USA-England World Cup thread
by boobs on Jun 12, 2010 2:14 PM EDT
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I'm probably the last person who should put up this thread, seeing's how I don't know the first thing about soccer, but if I'm gonna watch this thing it would be nice if there were some RR commentary to accompany it.
So the United States no-nicks are facing off against the Three Lions of England. The last time these teams squared off in the World Cup was 1950, when the Americans beat England 1-0 in the "Miracle on Grass." The only American journalist at that event was the late great Dent McSkimming of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
So why is S. Africa called "The boys, the boys" rather than just "The boys"?
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well hello my name is simon...
Simon’s English! Kill him!
by Daedalus on Jun 12, 2010 2:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I predict homoerotic groping and someone getting grabbed in the ding ding in tonight's UFC fight
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
And the phone go Ring-a-ling-a-ling-ling, Ring-a-ling-a-ling-ling, Ring-a-ling-a-ling-ling, Ring-a-ling-a-ling-ling,
Ding-a-ling. Damn, damn.
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
i tried to put up this thread
But apparently you can’t post Fanposts™ from a mobile.
USA! USA! USA! Get those limeys back for all the atrocities they’ve committed on this planet’ including dumping oil in our water! Wait, what? This isn’t a political thread? I got confused bc it wasn’t about baseball or public transportation.
by Daedalus on Jun 12, 2010 2:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
top 10 World Cup goals
i thought this was pretty cool…granted, its not rugby or australian rules football, but some of these goals are pretty damn spectacular. gooooooooooooooooals
"then skip it"....
I am here and loaded
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
we've got experts!
so why is S. Africa “The Boys, The Boys” and not just one boys?
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
I met a South African today!
Apparently in That Language, if you repeat something twice, you really mean it. So Bafana Bafana loosely translates into “Super Boys!”
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
England, apparently
That doesn’t bode well for them, I don’t think
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions
im sure all the people who know anything about this game and are really interested will not be here
this is a forum for well-intentioned idiots
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
I don't really care about soccer, but I have this game on in the background
while I do laundry and peruse cooking blogs. I’m drinking water out of a Guinness glass, so that’s a big poke in the eye of the English, right?
by the finest muffins on Jun 12, 2010 2:33 PM EDT reply actions
i have laundry rolling also
trying to get motivated to mop the floor. these damn horns might get me kick started…
"then skip it"....
Ha, good call.
If they were in the World Cup, I might take a little interest. I watched two qualifying games while I was over there. Both ended in ties, but one was considered a rousing success and the other an agonizing loss. What a funny sport.
by the finest muffins on Jun 12, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
blasphemy!
Guinness is Irish, and everyone knows how brutal the bloody English were to the Irish for 800 years!
by Daedalus on Jun 12, 2010 3:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
oh i thought that was us
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
by boobs on Jun 12, 2010 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
any sport where you run then slide on your knees after scoring is suspect
especially when two of your teammates do likewise while touching your torso…
"then skip it"....
He should be mad
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Um...
He does have Tourrette’s Syndrome.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 12, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
the lights make it look like everyone has an "X" underneath them
like in a video game
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
we're keeping the ball on their side of the field
thats good right?
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
that'll leave a mark
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
does he have to come out?
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
so is Milner out for the game now?
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
Yes, Caleb
When substitutions are made, the man who comes out is out for good. Each team is only allowed three substitutions per game. That was very early for a sub (basically, subs are almost never used in the first half except for injury), but it was a good idea. Milner was getting abused.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 12, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Between Milner's ineffectiveness and King's gimpyness
Capello laid an egg as far as using his substitutions well. There might have been a win there had he used them effectively.
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 13, 2010 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions
That's John Harkes
DC United legend and idiot.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 12, 2010 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
And another guy who sexed up his teammate's wife
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 13, 2010 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
the whole city of washington is either watching this game or standing in line at a bar to watch it
by Daedalus on Jun 12, 2010 3:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Not me! I'm sitting at home.
I did get the impression that the entire city was in the sculpture garden last night, though. Holy spilled sangria, that place was like a human carpet.
by the finest muffins on Jun 12, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, ive been to those fri night concerts
Yrs ago noone knew abt them but now they are packed. That’s not a bad thing unless u don’t like crowds like me.
In the winter they have ice skating there, which is fun
by Daedalus on Jun 12, 2010 4:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
wow, those are packed now?
last time I was there (a few years ago, as you said) it was a quiet nice surprise to take a lady. I guess that’s completely changed, geez.
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
And about half the city was crammed into Dupont Circle
Were you at Momo’s? I’m pretty sure I saw you walking down U St. after the game.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 12, 2010 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
no, i was at a bar on L and 15th, the only one that wasn't packed
but i may have walked down U street on my way home.
i left dupont right after england scored. the screens were too low and i couldn’t see the game.
gooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllll
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
oh? has he recently reduced his carbon footprint?
or is he a little carsick?
by the finest muffins on Jun 12, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
He's envious of any of the other goalkeepers not playing today
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Are their gloves usually that big?
His looks like it’s out of Looney Toons, as if an anvil just landed on it.
I don't usually notice it, but both goalies have freakishly huge gloves today
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, I missed the original play, but have now seen the replay about 500 times.
“It’s not easy being Green” would have been a more appropriate response.
by the finest muffins on Jun 12, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can't even give Dempsey credit for that
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
i wonder what the folks at the SBN Englosh soccer blog think of that goal
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
there's actually an SBN booth set up on Dupont Circle
by Daedalus on Jun 12, 2010 3:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yes hes there
I left bc there were too many ppl and the screens were too low. In a bar now breaking my no beer summer
by Daedalus on Jun 12, 2010 4:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I went up to the table, but Trei wasn't there
I told them I was a mod for Red Reporter and asked for a shirt, but they didn’t have any. Instead, they gave me two bottles of water, which I think was the much better deal by the end.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 12, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
That awful sound, like bees have taken over my TV...
is that the horns someone was talking about?
by the finest muffins on Jun 12, 2010 3:46 PM EDT reply actions
sounds like something
penicillin would cure
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
what is the rule on that? 2 and you're gone?
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
is there a blood rule?
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
is he the goal keeper?
because that is who I’d vote for
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
1-1 is good right?
"I don't challenge Murphy, even if he's 0 for 20. Not him, not ever." - Mario Soto
actually, it had one point
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 12, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
i thought of this not long after posting
but still, draws are very unsatsifying. if i sit through an entire game it needs to have a winner and a loser!
That's what my friend who came and watched (even though she doesn't care about soccer) said
I’m over the moon with the result.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 12, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
draws and ties are the worst
i dont mind ties in regular season European league games but….this is the World Cup!
could you imagine teams tying in March Madness? Reeeeeeee-diculous.
"then skip it"....
That's because March Madness is strictly single elimination
The group stage of the World Cup is about points, not necessarily victories. The teams play in a round robin, and the two teams with the most points (3 for victory, 1 for draw, 0 for loss) move on. I’m pretty sure the College World Series operates in a similar, round robin fashion. Or at least it isn’t single elimination.
Once the two teams from each group move on to the Round of 16, draws are out. The games become single elimination and a winner is declared in each match. If the game is tied after the regular 90 minutes, two 15 minute extra periods are played. If the game is still tied after those two periods, it goes to penalty kicks.
I hear from so many people that ties are silly (and yes, I was pretty pissed when the Bengals tied the Eagles a couple years ago), but is it so hard to grasp the concept of earning points and positioning in a group?
by Brendanukkah on Jun 14, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn't Olympic hockey also have the same format?
by Brendanukkah on Jun 14, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
i also hate the the championship game
will go to penalty kicks. it should be won on the field of play like Olympic hockey!!!
"then skip it"....
Olympic hockey is pretty damn badass
You won’t get an argument from me on that.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 14, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The College World Series
doesn’t have draws.
im just saying that world championship events shouldn’t have ties. earning points is a counting stat and overrated!!!
i hate to admit this but I played select soccer in da youth. i’m not anti-soccer. Ties suck.
"then skip it"....
Its like
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 14, 2010 1:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
RR mobile sucks
What Brendan said
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 14, 2010 1:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This draw was like kissing your sister's hot friend.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
by ZJiff30 on Jun 12, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I've never met Ken's sister
but her friend is HOT!!!
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
Ken's sister in law is hot
And a damn fine chef.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 15, 2010 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
hells yeah
She’s got ten grand burning a hole in her pocket and she’s looking to party. From what I hear.
Red Reporter or follow on Twitter: @redreporter. Buy The Wire-to-Wire Reds today!
She won the episode with eel
She cooks at a place on the south side of Center City (12/Spruce). People don’t typically get shot there, so you may not be familiar with the area.
Holidays are a damn tasty affair around here!
Never gotten shot in Center City
only South Philly, not far from Geno’s & Pat’s
I ate @ a place called Tria on Spruce once upon a time. Great wine choices there.
by Highlifeman21 on Jun 16, 2010 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Tasty, tasty food!
I enjoyed a fantastic meal there.
(No, I don’t remember what I ordered. Just that it was tasty.)
by Brendanukkah on Jun 17, 2010 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Nouveau means new, right?
So new Italian?
Next time I’m dodging bullets in the city of brotherly hate, I’ll make my way to Mercato, but only if I can get a romantic booth in the corner (b/c yes, I put baby in the corner)
by Highlifeman21 on Jun 17, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Should prove interesting to see if the gun they confiscated from him on the traffic stop this week ends up tied to the car wash shooting, or the murder of the guy who said Harrison was involved in the car wash shooting
by Highlifeman21 on Jun 17, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
fire team usa coach
i don’t think he fed the team orange slices at halftime!
"then skip it"....
by obc2 on Jun 12, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I vote sudden death OT
Then again, that could last until Tuesday…
"There is no such thing as an innocent Gatorade cooler."
Sweet mercy
How much did the Germans pay the officials? Australia are getting worked over.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
They wouldn't have needed to
Germany’s playing very well anyway.
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 13, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Germany played very well today.
But Cahill’s red card was totally undeserved. That really put Australia in a big hole. Instead of 4-0, they could have kept it to 2.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
That's not really the issue
The issue is now they’ll be without Cahill for their next game.
by Brendanukkah on Jun 14, 2010 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Goal differential is big
but yeah, that’s also not going to go well for them in their next match.
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
Would people have liked the game better
if it was made out of Legos?
by Brendanukkah on Jun 14, 2010 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
know what else sucks?
my youngest son is watching a boxed dvd set of Lakers championships. He’s on the Bird/Magic years now. The opening scene of this disc used “Everyone Wants to Rule the World”. Not sung by Tears for Fears (pretty stupid name for a band but better than Gene Loves Jezebel) but instead sung by some nameless knockoff craptastic singer.
sucketh’d
"then skip it"....
I remember renting those sorts of things from Blockbuster when I was in the singly digits
I must’ve watched “best NBA dunkers” a dozen times and “Twins WS commemorative” another 20. I really needed to get outside more.
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
how about that video that documented the great mike-niq dunk contests?
Retractions are for journalists! -Gray
how about "come fly with me"?
i wonder how many sports illustrated subscriptions that sold? i was dying to get the magazine so i could have the video, but my parents wouldn’t spend the $60 on a subscription.
in retrospect, i was 7 at the time, so i can't really blame them.
however, around that same time, i did talk them into buying me a bunch of different boxes of wheaties so that i could collect all of the michael jordan posters. that was nice, because i have never liked wheaties, and there was no way i was going to eat them.
Me too, Maddie.
"aaron harnann is so aweseom" - justin
by BK on Jun 16, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Diversity?
There are tall ones, short ones, skinny ones, voluptuous ones, fake ones, real ones, drunk ones, blond ones, brunette ones and a couple of lesbian ones.that’s diversity.
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I love soccer..but
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/16/world-cup-north-korean-fa_n_614510.html
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