Not for long- The lovers of Hasselhoff will soon fall victim to the young US upstarts who are out there having fun- Germany is sweating the upcoming humilation a simple loss will bring on the world stage. 3-2 US "This is the most public yet of my many humiliations" (The real JC)
I dun feel like startin a new thread... But what was up with the Italy-SK game? Sending off Totti was crazy!!! The ref was behind the play...had no clear view and was like 40 yards away!!! That's like worse than Dick Bavetta. And Korea is like crazy...they never get tired. I'm convinced they take the juice D ).
Now it is up to Germany to make my statement fully accurate. The more I think about it I think the first goal may win it. If you could assure me the US had 1 goal and 1 goal only I would take my chances in winning the match outright or via PK. Defense and goal must be flawless (I really doubt we can get more than 1 goal against Germany) like they were vs Mexico and look for the occasional counter attack. It could happen.
How dare we forget the most important detail in this match: How many German fans wear Lederhosen while watching the game?
Probably less than the number of Texan fans wearing a cowboy hat during the game (while the rest of America will be wearing jeans and tennis shoes and eating burgers and drinking coke ).
Boy now don chew start gett'n' nasty like that on this here computation writer- a man's hat is secund only to his unit here in the cuntry of LONE STAR TEXAS!
At first, I thought this was a totally absurd question. Nobody can be that petty and stupid in the highest levels of sport, can they? I stand corrected. Angry Italian club owner cuts Ahn
3 to 1 USA! USA! USA! of course we will win...Those dern Germans, so much talent, but usually aimed at the wrong things.
I don't necessarily agree with the premise of this article, but it is an interesting perspective nonetheless about why it's better for world order that the US national team take a dive against Germany Friday. This is my favorite line: "Apparently, what the rest of the world demands is that we love soccer but continue to stink at it. And we're insecure? Dan Barreiro: For world order, U.S. should lose Friday Dan Barreiro Star Tribune Published Jun 19, 2002 The U.S. men's soccer team, once the world's punching bag, is enjoying its greatest success in the World Cup since the Herbert Hoover Administration. In the opening round, the U.S. stunned Portugal, ranked No. 5 in the world. Even before the U.S. knocked off Mexico 2-0 to advance to the final eight, the team received congratulations from President Bush. "The country is really proud of the team," the President said during a phone call. "A lot of people that don't know anything about soccer, like me, are all excited and pulling for you." On Friday, the U.S. will take on Germany, a three-time World Cup champion. For the good of American soccer, the U.S. team would certainly be expected to do everything in its power to continue its magical run. For the good of the world, the U.S. team should take a dive. Yes, it already has become clear that Europe, Asia and parts of the Americas simply can't handle the new-found success of the U.S. "It hurt us here," said one Mexican soccer fan, punching his chest, after the U.S. victory. 'There has to be an end to this disgrace where [Americans] treat us like rats." An entire country has gone into mourning. Said a depressed a 20-year-old Mexico City street vendor: "The United States is a country of basketball, not of soccer. Destiny has played a dirty trick on us." Mexico coach Javier Aguirre preferred to whine about the U.S.' style of attack. "In our earlier games in the tournament the other teams tried to play, but the U.S. just defended," he said. Amazing. One soccer team accusing another of deploying a tedious style. One national U.S. sports columnist reported that a British friend, noting the improvement in U.S. soccer, told him: "Can't you [Americans] just leave it alone? You've got everything else." Puzzling, isn't it? On the one hand, the rest of the world loves to look down on us if we do not embrace soccer. It, along with the help of a pompous strata in this country, loves to call us self-absorbed, unsophisticated and close-minded in not worshipping soccer the way we do other sports. On the other hand, the same world soccer fans who lecture that we are obligated to love the game (and we are not, any more than we are obligated to hate it), become resentful if we show signs of getting better at it. If the price for success is to turn soccer fans all over the world into blubbering fools, then better to go belly-up against Germany on Friday. If the World Cup means so much to them that they will do almost anything to motivate their teams, let them have their moment. Their obsession, understand, makes Packers fans appear lucid and well-adjusted. In Osaka, 900 Japanese soccer fans dived off a bridge into the "polluted Dotombori River as a sign of solidarity." In Moscow, two were killed and several dozen injured during a riot shortly after Russia's 1-0 loss to Japan. In Jakarta, 48 prisoners escaped from prison because the guards were too busy watching a World Cup game. In Tokyo, "five suspected hooligans, four from Britain and one from Ireland, were refused entry and detained at Japanese airports," further proof that the screening process for World Cup soccer thugs might be more stringent than that for Al-Qaida members entering the U.S. In Riyadh, nobody bothered to welcome back the Saudi Arabian team after an unsuccessful World Cup run: "While most countries arrive to some sort of reception, be it hostile or welcoming, no one wanted to know the Saudis," an Agence France-Presse report said. In Pusan, South Korea, a man died after dousing himself in paint thinner and setting himself ablaze, all in the name of inspiring (successfully) the South Korean team to victory. The same folks who lecture their fellow Americans on their obligation to like soccer would decry such idiotic behavior if it were displayed by fans of football, basketball, baseball or hockey. They would drone on about a sad lack of perspective. Yet in soccer, they will tell you that such idiocy merely confirms the depth of the passion for their game. If loving soccer means turning it into some life-and-death struggle, then count me out. As for the U.S. team, it is to be congratulated for its historic success. Yet for the happiness of most of the globe, the U.S. would be better served losing to Germany. Apparently, what the rest of the world demands is that we love soccer but continue to stink at it. And we're insecure? Despite his cogent argument...... USA-1 Germany-0 PS- to our German friends, Jovi and SJC.......Beasley will not be beaten by Klose and Ballack..... and Friedel (demi-god) > Kahn
This is gonna be a good match. Team USA's offense is exciting to watch...Young guns baby! I hope Germany plays a more exciting match this time. The match against Paraguay was BORING... Can't wait till England vs. Brazil...that's gonna be one helluva match!
