World Cup 2014 - Brazil!

jeffbr

Ha! Cool that you have it signed! That one did come to mind. It was a strange denim look. But this one is the one I usually think of:


Polka dots???

Cliffy6745

jeffbr said:

Ha! Cool that you have it signed! That one did come to mind. It was a strange denim look. But this one is the one I usually think of:


Polka dots???

HA, good god.

Didn't catch the loss. Saw the picture on ESPN.com though. The blue numbers look sooooo light.

Indifference71

Kinda disappointing to end up with a tie last night after that first half. And how good is Michael Bradley??? It's amazing how much better this team is when he's on the field...

rearviewross

Bradley is amazing. BS call on the offside goal. You lost Mexico, we know you lost, you know you lost. First half was the best half I have ever seen an American team play. Second half, not so much. Props to Mexico for coming back strong though. Rival lives on!

Cliffy6745

Feel asleep at halftime. Didn't have the full game in me. Disappointing result but the first half was awesome, and yeah, Bradley.

A lot of talk today about how Beckerman opened things up for Bradley. Will be interesting to see where they go from here. I am not the biggest Jermaine Jones fan.

i_lov_it

Go Australia haha

Indifference71

Donovan left off the WC squad. Very surprising. Klinsmann seems to have it out for Donovan. Donovan obviously isn't what he was, but he'd be a pretty damn good option coming off the bench for a 20 minute burst late in the game. This one just doesn't add up.

cutz

Indifference71 said:

Donovan left off the WC squad. Very surprising. Klinsmann seems to have it out for Donovan. Donovan obviously isn't what he was, but he'd be a pretty damn good option coming off the bench for a 20 minute burst late in the game. This one just doesn't add up.

I don't know much about soccer:

Will U.S.A. win a game? Will they score more then 2 goals?

i_lov_it

Not far away now...Australia's First Game is on the 14th June...they also have quite a Difficult Group with Spain and Netherlands there.

eeriepadave

Indifference71 said:

Donovan left off the WC squad. Very surprising. Klinsmann seems to have it out for Donovan. Donovan obviously isn't what he was, but he'd be a pretty damn good option coming off the bench for a 20 minute burst late in the game. This one just doesn't add up.

:-q

jeffbr

Indifference71 said:

Donovan left off the WC squad. Very surprising. Klinsmann seems to have it out for Donovan. Donovan obviously isn't what he was, but he'd be a pretty damn good option coming off the bench for a 20 minute burst late in the game. This one just doesn't add up.

Yeah, there must be something else going on. With Donovan's experience and leadership you'd think that would count for something. I know he's lost a step, isn't scoring for his club, seemed pretty unmotivated for most of the past couple of years, took a sabatical, etc... But his experience should have been worth something, especially as a late sub. My theory is that JK is using this WC for training and experience for the younger guys like Yedlin and Green, since it is pretty unlikely we'll advance out of the group. He's getting us set up for 2018 as far as I can tell. There was some decent talent in the 7 who were cut yesterday in favor of some pretty inexperienced guys who weren't. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

i_lov_it

Australia has Both the Finalist from last World Cup in there Group /:)

Indifference71

jeffbr said:

Indifference71 said:

Donovan left off the WC squad. Very surprising. Klinsmann seems to have it out for Donovan. Donovan obviously isn't what he was, but he'd be a pretty damn good option coming off the bench for a 20 minute burst late in the game. This one just doesn't add up.

Yeah, there must be something else going on. With Donovan's experience and leadership you'd think that would count for something. I know he's lost a step, isn't scoring for his club, seemed pretty unmotivated for most of the past couple of years, took a sabatical, etc... But his experience should have been worth something, especially as a late sub. My theory is that JK is using this WC for training and experience for the younger guys like Yedlin and Green, since it is pretty unlikely we'll advance out of the group. He's getting us set up for 2018 as far as I can tell. There was some decent talent in the 7 who were cut yesterday in favor of some pretty inexperienced guys who weren't. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Yeah, seemed like it was always a personality clash between Donovan and Klinsmann. I really thought Donovan had redeemed himself after what he did in the Gold Cup last year after his sabbatical. It's a shame his WC career will end like this.

I really can't see Jurgen throwing this WC just to get some experience for 2018....the guy is way too competitive to do something like that. But definitely some questionable choices and guys with not much experience. Still can't wrap my head around Julian Green being part of this team.....he definitely has a bright future, but he has really only played in the 3rd level German league. But it's obvious Jurgen wants to go with speed and fitness with this team. I hope he turns out to be a genius and we somehow get out of the group...

i_lov_it

This seems to be all about the USA World Cup team :P lol

jeffbr

i_lov_it said:

This seems to be all about the USA World Cup team :P lol

Well, I'm happy to talk about more than just the USMNT, but will admit that my main focus is on the US doing a respectable job.

To your previous post, Australia certainly has their work cut out for them. Spain and the Netherlands is a tough draw, ranked #1 and #15 right now respectively. I don't see Australia or Chile advancing out of that group. USA also has a tough draw with Germany and Portugal, ranked #2 and #3 in the world right now. It will be some sort of miracle to get out of our group. And for some reason Ghana always seems to have our number as well, even though I don't consider them anywhere near the quality of Germany and Portugal.

Who do you have winning the World Cup? I'm going with Germany over Spain in the final. I am pulling for my US team, and do every World Cup - until they're eliminated, at which point Germany gets my support.

i_lov_it

jeffbr said:

i_lov_it said:

This seems to be all about the USA World Cup team :P lol

Well, I'm happy to talk about more than just the USMNT, but will admit that my main focus is on the US doing a respectable job.

To your previous post, Australia certainly has their work cut out for them. Spain and the Netherlands is a tough draw, ranked #1 and #15 right now respectively. I don't see Australia or Chile advancing out of that group. USA also has a tough draw with Germany and Portugal, ranked #2 and #3 in the world right now. It will be some sort of miracle to get out of our group. And for some reason Ghana always seems to have our number as well, even though I don't consider them anywhere near the quality of Germany and Portugal.

Who do you have winning the World Cup? I'm going with Germany over Spain in the final. I am pulling for my US team, and do every World Cup - until they're eliminated, at which point Germany gets my support.

Well of course I would like if Australia Won...But Realistically speaking I have like you said Germany or Spain Winning

kce8

I don´t know much about all this stuff BUT it looks like you don´t have to worry about Germany. Nobody here believes

that they will / could make it this time. On the other side ... they are always good for a surprise.

Btw I just heard that USA - Germany will play at 22:00 the day when PJ plays here in Berlin (Thu 26.June ) is that right?

So I can only hope PJ gives a shit bc it finally will be my first show.

What do you think - will they play for 3 hours or will they go to see the game?

:-SS

Indifference71

Not a very inspiring effort by the US last night. So weird to see this team playing without Donovan.

jeffbr

kce8 said:

I don´t know much about all this stuff BUT it looks like you don´t have to worry about Germany. Nobody here believes

that they will / could make it this time. On the other side ... they are always good for a surprise.

Btw I just heard that USA - Germany will play at 22:00 the day when PJ plays here in Berlin (Thu 26.June ) is that right?

So I can only hope PJ gives a shit bc it finally will be my first show.

What do you think - will they play for 3 hours or will they go to see the game?

:-SS

I think Die Mannschaft is going to do just fine this tournament. They qualified strongly (except for that 4:4 draw against Sweden. The Bundesliga is strong, so lots of homegrown talent on the team. They certainly have to be considered one of the favorites, and I definitely have picked them to win (although as stated above, I will be supporting my US team until they're eliminiated).

As far as PJ goes, they may reference the game during the show, but other than their '98 soccer jerseys, I've seen little evidence that they care too much about soccer. Baseball and basketball sure, but soccer not so much. So I think you'll get their full attention!

jeffbr

Indifference71 said:

Not a very inspiring effort by the US last night. So weird to see this team playing without Donovan.

Not inspiring at all. No Dempsey, no Donovan, no E. Johnson. Wondo had some good looks but couldn't finish. Our attack wasn't very threatening. And our defense was fairly untested which isn't suprising against a team ranked 85th or wherever they're ranked, so we still have no idea if they're up to the task ahead. It will be interesting to see what lineup changes are made before the next friendly.