[SuperJon]

I pledge allegiance
To the Flag
Of the United States of America,
And to the Republic
For which it stands:
One Nation
Under God,
Indivisible,
With Liberty and Justice for all.

Go America. Beat England. Again.

[Schfourteenteen]

Poor Greece. Still 0 goals in the World Cup.

[ATrain]

Nearly 4 minutes in and a missed goal by Argentina...Argentina is playing great offense and I wonder how long that scrappy defense of Nigeria can hold. Excellent save by the Nigerian keeper at the 5:30 mark. OPEN HEADER, GOAL FOR ARGENTINA AT 5:55

[olldflame]

Poor AWFUL Greece. Still 0 goals in the World Cup.

FIFY. I have no sympathy for them. They stank.

[ATrain]

Argentina over Nigeria 1-0. Now time for the big one: England v. USA. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!!!

[olldflame]

The British keeper gives up a really soft goal to Dempsy, and the match is tied 1-1 41 minutes in!

[SuperJon]

Some of the tweets/Facebook statuses after that goal have been hilarious.

[JK37]

Some of the tweets/Facebook statuses after that goal have been hilarious.

I liked yours.

I'm not watching, to my utter frustration. I'll watch later tonight on ESPN3.

[olldflame]

Great save by Howard! Still 1-1.

[01LUGrad]

We'll take one point out of that! There was some scarry stuff going on in the last 15 minutes. Howard is one fine keeper.

[SuperJon]

I hope Findley doesn't start another game. I'm okay with the thinking to start him today, but Buddle or Gomez need to start if we're gonna play two forwards.

[Sly Fox]

Great to see the Texan step up along with some Dynamo guys helping close things down.

Anxious to see what adjustments Bradley makes and whether our hobbled defense fared well healthwise out of this one.

Anybody know much about Slovenia's squad?

[Schfourteenteen]

I hope Findley doesn't start another game. I'm okay with the thinking to start him today, but Buddle or Gomez need to start if we're gonna play two forwards.

I agree. I was shocked Findley was in the starting lineup after the tune up performances by those three. Findley didn't have a terrible game today, but he didn't do anything either.

Bradley obviously loves his speed - it does compliment Jozy's game well. He's just a couple of years away from being ready for this.


Oh, and England better hope King is healthy. Carragher was awful. Algeria might put up 5 goals on him. 7 if Green is the keeper.

[LUconn]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z0qgQTgF4i

Mrs Ludlow, 34, who is 31 weeks pregnant, said: 'My parents are English and I grew up supporting England. America only recently got into football so they are my second team.'

She said it was the unborn baby boy's first World Cup.

How long is the human gestation period over in Europe?

[JK37]

34-36 weeks, just like in the U.S.?

Just a guess...

[LUconn]

I think it's actually 40 here. But apparently in England it can be 208+ weeks

[ALUmnus]

Ghana looked pretty decent this morning. They're skilled, organized, DON'T DIVE!, and unlike a lot of countries, actively try to score. And even though they only scored on a pk, it was a good game between them and Serbia. Both teams had plenty of chances to score. Looks like Australia will be the weakest team in this group, if the Serbs can regroup.

[01LUGrad]

Please, for the love of the game, do this!

World Cup organiser mulls vuvuzela ban
World Cup organising committee head Danny Jordaan on Sunday did not rule out banning vuvuzelas, the noisy plastic trumpets which have proved a hit with fans in South Africa but threaten to deafen players and viewers alike.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... JZppPbhjVw

[RubberMallet]

i heard them when i watched 1 game from the confederation cup (or tried to watch). it is making these games virtually unwatchable. I just mute it as being a soccer announcer has to be one of the most excruciatingly horrible jobs in the world to do and half the time they are talking about God knows what.

[SuperJon]

There was a small stretch in the US game yesterday where the vuvuzelas weren't nearly as loud and you could actually hear the US and England fans singing and cheering. It was the way soccer is supposed to sound.

[01LUGrad]

I seriously miss the singing and chanting. I hope they make everyone play one game in a bee hive and then they ban them for the remaining games in the tournament.

[thepostman]

that sound is the main reason I had to flip the US game off from time to time...it irritates me so much...glad to hear I am not the only one

[ALUmnus]

I get tired of people complaining about low-scoring in soccer, because it's generally over-exaggerated, but so far this World Cup is starting to irk me. We just had two of the top goal-scorers in the world play, and it ended in a 0-0 tie. And all the ties are starting to get on my nerves too. Nobody's playing to win, they're just playing for points so they can advance. It just makes this first round kind of suck, until we get to round 2 and we get the traditional powers playing each other and someone has to win.

I wish more teams would take Germany's attitude, where their objective is to humiliate the opponent. But, I guess not everybody is as good as the German squad. Maybe Brazil will break the spell today.

[ALUmnus]

I was wondering how it was possible that there were North Korean fans in the stands, maybe the player's wives or something. But the announcer just said that they've been told those "fans" are actually Chinese actors paid to be North Korean fans. I laughed, but that's really really sad.

[RubberMallet]

I get tired of people complaining about low-scoring in soccer, because it's generally over-exaggerated, but so far this World Cup is starting to irk me. We just had two of the top goal-scorers in the world play, and it ended in a 0-0 tie. And all the ties are starting to get on my nerves too. Nobody's playing to win, they're just playing for points so they can advance. It just makes this first round kind of suck, until we get to round 2 and we get the traditional powers playing each other and someone has to win.

I wish more teams would take Germany's attitude, where their objective is to humiliate the opponent. But, I guess not everybody is as good as the German squad. Maybe Brazil will break the spell today.

this has been some of the worst soccer i've ever seen. i haven't watched in years but i generally tune into most of the worldcup and its been terrible. i watched an hour of the world cup primetime where it jumps to scoring opportunities, yellow cards, and goals which hasn't been as terrible.