U.S. enters World Cup with newfound swagger

Journal Gazette ^ | 6/4/06 | Ronald Blum

[Jameison]

"We really got screwed with our draw. It'll be tough to finish in the top two of that group. Italy and the Czech republic both are better than us and Ghana ain't a slouch either."

About the worst draw we could have had. Period.

[austinTparty]

If I'm not mistaken, Ghana won the Africa cup. The US is playing in the group of Death. The 3 teams we're facing are *all* excellent. And as for not being a "real" sport??? Constantly running and making plays with no breaks for around an hour and a half? Soccer players are excellent athletes...

[July 4th]

Yeah, we had it coming though. The last two World Cups were pretty good draws.

[jimbo123]

Is this the same "sport" where opposing fans regularly chant "Osama! Osama! Osama!" at the U.S. team?

[Jameison]

"Is this the same "sport" where opposing fans regularly chant "Osama! Osama! Osama!" at the U.S. team?"

That usually happens when we play our ever so friendly neighbors Mexico in Mexico.

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

Irrespective of whether soccer is or is not a real sport, I humbly suggest we skip the actual "soccer" and go directly to "soccer violence", due to it being much more entertaining than the actual event.

Bring on the drunken oafs!

[Jameison]

"The last two World Cups were pretty good draws"

True.
And we did get to the quarter finals in Korea in 2002.
Not bad at all.

[1rudeboy]

That's right. Some of our more sensitive FReepers can't handle it.

[jimbo123]

[jimbo123]

[Jonah Johansen]

These nations put so much national pride on the line with the world cup.

There is no doubt in my mind that if the US was to stop playing American football and switch our focus to Soccer we would win the World Cup 10 zip.
I don't think you can use our Olympic baseball or basketball showings as a standard. If the very best NBA players trained together for 4 years, I don't think the gold medal would be in doubt.

[jimbo123]

[1rudeboy]

Ah, #32. Wish I was there for that. Here's one of my all-time favorites.

[maineman]

I once went to a professional soccer match and almost slit my own wrists.

[operation clinton cleanup]

New found Swagger... that has Bush's fault written all over it!

[MikefromOhio]

You win my vote for most ignorant post of the year. Soccer is a very real sport. It takes tremendous amounts of stamina, quickness, balance, and coordination. It is a lot more demanding than something like baseball or golf.

You forgot acting....

[operation clinton cleanup]

LOL! That picture is awesome!

[MikefromOhio]

That match is going to be a scorcher.

So someone might score more than one goal?

[jimbo123]

I went to a match in London a few years back. We were about 30 minutes late to our seats and we got the nastiest looks from the fans. I think we offended them by being late. We left early so we could avoid the riots that ended up happening after the match. What a boring waste of time.

[1rudeboy]

I felt the same way at Greatful Dead concerts (I've seen four). I would just go outside and party with the rest of the travelling carnival. Why do I bring it up? The World Cup is the same, except on a much larger scale.