damn it.the U.S blew it.
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costanzo427 said:
hey, maybe if US soccer had more supporters they wouldve beaten Ghana... they needed a moral boost
Maybe if they had some better players who took their chances and scored more goals, they would've won? Surely playing with your tournament progress on the line on the world's biggest stage is enough of a morale booster for a professional athlete? Crowd or not.
Us English have a reputation as being whingers when things don't go our way, but the American commentators on ESPN take the biscuit for moaning on after the Italian match. They whine whine whine through all the rest of the games about their bad luck, biased reffing etc. etc. - gets very tedious. Maybe they are p*ssing it as after the 1/4 final performance in 2002, they've invested all the promo time around a team that finished bottom of its group and now have the prospect of sod all ratings for all the further matches.
Face it, three games, two goals, one point, no wins, you aren't getting through (that was addressed to ABC/ESPN, not the OP)
Fair play though costanzo, at least you care - I've not seen any vestige of interest in the WC here in the Midwest
Edited by Joe Letaxi on Thursday 22 June 20:44
I've always had a niggling thought that with the vast population/resources & sport investment, that if Americans ever fully "get" football, they could well be world beaters.
Can't quite see it happening, as the game seems more of a female/kid sport in the US. Am I wrong in this?
B.T.W. & O/T OP, damn cool car you run - £6500 wouldn't get you a series one Camaro in the UK (unless it was a real dog) - gotta love British car prices...
Can't quite see it happening, as the game seems more of a female/kid sport in the US. Am I wrong in this?
B.T.W. & O/T OP, damn cool car you run - £6500 wouldn't get you a series one Camaro in the UK (unless it was a real dog) - gotta love British car prices...
Don't be embarrased by use of the word "Soccer" - it's by no means an Americanism.
Back in the 19th century when the differnt rules were being established regarding almost all the various football games, the Rugby School derived game was commonly abbreviated to "Rugger" and the Football Association's game was commonly abbreviated to "Soccer".
In England, "Soccer" came to be the dominant and most popular football game so, over time, the term "Soccer" fell out of general use - the game being referred to as the more general "football".
However, in other countries, other types of football games are more popular, as in the US, New Zealand or Australia. Even in Ireland, Gaelic Footbal vies with "Soccer" for top football slot. In those countries, differentiating "soccer" from the other popular football games is more important in general conversation - so the term "soccer" is still in general useage.
Back in the 19th century when the differnt rules were being established regarding almost all the various football games, the Rugby School derived game was commonly abbreviated to "Rugger" and the Football Association's game was commonly abbreviated to "Soccer".
In England, "Soccer" came to be the dominant and most popular football game so, over time, the term "Soccer" fell out of general use - the game being referred to as the more general "football".
However, in other countries, other types of football games are more popular, as in the US, New Zealand or Australia. Even in Ireland, Gaelic Footbal vies with "Soccer" for top football slot. In those countries, differentiating "soccer" from the other popular football games is more important in general conversation - so the term "soccer" is still in general useage.
that is an interesting idea, if USA fully embraced football, the team would probably be very good. Sometimes a team just needs more of a fan base, and in this case, the US was against teams w/their whole countries rooting them on. Hey, some folks in the US are oblivious to the fact that we were in the cup, and some Americans don't even know what it is. But hey, what can you do.
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