I'm watching....just checking out the X during halftime...
Not watching. Don't care.
The only reason I would tune in to soccer is if we were winning the championship (cup...whatever), and I would be able to see the looks on all of the world's faces as the U S of Motherphukin' A took away the last thing they had going for them.
I'd be like :haha:, and then I'd be like :bc:
Yes a tie is a big deal. Let me explain.
There's 4 teams in a group. Each team plays each other. You get 0 points for losing, 1 point for a tie and 3 points for a win. The top 2 teams move on to the next round which is sudden death from then on. After today we were supposed to have 0 points and England was supposed to have 3 points.
We essentially took two points from England and gained a point for ourselves. We're favored over the other two teams in our group so this is really looking like USA is going to make it through to the sudden death part of the World Cup. The US really won this game 1-1 if that makes since.
And also, our goaltender is the tits.
No it doesn't make any sense. Sports weren't created by Milton Bradley.
It makes sense to the entire world but not to you. I'm not surprised by that nor am I surprised that you think it's everyone else that's wrong. You're 1000-1 the minority on this and you're telling the 1000 their game doesn't make sense.
I don't buy the "well the whole world likes it!" argument. What else would the world partcipate in? It just so happens to be the one major sport that has been around for a long time in most of those countries.
That's like saying I should love track and field and not criticize any of it because the Olympics are globally popular every four years.
I don't buy the "well the whole world likes it!" argument. What else would the world partcipate in? It just so happens to be the one major sport that has been around for a long time in most of those countries.
That's like saying I should love track and field and not criticize any of it because the Olympics are globally popular every four years.
Are you drunk or something?
I don't buy the "well the whole world likes it!" argument. What else would the world partcipate in? It just so happens to be the one major sport that has been around for a long time in most of those countries.
That's like saying I should love track and field and not criticize any of it because the Olympics are globally popular every four years.
Who said you had to love it? I'm just pointing out that you your opinion of it is likely wrong. You equate it to a game with little structure and a basketball game in which no one knows how to shoot. I'm saying there's a reason this is the most popular sport on this planet and there's a reason why most every human is more passionate about this sport than any other. They're more educated in the sport than you are and what you aren't comprehending is restricting you to seeing the game as having little structure and based on luck. Nobody said you have to like it, I couldn't give a poop whether you do or don't. I'm just pointing out that your the severe minority and that there's a reason for it.
as for "the whole world loves it/plays it so there must be something to it" position...here is my take on that argument................
The overwhelming majority of the World is made up of third world countries and soccer is very cheap to play. All you need is a ball and an open field......the world plays it because they can afford to play it.
It takes money and lots of it to play football and to some extent baseball.
The game simply sucks. Great athletes when considering endurance and coordination but the game sucks.
As for the crowds really get into it.......yeah, what do you expect them to do? Pump 'em full of beer, there is nothing much else to cheer about back in the home country so whooo hooooo lets cut loose a little....I mean if you lived in Venezuela or Cuba or Congo or Bosnia and actually were able to get the hell out of there and go mingle with other people and forget for a little while...well Hell Yeah I would party too (and probably get lost in the crowd and figure out a way to go somewhere else)
Just my take.......slam away, agree, have fun with it, and/or stick it up your ass and do soccer cheers.
makes no never-mind to me.
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...And what about every other country aside from the United States that happens to not be third world?
SOCCER PHUKING SUCKS
Brazil's Blumer Elano, right, partially covered by North Korea's Ji Yum Nam, scores his side's second goal during Tuesday's World Cup match between Brazil and North Korea. The Brazilians won 2-1.
It can only make a party more interesting when cute, cuddly North Korea is invited.
What other nation, really, could produce 10 fun facts about a soccer team that includes a gem like this ...
"The team's nickname is Chollima, after a mythical winged horse which is too fast to be mounted by a human."
North Korea hasn't done much historically in international soccer, but they managed to get out of the first round (like winning the Super Bowl as a wildcard) and advance all the way through the Asian qualifying competition, making it to South Africa ahead of accomplished teams like Iran and Saudi Arabia.
That has naturally led to plenty of stories combining high-level athletics, overwhelming censorship and off-the-wall politics like only North Korea can.
Another gem from the above article ...
North Korea naturally credited diddy dictator Kim Jong Il for reaching the finals. After victory was confirmed with a win over Saudi Arabia, an official pointed out: "The Great Leader gave in-depth guidance on the development of Korean football. He proposed the game's tactics most relevant for the physiological characteristics of the Korean players."
Consider this too: North Korea's government doesn't allow people to leave its country. So about 1,000 actors from China reportedly volunteered to go to South Africa and cheer the North Koreans in person. Click here for more entertainment.
In the course of all this, TV rights also became an issue between North and South Korea, and really, no one knew for sure that today's closer-than-expected 2-1 Brazil victory over North Korea would even be broadcast live in that country (Most matches there are aired on tape-delayed basis with only highlights, meaning the people of North Korea may never see Brazil's two goals in today's match).
Actually, North Korea's soccer team did fairly well today. Most expected powerhouse Brazil to be able to name its score against a North Korean team ranked out of the top 100 in the world. But in frigid temperatures, the Koreans effectively slowed down the match and did a fine job defensively in frustrating Brazil's stars.
The game was scoreless at halftime. That couldn't last all day, of course, and Brazil netted two goals before North Korea finally played a little offensive soccer and snagged one back in the final minutes.
Not a bad showing for North Korea. Too bad everyone in the world was able to watch -- except North Koreans. After all, "The Great Leader" is never supposed to lose.
(The Press-Register's Gentry Estes will be blogging the 2010 World Cup for AL.com. Go here to keep up with the coverage.)
Vuvuzela horns, such as the one being blown here by a South African fan, have become an annoying distraction for viewers of this summer's World Cup.
It's a dull, continuous buzz, basically sounding like a large swarm of bees has taken over a packed stadium.
If you've watched five minutes of this summer's World Cup in South Africa, you probably know sound of the "vuvuzela" horn. Odds are you're at least a little annoyed by it, and you're certainly not alone.
The Associated Press has received e-mails from a far away as Bhutan complaining about the overwhelming use of vuvuzela horns at this World Cup. It's a South African tradition, and while it may enhance the atmosphere in person, it comes across as a unceasing nuisance on television.
Here's the thing: Tournament officials don't care.
According to the AP, South Africa organizing committee spokesman Rich Mkhondo said, "I won't dwell too much on what outsiders think about vuvuzelas. I won't dwell too much on what the feelings of the spectators are."
Mkhondo was backed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who asked: "Would you want to see a ban on the fan traditions in your country?"
Nevertheless, the company that provides the broadcast feed for games has taken steps to reduce the background noise caused by vuvuzela during games.
Personally, I find the vuvuzelas as a bit annoying, but I pretty much learned to tune it out during last summer's Confederations Cup, basically a dress rehersal tournament in South Africa that featured the United States. Those horns were every bit as prominent -- and distracting -- then. But the only real outcry comes now, after the World Cup tournament has started.
(The Press-Register's Gentry Estes will be blogging the 2010 World Cup for AL.com. Go here to keep up with the coverage.)
"The team's nickname is Chollima, after a mythical winged horse which is too fast to be mounted by a human."
WTF ever.The Golden Child would catch that horse with his magic nuts.
Take that pony up to West Vance and see what happens.
The "soccer is for fags" argument is an extension of GarMan's beta-male crusade.
"If foreigners like it, it must be for pussies." Come on.
I know plenty of baseball players that couldn't dribble to save their lives. Means nothing.
And the argument that it's a poor man's game contradicts the notion that it's some hoity toity fairy pastime.
Soccer is for fags.(and girls)
That is all.
Carry on.
You forgot weirdos and fur-en-ers!!!!
I'm not a fag, poor, or a fur-en-er but I am a weirdo and I am ok with that. I am also very patriotic and I watch to see the US win. I would even watch the US in f'n gymnastics to see them kick ass. Besides, a couple 24 oz Icehouse makes soccer ok for the time being.Its not the soccer that makes you gay...its the Icehouse. :blink:
Its not the soccer that makes you gay...its the Icehouse. :blink:
I'm not a fag, poor, or a fur-en-er but I am a weirdo and I am ok with that. I am also very patriotic and I watch to see the US win. I would even watch the US in f'n gymnastics to see them kick ass. Besides, a couple 24 oz Icehouse makes soccer ok for the time being.
damnit GF, there is nothing wrong with Icehouse. :silence:
and Warsteiners? I felt bad for you.... :bugs:
Yes there is.
You know how Milwaukee's Best says: "It don't get no better than this" ? Yeah, thats horseshit. It gets a lot better than that. And that also applies to Ice House.
I just didnt want to tell you that at the Miss St game last year. Why do you think I kept offering you my Killians and Warsteiners? I felt bad for you.... :bugs:
These fuckers have gotten to big for their britches and forgotten their roots.
They ain't no Kunta Kinte's.
You don't listen to them eagleair89. There is not but two kinds of beer in the world. Yours and mine.
Yes there is.
You know how Milwaukee's Best says: "It don't get no better than this" ? Yeah, thats horsepoop. It gets a lot better than that. And that also applies to Ice House.
I just didnt want to tell you that at the Miss St game last year. Why do you think I kept offering you my Killians and Warsteiners? I felt bad for you.... :bugs:
It has been rumored in years past that there is one other kind of beer:
the free cold beer
but no confirmed sightings are known to exist. A few blowhards claim to get em all the time but any of the credible witnesses generally keep the information to themselves.
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If I take yours it's cause it's free and cold.
If one takes something it is, by definition, not free.... as one's personal energy or treasure must be expended in order to take something.
true free cold beer can only be acquired through diplomatic means. I find that scantily clad nice looking women help with the negotiations.
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free to me and that's all that counts.
Besides, a couple 24 oz Icehouse makes soccer ok for the time being.Wait, I thought you said you weren't poor...
I have to say, a case of IH tallboys can be had rather economically. But the higher alc content always gave me a headache. But what do I know, I stick to LITE.Obviously not too frequently.
I don't mind one them Younglins ever now and then.
Obviously not too frequently.Not so fast made he was trying to invoke Megan's Law?
The word is Yuengling.
Not so fast made he was trying to invoke Megan's Law?I thought that was Howard's motto, not CCTAU's...
Not so fast made he was trying to invoke Megan's Law?
Damn soccer-loving-fag-spell-natzis.Sorry.
I have added to your warn meter.
Sorry.
I had to bust balls because it's not even pronounced how you tried to spell it. Phonetically, it's "Ying-ling".
i watched portugal vs ivory coast last evening on the duece. bartles and jaymes, original '87 vintage, in hand.Are you drunk?
i learned this...
you must wear a bee keeper's suit. supposedly, a swarm of bees infested the world cup(R) stadium. bzzzzzzz. bzzzzzz.
one or two ivory coast playa's wore shoes and socks modeled after the every popular halloween candy corn.
the time keeper must be related to father of time.
it's winter in south africa.
i enjoyed painting my house over the weekend.
Are you drunk?
no...just delirious. our weather teh suxxor. it was 38 monday morning. we've only had 1, i repeat 1, 80+ degree day since last fall. we broke the all time rainfall record for june. we are on pace to break a 110 year record being the coldest june ever. we had measurable rain for 26 out of 28 days. i'm wearing a fleece pullover. it's june.We're bringing our little All-Star team up there to play then. The last two weekends we had back to back games on Saturday starting at 1:30. The first one wasn't so bad...it was only 86. Last week it was 95 with a heat index of Satan's fingertips.
the past 24 hours have been quite exciting :blink::Of course I'm black. That's why I want to go to South Africa. To join my oppressed brothers as they take up the struggle against this racist, fascist, White Minority Regime!
The Swiss blast the Spaniards
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/?cc=5901&ver=us (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/?cc=5901&ver=us)
Chile wins for the first time in 48 years
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264074&cc=5901&ver=us (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=264074&cc=5901&ver=us)
And some guy tells the only male soccer player I know of to go back to the museum:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5292403/ce/us/argentina-coach-diego-maradona-tells-pele-go-back-museum?cc=5901&ver=us (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5292403/ce/us/argentina-coach-diego-maradona-tells-pele-go-back-museum?cc=5901&ver=us)
and apparently the weather is causing some issues........you would think an organization as powerful and smart as FIFA would know how to build a grass field that properly drains.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5293510/ce/us/germany-serbia-barred-training-venue?cc=5901&ver=us (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5293510/ce/us/germany-serbia-barred-training-venue?cc=5901&ver=us)
surely a bunch of old redneck country boys aren't smarter than the elite European minds and the whole world put together........naaahhhhh.
simply riveting on-goings on the southern tip of Afrika......... :rolleyes:
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ps: oh hell, there goes the party. The home team is getting stomped by a homosexual country (Sou. Afrika 0 - U-R-GAY 2)
no...just delirious. our weather teh suxxor. it was 38 monday morning. we've only had 1, i repeat 1, 80+ degree day since last fall. we broke the all time rainfall record for june. we are on pace to break a 110 year record being the coldest june ever. we had measurable rain for 26 out of 28 days. i'm wearing a fleece pullover. it's june.I don't know a fleece pullover sounds nice right about now, I step outside for a minute and it feels like I am in sauna.
Of course I'm black. That's why I want to go to South Africa. To join my oppressed brothers as they take up the struggle against this racist, fascist, White Minority Regime!
they have more problems than the racist, fascist, White Minority Regime............between all the bees and the gay country owning that ass....it aint a real good day for the home team.
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Ur-a-gay. Goooooooooooooooooooaaaaaallllllll
That was a tough one...you missed it, lets see if anyone else catches it.
nope did not miss it...it comes from one of my favorite movies Lethal Weapon II
just had no other response........FREE SOUTH AFRICA FREE SOUTH AFRICA!
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I was in love with her....
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I am addicted to emotioncons....currently enrolled in a 12 step program but it isn't working out too well
sorry it bothers you, here have a beer
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I was/am too, ya dumb son of a bitch.
I was in love with her....
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Aight phuker, dem nare is fighten words. Yes, I like some Killians and also Yuengling but I do like my IH too. Call it a an acquired taste if you will. Actually my favorite of all time is Mickeys but they dont sell that poop down here for some reason. If I could have Mickeys on a regular basis then all others would be forgotten.
Oh, and for the record, the Beast beer taste nothing like IH, the Beast taste like f'n water.
Didn't I tell you that Mickeys was cheap malt liquor? Look, let me bring the beer this fall. How does some St. Pauli Girl and Shiner sound?
I agree - nothing tastes like the Beast. Thats why it was 30.00/keg back in the day. Water does tend to run cheap.
Ah come on GH, Mickeys is great. What are we giving the value to beer based on price. Most of the time this is truth but you know as well as I do that some things are based on trend. Hell, just 7 yrs ago Icehouse was $8 a six pack, now half that price. Lets say in 7 yrs from now, St Pauli gos down to $4 a sixer, does that mean its worthless. I can see some argument on IH from you guys but Mickeys is some good poop. Now, as for this fall, I was planning on bringing Killian Red and I think that is something we both can agree on.
If we tie Slovenia, is it still a good thing?No. Not at this point.
So, Ziemba didn't jump before the ball was snapped?...no, that was McCain.
No. Not at this point.
We got fucking robbed.
Worst call I've ever seen any any sport.
Not only was it not offsides, the Slovenian dude had the US guy in a friggin bear hug during a penalty kick.
Complete bullshit.
No. Not at this point.
We got phuking robbed.
Worst call I've ever seen any any sport.
Not only was it not offsides, the Slovenian dude had the US guy in a friggin bear hug during a penalty kick.
Complete bullpoop.
No. Not at this point.:blink:
We got fucking robbed.
Worst call I've ever seen any any sport.
Not only was it not offsides, the Slovenian dude had the US guy in a friggin bear hug during a penalty kick.
Complete bullshit.
I don't think that was overly technical.
At the end of the game, the US was fouled and got to kick a free kick. A free kick is taken at the spot of the foul, which in this case happened to be right next to the goal.
The free kick was good. It should have been 3-2 right then. The asshole official called offsides. In soccer, no player can be behind the two closest opposing players to the goal (the goalie and the defender) until after the ball is kicked, or it's offsides. They showed replay after replay and it was as clear as day that no such foul occurred. Not even close. The point was removed.
On TOP OF THAT, the Slovenian player clearly committed a foul inside the box, which means it would be a penalty kick. This means they get a free kick right in front of the goal. The Slovenian player completely picked the US guy up in a bear hug. Not at all legal.
It should have been 3-2 with the US getting another free kick right in front of the goal.
The free kick was good. It should have been 3-2 right then. The asshole official called offsides. In soccer, no player can be behind the two closest opposing players to the goal (the goalie and the defender) until after the ball is kicked, or it's offsides.
Is it after the ball is kicked? Or is it after the ball has passed?I'm not an expert on the rules, but I believe it's either one. It's after the ball is kicked, whether that be to another player, or to the goal.
So, we lost?Tied 2-2.
so no one thinks that there may be 1000's of hot soccer moms waiting to pick up the kiddos from the game?
maybe its the huge swarm of bees keeping the moms away.
i don't know.
I was thinking the noise could have been coming from the minivans. Kids are playing...got some time on their hands.(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0cVlTeIATBs/0.jpg)
I'm not an expert on the rules, but I believe it's either one. It's after the ball is kicked, whether that be to another player, or to the goal.
Again, I could be wrong on that, and will defer to someone who actually played.
The French team imploded, did not win a game and is eliminated from competition.Free South Afrika
South Africa joins France in the go home line, becoming the first host country in World Cup history to not advance out of group play. Some folks just can't do anything right.
The French team imploded, did not win a game and is eliminated from competition.Yeah, but they sure can play those vuvuzelas.
South Africa joins France in the go home line, becoming the first host country in World Cup history to not advance out of group play. Some folks just can't do anything right.
Yeah, but they sure can play those vuvuzelas.
It is a poor man's instrument....easy to play and cheap to acquire.
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It is a poor man's instrument....easy to play and cheap to acquire.
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It appears the ref who phuked us is banned from doing any more FIFA matches. At least that's what was said this morning on ESPN.
However, while even I, the non-soccer fan, got pissed as hell about the call, I have to agree with the observations of many who said this may be the best thing to ever happen to U.S. soccer. All of a sudden, people are paying attention. It's front page news and the lead story on most sports casts. If they beat Algeria, the call means squat anyway.
I am expecting the US to smack the Algerians around; call it need and motivation.
What was the topic again? I like gay butt sex? Thought so....carry on.
Dont mess with FIFA. You just got a red card!Anyone watching now? www.espn3.com (http://www.espn3.com)
Anyone watching now? www.espn3.com (http://www.espn3.com)
We just got fucked out of a goal again. This one not as terrible, but still bullshit. These refs have it out for the US...
Not getting to watch it live but Im following along. The refs are freakin horrible. I saw where a Brazil guy was tossed over the weekend because the player on the opposing team faked a hit to the face by the Brazil guy.In all seriousness, if what had happened to us against Slovenia had happened to one of the South American countries, that ref's home would have been firebombed. He and his family would be dead by now.
I see we are still talking about Gay Butt Sex....don't you guys get enough?If you're talking about the refs fucking the US team in the ass, then yes.
We are running out of time...
Sound the vuvuzelas!!!!
Unbelievable finish!!!!
That was the equivalent of scoring at the buzzer in overtime!
What are you planning to do with that long horn instrument?It was at 91 something.
I thought he scored in the first minute of the overtime....no?
Absolutely awesome!
Absolutely AUsome!
I watched from about 85:00 to the end, and I loved watching the game. Afterwards I was glad I didn't watch the first hour and 25 minutes.
I do believe I will choose watching soccer this Saturday as my designated while-I-drink-beer activity. Bad ass, indeed.
Haven't seen many Icehouse signs.
Haven't seen many Icehouse signs.
Funny thing....I thought I would see more considering all the gay butt sex goings ons...weird how things work out.Ok. We get it.
Ok. We get it.
First of all, try calling a no-poop soccer hooligan a fag, and see if you end up with your face in tact.
Secondly, you're thinking of Smirnoff Ice. Icehouse is terrible, cheap, rot-gut, headache inducing beer, not fag juice.
Chad talking smack about fags beating people up gave me my laugh for the day.
As Kaos would say, good one Sancho - and thanks for playing.
Italy is going home.......bye bye thanks for playing consolation prizes may be picked up by the side door
Awwww, somebody's manhood got questioned.
Chad talking smack about fags pounding my ass gave me my laugh for the day.
As Kaos would say, good one Sancho - and thanks for playing.
The combined GDP of the countries listed above = 7.7 trillion dollars.
Wow, that is kind of surprising with Mexico and Germany being in the group. Those two must make up 3/4 of that number.Tequila and overpriced autos only make up so much of the global economy.
Wow, that is kind of surprising with Mexico and Germany being in the group. Those two must make up 3/4 of that number.
Tequila and overpriced autos only make up so much of the global economy.
Actually it is Germany and England that make up $5.4 trillion of the $7.7 trillion total. Mexico comes in at $0.874 trillion.
If the wealthiest remaining countries make it out of their respective groups the US GDP would be $2 trillion less than the other 15 combined......but if Japan does not advance the US GDP would be greater than the remaining 15 countries by about $3 trillion.
Speaking of Japan, I having trouble wrapping my head around the fact Japan has a soccer team for some reason; especially one to make it past the group round.
based upon the known history, all of this crap started with the Japanese and Chinese.......those two countries are thought to be the birth place of soccer...........England just "borrowed" it from them and exported it to the colonial holdings of the Empire.
(see my brief history on soccer at the beginning of the thread.......or not :))
Yes yes, I see. Still have trouble with the idea. They are also thought to be the birth place of Martial Arts but we have Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris makes a vuvuzela sound like the London Symphony.
Chuck Norris could win the World Cup with a team consisting of himself, three midgets and a crippled chicken.
The crippled chicken is the goalie, right?
Chuck Norris makes a vuvuzela sound like the London Symphony.
Chuck Norris is ghey just like soccer.
Ok Sani - this where me and you go our separate ways.....Chuck does not partake in teh ghey butt sex festivities unless there is something he has not told me.
I don't care about either I was just trying to stir the pot. Unlike soccer fans.....Who like to stir the collards.R. Kelly's Doo Doo Butter sold separately.
R. Kelly's Doo Doo Butter sold separately.
R. Kelly's Doo Doo Butter sold separately.
Chad talking smack about fags beating people up gave me my laugh for the day.(http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn140/neeguhphagut/eurotrip7.jpg)
As Kaos would say, good one Sancho - and thanks for playing.
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The fook'd you say about us, you bloody fookin wanka?
The Netherlands and Japan make it 12. Brazil and Portugal make it 14.My money is on Chuck but if the US makes it to the final, Im gonna be in a pickle.
Chile will make 15 and Spain and Switzerland are vying for the 16th and last spot.
The two teams (out of 16) that survive single elimination play will combine forces and face Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris's beard and his crippled chicken for the World Cup Title.
My money is on Chuck but if the US makes it to the final, Im gonna be in a pickle.
and the NFL will take over the world.
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