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QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jun 29, 2014 -> 02:07 PM) Dat analysis. dont be mad, you can go ahead and claim you really dont care about soccer like you did in the past when Mexico was struggling in qualifiers but only to keep showing up in these threads. and go ahead and start throwing that choke word around, even i wont argue about applying it now.

Has a team ever showed up the a knockout round game and appeared to have 0 interest in it? Mexico did some good things in the first 50 minutes but the Dutch came in thinking they could just show up and it'd be an automatic win.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 29, 2014 -> 10:07 AM) Team A finished first in a group containing Urugray, Italy and England Team B finished second in a group containing Colombia, Ivory Coast and Japan You bet on Team A every time. That is a horrible way to decide who to bet on. Plus the group with Italy,Uruguay and England isnt looking that great now that we've seen how those teams played. If I had to play this game, I'd take Greece at PK +100 for first 90 minutes. If it ties then the bet is canceled, if Greece wins then I get paid 1/1.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 04:36 PM) James may be the star of the tournament so far. He is extremely good. well he just got his second. Colombia at +116 today may have been a gift from the gambling gods.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) Um, yeah. A good shooter should almost never miss PK, the goalie is at a great disadvantage. It's been proven that missed PKs is a result of a kicker wilting under the pressure, thus it is fair to say they choked. It's real easy for people who have never been in a situation like that yell "choke".

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) Dat choke job No one choked

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 05:19 PM) Some asshole is pointing a laser at the Russian goalie... is it a laser or a light from cameras? b/c that same green laser is at a lot of different games

Lol at Russia. What an embarrassing tournament.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 11:08 AM) And Suarez was red carded and suspended, same thing. I'm just questioning the hand ball being against the notion of "Fair Play" as opposed to all of the other shenanigans soccer players pull to get an advantage. So now slapping the ball off the line is shenanigans? I guess corking a bat or loading up a baseball is just shenanigans.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 08:35 PM) Not to defend Suarez, but how exactly did he cheat Ghana? He committed a rules infraction, for which he received the deserved red card, expulsion, and suspension from the next game, while Ghana was awarded a penalty kick. Blame Gyan for choking on the kick. FIFA promotes Fair Play and the first rule of soccer is you cant use your hands. He did both. This wasnt your normal handball that we see often in the box, this was Suarez playing as a second keeper. Was the Yankees pitcher with the pine tar on his hand cheating or was it just a rules infraction? He was deservedly got tossed from the game and suspended too. Boring slate of games today but it might get mildly interesting if the Swiss are able to whip up on Honduras.

Glad Italy lost but Suarez is a POS. In 2010 he cheated Ghana and now he's biting someone.

I dont like Mexico's chances vs The Netherlands but they are showing once again how important coaching stability and playing for your coach can lead to good things. Herrera is fun to watch and his team def plays for him.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 11:30 PM) Yeah, it was an error of execution. He took a bad touch. Not that bad of a mistake to be honest. it was one mistake in a series of them. It wasnt even the first mistake of that led to the goal. Yedlin passing the ball into the center of the field, WTF was Omar Gonzalez doing in the position he was in?, and then Cameron not seeing the only guy making a run into the box. I was pretty upset watching what could've been done but the people just turning on Bradley is just pathetic. There is a Tampa sports host who watches soccer and has talked about soccer on his show in the past so he isnt some new fan. He was just shredding him apart from not scoring earlier in the game because he just went to "tap it in" to actually saying he thinks he sucks and is overrated because of the tying goal. And of course casual fans who are listening are joining the Bradley Sucks bandwagon. I guess that is what I deserve for listening to local radio during times like this.

lol@ do they have enough time now. I dont mind Moreno(sp?) but the PBP guy isnt that good.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 05:42 PM) One more gol and we avoid the Netherlands you jinxed yourself haha

I'm still laughing at the Croatian goalie for diving down to the ground on the header for the first goal. Just stick out your foot and you may clear it off the line. That guy has been disastrous for Croatia.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 08:28 PM) This is why Germany not beating Ghana hurt the US so much. Had Germany won, we'd be into the next round without much of an issue. well Germany coming back to tie was huge of the US...

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) Just hope for a one goal game between Ghana/Portugal at least. And we don't lose by more then 2 goals. right? If Ghana wins by 1 and the US loses by 1 but Ghana scores 2 more goals than the US(GHA wins 3-2,US loses 2-1) then Ghana will move on. If we lose by the same scoreline as Ghana wins by, then we move on.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 08:04 PM) What worries me is I have 0 faith in Portual against Ghana. If they score first then they may be fine. If Ghana jumps out early then they'll be packing up shop. Not only do they have to win, they have to make up like 6 goals.

well the 2-2 tie will help us in the goal tiebreaker.

that was a kick to the balls, i dont care how much Twellman tries to spin it

:usa

3 great chances by Germany in last couple of minutes

Ghana is terrible at defending corners