What's your Futbol team? Joga Bonito

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by bernardos70

Wow, as much as that tie was a result of Green's horrible goalkeeping.... I think the USA deserved it.

Agreed. They honestly outplayed England for most of the 1st half. Second half was much more in England's favor, but over the course of the game, it was pretty evenly played. A draw is a fair result.

[GermanDunk]

The English group could turn interesting. Given Germany wins its group, the opponent might be either England or the USA. And if Both teams win their games the goals scored will be important.

Next games tomorrow

13.06.10 1:30 PM Algerien - Slowenien ( C ) -:-
13.06.10 4:00 PM Serbien - Ghana ( D ) -:-
13.06.10 8:30 PM Deutschland - Australien ( D ) -:-

Times are local

[rabbitproof]

Haha, I am in England and boy are they bummed.

Still, no soccer fever like a Brazilian soccer fever.

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by sefant77

Our goalkeeper depth is (as always) incredible sick. Enke suicide, Adler injuried and still Neuer/Wiese/Butt, they could probably play in every team in the worldcup and wont be the weakest spot.

Hell, probably the 10 best german goalkeepers would play for the England team

hahahahahaha

What would be soccer without british goalkeepers and penalty shootouts?

[92bDad]

Good start to a great tournament.

I'm rooting for two teams...France and USA.

France played a rather boring and dull game, but secured the draw, giving themselves at least an opportunity to advance. They will need to step it up, but not sure they have the talent to rise to the challenge.

Team USA played well and also enjoyed a bit of good fortune with some slipper hands. By the way, it was nice to see Dallas Product Clint Dempsey scoring that goal. Kudos to the development of Club Soccer in Dallas!!!

[sefant77]

How get americans to watch soccer

http://www.slatev.com/video/how-get-...all-world-cup/

[GermanDunk]

[GermanDunk]

[LetsGoMavs]

Originally Posted by GermanDunk

Hell yeah!

[Fidel]

I just wish Klose wouldn´t have scored. Now we are stuck with him. Funny how he got all that praise, from the coach, media, fans when he should have clearly scored at least two more. He´s a good passer and all and fits the system, but he needs to be way more efficient. Cacau would have probably scored 3 or 4 goals in that game.

Everything else was of course brilliant. I felt good as soon as I learned Löw wouldn´t play Trochowski (thank god, how could he even think about it??). Özil, Schweini, Müller, Khedira and Lahm were all very strong today, and I liked the overall strucure and organization very much. Also with 91,4 % completed passes we had the 4th highest percentage ever in a world cup game since there are stats for that (1966).

[GermanDunk]

^ Petrovic´s ex-wife is married to german national team manager Bierhoff.

[ty]

[nikeball]

anyone have a stream for the japan/cameroon game? Justin tv / atdhe doesnt work at the office..

BAH

[Fidel]

Originally Posted by GermanDunk

^ Petrovic´s ex-wife is married to german national team manager Bierhoff.

Yeah I know, Clara Szalantzy. They were never married though. She drove the car in the crash where Drazen died and she survived.

[GermanDunk]

Man, so many crappy games. I hope the teams will remember it´s World Cup. Unbelievable.

[mavspwnage]

Originally Posted by ty

Too bad the photoshopper got lazy and didn't change the reflection in the table.

[sefant77]

Better?

[mavspwnage]

lol yes, much.

[ty]

Vuvuzela Usage Instructions:

[Zaknaf3in]

Vuvuzela Usage Instructions:

[Dirkenstien]

Just discovered ESPN's streaming video coverage of World Cup matches. Best thing since sliced bread.

[Dirkenstien]

New Zealand just tied up the game with Slovakai with a crossed in header, perfectly placed low and into the far post at the 93:00 mark. Only 3 minutes of stoppage. What a goal. Group F has had all draws now in group play.


Upcoming: Portugal and Ivory Coast. Looking forward to seeing how Ronaldo performs.

[Dirkenstien]

Just curious, should we get an official 2010 WC thread going?

[GermanDunk]

Why not. We can still merge it if it´s not used.

[GermanDunk]

The new season kicks off in two weeks, so it´s time to repeat the main rules

http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/clips/13477/

[Fidel]

Originally Posted by GermanDunk

The new season kicks off in two weeks, so it´s time to repeat the main rules

http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/clips/13477/

LOL, great soccer skills on display. But the guy who does the explaining really seems to love the sport. Never can´t have enough soccer fans.

[GermanDunk]

Alex spotting Mesut

[bernardos70]

The new Real Madrid player is pictured above.

[GermanDunk]

Who ? ;-)

[bernardos70]

hmmm.... I wonder.....

[GermanDunk]

5 goals in a week for Van. Not that bad.

[GermanDunk]

Yes, some clear results. Best Soccer you can get for money...


Pool @ City on Monday, 2pm ET

Scholes scoring for Manchester


Equalizing header by Hangeland. He was born in Houston

[GermanDunk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN7sSbOeZy4

[GermanDunk]

Group stage - Order depends on the pot the team was drawn of, but has no impact on the following games. All teams of a group will be competing on the same day. Tuesday or Wednesday.
Last seasons best players (coaches choice): Júlio César, Maicon, Sneijder, Milito all of Internazionale.


Group A
Inter Mailand ( from pot #1 )
Werder Bremen ( from pot #2 )
Tottenham Hotspuds ( from pot #3 )
FC Twente Enschede ( from pot #4 )

Group B
Olympique Lyon
Benfica Lissabon
FC Schalke 04
Hapoel Tel Aviv

Group C
Manchester United
FC Valencia
Glasgow Rangers
Bursaspor

Group D
FC Barcelona
Panathinaikos Athen
FC Kopenhagen
Rubin Kasan

Group E
FC Bayern München
AS Rom
FC Basel
CFR Cluj

Group F
FC Chelsea
Olympique Marseille
Spartak Moskau
MŠK Žilina

Group G
AC Mailand
Real Madrid
Ajax Amsterdam
AJ Auxerre

Group H
FC Arsenal
Schachtar Donezk
Sporting Braga
FK Partizan Belgrad

[bernardos70]

Me don't like Werder being in the same Group as Inter.

[bernardos70]

Diego with one of the worse betrayals ever. It could only have been worse if he had gone to Munich.

[GermanDunk]

Ideologies clash as Barcelona and Real Madrid prepare for La Liga duel
Barcelona will again look to rely on graduates of their academy to repel the threat of Real Madrid in the coming La Liga season

A tiny stone farmhouse conquered the world, according to Joan Laporta. "Barça," he insisted after Spain's success in South Africa, "won the World Cup. It's just that they were wearing the wrong shirts". The outgoing president of FC Barcelona, a vociferous Catalan nationalist, provocateur and campaigner, now embarked upon a bid for the presidency of the Catalan Generalitat, Laporta would say that. But here's the thing: he may just have a bit of a point.

Spain's coach, Vicente del Bosque, is from Salamanca and played for Real Madrid, while the captain, Iker Casillas, was born in the Spanish capital and still does. So does Sergio Ramos, who is from Seville, and Xabi Alonso, from the Basque country. Joan Capdevila is Catalan but plays for Villarreal. Counting the Asturias-born David Villa as a Barcelona player before he had been unveiled at the Camp Nou is pushing it. But still, six of the starting XI that defeated Holland were Barcelona players.

[GermanDunk]

Just in: Manchester United @ Everton FC

[GermanDunk]

[bernardos70]

Arnautović is playing well.