TEAM AMERICA: World Cup

FairHooker11

just wondering - why did they add 5 minutes to the Uruaguay / Costa Rica game? (sat afternoon) when CR had the game 3-1 after 90 minutes?

props to the dutch (my families heritage)

MLD Woody

The added time doesn't really have to do with the score, more so with what happened during regular time. A lot of injuries and what not will result in more stoppage time, hence the name. The red ideally adds up the time lost from these stoppages to create stoppage time.

VaporTrail

So do we want Germany and Portugal to draw or one of them to beat the living crap out of the other?

gftChris

Germany will win all of their games (unless resting players in game 3). Portugal, who are 2-0 down currently, have just lost their main striker to a hamstring injury. They're there for the taking, if you can contain Ronaldo.

gftChris

And Pepe sent off (and so banned for the next 2 games at least)

VaporTrail

Wooooo. They'll be short Pepe for us.

Eh, maybe we'd be better off if he was in.

gftChris

@vaportrail said:

Wooooo. They'll be short Pepe for us.

Eh, maybe we'd be better off if he was in.

He's a quality defender who's a bit hot-headed.

gftChris

3-0...

VaporTrail

I'm getting pumped for this Ghana game.

Redemption.

gftChris

But you always lose to Ghana, right?

VaporTrail

Not this year, I hope.

Coentrao is likely out too.

The Gipper

@gftchris said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=maracanazo

Seems like it could be compared to Super Bowl III a bit.. Let me know if you need to know about that.

The Gipper

@vaportrail said:

Wooooo. They'll be short Pepe for us.

Eh, maybe we'd be better off if he was in.

You always were one to whoot about short Pepes.

The Gipper

@gftchris said:
But you always lose to Ghana, right?

No, not with our stockpile of nuclear weapons, I wouldn't think so. And we are prepared to use them!!

The Cysko Kid

@gftchris said:
But you always lose to Ghana, right?

not today

MLD Woody

What a gut wrenching game

VaporTrail

That was hard to watch. Our sidebacks were awful, especially Beasley, and I'm not looking forward to him matching up against Nani or Ronaldo. Bradley needed to wake the fuck up because he was awful too. Jermaine Jones played lights out. Tim Howard let in an easy near post goal, but it was one-on-one, and his play kept us in the game as usual - the guy's in the top 5 keepers. Sucks to see Altidore go out like that, but hopefully Johannsen steps up as he'll be getting some first team reps in practice.

Zombo

I hear we beat a small African country and had a player with pulled hammy taken off the field on a stretcher ... Proud day in American sports history.

Z

VaporTrail

Zombo said:

I hear we beat a small African country and had a player with pulled hammy taken off the field on a stretcher ... Proud day in American sports history.

Z

I know you're being facetious, but you're god damn right it is a proud day. This small African nation sent us packing from the last two World Cups, and they're ranked better than we are.

The Gipper

Zombo said:

I hear we beat a small African country and had a player with pulled hammy taken off the field on a stretcher ... Proud day in American sports history.

Z

Yea, but the guy that took the knee to the nose, which was broken, sucked it up and stayed in the game.

But, I agree, US soccer players should not be the preening pansies they are everywhere else on the globe. You don't flop, you don't whine, you don't cry. You don't act like a fucking drama queen. You are an American athlete....act like one. Dempsey, the guy with the broken nose, did so. Not sure about the other guy. I wasn't watching it then ..I hadn't gotten home from work yet. But even if he was legitimately hurt, which I don't doubt....a gurney for a hamstring pull? You walk off with the limp...or you get a couple of teammates to help you off while you lean on their shoulders.