USA TIES ENGLAND!!!!
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Not a bad performance against one of the best teams in the world, but I still have no illusions about the US winning...not going to happen. Still, we'll take anything we can get.
And maybe the U.S. will qualify for the rugby world cup next year, and join the ranks of countries who play real sports 
Hoping for Brazil. That would earn me quite a lot of money ;-)Arvind said:
Failing that: Go Denmark!!!
EDIT: LOL at the guy above me!
It's so funny that somone already made this. And England wins without this fuck up so as an american I still FEEL like we lost but I'm happy it was a tie.Thunderhorse94 said:
I was pretty pissed when that happened, I was anticipating that England would obliterate them. Ah well it was still a good match.
As an american, I find it utterly unacceptable that a sporting event can end in a tie. I don't care what the logic might be behind such a thing, I demand someone be crowned a victor even if you force the teams to play until players collapse from exhaustion!
Also, I don't follow football so I don't know if tying England is better than America should have done, or worse or precisely the expected result.
Also, I don't follow football so I don't know if tying England is better than America should have done, or worse or precisely the expected result.
While I respect the notion that Rugby is somehow the more manly sport because the players don't have the good sense to put on armor, in my view that seems to inherently limit what can happen in the game. Bravado aside, without all those silly pads one could not expect to regularly deliver and recive the sort of impacts that are common in the NFL without burning through the talent pool at an alarming rate.LewsTherin said:And maybe the U.S. will qualify for the rugby world cup next year, and join the ranks of countries who play real sports
That said, Rugby IS more entertaining than soccer simply because at least blood is drawn and nobody stops the game on account of a tantrum unless there is an obvious shattered bone or ruptured organ.
Of course, the US participates in most sports at some level or another - it just happens that Basketball, Baseball, Racing and Football are so overwhelmingly popular that they dominate the mindshare. I myself participate in Fencing at the University level. I know plenty of people who play soccer regularly. I'm told that somewhere people play LaCross and row boats. I'm nearly certain that if there is an athletic contest with accepted rules and regulations, you'll find some portion of the American population regularly participates. It just doesn't rise to any sort of stature. Fencing for example will never be a popular spectator sport in the US because it is virtually impossible for the uninformed to follow and even if you know precisely what's going on, it isn't terribly exciting to watch.
Well the World Cup is the only time I watch soccer and my family watches the English Premier League a lot so I assumed England would just massacre them. Tim Howard was pretty pissed off around the start of the match when England scored their goal, it was pretty funny.NameIsRobertPaulson said:Everyone assumes American players suck. Tim Howard and Jozy Altidore play in the Premier League for a reason.Thunderhorse94 said:
I was pretty pissed when that happened, I was anticipating that England would obliterate them. Ah well it was still a good match.
I wasn't surprised much, seeing as how England usually performs poorer than expected in the World Cup.
Anyhow, my winner predictions looks like this:
Group A: France
Group B: Argentina
Group C: England
Group D: Germany
Group E: Netherlands
Group F: Italy
Group G: Brazil
Group H: Spain
After that, who can say? I'm hoping for Germany to win it all but it's doubtful that will happen.
Anyhow, my winner predictions looks like this:
Group A: France
Group B: Argentina
Group C: England
Group D: Germany
Group E: Netherlands
Group F: Italy
Group G: Brazil
Group H: Spain
After that, who can say? I'm hoping for Germany to win it all but it's doubtful that will happen.
Hey, it's not like American Football is any better, you have like 3 full teams of subs off the field, and whenever anything happens it takes 20 minutes to shuffle everything around and move the new players on. It is, quite possibly, even more boring than soccer.spectrenihlus said:
Now AFL, there's a sport that labels itself "football" that I occasionally feel motivated to watch.
OT: Is it really that exciting? I mean, yes I understand some people are very passionate about soccer, but the USA has a huge population and it really isn't surprising that they can field a competitive soccer team.
I was thinking that during one of England's corners, but USA's defence picked up quite a bit after the goal.NameIsRobertPaulson said:That's because Carlos "I can't play defense to save my life but Bob Bradley keeps using me anyway" Bocanegra blew the defense there and left Howard out to dry. I'd be pissed too if my defense suddenly stopped doing their job.Thunderhorse94 said:Well the World Cup is the only time I watch soccer and my family watches the English Premier League a lot so I assumed England would just massacre them. Tim Howard was pretty pissed off around the start of the match when England scored their goal, it was pretty funny.NameIsRobertPaulson said:Everyone assumes American players suck. Tim Howard and Jozy Altidore play in the Premier League for a reason.Thunderhorse94 said:
I was pretty pissed when that happened, I was anticipating that England would obliterate them. Ah well it was still a good match.
USA played well yesterday. Which didn't surprise me. You don't get into the World Cup finals by playing poorly. England didn't play so well. Other than the last ten minutes and the first five, we seemed timid and generally afraid of the USA forwards. The US goal was a fluke and something Mr. Green will remember for the rest of his life. But we should have scored more, we never really tested Howard, all in all I was not impressed with the England performance. I was mildly impressed with the US one though.
Oh and for the US folks wondering how we can tie, we're not in the knockout stages yet. At the moment it's tiny little leagues. 1 point for a draw, three for a win. Top two out of four go on to the knockout stages at the end of this one. USA and England are widely tipped to be the two going forward out of their group so a draw against them isn't the end of the world for England. Doesn't make for a good start to the campaign though.
Oh and for the US folks wondering how we can tie, we're not in the knockout stages yet. At the moment it's tiny little leagues. 1 point for a draw, three for a win. Top two out of four go on to the knockout stages at the end of this one. USA and England are widely tipped to be the two going forward out of their group so a draw against them isn't the end of the world for England. Doesn't make for a good start to the campaign though.
Yeah, a tie? Are we grasping at straws to celebrate a non loss? As an American I know I am suppose to cheer for the USA but....I know we suck at football. And before any says anything, yes I do call it football.
I thought we started pretty well, and everyone knew we would get at least one goal, being from gerrard or rooney.
It was an akward first match with england only conceding a goal due to Green. But I can guarantee you he won't be making that mistake again.
The second half was brilliant with plenty of action and opportunities.
But seriously, why did we have Heskey on for the whole match? He can't score. We should have had crouch on from the start or at least half-time.
Also, I watched it in the local student pub, amazing atmosphere.
It was an akward first match with england only conceding a goal due to Green. But I can guarantee you he won't be making that mistake again.
The second half was brilliant with plenty of action and opportunities.
But seriously, why did we have Heskey on for the whole match? He can't score. We should have had crouch on from the start or at least half-time.
Also, I watched it in the local student pub, amazing atmosphere.