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absolutely right, Bon.  I'd still like to see Goodson get a shot.  He's defends well in the air, has been solid leading up the Cup, and is a threat to score on set pieces as well.

they made it 10 straight tonight, and won their 7th series in a row.  they're 18-4 in June.  What a month!

I read the "5 things we've learned" thing.  I'll have to admit, I have to give Bornstein credit.  I thought he was garbage in every game leading up to the cup, and i thought clarence goodson should've gotten the nod over him, but he played really well.  DeMerit has also been a beast in the air.

The US advanced.  That's what you are missing :).  They were a terrible call away from advancing with 2 wins and a draw, which would be pretty fantastic.  Ghana is a pretty good team, but only a shade or two better than Algeria and Slovenia.  They only advanced on goal differential over Australia, who the US dismantled the week before the WC began.  In fact, Ghana only managed a 1-1 draw against Australia, DESPITE the fact that Ghana had a man advantage for 66 minutes, with their goal coming on a PK directly from that red card.  The US is definitely more athletic than Australia, and Ghana's athletes weren't exactly overwhelming against the Socceroos.  I'm not guaranteeing a win or anything, but I can't think of too many teams advancing to the round of 16 that i'd rather play.  Maybe S. Korea. 

[quote name="tvc184" post="814342" timestamp="1277340128"] The US is playing soccer? [/quote] sure are, Comrade.

i hate that i'm going to miss the US soccer game saturday... dangit!

The US will play Ghana on Saturday.  This is a very winnable game for them, so we might see another trip to the quarterfinals.

[quote name="BucketSitR" post="814267" timestamp="1277315051"] Tell me more... I am stuck at the office... What happened?? [/quote] The US was tied 0-0, and a tie meant they would not advance.  They had yet ANOTHER goal disallowed in the first half that should have counted.  Anyway, it was 0-0, and the US had missed some good chances, and finally scored in the first minute of stoppage time to advance and win the group.  it was pretty flipping amazing.

oh my God what an ending!  My wife started crying, and my friend started dry heaving.  Me?  I might have wet myself a little.

OU sucks more than syphillis (or so i've been told.)

[quote name="Gabe" post="814137" timestamp="1277241345"] [quote author=setxgal link=topic=41421.msg814117#msg814117 date=1277234468] I woul rather have a root canal than ever teach summer school again..its bad, but the bright spot is that OU SUCKS more  ;D [/quote] Add this to the reasons I'm marrying this woman. I trained her good on the art of saying OU sucks. Our wedding day will be great and OU will still suck. [/quote] i hear y'all are having maroon and white bridesmaid's dresses.

Rangers just won their 9th straight!  Even better, the Pirates are in town for two more days, followed by the Stros!

Mexico didn't look good, but advanced over South Africa on goal differential.  Uruguay won the group.

the trout running anywhere?  i'm back in town and ready to fish!

[quote name="Bucof2010" post="813894" timestamp="1277084566"] I tried one of the party boats out of Galveston for a bay trip today was my first time I'll definitely be taking more trips with them you can't beat it for the price plus I caught the biggest fish of the trip that helped but in the next few weeks I'm gonna try an offshore trip with them. [/quote] snapper fishing, or what?

New Zealand, considered by many to be the weakest team in the tournament, managed a tie against #4 Italy today.  This was more of a shocker than Switzerland beating Spain.  They now have 2 points, and can advance with a win over paraguay, which, although not likely, will be a lot easier to do that drawing with Italy.

on a day where almost everyone has struggled, tiger shot a 5-under 66 to vault up the leaderboard.  he was 7-under on his last 15 holes.  he's currently alone in 3rd @ 1-under, although there are two golfers at -5.  only 5 golfers have made it to the clubhouse with scores under par, and none close to his -5.  we'll have to wait and see if the leaders fall back to him at all.  even if they don't, they're both young, and his presence alone might be enough to mess them  up tomorrow.

the rangers just won their seventh straight game, all on the road, and clinched their 6th straight series.  they've got one more at houston, and then take on the pirates, then get the astros in arlington so the streak might continue for a bit longer.

not to make it sound like an us vs. them thing, it seems like we're victimized by the officials in every major competition we play in.  it's usually cheap red cards.  i can remember bad red cards given in the first two games of last year's world cup, in the first two games of the olympics, and in the first two games of the federation's cup.  i think nearly all of those were in the 1st half of the game as well, basically eliminating any chance the US had to win.

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Anelka got sent home after cursing out his coach.  France is probably out anyway.

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="813690" timestamp="1276906154"] 5.0.  [b]9 K.[/b]  Dn 1-0 [/quote] unbelievable.  First 3 starts in the majors and i can almost guarantee you that you can't find a pitcher (maybe 1 or 2, but i doubt it) who can take their three highest K totals for the year and add up to a higher number than he has.

So here are the possibilities in which the US can advance: US and England both win, and both advance.  since they both currently have a goal difference of 0, whoever wins by the most would take the top seed. If they both win by the same amount, whoever has scored the most goals in the cup will take the top seed.  If that doesn't separate it, it would be a random draw. US and England both tie:  That would give them each 3 points, and Slovenia would win the group with 5.  Since they would have each tied all three games, goal difference would be 0 for both.  It would then go to goals scored, and the US currently holds a 3-1 advantage in that, so England would have to make up two goals to force a random draw (England ties 2-2, US ties 0-0, for example) or make up 3 goals to advance (England ties 3-3, US ties 0-0) which would be pretty unlikely.  US ties and England loses:  This would put Slovenia on 7 points, US on 3, England on 2, and Algeria on 2. The England tie today helped the US.  If England had won today, there was a possibility of a 3-way tie at the top at 5 points if the US won their next game, and England had tied.  Now, US is guaranteed to advance with a win, and also has a slim chance of advancing with a tie. Please feel free to correct me if i got any of this wrong.  I just got a migraine trying to figure it all out in my head.

[quote name="OldSkool97" post="813659" timestamp="1276893330"] The ref's did a top notch job today and should be proud of themselves   :-[  But on a serious note, the US did alot better in the second half and need to do the same nxt wednesday vs algeria. Defensively they dont look sharp and hopefully they will get it figured out by then. Question...Now the United States needs to win and in doing so score more than England does if they are to win also to advance right? [/quote] If the US and England both win, goal differential won't matter.  Right now, US and England are on 2 points, Slovenia is on 4, and Algeria is on 1.  A US and England win means they'd both have 5 points and advance, with Slovenia with 4 and Algeria with 1 being eliminated.