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Official Fifa World Cup 2006 Anticipation Thread (pg. 7)
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| quote: | Originally posted by Hman
greece is gana win the cup
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That could be funny , if you were from another country...sorry |
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| InterMilan31 |
Friendlies this week :)
Interesting things going on in the US.....since the US is playing Germany in their final(i think) tune up to the World Cup it looks like the US Media is using it to determine how popular football is here. Now you all know my stance on US football and how ty it is and how I hate it but this could be a vital week for US "soccer".
A friend of mine who interns at ESPN which covers US Internationals said that most of the media outlets will look at the ratings of this game with much interest. Why you ask?
Football is quite popular here in the US but with youths then after they are 16 they stop playing it, its more of a hobby here. The direction to hype up football here has been the US National team ever since their WC 02 performance and their rivalry with Mexico. Nothing has changed though which leads many marketing ppl who want the US to have a strong interest in football (big bucks) that they should focus on other national teams.
This has already started since most people know more about the English League than they do the "MLS"(our ty league). Most people think the next WC winner or Brazil even if they dont win it will be the big push on the US Soccer plan........
Found it very interesting you guys may not |
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| zoric |
| Germany crushed USA with 4-1 :haha: |
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| Rockabye |
| quote: | Originally posted by zoric
Germany crushed USA with 4-1 :haha: |
yes. we will win the World Cup in our own country :eyes: |
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| zoric |
| No. I'm hoping for either Sweden or Serbia & Montenegro. |
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| fastmp3 |
| it takes a ty team for germany to finally win, poor them they are so desperate |
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| sensorium |
Germany should be proud of their performance today. They beat the number 5 team in the world. If that doesn't make another nation proud I don't know what does.
To be fair here, the US didn't have all its players. Some injuries kept key players from playing and the EPL players didn't go because this wasn't a day for national competition. |
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| paranoik0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by sensorium
Germany should be proud of their performance today. They beat the number 5 team in the world. If that doesn't make another nation proud I don't know what does. |
I'm sorry, I'm not even half as against those rankings as most people over here are, but shut the up already with the "5th best team in the world" bull, as it's so ing blatant that USA isn't that competitive. Nobody else cares out there about the rankings neither. It's not tennis and the ing ATP, the actual competitions are what counts here.
The germans don't go into the field thinking "woah, massive respect here, we're facing the 5th superpower!". They think "we just gotta be a little careful not to underestimate them, but in normal conditions we should be ready to spank these idiots". Which apparently they did. |
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| sensorium |
| Come on man, the new rankings have been out for so little. Let us have our fun. |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by sensorium
Come on man, the new rankings have been out for so little. Let us have our fun. |
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| jonze234 |
| id be happy with getting out of first round pool. besides poland the USA cant really beat any of the european teams. i just hope we dont have another performance like in france. :nervous: |
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| Kapedan |
| There is no way US can get out of the group. Its a very though one. |
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