Today's Final scores
USA (0:3) Brazil
Egypt (1:0) Italy

Group A standings:
#1 ESP 2-0-0, +6, 6pts
#2 RSA 1-1-0, +2, 4pt
#2 IRQ 0-1-1, -1, 1pt
#4 NZL 0-0-2, -7, 0pts

Group B standings:
#1 BRA 2-0-0, +4, 6pts
#2 ITA 1-0-1, +1, 3pts
#3 EGY 1-0-1, +0, 3pts
#4 USA 0-0-2, -5, 0pts

Here are the only senarios for USA to advance:
BRA def ITA by 4 and USA def EGY by 3
BRA def ITA by 3 and USA def EGY by 4
BRA def ITA by 2 and USA def EGY by 5
BRA def ITA by 1 and USA def EGY by 6

So... we're fucked

6/18/2009 6:43:32 PM

we've been fucked for a while

6/18/2009 6:49:00 PM

i am curious to see how many people think we can actually beat egypt

6/18/2009 6:56:25 PM

we won't

6/18/2009 7:14:03 PM

zero percent never.

we won't. this team will fold. egypt is going to come out strong. if they win, they only need brasil to win to advance. even if they win and italy wins, they can advance on goal differentials, meaning they are going to play with more passion (surprise) than we are.

the only good thing about this scenario, is that italy and egypt both need to win, and brasil is not likely to bend over and take it, so the games on sunday should at least be competitive

[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 7:31 PM. Reason : ]

6/18/2009 7:30:57 PM

^^^We CAN, but we WON'T.

6/18/2009 8:26:16 PM

i actually follow egyptian futbol a lot (wife is egyptian) and i don't see how we beat them. The question is: is it going to be another 10 vs 11 affair.

It's almost unfair in a way, the rest of the world's best athlete's usually end up playing futbol, not so here.

6/18/2009 9:12:21 PM

Quote :

"It's almost unfair in a way, the rest of the world's best athlete's usually end up playing futbol, not so here."

not really.. I mean.. If you were a stud athlete would you rather grow up in a dirt poor country where there is only one main sport? Or grow up in a country where you have at least 4 major sports you can play to get a college scholarship or make millions playing pro?


I say 4, but you could go down the list of sports that give most americans the chance to get a ride to college or play professionally and soccer would be pretty far down that list.

6/18/2009 9:23:05 PM

^^Well the goalkeeper made some amazing saves at point blank range that 9 times out of 10 are goals. How Italy didn't at least end up with a 1-1 tie is amazing.

[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 9:25 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2009 9:25:12 PM

^^LOL seriously? Are you assuming that all these nations are dirt poor and the US is not? The United States is practically one of very few nations in the world that isn't huge on soccer.


^^^is your wife Al Ahly or a Zamalek supporter

[Edited on June 19, 2009 at 11:13 AM. Reason : .]

6/19/2009 11:12:17 AM

Does everyone in SA own a Kazoo or something? That gets damn annoying.

6/19/2009 11:23:22 AM

they've been doing it at every match so far that I've watched

I pretty much have to put the broadcast on mute

6/19/2009 11:25:39 AM

they've been giving out horns at the gate

they said yesterday FIFA is probably going to ban them for the World Cup next year

6/19/2009 11:45:49 AM

please ban them

6/19/2009 11:48:45 AM

i have also requested that the ussf be on board

6/19/2009 12:04:07 PM

You guys think the horns at the confederations cup are bad, just wait till we go to Mexico City on August 12th.

6/19/2009 12:31:10 PM

i actually find that constant buzz throughout the entire game quite funny

6/19/2009 12:33:44 PM

^They don't bother me as much as they do other people, but I don't think it will be that big of a deal during the World Cup. Countries like South Africa and Mexico will have fans that use them and other nations like England and Germany probably won't.

6/19/2009 1:17:49 PM

RSXTypeS she (which means 'we') are al-Ahly supporters. Muhammad Abu Treika is an amazing dude. Totally underrated player on the world stage, turned down a boat load of money to stay with al-Ahly this past season, and every goal so far in this cup he's been a part of.

6/19/2009 4:05:41 PM

Are they not showing both games today? And if they're only going to show one, why is it New Zealand/Iraq?

6/20/2009 2:44:30 PM

ESPN is playing Spain v South Africa
ESPN2 is playing Iraq v New Zealand

6/20/2009 2:48:21 PM

Oh thanks, the guide said college baseball was on ESPN.

6/20/2009 2:49:22 PM

One thing that needs to change before next year is the quality of the satellite feed. I haven't watched a game yet where they didn't lose the feed for multiple minutes.

6/20/2009 4:41:07 PM

Today's Final scores
Spain (2:0) South Africa
Iraq (0:0) New Zealand

Group A Final Standings:
#1 ESP 3-0-0, +8, 9pts
#2 RSA 1-1-1, +0, 4pt
#2 IRQ 0-2-1, -1, 2pt
#4 NZL 0-1-2, -7, 1pt


Tomorrow's games
2:00pm Brazil v. Italy (ESPN/ESPNHD)
2:30pm USA v. Egypt (ESPN2/ESPN2HD)

6/20/2009 6:57:50 PM

the quality announcers were calling the shitty game, and vice-versa

6/20/2009 10:07:13 PM

^The announcers don't bother me, but losing the feed every game does.

6/20/2009 11:22:00 PM

You suck Landycakes

6/21/2009 2:46:02 PM

bradley picking a really unexpected lineup today is kinda surprising.


also donovan has to shoot, what is he thinking there

6/21/2009 2:46:43 PM

That's an ugly goal but will take it

6/21/2009 2:51:44 PM

Donovan is the worst fucking player ever

that guy is a fucking embarrasment

6/21/2009 2:52:05 PM

haha what a dumb ass goal. but oh wellz.

6/21/2009 2:52:24 PM

I love watching the Spanish feed, the Brazil-Italy game is on Univision and they are just so much more into it than the American announcers

6/21/2009 2:58:51 PM

donovan has been good this game, but i'm really glad to see davies up front, he looks like he actually wants to win, and he's running all over the place. his goal wasn't the best but it counts

get dempsey off the field, he's fucking around too much, its like he's not taking the game seriously

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 3:07 PM. Reason : asd]

6/21/2009 3:06:01 PM

GOL GOL GOL GOL

6/21/2009 3:07:24 PM

Maicon is sick nasty

6/21/2009 3:08:26 PM

2 for brasil

LOLOLOL ITALY OWN GOAL 3-0

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 3:14 PM. Reason : f]

6/21/2009 3:13:16 PM

own goal

lol

6/21/2009 3:14:27 PM

3 Brasil damn

6/21/2009 3:14:51 PM

jeez italy looks like shit

6/21/2009 3:16:27 PM

lol, so brazil needs 1 more to win 4-0 and the us needs to win 3-0... ball game.

6/21/2009 3:16:56 PM

brazil will do it, but bradley said before the game that he doesn't want to attack too much, so we probably won't do it

6/21/2009 3:18:56 PM

There's only one Charlie Davies!


Like, I said in the other thread we need more Davies. He hustles and keeps some pressure on the opposing defense.

6/21/2009 3:31:47 PM

Egypt's goalie has a Maxi pad on his head

6/21/2009 3:34:34 PM

I hope Egypt has a little less urgency after seeing Brazil's halftime score. They will probably play with an extra defender or 2.

my bad.. posted 2x in a row

[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 3:37 PM. Reason : ]

6/21/2009 3:36:41 PM

fuck

6/21/2009 3:41:02 PM

fuck that was close. egypt is good at handballing it in front of the goal

6/21/2009 3:42:39 PM

this game could be 3-0 by now

6/21/2009 3:44:01 PM

GOOOOOAAL

USA needs 1 more goal and Brazil needs 1 more goal!
OR
USA needs 2 more goals and Brazil needs to hold their score


[Edited on June 21, 2009 at 3:55 PM. Reason : ]

6/21/2009 3:52:31 PM

GOLLLLLLLLLLLL

6/21/2009 3:52:38 PM

sick keep pouring it on.

6/21/2009 3:54:43 PM