Saturday's game wasn't sold out, there were open areas in the corners of the upper deck, announced attendance was 55k, which is about 6k less than capacity, so tickets were available to anyone who wanted to go. With the crowd being at least 75% pro-Honduras, that means there were less than 15,000 USA fans, which is pretty low for a city the size of Chicago.

Get out, there's no way Honduras had 40k there.

Get out, there's no way Honduras had 40k there.

 

guess that number could be a bit high, but it definitely looked/sounded like they had that many

Cristiano Ronaldo will be leaving Man U for Real Madrid.

 

A record 80 million offer was accepted and deal should be finalized by end of June per Goal.com

Cristiano Ronaldo will be leaving Man U for Real Madrid.

 

A record 80 million offer was accepted and deal should be finalized by end of June per Goal.com

US $131 Million

 

 

Cristiano Ronaldo will be leaving Man U for Real Madrid.

 

A record 80 million offer was accepted and deal should be finalized by end of June per Goal.com

stupid real madrid time for a ronaldo madrid jersey i guess then lol

And, the Kaka transfer I mentioned a few pages back happened and they also did end up getting David Villa from what I've heard. Next on their list is Vidic and Xabi Alonso.

Where the heck did Real Madrid come up with all of this money from? Kaka, Ronaldo, and now David Villa? Doesn't the economy suck in Spain too? Kaka and Ronaldo together will be quite a sight to watch I would imagine though.

Edited June 12, 200916 yr by whitesoxfan101

It does suck. Madrid was one of those teams majorly in the hole in terms of debt as well as Manchester United, but their logic is that the sales of jerseys, merchandise, etc. will generate the money back plus more.

Confederations Cup starts tomorrow. I'm excited that ESPN is showing the games. It will give me some entertainment. Who else will be watching/paying attention?

Confederations Cup starts tomorrow. I'm excited that ESPN is showing the games. It will give me some entertainment. Who else will be watching/paying attention?

 

I'll watch. The US really got screwed in being placed with Brazil, Italy and Egypt.

 

The other group has New Zealand, South Africa and Iraq (and a 4th who I forget)...talk about talent differential.

I'll watch. The US really got screwed in being placed with Brazil, Italy and Egypt.

 

The other group has New Zealand, South Africa and Iraq (and a 4th who I forget)...talk about talent differential.

 

 

 

I strongly believe the other pool is so much weaker in hopes that South Africa can qualify for the semis.

 

 

Hopefully we can get a point vs Italy. 4 points and I would consider this a success. Making it to the semis then we had a great tournament. I'm just hoping we put together a good showing so we have something to build on come 2010.

Spain is the other team for the record.

So neither South Africa or Iraq looked any good today, although S. Africa was clearly the better team. New Zealand was also just awful. I know Spain is freaking loaded right now, but I expected a little better of a match. If Spain tried in the second half that score could have been 8 or 9 to nothing.

 

Also, apparently Brazil is leaving Ronaldinho and a couple others home for this tournament. Strange. Maybe the U.S. could eek out a win or draw in the tourney. If they can get 1 pt from Italy/Brazil and beat Egypt they could potentially advance to the semis, which should be considered an accomplishment.

The first 25 minutes of the Spain/NZL game was entertaining as hell. Friendly or not, I cant believe Italy allowed 3 goals to that New Zealand team.

 

South Africa and FIFA has to be disappointed in the SA/Iraq game. I'm sure South Africa will still advance but they couldve basically wrapped up 2nd place today with a win.

 

I wonder what the crowds are going to be like for tomorrow's matches.

Wow! What a game between Egypt and Brazil.

 

And what a way to win it at the end. A handball in the box gives Brazil a PK and Kaka converts to give Brazil a 4-3 victory! I read this was the first time Brazil had ever given up three goals with Dunga at the helm.

 

Shame, if this ended in a draw the door for the US really would have opened up.

US up 1-0 on Italy early 2nd half. Ricardo Clark got sent off in the 33rd minute. It was a straight red on a questionable call. It was certainly a yellow, I've seen worse called a red before. Lalas was pissed, but he's so biased it's ridiculous.

 

Jozy had a sick cutback to earn a PK and Donovan put it away. Looks like 40+ minutes of bunkering down for the US. I'm thinking they get a draw, which would be a good result.

Damn shouldnt have read this thread, I figured that no one would be commenting about US as the game is on later tonight on tv.

 

 

Clark and Boernstein should never have started to begin with. Bocanegra, Beasley, Kljestan or Torres should have been in there.

 

Of course the red occured against Gattusso. I really hate how he plays the game.

Brutal to have Rossi, American born, score against the US.

Italy ties it. Of course it's Rossi who scores too...

Replacing Altidore with Davies? Really? Where is Kljestan?

Replacing Altidore with Davies? Really? Where is Kljestan?

I like Davies a lot, but with 10 men it's odd because the best way to get forward is to lob it in and Davies isn't big enough to win those balls.

 

That De Rossi strike was Godly. What was that, 40 yards out?

Well Italy takes a 2-1 lead...gonna be tough to come back. Hard to play a team like them with 10 guys. Shame, this happened in 2006 also.

Damn shouldnt have read this thread, I figured that no one would be commenting about US as the game is on later tonight on tv.

 

It's on TV right now.

3-1 final. US looked tired at the end there. Don't understand some of the substitutions/starting line up. After watching Brazil this morning, and now Italy, I don't really see a team in this tournament that can expose Spain's defense. Brazil definitely looks on the decline despite some great young players like Kaka and Pato.

Edited June 15, 200916 yr by Nixon