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brockguy 06-24-2009 03:09 PM

USA
 
on the verge of a massive upset against the European Champions Spain. 2-0 up at the moment, 10 minutes left.. This is quite unbelievable!

Bigsmc 06-24-2009 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by brockguy
on the verge of a massive upset against the European Champions Spain. 2-0 up at the moment, 10 minutes left.. This is quite unbelievable!

First the Ascot Contest, now this. Truly a good week for the US.

:D

pgardn 06-24-2009 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by brockguy
on the verge of a massive upset against the European Champions Spain. 2-0 up at the moment, 10 minutes left.. This is quite unbelievable!

No, no, no, nyet.

This needs to be set up properly.

The USA ends up in a group with Brazil, Italy, and Eygpt.

1.We are a man down to Italy and score. Italy then wakes
up and promptly thrashes us with 3 straight goals.

2. Brazil makes us looks like fools in an incredibly easy 3-0 game.

3. So we go into the game with Eygpt, looking to try and just play
better. Hold the ball, move it around, clearly we will not make the
next round as we would need to beat Eygpt who narrowly lost to Brazil
4-3, and thrashed Italy. Lets just play well. Brazil will also need to trash
Italy, they are already in the next round, Italy is playing to get in.

4. And this is huge...
We somehow beat Eygpt 3-0. Go figure, we are out but a good finishing
game. No, wait, Brazil destroys Italy 3-0, we are miraculously in on points.
OMG. Oh well, out next round. Spain. They have won their last 35 international games and ranked number 1 in the world.

5. We are totally dominated in time of possession, Spain is much more skilled.
We win 2-0.

THis is the most surprising tournament EVER for the US.
We just are not that good, but this is football... soccer.

Our MVP, dont dare say Dempsey.
LANDON DONOVAN.
He makes everything good happen on our team.
Without Donovan, we should not even bother playing
internationally. Maybe we should not play anyway.

brockguy 06-24-2009 05:39 PM

Im a massive fan of Clint Dempsey. I "discovered" him 2 years ago in fantasy football and he almost single handedly won me the contest.. He is the States' best player but this tournament Landon has probably played a shade better.

pgardn 06-24-2009 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by brockguy
Im a massive fan of Clint Dempsey. I "discovered" him 2 years ago in fantasy football and he almost single handedly won me the contest.. He is the States' best player but this tournament Landon has probably played a shade better.

He was in the proper place and put the ball
in the net. But OMG Brock, he made so many
crappy (bloody awful ) decisions otherwise.

I dont know how to assess this type of play.
We had to have him as he scored when it counted.
But he put us in so many bad spots...

Donovan seems, to this uneducated soccer fan,
to be the only man who can create an attack
on his own. I dont have confidence with any other
players with the ball on a long run that requires
a good pass into space or a shot. And he is definitely
the best guy with the ball if pressured by the defense.

SCUDSBROTHER 06-24-2009 09:17 PM

LOL...I was gunna watch it, but got distracted by that guy talking 'bout his Maria. I expected them to get blown away by Spain. What happened? Spain just due to lose 1, or what?

pgardn 06-24-2009 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
LOL...I was gunna watch it, but got distracted by that guy talking 'bout his Maria. I expected them to get blown away by Spain. What happened? Spain just due to lose 1, or what?

Our goal keeper made save after save and the few chances we got, we scored. Its soccer I tell ya. You can be crappy and hang.
Now we meet the winner of Brazil-South Africa. Should be
Brazil and we will most likely have our gonads handed to us
in the final.

herkhorse 06-24-2009 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by brockguy
Im a massive fan of Clint Dempsey. I "discovered" him 2 years ago in fantasy football and he almost single handedly won me the contest.. He is the States' best player but this tournament Landon has probably played a shade better.

How on earth is this even possible in this sport?

brockguy 06-25-2009 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by herkhorse
How on earth is this even possible in this sport?

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

i'd say the same thing about your football

brockguy 06-28-2009 01:43 PM

OMG - Clint Dempsey scores, 1-0 up against Brazil in the final.. this is so ridiculous!

3kings 06-28-2009 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by brockguy
OMG - Clint Dempsey scores, 1-0 up against Brazil in the final.. this is so ridiculous!


GGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL !

brockguy 06-28-2009 02:00 PM

Donovan makes it 2-0..

Such a cracking goal - I cant believe what I am seeing!

pgardn 06-28-2009 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by brockguy
Donovan makes it 2-0..

Such a cracking goal - I cant believe what I am seeing!


USA

Unfrggn believable.


Every player at every position is better than we are (with the possible exception of goalie) and we are winning two-nil...

Brock.
Dempsey is a killer.
He makes mistakes but he is a scorer.

Please let us hold on to this.

Our best tournament ever.
Look at how we qualified.
Its extraordinary.

The move by Donovan on that goal was unGodly.

Bigsmc 06-28-2009 02:51 PM

Brazil just got screwed.

SCUDSBROTHER 06-28-2009 03:12 PM

On Brazil's 2nd goal, can you push off that much with your right arm? That was key to that goal. That's how the guy with the ball begins that play. He beat his man with the help of that right arm pushing off.

Cannon Shell 06-28-2009 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by brockguy
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

i'd say the same thing about your football

are flops a points category?

SCUDSBROTHER 06-28-2009 03:14 PM

One thing I notice about the Americans in the 2nd half.......Fitness(Euro term) is crap.

SCUDSBROTHER 06-28-2009 03:27 PM

Didn't deserve to win that. Too tired. Goals 2 n' 3 (for Brazil) were both due to Americans being slower to the ball.

Coach Pants 06-28-2009 03:27 PM

What a bunch of pussies.

pgardn 06-28-2009 03:40 PM

Skill takes over when exhaustion sets in.

oh well.

Still an incredible tournament for us.


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