06-17-2006, 03:53 PM | #1501 |
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Whew!!
A draw... now Thursday is going to be VERY interesting. Though I wonder why Johnson didn't come in from McBride at the end.
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06-17-2006, 03:53 PM | #1502 |
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Too bad this team didn't show up to play the Czech Republic.
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06-17-2006, 03:53 PM | #1503 |
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All I got to say is Italy sucks. Powerhouse my ass. They had a 10-9 man advantage for a full half and if it wasn't for an offsides call we would have won.
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06-17-2006, 03:53 PM | #1504 |
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going down 1-0 in 4 minutes changes a team
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06-17-2006, 03:54 PM | #1505 |
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Beasley plays like Garret Anderson. Passionless
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06-17-2006, 03:54 PM | #1506 | |
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Not necessarily, 1-0 over Ghana and 1-0 Italy over the Czechs would put us through. |
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06-17-2006, 03:54 PM | #1507 | |
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You're brave Congrats on a heroic effort by the 9 men in the 2nd half
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06-17-2006, 03:54 PM | #1508 | |
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06-17-2006, 03:55 PM | #1509 | |
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Exactly. I don't like the call but Eddie was begging for that. |
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06-17-2006, 03:55 PM | #1510 |
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looks like de Rossi is a bit of a thug. Here's a tackle of his against Switzerland in their pre-World Cup friendly:
hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esgh_pGmZac Didn't even get a booking. |
06-17-2006, 03:56 PM | #1511 | |
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06-17-2006, 03:56 PM | #1512 |
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Hmmm...apparently the ref had been suspended for irregularity
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06-17-2006, 03:56 PM | #1513 | |
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So we will have: Keller Dolo-Gooch-Boca-(Lewis, O'Brien or Conrad) Dempsey-Reyna-Donovan-Convey McBride-Johnson
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06-17-2006, 03:58 PM | #1514 | |
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except The Bruce has shown enough to me this WC to think that we won't come out in a 4-4-2. At BEST it will be this 4-1-4-1 thing. |
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06-17-2006, 03:59 PM | #1515 |
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In spite of Bease's indifference, I'd have to say we almost need Beasely if he somehow snaps out of his bitchfest. Drop convey to left back to make some overlapping runs with bease (since they both defend). Obviously, this is the theoretical pick, assuming all things go perfectly.
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06-17-2006, 03:59 PM | #1516 | |
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Beasley was very disappointing
That yellow on Zambrotta was a sham. |
06-17-2006, 03:59 PM | #1519 | |
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we don't have a x-1-x-x now that pablo's gone. Obrien can't go a whole match, and we lose reyna if we drop him back. |
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06-17-2006, 04:00 PM | #1520 |
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As big a mess as this was to watch, I've got to hand it to most of the US players who weren't ejected. They didn't quit, most of them left pretty much all they had on the field. AFAIC, it's a borderline miracle they didn't lose the game outright playing a man short for a full half.
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06-17-2006, 04:01 PM | #1521 | |
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Kellers goal kicks are atrocious. Bruce was right. |
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06-17-2006, 04:02 PM | #1522 | |
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I understand what you are saying, I really do. But if you are really contenders you need to win this game. Hell, they really didn't even really score a goal. Now, they need a win and some luck to move on. If this was the US basketball team they would be buried. Last edited by ChiMatt : 06-17-2006 at 04:03 PM. |
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06-17-2006, 04:02 PM | #1523 | |
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What? Instant classic? A game tarnished by a blind, dumb, moronic ref, diving like the field was a swimming pool Italians, Beasley pathetic joke of a game and ridiculous coaching? This was an instant classic? There was a bit of drama. Other than that, as another poster pointed out above, it was a perfect example of why the majority of Amercians can't stand the game. |
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06-17-2006, 04:03 PM | #1524 | |
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4-5-1 then? i honestly just havn't seen a lot of positive tactical thought from The Bruce in this WC (and admittedly I may be letting the "in the press" shenanigans from after the first game, and the poor tactical performances in it color my judgement) that would make me think that he would be willing to play the 4-4-2. I think he's almost...afraid. That or he's tactically outclassed now that we're no longer able to fly under people's radar... |
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If that's true, good thing he was referring the WC. |
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06-17-2006, 04:08 PM | #1527 | |
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I thought our tactics were great until we went down 2 men. |
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What are the chances that the red to Pablo gets downgraded?
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06-17-2006, 04:08 PM | #1529 |
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Does anyone have the name of the ref in question?
Edit: nm.. it's Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Last edited by sovereignstar : 06-17-2006 at 04:10 PM. |
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I'm just glad that someone who was so poor at one time that they wouldn't let him participate in the World Cup is now reffing... THE WORLD CUP |
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I would probably have the same sentiments had my country been involved, though.
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06-17-2006, 04:09 PM | #1532 | |
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06-17-2006, 04:10 PM | #1534 | |
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I can't think high. See the thing about those reds is that they weren't illegitimate. Using common sense, Pope probably shouldn't have gotten that second yellow - but it was a cardable offense. Pablo's def. was a yellow, and the red isn't crazy. |
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Zero. end of.
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ive never seen FIFA do that, so it would be pretty surprising IMO....i do think a much bigger surprise would be that ref ever getting to do a world cup game again. |
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06-17-2006, 04:17 PM | #1540 |
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Mr. Larrionda's wiki page seems to have gone through quite a bit in the last half an hour.
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Part of the blog on espn(hxxp://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=davies/index):
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06-17-2006, 04:20 PM | #1542 |
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Was the Pope card a straight red or a second yellow followed the by the red? The Mastroeni one I'd have to see again. It looked like he might have been cleats up, but still a hard call to make.
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Pope was a 2nd yellow
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Good game USA. Thank you for beginning the inevitable downfall of Italy's group of divers and whiners.
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The ref took the game out of the Americans hands. They dominated Italy when it was 11v11. There is no doubt that the US has arrived. I thought the match was the most porly officated game in quite sometime that I have seen. All of the "experts" agree with that.
Daed - I do not owe Mathis shit. I am personally sick of his contast potshots at the US. I just can not stand people who willd judge a team based on where they live. He will deny it, but it has been documented time and time again on this board. Personally, I can not stand the guy.
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Who could imagine that with your comments eariler in the thread?
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Indeed. This could very well be "The Match" of the 2006 World Cup that people remember 10-20 years later and is shown on the highlight shows. Instant Classic meaning most memorable in this context, not best played.
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