The [Horribly Unpopular] Soccer Thread

[Punity]

Mexico's goalie holy cow he better be getting a hooker from his teammates after the match

 

[botigol]

Yeah, but even beyond Ochoa, Mexico obviously has found whatever it was that they lost during qualification.

 

[Mongrel]

Mexico's goalie holy cow he better be getting a hooker from his teammates after the match

Guillermo Ochoa deserves a stable of hookers for that performance.

 

[Memorex88]

What a great game!! Ochoa.. what can I say.. except, BRILLIANT!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Hot damn, Ochoa. Hot. Damn.

 

[HoppyDaze]

 

[macdaddymike]

Gooooooooooollllllllll! It's boring, and then all of a sudden, goooooooooooooollllllllllll!!!!

 

[aygov]

What a contrast. Ochoa is a wall and Akinfeev a sieve. That was an absolute howler!

 

[BadDeacon]

Pick time!!!!

Australia 1 - 3 Netherlands
Spain 2 - 0 Chile
Cameroon 2 - 1 Croatia

I was surprised by the double draw today. Now that we are one game in I need to relic at the points to see who is gonna be despairate (sp) going into game 3 or round 1.

Deacon.

 

[Homercidal]

USA vs Portugal
Sunday 6PM EST

Oh, darn, I think I'm painting my nail at that time... :cross:

Ok, seriously, I might tune in to a few games and try to see if I can enjoy them. I won't be able to sit and stare, but I may be able to tuen in and have it going while I'm doing other things.

 

[Grannyknot]

Oh, darn, I think I'm painting my nail at that time... :cross:

you only have 1 nail?
What happened to the rest of them? bite them off during the excitement & drama of a baseball game? :cross:

 

[Reno_eNVy]

 

[botigol]

Back-to-back nice goals. I love that AUS isn't rolling over. Hopefully they can keep the energy up late into the game.

 

[Grannyknot]

Anyone else see the rumors that Ronaldo could miss the rest of the WC?

 

[aygov]

And this is why I love the World Cup. Netherlands thoroughly rinse Spain, one of the best teams in the tournament, and are currently struggling with the Aussies!

 

[aygov]

Anyone else see the rumors that Ronaldo could miss the rest of the WC?

This is what I could find and I hope it's true. A Portugal without Coentrao and Ronaldo is a much less scary proposition.....

 

[botigol]

That was an enjoyable game!

 

[botigol]

About 25 mins left, but Spain looks done.

 

[aygov]

Spain are doing a France...

 

[HoppyDaze]

Spain are doing a France...

white flag?

 

[Mongrel]

Chile played with amazing intensity. Helps to basically have the home field advantage.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

The Aussies put up a helluva fight. I thought they had it. But the results plus Chile playing out of their minds equals elimination for Spain. Man I love the World Cup.

Also, hilarious LD video. Be sure to watch to the very end

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4KKgR5YWmYg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>



EDIT: And found a nifty gif of Cahill's goal. Might edge out Van Persie as goal of the tournament thus far. Australia's (and arguably NYRB's) best player. He could start for just about any squad.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

lulz

 

[soccerdad]

Poor Cameroon. Did they **** the bed, or what?

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Poor Cameroon. Did they **** the bed, or what?

They did indeed. Croatia is looking to run up the score in case they need a goal differential tiebreaker.

 

[aygov]

white flag?

Being the defending Champions and not winning a match... they might do worse because at least France was able to draw one of their 3 matches. Spain still have the Aussies to contend with. Basically waving the white flag of epic proportions...

 

[aygov]

Cameroon.... the wheels fell off and then the engine burst into flames.

 

[botigol]

Colombia should win, but Ivory Coast should give them a good game. I think that England will be able to book their early flight home after today's game. I can see a 0-0 tie coming out of the Greece-Japan match.

 

[HoppyDaze]

Where are you guys streaming the games from? ESPN 3 won't work for me (big surprise)

 

[Grannyknot]

Where are you guys streaming the games from? ESPN 3 won't work for me (big surprise)

what part of it isn't working? As in, the games won't load?
I do know that you have to verify your cable subscriber...so maybe that's the issue.

Not in English, but Univison is streaming for free, with no cable subscription required.
http://futbol.univision.com/fifa-co...:spo:dply:wc14:dsk:20140513:wcs_wcg:sl:blg:v3