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World Cup
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MR. evil
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snowmonster
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I think that would actually slow down the game since that would take away the long pass. No more kick and rush (which might actually be good). The offside rule is not the problem. It's all this diving and acting that's ruining the sport (but that's another topic altogether).
I think the game will gain popularity here regardless of how we tinker with it. There's a whole generation underneath us that's playing the game and actually liking it. I take the Chinese view of development: you don't measure things in years but in generations.
Agree. I remember that the MLS tried to Americanize the game. They had the clocks set at 45:00 then counted down each half. Foreigners thought the idea was silly and people here thought it was dumb. MLS eventually abandoned it. I think it only served to highlight how undeveloped soccer was in the country. As it is now, with rules the same throughout the world, the US team is doing fine. By any measure, the team has been doing well.
4aprice
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Brazil out, no tears here.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Germany looking very strong.
Uruguay/Ghana game the best of the tournament so far. Total drama.
Dutch looking good too!
Dutch looking even better as one of the finalists, 3-2 winners over Uruguay.
Game was not as close as the score may indicate.
My call is for Germany to beat Spain to become the other finalist.
Game was not as close as the score may indicate.
My call is for Germany to beat Spain to become the other finalist.
4aprice
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I only saw 1st half. Both goals were awesome shots. Not surprised Holland won. I just feel it's Spains year.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Germany!
4aprice
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Great team, great game, but the Spanish train still rides. Spain is just so gifted offensively.
Alex
Lake Hopatcong, NJ
Not having Mueller really hurt them. Go Holland!
snowmonster
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It was not our World Cup, wa-loaf. At least the German side is young and talented. I expect them to go far in Euro '12 and Brasil '14!
Defensively too...they shut the Germans down cold.
Very impressive.
I think it will be a hard fought final...don't know who to pick.
snowmonster
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Good to know that a new country will lift the World Cup on Sunday.
Yay Spain!
Interesting game, lots of guys getting physical and the resulting yellow cards to prove it.
Interesting game, lots of guys getting physical and the resulting yellow cards to prove it.
thought there were too many cards. world cup finals, let em' play.
spain was clearly the better team. Netherlands didn't seem to have much of a plan outside of get the ball to Robben and let him run.....almost worked a couple of times.
.....and actually one of the times, the commentator was saying if he had taken a dive, he would've drawn a red card......that pisses me off that the rest of the world views diving as strategy.
spain was clearly the better team. Netherlands didn't seem to have much of a plan outside of get the ball to Robben and let him run.....almost worked a couple of times.
.....and actually one of the times, the commentator was saying if he had taken a dive, he would've drawn a red card......that pisses me off that the rest of the world views diving as strategy.
Doesn't he look exactly like Jean Luc Picard?
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snowmonster
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That worked for West Germany in the 1990 Final.
Dutch strategy seemed to be to mark tightly and hack the Spanish to frustrate their possession game. Thus, the record number of cards. In the end, the team that played less cynically won. Good.
