OldSkool97

Im looking forward to Spain and Portugal tomorrow! Should be a close and interesting game. My pick is Portugal. For the morning game (Paraguay and Japan) my pick will be with Paraguay.

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Could you post some pictures for us?  8)
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I'll try, but it will be a couple of weeks as I am leaveing the state later this week.
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Sounds Good. Thanks!

Netherlands beats Slovakia 2-1 today and Brazil is currently leading Chile 2-0 39 minutes into the game.

Even the US losing yesterday doesnt stop ou from SUCKING!!

Could you post some pictures for us?  8)

My picks for tomorrow's games are Germany over England and Argentina over Mexico. Both should be good games to watch.

TCU is still alive after beating UCLA today 6-2. Tomorrow TCU takes on UCLA. Winner advances and loser packs it up.

South Carolina leads Clemson 5-1 in the bottom of the 6th. If they hold on to win it, then they will play again tomorrow.

Click on the link to view the video of America's reaction to Landon Donovan's goal.

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/student-s-video-tribute-to-donovan-a-hit--fbintl_ro-videodonovan062510.html

Great Video!!

[b]Saturday's Games:[/b]

Uruguay vs South Korea    9:00 a.m.  ESPN
United States vs Ghana    1:30 p.m.    ABC

[b]Sunday's Games:[/b]

Germany vs England          9:00 a.m.  ESPN
Argentina vs Mexico          1:30 p.m.    ABC

Rockets drafted Patrick Patterson UK (PF). Anyone have some info on this guy on how you think he will pan out?

The United States definately could make it deep but they are going to have to play better in order to do so. Their offense is making opportunities, they just need to capitalize on some of them. As for the defense, im not sure what they are doing. They havent looked good defensively except for maybe the England game.

Also Japan didnt look too bad today either. That Honda guy had a pretty good game!

Italy was eliminated today by Slovakia 3-2. The first half was kind of boring and Italy wasnt putting forward much effort, but the second half was different. I believe had Italy played the way they did toward the end of the game for the entire game, they would of won it and would still be in the running to repeat.

Heck of a game!!

Roughly 65 minutes into both games and in the France South Africa game, SA is winning 2-0. In the Mexico Uruguay game Uruguay leads 1-0.

The French coach has made 6 changes to the strating line up in hopes of beating South Africa and having a chance to advace. South Africa is currently leading 1-0. In the other game Mexico is tied 0-0 with Uraguay.

They sure are! Its going to be a good match to watch when they play Portugal (who beat North Korea 7-0 today) on June 25th.

The French director has reportedly resigned as well.

In the games today Paraguay won 2-0 over Slovakia, Italy and New Zealand 1-1 tie, and Brazil beat Ivory Coast 3-1.

Ghana goes down 1-0 to Australia then an Australian player gets a red card for a hand ball inside the penalty box and Australia now has 10 players on the field for the second consecutive game. Following the red card Ghana gets a penalty kick and makes it. The game finishes in a 1-1 tie. Ghana should have taken better advantage of being one guy up.

Thanks for the input!

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?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Upgrade-Golden-State-brings-back-the-bridge?urn=nba,249317

Click on Link for new Logo Picture

JOHANNESBURG -- Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country.

David Makoeya, a 61-year-old man from the small village of Makweya, Limpopo province, fought with his wife and two children for the remote control on Sunday because he wanted to watch Germany play Australia in the World Cup. The others, however, wanted to watch a gospel show.

"He said, 'No, I want to watch soccer,'" police spokesman Mothemane Malefo said Thursday. "That is when the argument came about.

"In that argument, they started assaulting him."

Malefo said Makoeya got up to change the channel by hand after being refused the remote control and was attacked by his 68-year-old wife Francina and two children, 36-year-old son Collin and 23-year-old daughter Lebogang.

Malefo said he was not sure what the family used to kill Makoeya.

"It appears they banged his head against the wall," Malefo said. "They phoned the police only after he was badly injured, but by the time the police arrived the man was already dead."

All three were arrested Sunday night, but Lebogang was released on $200 bail Tuesday, Malefo said. The other two are still being held in custody.

Malefo said the mother and son will reappear in the local Seshego Magistrates Court on July 27.

"He was always a happy man, never violent," Makoeya's nieces, Miriam and Anna, told the Daily Sun newspaper. "On Saturday, we saw him the last time at a funeral."

The World Cup, being played in Africa for the first time, started Friday and runs through July 11.

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i didn't read the article, but yes, they're capable of beating the US.  that being said, they SHOULD NOT.
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Agree!

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Do note we are very, very early yet. I am willing to bet the scoring will heat up in the days to come.
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Earlier today i was thinking about the original post that you put (which states what you have above) and i got to give it to you! You Called It! I was thinking that the goals would stay low and that we would see alot of good defensive play.

South Africa didnt look good at all today! Also will have two players out for the next match. One for two yellow cards and the goalkeeper who got the red card. The Brazil and North Korea game was an interseting one to watch.