i wouldnt say way worse, green had all day to make his save. this shot was at least hit towards a corner

6/13/2010 9:09:41 AM

no excuse not to get anything on that ball

6/13/2010 9:19:22 AM

well looks like slovenia will be getting 3 here. just makes next friday's game more important. as usual though, if we take care of our own games it won't be an issue.

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:22 AM. Reason : ]

6/13/2010 9:21:23 AM

the result doesnt bother me here. we are better than both of these teams. whats gonna bother me is if we play down to their level. but i hope we ride some momentum and play like we are better than them and play with some swagger

6/13/2010 9:22:25 AM

a tie would have been better because Slovenia couldn't really sit back and play for a tie against us


it's all good though, we should beat these two teams

6/13/2010 9:24:59 AM

Yeah now Slovenia will be packing it in and content with playing for the draw with us /sigh

6/13/2010 9:26:44 AM

Didnt even bother to catch the first game.

Possible that Howard has broken ribs...we do have very capable subs though:
http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/bradley-isnt-sure-if-howard-has-broken-ribs--fbintl_ap-wcup-us-howard.html

6/13/2010 9:27:39 AM

^^,^^^ exactly. we're going to have to step up our game and actually finish our opportunities. we needed to anyway, but it will be a different dynamic now.

^ I was afraid of that. I read another article where he mentioned he felt ok to finish the game but was getting checked on as far as going forward. we'll see

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:33 AM. Reason : ]

6/13/2010 9:29:41 AM

im not so sure they will sit back against us cause they could theoretically sit back against us and england and get draws from both games and still get knocked out since youve gotta think us and england will beat algeria and if they both win those games by more than 1 goal then slovenia are out. ive gotta assume they will come out playing their normal game against the us.

6/13/2010 9:35:18 AM

England wins, USA ties

England 4
Slovania 4
USA 2
Algeria 0

USA wins, England wins

England 7
USA 5
Slovenia 4
Algeria 0

We are still sitting pretty good, but Slovania doesn't need to be taken lightly. They are dangerous. They eliminated Russia from the World Cup.

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:41 AM. Reason : oops! happy gramer polease?]

6/13/2010 9:36:41 AM

All I saw was the last 30 minutes of this match. Before the red, I thought the whole time that Algeria was in control. Even with 10 men, they still seemed to outplay "slovenia" . I think friday is huge now, but a win would go such a long way.

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:45 AM. Reason : ]

6/13/2010 9:37:00 AM

both of you guys misspelled "slovenia"

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:39 AM. Reason : a win on friday and you can go ahead and book us in. slovenia will not beat england]

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:41 AM. Reason : a loss on friday and you can go ahead and book us tickets home.]

6/13/2010 9:38:29 AM

bets on the England/Algeria game? Im thinking England 5 - 0 Algeria

6/13/2010 9:40:57 AM

I just slept through that whole game, so I missed the Slovenia goal, but I don't think the US or England will have any issues dispatching either one of those teams from the parts I did see before I passed out.



Nadir Belhadj did have an excellent free kick in the first half that Slovenia's keeper did well to tip over, though.

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:44 AM. Reason : I want to see someone who is an excellent FK taker on this ball still though]

6/13/2010 9:41:23 AM

3-0

6/13/2010 9:41:30 AM

If a 1-0 Slovenia over Algeria game somehow keeps the US from going on to the knockout round, we do not deserve to progress. Take care of business and let's go Yanks.

6/13/2010 9:41:40 AM

yeah if we play like we did yesterday we'll have no problems. plus i expect to see a lot more of donovan against slovenia and i bet he scores a goal that game



any takers on a barry, lennon, gerrard, lampard midfield next game?

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:43 AM. Reason : f]

6/13/2010 9:42:46 AM

^^^^It wasn't much better than the US goal yesterday. It should have finished 0-0 which would have made England and US fans happy.

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:43 AM. Reason : .]

6/13/2010 9:43:25 AM

Quote :

"Even with 10 men, they still seemed to outplay serbia."

Agreed, Libya was definitely the better team today

6/13/2010 9:43:59 AM

to say either team outplayed the other in that last game is almost demeaning...that was an awful game. easily the worst of the cup so far



[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM. Reason : ugh my grammar is bad too]

6/13/2010 9:45:12 AM

Yeah, all I saw was long ball hoofing it up field and footraces to try and get to the ball before it rolled out into touch....




and most of those races ended in the ball rolling out.



Which is why I went to sleep. That shit was awful.

6/13/2010 9:46:50 AM

Quote :

"that was an awful game. easily the worst of the cup so far"

6/13/2010 9:47:52 AM

I dunno, it was probably the worst but France-Uruguay was pretty shitty too


let's go Ghana

6/13/2010 9:54:52 AM

What the shit is up with all these empty ass seats?

6/13/2010 10:00:41 AM

i was just about to post the same thing that stadium only looks 90% full

6/13/2010 10:06:39 AM

tickets are expensive

and folks in ghana, serbia, and SA are poor

6/13/2010 10:06:50 AM

group play was a goal extravaganza in '06...when will the levee break

6/13/2010 10:07:08 AM

FIFA has already launched 2 investigations into empty seats; the opener and Korea-Greece.

6/13/2010 10:07:35 AM

its probably the damn Vuvuzelas

that and watching damn grown men lie on the turf in "pain". i respect their athleticism but damn these guys are fucking actors

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 10:14 AM. Reason : .]

6/13/2010 10:12:02 AM

its probably the damn kidnappings and then selling people into slavery


god damn bees. i hate these things

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 10:14 AM. Reason : d]

6/13/2010 10:13:04 AM

this game looks like it might produce several goals

6/13/2010 10:16:41 AM

so theres gonna be 2 Ivanovic's in the EPL next season? awesome

6/13/2010 10:18:16 AM

It's coming out of England that anyone watching ITV's HD feed missed the first goal because the channel ran a car advertisement.

6/13/2010 10:22:37 AM

lol wut?

6/13/2010 10:25:07 AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/7823692/Viewers-miss-opening-England-goal-after-ITV-shows-commercial.html

Enjoy

Maybe they wouldn't have been as upset if it was the porn scene that was shown during the Super Bowl somewhere.

Why is Robert Green like ITV HD? They both switch off at the crucial moment.



[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 10:27 AM. Reason : Green]

6/13/2010 10:26:27 AM

Quote :

"ILL TIMED ADVERT"

6/13/2010 10:28:20 AM

gogo serbia, win this group

Quote :

"so theres gonna be 2 Ivanovic's in the EPL next season? awesome"

the one going to Liverpool is named Jovanovic

6/13/2010 10:28:21 AM

i saw about half of the Algeria/Slovenia game and both of those teams are bad. i'll agree it was the worst of the games i've seen thus far.

this Serbia/Ghana game has been pretty entertaining so far though.

6/13/2010 10:33:05 AM

oh. i thought i heard ivanovic

6/13/2010 10:33:18 AM

omg...this is the first game where ive really been annoyed with the bees. ive sort of drowned them out before but i cant seem to do it this game

6/13/2010 10:36:08 AM

didn't even notice them until your post...thnx

6/13/2010 10:38:14 AM

haha


wtf. did anyone see that bounce on the keeper? these balls def bounce like crazy off the pitch

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 10:40 AM. Reason : f]

6/13/2010 10:38:41 AM

Yesterday at London Zoo one of the staff let a a Central American monkey slip out of his grasp. So Robert Green's not the only English keeper to drop a Howler.

6/13/2010 10:40:52 AM

burn.

this game has definitely fallen off...

[Edited on June 13, 2010 at 10:43 AM. Reason : f]

6/13/2010 10:41:20 AM

Yep, early on both were creating chances, but now they look like they are just trying not to make a mistake before the half.

6/13/2010 10:45:25 AM

this game is boring as shit



at least I got the bees to keep me company

6/13/2010 11:01:59 AM

Slovenia winning that game is not a good thing for us, but then again, if we can't score on them then we don't deserve to advance.

Friday will be interesting.

6/13/2010 11:02:14 AM

Quote :

"GOD DAMMIT SCORE"

6/13/2010 11:15:22 AM

I loved it when the announcer was telling people goals will be coming b/c Brazil, Portugal, and Spain will get to play soon.

6/13/2010 11:20:24 AM

more red cards than goals today

6/13/2010 11:31:10 AM