Thanks. And here's to Total Football lighting up South Africa!Tence said:Nice thread. Good luck to the US.
Ofcourse I will be supporting another team
Thanks. And here's to Total Football lighting up South Africa!Tence said:Nice thread. Good luck to the US.
Ofcourse I will be supporting another team
Mecha_Infantry said:If there is one thing that is certain, is we will not be defeated by USA
xbhaskarx said:It's okay, just remind them that Stuart Holden was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
xbhaskarx said:And of course Maurice Edu scored a 93rd minute winner for the Rangers against Celtic.
missbreedsiddx said:The England/US match should be epic, if somehow the US wins, the meltdowns in the UK will be glorious and hilarious.
Kabouter said:You would think that many decades of large scale Latin-American immigration into the US would lead soccer to eclipse ice hockey in popularity.
Yup. Our final 23 are announced later today. So, our South Africa squad will be facing Turkey.Facism said:You guys best be bringing your A team against us on Saturday.
:lol You have no idea what that would doSyNapSe said:I always watch Soccer during the World Cup. It's fun with the nations competing like the Olympics.
I watched a bit of the czech match last night. I wish they'd get rid of offsides.. so boring.
Facism said:You guys best be bringing your A team against us on Saturday.
SyNapSe said:I always watch Soccer during the World Cup. It's fun with the nations competing like the Olympics.
I watched a bit of the czech match last night. I wish they'd get rid of offsides.. so boring.
sigh. i feel the same about American football.SyNapSe said:I always watch Soccer during the World Cup. It's fun with the nations competing like the Olympics.
I watched a bit of the czech match last night. I wish they'd get rid of offsides.. so boring.
xbhaskarx said:It's okay, just remind them that Stuart Holden was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
And of course Maurice Edu scored a 93rd minute winner for the Rangers against Celtic.
MidnightRider said:And remind Italy that G. Rossi was born in the states.
:lolindustrian said:For the 46,395,234.6th time...
arstal said:Idea: who would be your guys starting XI vs England
Gav said:Now, Im Scottish (And Scotland arent in the World Cup again) and live in England. Im not a massive fan of the England team at all, and really never go out of my way to show masses of support for them, although i know I should. Thats a Scottish football fan for you.
Im in Las Vegas on the 12th June when the USA vs England game is on, and I may go grab some food and a drink and watch the game over lunch.
The question is who does a Scot support in this situation when in the US? :lol
Pre said:I think we'll probably start Altidore/Dempsey up top against England and then use Gomez as our super sub option.
That said, I find it a bit odd that the England fans are so certain of their imminent victory. We've already proven we can hang with (and beat) the best in the world at the Confederations Cup when we 2-0'd Spain. (And should have beaten Brazil in the final, as we were up 2-0 at the half.) We can beat anyone in the world on any given day, England included.
The position I'm most concerned about right now is left back. Bornstein and Pearce are both dogshit, meaning that we'll have to play Boca there and he's not really a strong left back at the international level. With Boca out of the picture at center back, it'll mean we'll have to hope that Gooch can get up to full speed. On the plus side, I thought that Clarence Goodson looked solid and could be another option in the center.
And can we all agree that Sacha Kljestan (aka the Human Turnover Machine) needs to stay far, far away from international action? I really don't understand why Bob continues to bring him to matches.
My starting 11 vs. England:
----------------Altidore----Dempsey--------------------
Donovan-------Edu-----------Bradley----------Holden
Bocanegra-----Onyewu---Demerit-----Cherundolo
-------------------------Howard-------------------------
arstal said:I thought vs the Turks you brought body armor and practice 9 on 9 play for the inevitable rash of red cards. (the US gets a ton of red cards as well, but usually not for ultravicious stuff)
SmokyDave said:Isn't your Union Flag hanging from your car?
Of?MidnightRider said:BUDDLE - DEMPSEY
DONAVAN - CLARK - BRADLEY - HOLDEN
BORNSTIEN - GOOOOCH. - BOCANEGRA - SPECTOR
WE have a chance with that line up.
PS screw lazy Jozy up front
Crashing out to Germany in the semis because of shit refereeing.Mr Cola said:
Huh?ghst said:i think that's the most pc term i've ever seen you use.
The US needs to get out of the group first, not a formality by any means, if you lose to England Slovenia are no pushover, you would need 2 wins and 2 wins from those two games is still asking alot.striKeVillain! said:Crashing out to Germany in the semis because of shit refereeing.
striKeVillain! said:Crashing out to Germany in the semis because of shit refereeing.
not at all.. Australia plays awful stuff thanks to our shitty manager. Park the bus right inside the 6 yard box and hope cahill can prod one in out of the half dozen times the ball goes into the oppositions 18 yard box..arstal said:I thought vs the Turks you brought body armor and practice 9 on 9 play for the inevitable rash of red cards. (the US gets a ton of red cards as well, but usually not for ultravicious stuff)
Interested in the Aussie games- because don't the Aussies play the same style as the US?
Pre said:If we can win our group, we could have a manageable road to the semis. We can beat whoever would come out second in Group D (Germany, Australia, Ghana, or Serbia), and then we'd likely face Mexico (who I have winning Group A) in the quarters, who is definitely beatable. Of course, after that we'd probably go against Brazil...
industrian said:Hugh Dallas retired a long time ago. No worries there.
Mr Cola said:Where is this notion coming from? Do you know your own team and their history in international tournaments? Also to say you could beat Germany seasoned veterans in these tournaments and substantially better, or even Australia or Serbia is just....well its just fanciful at best and at worst ludicrous. Coming 2nd in the group would be an achievement of some merit for the US.
You're preaching all doom and gloom. We're coming into the tournament with a pretty good squad in decent form. We have talent and most of this squad was there to upset Spain and take it to Brasil IN South Africa last year.Mr Cola said:Where is this notion coming from? Do you know your own team and their history in international tournaments? Also to say you could beat Germany seasoned veterans in these tournaments and substantially better, or even Australia or Serbia is just....well its just fanciful at best and at worst ludicrous. Coming 2nd in the group would be an achievement of some merit for the US.
Two things herePre said:I didn't say that we'd win the group... I said if. Yeah, it's asking a hell of a lot, but we are capable of doing it.
And again, if we can beat Spain, we can beat any team in the world, England and Germany included. We could just as easily lay an egg and get the shit pummeled out of us, but you never know.
Pre said:I didn't say that we'd win the group... I said if. Yeah, it's asking a hell of a lot, but we are capable of doing it.
And again, if we can beat Spain, we can beat any team in the world, England and Germany included. We could just as easily lay an egg and get the shit pummeled out of us, but you never know.
newelly87 said:not at all.. Australia plays awful stuff thanks to our shitty manager. Park the bus right inside the 6 yard box and hope cahill can prod one in out of the half dozen times the ball goes into the oppositions 18 yard box..
Alot of what i said above is still an answer to this but to add a bit more. Im really not trying to instill doom and gloom, just perspective. Ive covered beating Spain as an upset so ill leave it there. You are an ok international team, capable of beating anyone if the circumstances are right, but that can be said of pretty much any international team. You do have some talented players, BUT most of them play in mid to low tier clubs around the world, and while respected inside those clubs, are not thought of above their station in their respective leagues.striKeVillain! said:You're preaching all doom and gloom. We're coming into the tournament with a pretty good squad in decent form. We have talent and most of this squad was there to upset Spain and take it to Brasil IN South Africa last year.
I don't expect that to happen again, but there is precedent for the US team to OVERachieve.
This is what we have to keep out of the world cup thread, support your team, argue your case, but keep the pointless and half baked assertions to your own rather than embarrass your country by asserting them around actual football fans. You guys have to realise how this attitude comes across to the world.sw33tclyde said:Tis the beauty of the game, no one is out until the final whistle blows.
:lol @ pessimistic cynics trying to shit on our hope, thisisamericadude.gif
USA USA USA
Me? Who can actually argue a case, or those im arguing against whose argument seems to beNoRéN said:somebody LOVES to troll. It's cute.
Mr Cola said:Me? Who can actually argue a case, or those im arguing against whose argument seems to be
"USA USA USA"
Mr Cola said:Where is this notion coming from? Do you know your own team and their history in international tournaments?