I think our group is easier than Mexico's

12/4/2009 1:26:48 PM

Group G is fucking dirty....

12/4/2009 1:27:01 PM

bring on the summer

12/4/2009 1:28:36 PM

Well this is the best you could have asked for. If we can't beat Slovenia and Algeria than we don't deserve to advance.

12/4/2009 1:29:21 PM

Don't sleep on Serbia though, Group D is pretty tough

12/4/2009 1:30:02 PM

i can't really fathom a better result other than us somehow getting slovenia algeria -and- south africa.

12/4/2009 1:30:56 PM

You can't sleep on any team, Slovenia knocked out Russia who I generally hold in higher esteem than the US, but I'd rather see Slovenia than France.

12/4/2009 1:31:30 PM

i'm even more excited about going now - glad they had charlize on the screen too

12/4/2009 1:34:03 PM

I meant don't sleep on them as an awesome team... Germany/Serbia/Ghana isn't Brazil/Portugal/CIV but it's close

12/4/2009 1:34:16 PM

WOW GROUP G!

12/4/2009 1:34:29 PM

all of them hate alexi lalas... lol

12/4/2009 1:36:34 PM

June 12 Saturday at 2:30 against England

June 18 Friday 10:00 against Slovenia

June 23 Wednesday 10:00 against Algeria

12/4/2009 1:37:32 PM

They should show the Snuke South Park episode before our game vs England.

12/4/2009 1:37:50 PM

ALRIGHT! The USA has their first match vs England on a Saturday. I'm glad to hear that. At leastI'll get to watch 1 game live. I'm about to graduate from NC State and could end up with a Monday through Friday 8 to 5 job.

12/4/2009 1:38:42 PM

^ Don't be a pussy... take off work like I plan to do

12/4/2009 1:39:18 PM

SOMEBODY FIRE LALAS ALREADY.

He makes US soccer look like a bunch of full-of-themselves assholes.

He's sitting next to Steve McManaman, an actual former superstar who played at the TOP level of play and won two Champions League trophies in different countries, and he's spouting his mouth how the US can easily defeat England. Even if he's just bantering he's coming off like a god damn tool bag. It's almost offensive.

12/4/2009 1:39:33 PM

agreed

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12/4/2009 1:39:52 PM

Hey Lalas, why don't you interrupt Ekoku again? GOOD JOB MAN.

12/4/2009 1:42:24 PM

Switzerland!? Chile was very very good in South American qualifying

12/4/2009 1:47:03 PM

Chile could get through as long as they keep opponent set pieces to a minimum.

12/4/2009 1:47:50 PM

why don't they fire all these asshats and just let Tommy Smyth do it all. The Irish need to be represented somewhere. (Fuck you France)

He reminds me of a leprechaun.

12/4/2009 1:48:11 PM

This brings me to another peeve of mine. There should be a rule that managers and staff must be from the country of their team.

12/4/2009 1:48:49 PM

I don't want to hear "old onion bag" all summer.

12/4/2009 1:48:50 PM

LOL to that Capello interview, it just sounded like he was mumbling

12/4/2009 1:48:55 PM

^^^Totally agreed. If the players are held to this rule (with some BS exceptions), so should the managers.

[Edited on December 4, 2009 at 1:50 PM. Reason : .]

12/4/2009 1:50:00 PM

I really like North Korea to come out of Group G.

12/4/2009 1:51:59 PM

lol

12/4/2009 1:52:09 PM

HELP ME!!

12/4/2009 1:54:06 PM

Quote :

"^ Don't be a pussy... take off work like I plan to do"

The nice thing about America is that if I can't get off I can still watch the replay that will be shown in primetime on ESPNU without knowing what happened. No one in America gives a damn about the World Cup.

12/4/2009 1:55:06 PM

not watching sporting events live irritates the hell out of me, especially for US games, and double especially for the World Cup


damn, Lalas just told Adu he was a bitch

[Edited on December 4, 2009 at 2:05 PM. Reason : lalas]

12/4/2009 1:59:25 PM

Alexi Lolas was just shitting all over freddy adu

12/4/2009 2:06:42 PM

ADU/Alexi....................hahahahahahahahahahahah pwnt stay home

12/4/2009 2:06:45 PM

World Cup 1950: USA 1 England 0...



PWNT!

Until they actually beat us in a World Cup and don't draw, or lose then England is still our bitch!

12/4/2009 2:08:20 PM

12/4/2009 2:18:07 PM

Martin Tyler ESPN pbp in this World Cup is fucking awesome

12/4/2009 2:21:00 PM

Quote :

"not watching sporting events live irritates the hell out of me, especially for US games, and double especially for the World Cup damn, Lalas just told Adu he was a bitch"

I feel the same way, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

And LOL and Lalas.

12/4/2009 2:21:37 PM

All things considered, great draw for the USA. If the USA can't beat Algeria and Slovenia, the side doesn't deserve a place in the round of 16. I fucking knew Mexico would get drawn with South Africa! Between Mexico and France, South Africa looks to be the first host side to fail to advance out of the group stage. Still, the host always has a strong advantage. The South Africa versus Spain third place game in the Confederations Cup shows how unpredictable South Africa can be.

12/4/2009 2:32:32 PM

^The worst part is that England should beat the USA which will put USA in position to finish second at best. The group D advancing teams play the group C advancing teams. That means USA vs Germany in the second round more than likely.

12/4/2009 2:36:28 PM

Is Tyler seriously going to be doing commentary? That would be awesome. The only way it could get better is if Lalas gets laryngitis next June.

Any place to find detailed World Cup rules including tiebreakers, number of subs on bench, etc?

[Edited on December 4, 2009 at 2:44 PM. Reason : .]

12/4/2009 2:37:54 PM

^^, True, but unless a team is seeded it is a stretch to hope for an easy round of 16 game. Revenge for Korea/Japan 2002 quarterfinals!

[Edited on December 4, 2009 at 2:39 PM. Reason : ]

12/4/2009 2:38:41 PM

^And 1998!

12/4/2009 2:44:02 PM

The only revenge for 1998 is to beat Steve Sampson about the face with a cricket bat.

12/4/2009 4:19:17 PM

^LOL! Really though, it seems like we always get put in a situation where we have to play Brazil, or Germany.

12/4/2009 4:41:20 PM

Who is ready to watch the opening game between Mexico and South Africa? Mexicans + South Africans =



[Edited on December 4, 2009 at 4:57 PM. Reason : .]

12/4/2009 4:56:36 PM

Quote :

"The only revenge for 1998 is to beat Steve Sampson about the face with a cricket bat."

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH

12/4/2009 6:04:41 PM

The US won't make it out of the group, I already told JT, but I'm telling you guys.


Mark it down, page 7. US is in for an epic collapse.


England is going to dominate that ass.

12/4/2009 6:31:33 PM

Quote :

"The worst part is that England should beat the USA which will put USA in position to finish second at best. The group D advancing teams play the group C advancing teams. That means USA vs Germany in the second round more than likely."

I dono if I would say "the worst part." I mean I'm a huge fan, but swap us with any other team from our pot and find a group where there isnt a team that "should beat the USA." And yea Germany wouldn't be a great draw, but the winner of any group is going to be a solid team. At some point you have to start beating good teams to advance in this thing.

12/4/2009 6:44:54 PM

^^I see England beating USA. The other 3 teams will be fighting for 2nd while England finishes first.

12/4/2009 7:10:01 PM

I can see all possibilities except an England dismissal from the group stage and the US defeating England.

i.e.

England - US Draw
US loss to England
US winning, drawing, or losing with both Algeria and Slovenia

I guess I'm too much of a realist.

12/4/2009 7:24:54 PM

nick has been slobbin some capello dong for too long now. you know we gonna rape england. who do they have that could possibly test our back line? rooney? defoe? lampard? gerrard? please, those guys are terrible. john terry is not gonna be able to handle eddie johnson at all. total mismatch in class. EJ will be dominating jt in the air all game long. cashley cole wont be able to stop holden running rampant down that right wing...and i got a source on the inside telling me an epic player that is unretiring to help holster down our intimidating backline. none other than jeff agoos is coming back to volley goals into our own net just to give england a sniff of a chance that they think they make comeback and win....

shit's in the bag. england will lose to us 5-2 and the world cup will be over for them as they cant regroup after that ass beating

12/4/2009 10:08:08 PM