rhfb said:tough group for the USA. They still might make it out, but I don't know...
I'm no expert, but what groups would have been easier?
rhfb said:tough group for the USA. They still might make it out, but I don't know...
schuelma said:I'm no expert, but what groups would have been easier?
Brannon said:Any one hyping the US to win it all or win something of significant significance, well I just have to question their... everything.
But maybe there is something to it. I mean even Wal-Mart is getting in on the action as the offical World Cup product seller in the States.
I have no fucking idea how that is going to work, by the way. NASCAR. Baseball. FIFA?
Next few months are going to be fun.
To say that this is one of the best groups the US has ever gotten, especially recently, isn't really terribly inaccurate.operon said::lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol stupid fuckers
I wouldn't write off slovenia and and algeria just yetMetatronM said:To say that this is one of the best groups the US has ever gotten, especially recently, isn't really terribly inaccurate.
England is tough (and probably 3 points we shan't be getting), and people are probably writing off Slovenia and Algeria a bit too quickly, but this is still about as close to a best case scenario as the US was going to get out of pot 2.
Azuran said:South Africa
USA
Uruguay
Slovakia
LiveWire said:I'd love to see the US win a World Cup (if only for the immense bitter tears around the world :lol). The World Cup is the last sporting event the Americans have yet to conquer. But it might never happen because we have so many other US or North/Central American/Carribean sports that are immensely popular. Unless some billionaire starts donating to the USSF and nationalizing foreign talent, it would take a real Miracle on Grass (not the 1950 win) to get the US' hands on the Cup.
immy said:????
really??
or is a trap gaf?
LiveWire said:I'd love to see the US win a World Cup (if only for the immense bitter tears around the world :lol). The World Cup is the last sporting event the Americans have yet to conquer. But it might never happen because we have so many other US or North/Central American/Carribean sports that are immensely popular. Unless some billionaire starts donating to the USSF and nationalizing foreign talent, it would take a real Miracle on Grass (not the 1950 win) to get the US' hands on the Cup.
LiveWire said:I'd love to see the US win a World Cup (if only for the immense bitter tears around the world :lol). The World Cup is the last major sporting event the Americans have yet to conquer. But it might never happen because we have so many other US or North/Central American/Carribean sports that are immensely popular. Unless some billionaire starts donating to the USSF and nationalizing foreign talent, it would take a real Miracle on Grass (not the 1950 win) to get the US' hands on the Cup.
Brannon said:Worst thing, even if by some holy fuck of a miracle we win, we probably won't care much. And the only thing that brews more anger than sore winners is pure, unrivaled apathy.
Yeah Americans didn't care for swimming until Michael Phelps came along :lol So winning a World Cup will go a long way to making football mainstream in the US.missbreedsiddx said:You underestimate American's love for winning at anything. Trust me, if US won the world cup, the US would party.
And Canadians contribution to society is what? Milk in a bag?NetMapel said:Yeah Americans didn't care for swimming until Michael Phelps came along :lol So winning a World Cup will go a long way to making football mainstream in the US.
That's easy, Aussie hubris.Ryck said:Euro smugness versus American ignorance, who will be victorious?
LiveWire said:Let's not argue over why the USA is awesome.
Let's instead focus the thread on something we can all agree on: pictures of hot women in our respective nations' colors:
That's the greatest sentence ever.AstroLad said:otoh us finished ahead of a team that is the second best in its group.
missbreedsiddx said:You underestimate American's love for winning at anything. Trust me, if US won the world cup, the US would party.
NetMapel said:Yeah Americans didn't care for swimming until Michael Phelps came along :lol So winning a World Cup will go a long way to making football mainstream in the US.
Why did you post two moderate, one ugly and just one hot woman then?LiveWire said:Let's not argue over why the USA is awesome.
Let's instead focus the thread on something we can all agree on: pictures of hot women in our respective nations' colors:
ConfusingJazz said:Dude, those are some ugly chicks.
Nerevar said:Probably not nearly as hard as all the Italians up in the north end when they won the last one. That was nuts. I went to dinner there with my wife about a week afterwards and they were still going nuts.
Uhhh...
http://wienmandu.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/00056-markspitz.jpg[img][/QUOTE]
I hadn't heard of Mark Spitz until Phelps started to challenge his record in 04.
"This is the best draw we've ever had in any World Cup,'' said former U.S. forward Eric Wynalda, now an analyst for the Fox Soccer Channel. "No disrespect to England, but this is an ideal group for us.''
Rubezh said::lol
Swimming is like a fad though. Mark Spitz may have gotten swimming popular for a while, but it didn't explode in popularity like football in Europe. Now Michael Phelps comes along and I have no doubt swimming will become popular again, but we shall see if it stays. Australians have a much more consistent love for swimming and water-type sports.Nerevar said:Probably not nearly as hard as all the Italians up in the north end when they won the last one. That was nuts. I went to dinner there with my wife about a week afterwards and they were still going nuts.
Uhhh... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Spitz
Americans have probably been the most invested swimming nation outside of Australia.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/finaldraw/news/newsid=1143835.html#capello+we+will+respectfulMatjaz Kek, Slovakia coach...
LiveWire said:Let's not argue over why the USA is awesome.
Let's instead focus the thread on something we can all agree on: pictures of hot women in our respective nations' colors:
CalamityDaunt said:
meh reallyTideas said:that is a very NSFW picture
So is ignorance really bliss?NetMapel said:Yeah Americans didn't care for swimming until Michael Phelps came along :lol So winning a World Cup will go a long way to making football mainstream in the US.
NetMapel said:Yeah Americans didn't care for swimming until Michael Phelps came along :lol So winning a World Cup will go a long way to making football mainstream in the US.
:lolHootie said:
NetMapel said:Yeah Americans didn't care for swimming until Michael Phelps came along :lol So winning a World Cup will go a long way to making football mainstream in the US.
Subitai said:So BBC sport shows that we (USA) finished 3rd in 1930. Anyone with any insight into how the hell that happened? This was at the beginning of the great depression, so did not all teams come with their best players or something?
Thirteen teams, nine from the Americas and four from Europe, entered the tournament. Few European teams chose to participate due to the duration and cost of travel.
Group 4
The United States dominated the fourth group. The US team, which contained a significant number of new caps, were reputedly nicknamed "the shot-putters" by an unnamed source in the French contingent.[5] They beat their first opponents, Belgium, 30. The ease of the victory was unexpected; Uruguayan newspaper Imparcial wrote that "the large score of the American victory has really surprised the experts".[31] Belgian reports bemoaned the state of the pitch and refereeing decisions, claiming that the second goal was offside.[31] The group's second match, played in windy conditions,[32] witnessed the first tournament hat-trick, scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States against Paraguay. Until 10 November 2006 the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Guillermo Stábile of Argentina, two days after Patenaude; however, in 2006 FIFA announced that Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid, as a goal previously assigned to teammate Tom Florie's was reattributed to Patenaude.[33] With the USA having secured qualification, the final match in the group was a dead rubber. Paraguay beat Belgium by a 10 margin.[21]
Semi-finals
The four group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay, and the United States, moved to the semi-finals. The two semi-final matches saw identical scores. In the first semi-final, a Monti goal half-way through the first half gave Argentina a 10 half-time lead against the United States. In the second half the strength of the United States team was overwhelmed by the pace of the Argentinian attacks, the match finishing 61 to Argentina.[34]
In the second semi-final there were shades of the 1924 Summer Olympics match between Yugoslavia and Uruguay. Here, though, Yugoslavia took a surprise lead through Sekulić. Uruguay then took a 21 lead, but shortly before half-time Yugoslavia had a goal disallowed due to a controversial offside decision.[25] The hosts scored four more in the second half to win 61, Pedro Cea completing a hat-trick.[34]
Third and fourth place
The now-traditional third place playoff was not established until 1934, so the 1930 World Cup is unique in having no match take place between the semi-finals and the final. Occasional sources, notably a FIFA Bulletin from 1984, incorrectly imply that a third-place match occurred and was won 31 by Yugoslavia.[35] Accounts differ as a whether a third-place was originally scheduled. According to a 2009 book by Hyder Jawad, Yugoslavia refused to play a third-place match because they were upset with the refereeing in their semi-final against Uruguay.[36] A FIFA technical committee report on the 1986 World Cup included full rankings of all teams at all previous World Cup finals; this report retrospectively ranked the United States third and Yugoslavia fourth,[37] a practice since continued by FIFA.[38]
Crisis said:Mexico has to be loving this shit.
CalamityDaunt said:Americas best footballer
Can't wait for the banter guys :lol