USA-England World Cup Open Thread
by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 10:34 AM PDT
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PrintSome events transcend our usual Golden Bear allegiances. The United States-England World Cup match has been anticipated for six solid months. Well the wait is over, and the Revolutionary Rematch is ON.
For more coverage, here's some reading material to pacify you before the game.
Michael Davies: ESPN blogger who's highly caffeinated.
Jeff Carlise: ESPN preview.
Martin Rogers: Yahoo Sports preview.
Nate Silver's updated World Cup odds at Five Thirty Eight.
MGoBlog: Brian talks with another blog about specific US-England stuff
Stars and Gripes: Almost every recent post is worth taking a look at.
SB Nation's Off the Bar and Out previews England and the United States and made their World Cup predictions. Also, SB Nation's Daily Soccer Fix is in South Africa providing regular dispatches.
Our expert and totally unoffical CGB World Cup coverage team of LeonPowe, norcalnick, Fire Starkey (who's already written an excellent preview) and Thoroughbred will probably stop by to give you their extensive and intelligent thoughts and analysis on the game, before, during, or after in the comments section. The rest of us can just cheer for a reenactment of the Battle of Saratoga! BEAT THE REDCOATS!
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Your starting US lineup, Robbie Findley gets the start with Altidore
Howard; Cherundolo, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra ©; Donovan, Bradley, Clark, Dempsey; Altidore, Findley
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 10:39 AM PDT reply actions
Expected.
LET’S GO!
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I won't be able to watch the game live. I'll leave you with our talisman:
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't think they are
ABC is broadcasting it, so ESPN3 can’t stream it. Better find a bar. There might be a few links somewhere.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
What the fuck.
It’s like Gerrard had zero opposition to that goal.
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by Maisbikkja on Jun 12, 2010 11:35 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
US defense spotty on that one side.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 12:00 PM PDT reply actions
Milner out already after the yellow card
Pretty quick.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 12:02 PM PDT reply actions
*subbed out. Wasn’t playing too well according to Grant Wahl.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions
DEMPSEYYYYYYY
Goal 40:00
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by Maisbikkja on Jun 12, 2010 12:13 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
I guess I'm happy about what just transpired
We always knew the English weak spot were their goalies…
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 12:13 PM PDT reply actions
If this game ends up in a tie or loss for England, Green is going to get excoriated by the UK press
i'm here to clean your pool but i don't have a pool *bowchica bowow*
Could be an Escobar situation.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Calamity James asks “How do you like me now?!”
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Green might be sentenced to exile from Britain and be forced to play the rest of his career at Real Salt Lake…
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Well, that's fair
We’ve got another 45 minutes to make things right.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 12:25 PM PDT reply actions
Let’s get some more good header opportunities for Jozy and Gooch. Those were very dangerous. We’re getting some good crosses.
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You called it on Lennon. Dudes wrecking fools on his side of the field.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Death to England.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Down with the British!
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by Maisbikkja on Jun 12, 2010 1:11 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Getting to the point where a tie seems really nice.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 1:15 PM PDT reply actions
Yep. England is getting very aggressive and chances are one of their shots will go in…
by CaliforniaBone on Jun 12, 2010 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. Can’t be upset over the Alt blocked shot because we got lucky with Dempster’s goal.
by CaliforniaBone on Jun 12, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Ties officially suck. No PK’s?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Once you get to the elimination games, they do OT and FKs. But in the group stage, they don’t
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't STAND ties.
I know it’s good for the US, but ties are why soccer is never going to make it in the US.
I've been Honked...
It’s already making it, dude. Don’t fight the trend.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I enjoy the world cup and watching soccer, I just hate that nobody can win and it’s a legitimate result. It’s lame.
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IDK it doesn’t bother me that much, especially when we’re the underdogs.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Tim Howard, Cherundolo, Bradley all looked very sharp. I actually think our forwards didn’t have as good a game as they could’ve, and yet they were still disruptive.
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when do we play teh slovenia?
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Friday, I believe.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions
9:30 am ET/6:30 am PT. You have something to watch before work!
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by Avinash Kunnath on Jun 12, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
YES! Dolo put a lot of distance between him and all the other RB candidates. I thought most of the team played well, actually. II’ll grant that our midfield linking wasn’t quite there but there were so many passes that were weighted soooo close to perfect but ended up being out of reach. I think this should get better over the next week or so.
DeMerit could’ve earned himself a transfer to one of the promoted EPL clubs. Newcastle?
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They’ll pay way more attention to his form over a full season at Watford (I have no idea if his form there was any good or not)
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He had some weird injuries.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions
OT
Wow…just switched over to the Redsox-Phillies game and I see a home run, bloop single, surprise bunt for a hit, single to load the bases, and then this guy Nava hits his first home run at his first big league at-bat for a grand slam…wtf.
I just saw that – on the first big league pitch he’s ever seen! Alias Sports bureau will have lots of fun figuring out if that’s ever happened before.
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May I say that World Cup soccer, perhaps moreso than any other sporting event, should be watched in a pub.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Admit it. You enjoyed watching it, and you enjoy playing the game.
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Looks shopped, but who cares?
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by Thoroughbred on Jun 12, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
About being here
Yeah, sorry was out at the Park Tavern signing ("There’s only one . .. Timmy Howard! There’s only one. . . Timmy Howard!) and being so fucking tense. I can’t remember the last time I was so tense for a sporting event. (Holiday Bowl 2006?) COuldn’t even order drinks or anything.
1. Was worried about a. Clark starting (I’d like to see Edu or Torres) and b. Giving up a goal on nerves in the first twenty minutes. Both worries came to fruition – but I thought Clark played well aside from letting Heskey run right by him. Let me take that back, he defended well, but if we’re going to defend and then counter, we really need to get on that second part – Clark never came forward with the ball and Bradley seldom came forward with the ball.
2. I’m of a mind to start Buddle and Altidore and then sub Gomez and Findley late to run at the tired defense. Altidore’s run up the left side was amazing.
3. All World Cup – that ball is bouncing oddly. It’s flying high and taking huge bounces off the turf . .. and apparently strange spins off Green. The US needs to take more speculative shots from outside to box – just to see if sometimes shit will work.
4. Demerit, Gooch – shaky early on, but the second half they were like a rock. Gooch, however, needs to work on his distribution out of the back – he was supposed to learn how to do that this year at Milan, hopefully he’ll get an opportunity next year. DeMerit made Roo ineffective.
5. Dolo and Bocenegra were very solid. (Despite getting burned by Aaron Lennon repeatedly) they both got forward, defended well – sometimes I wish they’d close down the winger faster – and Dolo got Milner subbed off but skinning him badly.
6. THERE’S ONLY ONE . . .TIMMY HOWARD!!!!
7. I start Torres or Edu alongside Bradley at Center mid. And Buddle up top with Jozy – AND BOB USE YOUR SUBS!!!
I was briefly at the Civic Center Plaza today and they had a huge TV set up for thosuands of people to watch in the square. Seemed nice!
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Apparently 15,000 people showed up at AT&T Park in SF to watch the game on the Giants big-screen.
I've been Honked...
pix cuz it happened
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
d'oh
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
A tie, sweet. Oh, soccer, how I love thee.
by 33SwisherSweet on Jun 13, 2010 6:09 AM PDT reply actions
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