthy, and England is minus Beckham and Rooney is nursing some injuries himself. If the US squad can capture in a bottle how they played against Spain and in the first half vs. Brazil in the Confed Cup, they could be very dangerous.
Re: Official World Cup Thread: I never cared for soccer until that last world cup. I worked with a half Italian and a full-blooded German from Germany. Their smack talking was epic and it actually got me into the games. It only made it better when those two teams made it to the semifinals. And who could forget the headbutt heard around the world? Loved it. [video=youtube;-I7-KEa99Fw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I7-KEa99Fw[/video]
Re: Official World Cup Thread: The US team could make some noise provided Dempsey and Onyewu are healthy. They have a nice team. Howard is good enough to get you far. Landon has proven he can more than play with the big boys this winter. Dempsey and Onyewu do their thing. If Beasley makes the squad and plays as well as he did against the Netherlands a month or so ago, he would be a help. Altidore is whats needed to get over the hump though. Some are predicting that he breaks out this World Cup. He has so much potential as a player. And Raw talent. If he can put it together this summer, the US can make a nice run. all that said.. its the Netherlands year Biznatches!!!
Re: Official World Cup Thread: haha nice. Hope you continue getting into the games. Its such a beautiful game. Check out some Timbers games this year, that will really get your BlazersBlood boiling for some soccer
Re: Official World Cup Thread: It is a beautiful game and is a great game to have on in the background. You know when something good is about to happen because the announcers really pick up their excitement. The beauty about sports is when you get to see the best in the world play, it usually is enjoyable to watch. Minor league sports don't really intrigue me, no matter what the sport, unless it's my kids playing. I don't think I'd ever get into the Timbers. But I will be watching the World Cup as much as I can.
Re: Official World Cup Thread: You know I'm the same exact way about Minor League Sports. Timbers dont fall under that category for me for some reason though. I think just the passion that is shown, and everything is what makes it so much fun for me Maybe we'll see you out there when MLS comes to town next year. And some of the big international friendlies are played. Hope to see you there
Re: Official World Cup Thread: World Cup Odds Spain 4/1 England 5/1 Brazil 11/2 Argentina 9/1 Germany 9/1 Italy 10/1 Holland 11/1 France 16/1 Portugal 20/1 Ivory Coast 25/1 Chile 40/1 Paraguay 40/1 Cameroon 66/1 Denmark 66/1 Ghana 66/1 Greece 66/1 Serbia 66/1 USA 66/1 Uruguay 66/1 Mexico 80/1 Nigeria 80/1 South Africa 80/1 Australia 100/1 Japan 125/1 Republic of Korea 125/1 Algeria 150/1 Slovakia 150/1 Slovenia 150/1 Switzerland 150/1 New Zealand 1000/1 Democratic Korea 1000/1 Honduras 1000/1
Re: Official World Cup Thread: ^ Good thing Spain is a Powerhouse.. not many Countries could take a loss of Fabregas and still be a pretty decent favorite.
Re: Official World Cup Thread: World Cup is a lot of fun. Sometimes I can't get over how overboard serious people can be over a soccer team- then I go to our S2 Blazer forum and it all makes sense afterall.
Re: Official World Cup Thread: just be glad we arent allowed to bring road flares into the RG.. things could get ugly real fast!
Re: Official World Cup Thread: I think that Michael Bradley, the coaches son, is going to be a catalyst for the U.S.. Awesome piece on him by Luke Syphers in ESPN the mag. And the Oranje will underachieve...again.
Re: Official World Cup Thread: No. Smoke bombs are regularly lit though. These guys got banned for a year: [video=youtube;ygCdLrrxz8s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygCdLrrxz8s&feature=PlayList&p=D58A6F38C40EC3F4&playnext_from=PL&index=0[/video]
