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Hawkwing74 wrote:I know Germany is very strong. Are Ghana and Portugal also strong?
I'm strictly a bandwagon US soccer fan. I need help knowing why this is bad.
derFunkenstein wrote:I was amused by all the whining about the "group of death" on Twitter. Like the US has a chance of winning a World Cup.
Captain Ned wrote:Ghana has taken us out in the last 2 World Cups. Portugal is traditionally strong at Cup time and they're playing in a Portuguese-speaking nation. Oh, and some guy named Cristiano Ronaldo plays for them. If he's having a good day, no one is beating Portugal.
windwalker wrote:Whoa, this is some high level paranoia here.
Game_boy wrote:I'm excited for England's group because we have a great chance of going Loss, Loss, Draw and then some serious reforms of the system happening. Like actually having an intensive training schedule as a team. Like only picking players who will actually work hard. Like an effective youth programme. Like hiring Harry Redknapp that EVERYONE except the FA want.
Captain Ned wrote:windwalker wrote:Whoa, this is some high level paranoia here.
No, just friendly cynicism. The US winning the World Cup is orthogonal to reality.
morphine wrote:Captain Ned wrote:windwalker wrote:Whoa, this is some high level paranoia here.
No, just friendly cynicism. The US winning the World Cup is orthogonal to reality.
Would you believe me if I told you that I would love to see that happen, if only to prove to the rest of the world that the US can play soccer just like anyone else and end the "racism"?
morphine wrote:Would you believe me if I told you that I would love to see that happen, if only to prove to the rest of the world that the US can play soccer just like anyone else and end the "racism"?
superjawes wrote:That would be awesome, but highly unlikely. American football has been known to recruit soccer players as kickers, and young athletes can expect more lucrative careers through American football than soccer because of the higher profile (possibly professional, but definitely for university scholarships).
Captain Ned wrote:it seems restricted to the management levels of FIFA for what are most likely R&P reasons having nothing to do with how well the US plays football.
toastie wrote:You can't make the claim that the US is a strong contender at the same time you complain they got a bad draw. If Ghana, Germany and Portugal are all strong, and the US is as well, then only 2 of 4 good teams will move on, so at least one good team won't advance. And if the US isn't a strong team, or was in a weak group, would it be satisfactory to move on to the 2nd round and get crushed?
morphine wrote:Those are the same old farts that refuse to implement electronic goal control and a host of other improvements just because they still like their buggy-carts.
Captain Ned wrote:morphine wrote:Those are the same old farts that refuse to implement electronic goal control and a host of other improvements just because they still like their buggy-carts.
When it comes to active rejection of modern technology that could improve refs'/umps' calls, FIFA and Major League Baseball must have spent an expensive weekend in some grand hotel on the Med getting their stories straight before saying no.
morphine wrote:With hookers and booze, I'm sure.
Captain Ned wrote:The timing depends on how ugly the American football concussion scandal gets. It will soon be possible to reliably test for CTE in living individuals and when parents of kids playing Pop Warner are shown that their kids are already taking damage, American football is toast.
Captain Ned wrote:The US got hosed. Germany, Portugal, and Ghana. Ugh.
Oh, and we have the longest travel schedule of anyone in the group stage. I know FIFA doesn't like us, but let's not make it so obvious.