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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 9:54 am
I am alone on the sofa in front of the TV.
USA! USA! USA!

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by Very Duke Blue » June 18th, 2010, 10:47 am
Miles wrote:I am alone on the sofa in front of the TV.
USA! USA! USA!

Good morning.I just cut the WC on. USA not doing well.

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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 10:47 am
Well shit.
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by Lavabe » June 18th, 2010, 10:51 am
The Slovenes just got a second goal off a stupid defensive blunder in the back line of the US. The game officially now sucks. I still hope the US will do something, but it really, really sucks right now.
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by Lavabe » June 18th, 2010, 10:58 am
I wonder if they give you folks as much of the Shakira "Waka Waka" song as they do over here with the Madagascar coverage of the World Cup. Well that and the K'naan Coca-Cola song with the animated kid flying , playing football, and drinking Coke.
Wilson: Sorry, but when I hear "Waka Waka" I think of Fozzy Bear. ;)
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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 11:01 am
Lavabe wrote:The Slovenes just got a second goal off a stupid defensive blunder in the back line of the US. The game officially now sucks. I still hope the US will do something, but it really, really sucks right now.
Yeah, just when USA seemed to be turning things around and getting some pretty good lucks, they sleep on defense. Made the Slovenes look really, really good.
Time to make history and become the first USA Men's World Cup Team to come from behind.
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by Lavabe » June 18th, 2010, 11:04 am
Lavabe wrote:I wonder if they give you folks as much of the Shakira "Waka Waka" song as they do over here with the Madagascar coverage of the World Cup. Well that and the K'naan Coca-Cola song with the animated kid flying , playing football, and drinking Coke.
You know, Shakira's hips still don't lie.

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by bjornolf » June 18th, 2010, 11:08 am
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Goat can never be mutton; mutton is a term that refers to a young sheep. I would think that eating a ram (a male sheep) would make more sense than eating a goat as far as the whole GTHC theme.
As much as they like to think that their mascot is a ram, it's really just a goat. ;)

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by Lavabe » June 18th, 2010, 11:10 am
Landon Donovan with a blistering goal to open the second half. We have a game again!
And Shakira's hips STILL don't lie!

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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 11:39 am
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Lavabe » June 18th, 2010, 11:41 am
BEAUTIFUL 2nd USA goal with 8 minutes left in regulation!! Bradley!!
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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 11:42 am
This ref sucks! Royally!
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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 11:44 am
Miles wrote:This ref sucks! Royally!
No penalty kick after the egregious foul on Bradley. Horrible offsides call. USA should be up 3-2. This referee should sent home.
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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 11:53 am
WORLD CUP SPOILER
Can't complain too much about a draw, especially after going down two - nil. Lots of calls going against the US, and some horrible calls in the closing ten that robbed USA of the win. I'll take the point though.
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by Lavabe » June 18th, 2010, 12:02 pm
Miles wrote:This ref sucks! Royally!
I seriously thought we were playing the soccer equivalent of the GaTech/VaTech basketball teams.
FWIW, the ref went to the Lenny Wirtz school of reffing.
I seriously expect the yellow card to be rescinded for that hand ball that was clearly off the American's face.
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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 12:48 pm
Lavabe wrote:Miles wrote:This ref sucks! Royally!
I seriously thought we were playing the soccer equivalent of the GaTech/VaTech basketball teams.
FWIW, the ref went to the Lenny Wirtz school of reffing.
I seriously expect the yellow card to be rescinded for that hand ball that was clearly off the American's face.
I was gonna do some research on rescinding yellow cards and see if there was a precedent for it. Unbelievable that it was called intentional.
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by DukieInKansas » June 18th, 2010, 1:16 pm
Miles wrote:Lavabe wrote:Miles wrote:This ref sucks! Royally!
I seriously thought we were playing the soccer equivalent of the GaTech/VaTech basketball teams.
FWIW, the ref went to the Lenny Wirtz school of reffing.
I seriously expect the yellow card to be rescinded for that hand ball that was clearly off the American's face.
I was gonna do some research on rescinding yellow cards and see if there was a precedent for it. Unbelievable that it was called intentional.
It was intentional - he intentionally did NOT touch the ball with his hand.
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by bjornolf » June 18th, 2010, 5:03 pm
Miles wrote:Miles wrote:This ref sucks! Royally!
No penalty kick after the egregious foul on Bradley. Horrible offsides call. USA should be up 3-2. This referee should sent home.
Technically, that wasn't an offsides call. After the match, they explained that it was a foul called on Edu, the guy that scored. WTF?

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by Miles » June 18th, 2010, 6:22 pm
bjornolf wrote:Miles wrote:
No penalty kick after the egregious foul on Bradley. Horrible offsides call. USA should be up 3-2. This referee should sent home.
Technically, that wasn't an offsides call. After the match, they explained that it was a foul called on Edu, the guy that scored. WTF?

Agreed. At the time of posting, there was still some discussion of the exact call.
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by YmoBeThere » June 18th, 2010, 8:25 pm
We'll have to beat Algeria if we want to advance?