Can't say I expected it. Then again I can never really get into soccer/football, so I don't know what I'm going to watch until the hockey season kicks up again
USA TIES ENGLAND!!!!
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USA only scored because Green fumbled the ball. When it came to you guys making proper strikes you failed. Hardly enough of a reason to get excited.
Thing is, that's the beauty of Rugby - the tackles may not be as visually impressive (most of the time), but there's an undeniable element of brutality and manliness in just taking an injury and keeping on playing. Personally, I'm a massive fan of Rugby 7's - it's a stripped down version of Rugby that relies on speed and maneuverability rather than the solid, unmoving defence and working the scrum.Eclectic Dreck said: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.
Meh, at least the game keeps going for 45 minutes before a break. I don't know how Americans can watch their own national sports without wanting to kill themselves, just to have something to do while they watch nothing happening for half the game.spectrenihlus said:
Basically, it's not the size of your score, it's how you get it.
Portuguese on this side...and damn... i thought england would own USA but those " USA bastards" have a way of doing things that i cant follow....
they make the other team play bad or something... they dont play nice football neither do they have clear goals shots but they or win or tie on this final world cup group stage... they did the same on World Cup 2002 against portugal the final score was 2-3 if i am not in error
but anyway!
the game was +- not worthy of a world cup but we are still on the beggining of this great trip
ENJOY!!!!
they make the other team play bad or something... they dont play nice football neither do they have clear goals shots but they or win or tie on this final world cup group stage... they did the same on World Cup 2002 against portugal the final score was 2-3 if i am not in error
but anyway!
the game was +- not worthy of a world cup but we are still on the beggining of this great trip
ENJOY!!!!
ROBERT GREEEEEEN!!!!!!!!!
Mind you, cant be worse than the goal Algeria's keeper just let in, all the keepers seem to be blaming and hating the ball, they say its "too round", now theres an excuse.
OT: Didnt catch the match myself, I was in Yo! sushi with a bottle of sake and a few mates, knew the match would be dismal
Mind you, cant be worse than the goal Algeria's keeper just let in, all the keepers seem to be blaming and hating the ball, they say its "too round", now theres an excuse.
OT: Didnt catch the match myself, I was in Yo! sushi with a bottle of sake and a few mates, knew the match would be dismal
This says very little about the American qualities, but much much more about the state of the English team. I had such high hopes for them, but the chemistry just isn't there. Such a shame, as the English usually play very interesting football.
Not really. America have a great little team, they beat Spain and almost Brazil in the Confederations Cup last year. I guess a lot of people who don't know all that much about football all crawl out of the woodwork for the World Cup which is understandable since it's everywhere. This lead to people expecting us to win what was a tough draw. The other two teams in Englands group are total gash though.ChromeAlchemist said:
I wouldn't say the US defence were that great really, England had most of the ball but didn't place their shots, they would have won handily if Zamora was playing instead of Heskey.
Everyone's got a sport they hate for that very reason, there's always something you find boring because you're just not involved in it.spectrenihlus said:
For example, I tried to watch baseball once; suicide actually seemed like a viable option for that half hour I could stand it.
meh, USA played average at best throughout the match, they had like a couple of proper shots throughout the entire match.
they only got a point from a flukey goal, yet all the American fans seem to think they owned the entire thing and won it.
they only got a point from a flukey goal, yet all the American fans seem to think they owned the entire thing and won it.
i love the coverage on ITV, where they interviewed an American fan who had gone to South Africa to watch USA, yet he could only name 3 people on the USA first team.
maybe he should have stayed at home and watched Handegg.
maybe he should have stayed at home and watched Handegg.
I was happy with the result, but my mom was pissed (She's a huge soccer fan, raised in England, so... yeah) I am glad for the English Goalie that England didn't lose, otherwise he would probably have become the English Bill Buckner.
As an Englishman who couldn't give two craps about football, I'm kinda pleased the USA did well. Goes to show after all our bitching and moaning about how they don't play "real" football, they can actually put on a half-decent game.
... I'm guessing. I didn't watch the match. Maybe USA played really well, maybe England played really poorly. Maybe we should get off our pedestals and admit that we don't actually have a good team anymore and we're not going to win the cup (ever?) again, instead of all this "we weren't at the top of our game" nonsense. Maybe (just maybe) football doesn't matter.
... I'm guessing. I didn't watch the match. Maybe USA played really well, maybe England played really poorly. Maybe we should get off our pedestals and admit that we don't actually have a good team anymore and we're not going to win the cup (ever?) again, instead of all this "we weren't at the top of our game" nonsense. Maybe (just maybe) football doesn't matter.
Not a sports fan... but Yay America? We kick ass regardless of which sport we play? Even if it's a sport we don't really play, don't like, and we only got a tie through accidents?