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by jdclyde

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looking at my schedule of driving my boys around, I see I won't get much if any chance to follow this.

Would some kind soul care to post when there are major devolopments? I am self-admittedly a noob to this as a "sport" but after the way Basketball and Baseball have gone down the drain, the only other thing I have to look forward to is hockey!

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by onbliss

:-) football as in soccer :-)
And, by hockey you mean Ice Hockey, right :D haaa haa

by dawgit

Germany 4 - Costa Rico 2 Good game
Equator 2 - Poland 0 a whole lot of really sad Poles here right now.

edited to add: USA plays on Wed.

by jdclyde

like I can sit around at watch this at noon!

Will there be any web castings? :D

by dawgit

Eggland 1 - Paraguay 0
T-n-T 0 - Sweeden 0 (was a good game)
Argentina 2-Ivory Coast 1 (excelent game)
That was Sat. I tried to post but got DoS'd last night X-( (or the TR was wacked, I'm not sure ?:| ) Today should be good too with Mexico (the US's 51st State) vs Iran :0 and Angola vs Portugal.
(edited to fix a funny)

by rob mekel

with the fun you added on the "eggland" part :D
It looked, tho, if they were walking on an egg-field, instead of a football-field, and didn't want to break any. :D

Rob

by Member 25348569

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/ for news and match times. They have a nice little calulator so you can convert the kickoff from German time to anywhere.

Of course, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/default.stm

I guess you'll be supporting the USA and maybe Germany - the hosts.

Germany started with a 4-2 win over Costa Rica and Ecuador slapped down Poland 2-0.

The other teams to watch - if you can - are Brazil and Argentina (and England, of course). Despite the fact that you don't like them, the French can be very good.

Enjoy!

:D

here ya go! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/usa/default.stm

by jdclyde

Thanks!

Although looking at the schedule, I won't be able to watch any of the US games because they are either on at noon, or when I will be on the road. (drat!)

Oh well, will have to look into other games.

(eastern standard time)

by bfilmfan

Today, in some place in the world, bunches of skinny men ran about kicking a round ball. Their goal was to get the ball past the man standing in front of a net on opposite ends of the field.

Crowds of people showed up to eat bad stadium food, drink alcoholic beverages and observe the game. Later, they had a riot and the police got to practice their riot control skills.

American news media outlets carried coverage of the riot followed by footage of the Taiwanese parliments reenacment of the event.

This has been your World Cup Update...

by neil higgins

soccer is a gracefull game,played by 22 millionaires,who's skill,and ball control is second to none.Then after two halfs of 45 minutes each,they all retire to their mansions,and watch highlights of their game on 50 inch HD plasma screen televisions.Pass the wine.There's a good chap.

by mjwx

9 PM tomorrow (Perth time, thanks for the link Neil).

Admitedly, this is the furtherest we have ever gotten in a world cup. :) Also going for germany, who I got in the sweepstakes at work.

by mjwx

3 to 1, Australia scoring all three of its goals in the last 8 minutes of play. Sadly I missed the game, Damn this 8 hours sleep that require each day

by jdclyde

A side note: Thing One and Thing Two (my twin boys) just finished their soccer season undefeated. One tie the first game, when they soundly trampled the next time they encountered that team.

They ended the season on a 6-0 hammering of the other team that never knew what hit them. They only had about four shots on-goal all game, and Thing Two did a Wanderbar job of keeping them all out! The rest, our defense shut them down before they could get a shot off.

Wish I had a Tivo so I could watch some of these games. Wonder if I remember how to set my VCR? I THINK they still work? Because of time zones, most are on before I get home.

Thanks again for all the updates. This is my first time ever paying attention to this, and you have been a grand help! :D

by onbliss

:-( Only possible to watch some of the weekend games. T&T vs Sweden was one of the interesting games during the weekend. At the end of the match, one could conclude, based on T&T fans' celebration that their team had won the World Cup :-)

Unless a game is sensational, I am not a big fan of recorded sports program (or time delayed). But I have family members and friends who can glued to the TV even watching recorded programs, even if they had watched the event live :-)

by jdclyde

My bud records Nascar every week because it is on when we are out getting drunk,, I mean GOLFING. :D

After we get done, we go back to his place and watch the race, mostly in FF mode though! B-)

Just because this is something I NEVER get to see, I think I will give it a try. A big jump for me as I have been watching NO TV for the last 8 months except for half of the super bowl. I wouldn't even have cable TV if wasn't for the boys.

by onbliss

...of Cricket (6-7 hours on TV), my brother and dad will watch with great interest & attention the highlights again in the night :-)

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by Member 25348569

There's a long way to go and much better teams to meet and beat if they want to win it.

They should have taken Trinidad & Tobago apart at the seams by halftime if world rankings mean anything. They missed quite a few chances but the thing that worries me is their passing accuracy was just abyssmal and tactically they were nearly as inept in their match against Paraguay. Giving the ball away against the likes of Argentina will get them crucified.

Yes, they're two for two but the first time they meet anyone half decent, they're sunk unless they pick up their game a lot!

by shellbot

game should have you ashamed!
Holy mother of god..what a BORING game. I mean come on...if i ever needed an excuse to drink, that was it..

*oh my head*
I've got the morning after munchies..i could eat a whole cow..i've the weirdest craving for Rotton Ronnies (mcdonalds)

by dr dij

workers at our plant are flying the mexican flag on their cars.

(And no, we are not located in Mexico, and the workers love Mexico so much they left it for the US)

by dawgit

They have won 1 game, on Sun., the 11th of June,
Mexico: 3 vs. Iran: 1.
They play again on Friday 16 June, vs. Angola.

by dr dij

I heard screams from across the way this morning at 7:00 am, so game must be progressing. And we have the sound cranked up loud on the production floor. I'll figure out by the screaming who won. Tho Angola has beeen pretty busy with wars recently so I'm guessing meicans will win.

by rob mekel

Most if not all of the payers of Trinidad & Tobago play in an english/scottish or irish competition. So may that makes them better equiped to disorganise the English game.

BTW they play in the 3rd or 4th league :D ;)
Well, okay, T&T have a Dutch coach may be that is the secret to their succes. :D [i]have to run to take hide[/i]

Rob

by jamesrl

Angola was a portugese colony for a long time, and portugese is the language most of them speak.

So because there aren't many Angolan bars in Toronto, many of the Angolans who wanted to watch the football/soccer match between the two countries went to portugese owned bars that had satellites to get portugese language coverage of the game. Much beer drinking ensued.

After the game, most of the fans got along ok, but there were some arrests after some Angolan fans fought with some portugese fans.

James

by Member 25348569

Got to be a bit of a rough match, though. De Rossi's elbow on Brian McBride was the nastiest thing in the Cup so far and he was justifiably sent off. Then we had Pablo Mastroeni - again, justifiably - sent off for a foul which certainly deserved at least a booking and then Eddie Pope sent off for two bookings.

So Italy's 10 men vs USA's 9. I started neutral but was cheering for the USA at the end of what was a gutsy performance.

Unfortunately, I fear that Ghana will take you apart but good luck, anyway.

by dawgit

ah, which doctor? actually they did have a Shaman, (ok, Witch Doctor) in from Equador to cleanse the stadium.

by Member 25348569

OK, so I've no idea what sports [b]you[/b] like but jd asked about the footy and we're going to keep him up to speed.

Just so we can all get in the mood -you as well, Max - on three. One, two three

Come on England! Offside, you blind git! Handball! Penalty!

Now an update. The current English hope for the match against Portugal is Wayne Rooney who looks like a shaved chimpanzee who has been dragged through a sports clothing shop. Other hopefuls are Crouch - he is another genetic freak - and David Beckham (who is married to one).

It'll soon be over.

Unlike the war in Iraq.

by maxwell edison

I knew I'd get a rise outta' somebody.

I read somewhere that the English football fans were drinking Germany dry when going there for the games! Are you among them?

Is England still in the running? Is so, good luck to you guys.

My sports? Well, football (the American version) primarily, and I do get into a baseball season every few-odd years; it really is a good game. And I like golf, both playing and watching (along with watching the preverbal paint dry, I suppose, or some might say.)

by rob mekel

Wasn't he kicked out in a earlier match with a foot enjury?
Lucky English with Deco and probably Cristiano Ronaldo out of the match. Do hope to see a good match. :)

Rob

by rob mekel

I think a lot of people do care. Not all of them expressing that.
It's only silly that the rules of the game are so strict that none of the players can keep them. That's why I think Australian Rules Football is much fairer. Everything is allowed except a flying tackle on the throat. Even better then American Football. :)

Rob

by onbliss

I think a football (soccer) player needs to master the art of diving when tackled by the opponent. Additionally, facial expressions are key :-) I wish they did something regarding those. Yellow Cards were handed left, right and center.

by onbliss

...Wimbeldon updates? It is one of my favorite tournaments. This morning Agassi had just won the first two sets. He should have won the match.

I can start a Wimbeldon updates thread :-) if necessary.

by onbliss

I thought Argentina would get past Germany. I wanted to watch this game, but silly work :-(

by Member 25348569

England are out after another less than perfect performance.

The French, a bunch of old guys, just gave the Brazilians a lesson in how to do it all in the best match so far.

Zidane, in his last season, displayed the art of the midfielder in football to perfection - unhurried precision. Please don't retire!

by faradhi

Since I am half italian, I guess I am pulling for them over the Krauts.

Then it would figure the only time the French dont wuss out on is the world cup.

VIVA ITALIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by jdclyde

saw that game, and the French deserved that win.

HORRIBLE job by the ref! Shove that yellow card up his #@#$#@$

by onbliss

My wife was rooting for the shoot outs between Italy and Germany. She was disappointed that within a few minutes Italy scored both the goals.

The first goal must have killed Germany, the second one was just an extra helping. I watched the second half and the two OTs. Will be missing the F vs P match today.

by oz_media

My best friend is a wop, er I mean Italian.....wop.

So I have to stick with France, whether I like it or not. To beat me with a stick even further, they (France) have actually been playing some good footie, much better than the pathetic display by the lads from England.

by Member 25348569

Portugal took the art of the cynical "dive" to new lows - even beyond what they showed against Holland and England. Unless something is done, this attitude will spread and ruin the game.

France were disappointing but I'm glad that they won. Portugal in the Final would have been a travesty!

Italy vs France should be fun.

by thefrown

If I didn't know better I'd have thought there was a sniper in the upper tier picking off the Portuguese!

About time diving got an automatic red card for "unsporting conduct"

Thought Zidane was quality though.

by oz_media

With the exception of perhaps 10-12 well played minutes, England was a pure embarassment in this cup. It's hard to look pathetic when you play against Portugal (tip: anyone wanting to invade Purtugal, use a potatoe gun and they will all lay down and gold their face or knee)but England still managed to be letergic, miss plays, watch the ball instead of playing it and just gave an overall pisspoor performance.

They still did better than the US though, they shouldn't have even had a team in it this year. their WORLD SERIES is for American teams only, maybe next year they will have a similar World Cup of American Soccer. That way anyone who's never left America can watch teams from all over the world play against each other, Florida vs Arizona, Alaska vs California etc.

World Cup soccer and there's a flame for the USA. LOL it's just so easy.

by onbliss

...I liked the Portugese goalie in the last shoot out match. Oh, well time to switch allegiance to Italy now.

by onbliss

Do you think FIFA will allow video replays anytime soon? Any ideas on what does the average football fan feel about video replays for decision making?

Will Trezeguet remember this World Cup or what!

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