Adam Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm very very happy with our draw. I'm not sure why people are fretting, I have us winning the group, never mind struggling. We owe Italy one, I think Uruguay will finish second and I'm sure we'll lose to Costa Rica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Haha, I don't even care that much about soccer, but I love the last few pages of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 @WadeBarrett: I'm afraid I just received some bad news..."@AntonioCesaro: How do you like your group @WadeBarrett? #forzaItalia” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 VS We've already stopped you twice! Will the third time be the charm? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I really don´t know about this group. Looks manageable, only because I consider Germany very strong. But it might be toughest possible scenario, aside from maybe getting Italy instead of Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 According to the Guardian - England is changing its prep plans and will now play two friendlies in Miami to prepare for the weather in Brazil. One game will be against the US - the other to be determined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The doomed scrimmaging the damned in Hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 According to the Guardian - England is changing its prep plans and will now play two friendlies in Miami to prepare for the weather in Brazil. One game will be against the US - the other to be determined Probably somehow tied into Becks' new MLS team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Colombia striker Radamel Falcao tore his ACL and is highly doubtful for the World Cup now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Colombia striker Radamel Falcao tore his ACL and is highly doubtful for the World Cup now Yeah, I can't see him making it. ACL's are bad ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I guess that means we're going to get a really good look at the most recent Porto wonderkid Juan Quintero then? I have absolutely no clue what Colombia's depth chart looks like, mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I guess that means we're going to get a really good look at the most recent Porto wonderkid Juan Quintero then? I have absolutely no clue what Colombia's depth chart looks like, mind you. It's pretty good actually. Jackson Martinez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Harms Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Ibarbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Falcao's knee surgery was a success and the surgeon who performed the surgery says there's a 55% chance he can play for Colombia at the WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 The Guardian are running a series of articles highlighting 25 stunning World Cup moments. The first one is when Cameroon beat Argentina at the 1990 World Cup and is well worth a read - http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/feb/12/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-cameroon-argentina This part about the third place goalie is outstanding... (Joseph-Antoine Bell, the first choice, had been dropped after criticising his teammates and their chances against Argentina) Until just a few hours before kick-off in Milan Thomas N'Kono had considered himself unlikely to even be in the matchday squad – Bell didn't like him, and wanted the relatively inexperienced Jacques Songo'o on the bench instead. Suddenly he was first choice, a decision taken so late, and so unexpectedly, that his wife missed his moment of glory having decided to go shopping instead. "I thought it was a very bad team and we were going to lose," N'Kono told Jonathan Wilson in the latter's book on goalkeeping, The Outsider. "Suddenly the coach said I was going to play. Five hours before the game. I said no way. I had no confidence in the coach. The federation, the minister of sport, seven or eight people were telling me I had to play and I was saying I didn't feel ready. They said if I wasn't going to play they would play Songo'o, and if he didn't want to play they would put an outfielder in goal. I went to talk with the president of Cameroon, and eventually I agreed to play." The replacement's performances at the World Cup proved so good that a promising 12-year-old midfielder from Tuscany decided that he'd prefer to be a goalkeeper all things considered, and bought his first pair of gloves. "It was N'Kono and his spectacular saves that made me fall in love with the position. He became my hero," the kid said, many years later. As an adult, he named his son Thomas in the Cameroonian's honour. The young Italian's name was Gianluigi Buffon. Italia 90 was my first world cup, and while it's considered one of the most boring (it led to the introduction of the back pass rule), I have fond memories of it. As is mentioned in the comments section, it's considered the last "blind" world cup, in that outside of the top European teams, and Brazil and Argentina, nothing was known about the competitors. Nowadays, you watch an African team play and realise that half of them play in the Premier League. Roger Milla for Cameroon in 1990 was a sensation for example. His goal celebration (a gyration of the hips at the corner flag) was mimicked on patches of grass by kids everywhere. That kind of exuberance is plentiful these days. I'd be remiss if I didn't include a video of the hilarious red card in the Cameroon-Argentina match. Beats one challenge. Beats the second. Fuck that shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Z Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Julian Green reportedly has decided to play for the U.S. The people who know more about soccer then me consider this be potentially awesome news, and I am fine with taking a couple of younger guys and looking more at 2018 (can Gideon Zelalem also hop on board?!). I am damn impressed with an 18 year getting some first team time with Bayern, and am psyched that Klinsmann has successfully recruited some promising German-American talents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Wrong thread sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 So in an overdue makeup for posting in the wrong thread, and to whet the appetite a bit, here's a highlight package that makes Edinson Cavani look like pretty much the greatest goddamn striker we get to see far too little of. Shit is ridiculous: http://youtu.be/ulanuMYrwk0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Yesterday's Brazil/South Africa tune-up featured the most adorable pitch invasion ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 In two bits of news related to the USMNT - Julian Green picked the US over Germany - Steve Cherundolo will be announcing his retirement from the sport today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Looking ahead to Qatar: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/over-900-workers-have-already-died-building-qatars-world-cup-facilities-180950088/?no-ist It's not a pretty story. This entire situation is just ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Whatever happened to Freddy Adu? I remember when he was supposedly the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Mexico's WC uniforms were inspired by Rey Mysterio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidGoldBomb Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92dvjohiOgo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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