World Cup Atmosphere Electric
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Anyone see Germany destroy Australia? Whoa….
As a South African, I support South Africa and anyone playing against Australia… Germany showed some real class…
Sorry all you boyz down under…
So USA has qualified for the quarter finals… Very Well Done…
I went to the Germany / Ghana game last night… what a game, what an atmosphere, what an experience…
It’s getting interesting now…
USA – Ghana in 1 hour… mmmmm… looking forward to it.
But who to shout for… I have called USA 2-1 in my fantasy league.
To bad for the USA. They did very well and i enjoyed there playing style, they were really there to play and win.
Tomorrow Germany-England will be on of THE matches. Watch the England frontman Wayne Roony, the german newspapers are really trying hard to piss him off.
Offcourse it is us, the Dutchguys, who are going to be world champions this year
I admit I have been watching a lot of these matches, since I’ve been on vacation all week. Today’s US-Ghana match was a heartbreaker. It really makes me wish we were fielding our best talent. The US is one of the best sports countries in the world. I mean no offense, but our soccer guys are just not of the caliber of an NFL, NBA, or MLB player. You can just see a different level of athleticism, as good as they are. They remind me more of college-level athletics here, with miscues in plays that you just don’t see in, say, major league baseball.
I really hope the US gets more serious about soccer, just because the World Cup is a blast to watch and it’s nowhere near as much fun when you’re out. Hopefully our Olympic Committee type people will take an interest. When it comes down to it, Americans don’t like to lose at *anything.* That’s probably why our soccer is as competitive as it is.
Zach
Sorry Mike, those horns are the worst sound I have ever heard in my life, and that list includes live rap music, child birth and the sound of a guy getting hit by a bus and killed about 10 feet away from me.. 😮
I can’t believe anyone would think them entertaining.
I don’t watch soccer because it’s boring and not a mans team sport like rugby, but the final of the Super 14’s was ruined for me by those stupid horns.
Fair enough, it’s was an all South Africa game in a home ground, but I would be sure it put a lot of people around the world off rugby.I also watched the Springboks play Italy the other night from a ground in London, and the horns have made it there as well.. >:(
Rant over !
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Yeh David, they are a bit annoying, but it is the culture of the soccer watching masses here in SA… They’re a little bit of fun when you’re just a once off supporter.
I believe that there is a shop in London that imported 40 000 and were sold out in a week. There is also talk of an ice-hokey game in Canada, where 1 arrived and the next week there were a thousand.
I have to say that almost every where you go you’re going to get something different at a game. In the Windies your going to get those drums and a band at the cricket, Pakistan the crackers and the English, a bunch drunkards sing funny songs.
Other countries with interesting ideas of what to do when you watch soccer, Mexicans bang drums, Ghana have symbols(sp), crackers in Argentina, oh and the English sing those annoying songs.
Anywho…
Yeh the Boks are looking very strong… got a chance at the Tri Nations again.
Actually Eric, all but two of the players on this years World Cup roster play overseas. Only Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) and Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA) play in the U.S. All the others play in England, France, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Scotland, and others. See the link for all their affiliations.
I do agree that the MLS is basically Single A equivilent. Its pretty aweful stuff, although getting better.
At the end of the day, soccer will never crack into the top 5 sports in America as far as adult popularity goes. It will always be the most popular sport on the planet, hands down. I have done a small amount of international travel and it is really quite amazing how imporant the sport is to Europeans and South American’s. Literally “life and death”. Last time I checked no NFL quarterback has ever been killed after losing a big game.
2 more thoughts. I heard an author on NPR the other day who wrote a book about world soccer. His theory is that the U.S., China, and someone else (I forget) will soon dominate international soccer. His argument is based soley on population numbers. The worlds biggests populated nations will have more talent to choose from and therefore will eventually end up winning. Not sure I agree, but interesting none the less.
Second. On the flip side, I heard an argument for why the U.S. will never dominate in soccer. Where do kids in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Slovenia, Ghana, etc. learn to play soccer? On dust ridden fields and streets that have two stones set up for goals and no sidelines or referees. Put it another way, there is NO structure set up to restrict personal skill and creativity. My 5 year old is about to start playing this year. From the time she steps on the field there will be boundaries, rules, guidelines, drills, coaching, etc etc that may or may not be helpful.
Either way…it’s interesting to think about.
And now that my England side are out…I guess I have to root for The Furor. Can’t fight my German ancestry any longer. As long as Maradona’s boys dont win I will be happy.
2 more thoughts. I heard an author on NPR the other day who wrote a book about world soccer. His theory is that the U.S., China, and someone else (I forget) will soon dominate international soccer. His argument is based soley on population numbers. The worlds biggests populated nations will have more talent to choose from and therefore will eventually end up winning. Not sure I agree, but interesting none the less.
I dunno, New Zealand only has 3.5 (ish) million people and they’re always at the top of world rugby.
I’ve heard a lot of opinion on why that is, including their love of the outdoors, how everyone there is leather tough and how most kids there are born with a ball in hand, but I suspect it’s more to do with the fact that ait’s the number one game by a long long way..Soccer is catching on here since it because more professionally managed and less about ethnic based club teams having local games and then a riot.
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Completely agree Eric with how the many choices we have dilute, to a certain extent, our success in this sport.
Surely you must talk your daughter down from Argentina thing.
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