Posted on 06/17/2014 5:36:33 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
Who cares? When does NFL training camp begin?
I made this comment on another thread. Who cares that you don’t care?
But I have lost all desire to watch Copa Mudial after hearing about the Brazilian slaughter of their children in their streets to prepare for this event!!!???.
Whoever is in charge of the World Cup should have immediately revoked Brazil as the venue and taken the delayed event somewhere else. How can I endorse this ratification of more slaughter of the innocents by watching this thing?
Can't do it. Don't want to. Should be boycotted.
Soccer sucks! Sorry Anthony!
In any given outing, the best, the absolute best a team can do is win. They won. What’s the gripe?
soccer — I was taught as a little boy never to hit little girls
I always liked the reply that we beat other countries who list soccer as their #1 sport, while soccer is maybe 4th or 5th here. That’s enough for me.
And you became what, a baseball player? Basketball, maybe?
I believe soccer is ranked behind shuffleboard...or should be.
Ryu has no idea what he is talking about. The US team played a great game. When you are up you shrink the field and play defensively. Then the other team is pressed to score. If you continue attacking your team is spread thin and is easy to score against.
How could anyone complain about 2 fast goals when you need them.
The gripe is that we suck, and it will be years until we can play with the big boys. Don’t mind the nay-sayers, though . . . let’s just say that they do not have a very pioneering spirit.
You may be right regarding popularity here, but these guys are busting their ass to make sure the US comes out on top. That at least is worthy of respect.
Dude, we sucked . . . we’ve always had trouble against quick teams, granted. And the technical stuff? We may have a chance against Portugal, but Germany will tear us to pieces.
Team USA cheated.
Whenever they got the ball they tossed sandwiches onto the sidelines.
The Ghana dudes all ran over there to get them.
A sumo wrestler
For those here that prefer Brazilian soccer fan girls to NFL man on man action...
I felt the US team did good for being an average team. They beat one of the better teams in Africa which nobody expected. Hopefully as the sport is becoming more popular, more money will be in it which means more infrastructure for finding and cultivating talented players. Hell, if US can beat Portugal (unlikely but one can hope) they may even live to escape the group of death they put us in.
Sumo wrestling is fantastic. I invite anyone at any bar to watch those matches (don’t even need audio), and get everyone to wager on the outcomes. It’s a real hoot, and don’t knock it unless you’ve done it.
After American athletes go to the NFL, NBA and MLB, soccer gets our third and fourth best athletes and we compete fairly well considering that.
I wouldn’t be to proud if I were Euro or SAmerican and the US is closing the gap, slowly and methodically.
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