The World Cup Approacheth

[McGarnigle]

90th minute. There was plenty of time, not like a 91st minute goal!

I'm coming in late and being very pedantic, but a goal @90:30 is the 91st minute.

 

[ChshreCat]

I'm coming in late and being very pedantic, but a goal @90:30 is the 91st minute.

You're absolutely right...


you are being pedantic.

:rockin:

 

[MeatyPortion]

oh snap mofo

 

[ChshreCat]

Sorry, I just can't resist a good straight line.

 

[ChshreCat]

Just watched the replay on that goal. Ya know, it looks like the Algerian keeper had the ball after the first shot and it was knocked away by one of his own teammates, giving us that second chance goal. That's really gotta suck!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Wow. I feel better about the US now. Italy just scored (I think) but no goal. Blocked at the line but it appears the ball crossed the plane. ouch.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Did the entire ball cross?

 

[Hugh_Jass]

Tough to call, Gnome

ITA just went down 2-0 to SVK at the 74 min mark wow

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Yep super close call. Couldn't even see it really well on camera. Doesn't matter now, 2-0. Unreal. First time ever that both finalists from the previous Cup get knocked out int he group stage.

 

[arturo7]

Some life from the Italians, but it's too little too late.

World Champs go home.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

ciao Italiana. What an exciting end to the game. I wish I would have watched more of the match. I just had the audio on until the end.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

WOW! I stopped work and went inside for the last few minutes. That was fooking insane!! When will the rest of America wake up and see what they are missing!

 

[JayInJersey]

They won't...they just aren't sure how to handle so much talent on a field at one time.

I like to think of it a physical chess...just waiting until the opponent makes a mistake to strike as opposed to diluting a league until everything is so one sided.

 

[ChshreCat]

When will the rest of America wake up and see what they are missing!

When most of the games stop ending in ties.

 

[IrregularPulse]

So it looks like we have Australia in Round 1? That correct?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

When most of the games stop ending in ties.

Hmmm, My home town team last season:

Played 46
won 23
Lost 9
Draw 14

That ain't most!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

So it looks like we have Australia in Round 1? That correct?

Ghana, on saturday.

 

[shecky]

Losing Azzuri kind of sucks. The really bad acting quotient just went down quite a bit.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Losing Azzuri kind of sucks. The really bad acting quotient just went down quite a bit.

Go back to your 11 minutes worth of action per game for padball.

 

[shecky]

Go back to your 11 minutes worth of action per game for padball.

Now, now, I'm giving soccer a shot and I must say that I'm enjoying it quite a bit. You may have a convert.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Now, now, I'm giving soccer a shot and I must say that I'm enjoying it quite a bit. You may have a convert.

I'm speechless!! <------- except for when i said that.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I love watching soccer. The problem is I can never watch it. Unless you have a super nice setup and expensive plan, you can't watch soccer. I used to go to an English styled pub when I lived in Milwaukee and watch. But now I live nowhere near anywhere to watch futbol. It is a bummer, and why I get soooo excited about the World Cup.

 

[ChshreCat]

Hmmm, My home town team last season:

Played 46
won 23
Lost 9
Draw 14

That ain't most!

My hometown football team (talking pointy ball here) has never had a tie.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

But they have been shut out about a million times.

 

[ChshreCat]

But they have been shut out about a million times.

They don't suck THAT much!

Oh, maybe they do right now, but they haven't USUALLY sucked THAT much!

 

[shecky]

I'm speechless!!

Yeah, like that would ever happen.
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm giving it a shot because my daughter is really into soccer right now. I decided to watch for her but found myself riveted by many of the games.

I still think the offside rule is one of the dumbest rules in any sport. The whole point of sport is to gain an advantage on your opponent.

 

[user 40839]

Well, anyone who still thinks that the greatest sport on Earth is boring, needs to watch the Italy v Slovakia game. (Or at least the second half!)

WOW!

And c'mon, shecky - you're a baseball fan, FFS!!! You can handle the pace of proper football without a problem. Think of the lower scoring games as pitcher's duels!

 

[shecky]

And c'mon, shecky - you're a baseball fan, FFS!!! You can handle the pace of proper football without a problem. Think of the lower scoring games as pitcher's duels!

I never had a problem with the pace. I grew up with the usual American bias. You know the one: what kind of sport doesn't allow you to use your hands? I'm getting past that slowly but surely.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Yep, my oldest brother was a die hard soccer suxors kind of guy. I looked up to him when I was a kid (he's 10yrs my senior), so never got into soccer as a kid.

Then I moved to Germany for 4 months in the summer of 2006... Futbol is forever more the coolest sport in the world. Experiencing European football and the fan experience during the World Cup is like nothing the American sports even come close to. Not even close.

 

[bob1852]

I still think the offside rule is one of the dumbest rules in any sport. The whole point of sport is to gain an advantage on your opponent.

Offsides is #4.

#3 is the DH in the American League.

#2 is defensive three seconds in the NBA

#1 is clearly the "he would've come down in-bounds if the defender didn't knock him out of bounds before his feet came down, therefore it's a catch" rule in the NFL.

But soccer does have the greatest rule - "advantage." I really wish the NBA would implement the advantage rule.