Viva Portugal!

Post by **Gamelver** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:09 pm

Well, Portugal plays their first game in the World Cup tomorrow against Angola

. I hope they win

!! They should pretty easily....

Anyway, is anyone else following the World Cup? I saw the first two games, but had to miss today's because I...er....slept in

, but I'm gonna be catching all the rest since they're gonna be on ESPN and ABC and all those channels. Once again....Go Portugal

!!!

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:16 pm

I watch, not to follow a team, but just because soccer kicks serious arse...

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:41 pm

Only time I ever watch soccer on TV is during Maximum Exposure and a fight breaks out. I'm just not a sports watching guy I guess. Playing soccer is hella fun though.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:45 pm

I watched a little of one game today but I can't remember who was playing.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:05 pm

Personally, I'd like to see either England or Spain get it. England because they have that kickass People's anthem, and Spain because they have paella

(of course, if it's a country like the Ivory Coast, which supposedly had a break in their civil war because of this, I would be pretty happy

)

Edit: never mind, looks like Ivory Coast is already out

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:22 pm

I like to play sports with friends, not on a team. I like to watch sports teams, not friends. It's odd, but I'm gonna have to check it out I like to play soccer.

Extreme_Jesus · Post by **Extreme_Jesus** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:52 am

Football (or soccer to you guys) is England's national Sport so i should be rooting for them, but i dont give 2 craps about the wordl cup, were never gonna win it but everyone seems to think it

Just to annoy all the football fanatics with their nobbie flags everywhere i decided to pick the most obscure team i could find, so im with...

IRAN BABY!

If they do win it'll make my year

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:11 pm

Lets go Mexico! 3-1 Mexico > Iran They ran home crying to momma... he he he.

Extreme_Jesus · Post by **Extreme_Jesus** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:13 pm

its not like i expected them to win

it'll be funny if they do though

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:41 pm

So America isn't that big in the soccer scene I've heard?

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:48 pm

Yah, America's got football. Canada's got hockey and the rest of the world has soccer.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:15 pm

USA's ranked 5th or something, they aren't expeceted to get that far.
Germany, the host, has the easiest group by a mile. They should be able to walk right through the preliminaries.
Portugal beat Angola 1-0, and will play Mexico on Friday. Good luck with that.
I predict England vs. Brasil in the cup match, or at least I hope it ends up that way, because that would be one damn good game of soccer.
GO USA

Post by **Gamelver** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:21 pm

yeah, we won

....but they weren't playing great

. Deco didn't play though, so we were a little bit weakened by that, of course

. Anyway, out of Group D, Portugal and Mexico will most likely go on to the next round.

and those ranking systems suck

. USA is 5th, yet they'll be hard pressed to come out of their group (it is a hard one, though). We'll see how they do tomorrow, I suppose.

Post by **Gamelver** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:17 pm

Oh my, it's serious thread revival time!

....well, today was a big day in football for me. Portugal won 2-0 against Iran, ensuring our entrance in the Round of 16. The USA tied Italy 1-1, meaning they'll have a hard time getting out of their group...Ghana beat the Czech Republic, also, 2-0, which was a big surprise.

limpport · Post by **limpport** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:23 pm

US and Italy just finished playing, and tied 1-1. The referee was out of his mind though, giving a red card immediatly to an American for a late slide. The Italians elbowed and American in the face and made him bleed!