2014 World Cup Thread

[bullets13]

All things World Cup.

[bullets13]

The USA looked really solid against Nigeria today, and I'm glad Jozy finally put a couple of goals in.

[PhatMack19]

This a pretty good schedule for all of the games.


http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/06/actually-useful-world-cup-schedule.html

[PhatMack19]

Game 1's of interest(for me anyways)

Spain v Netherlands Friday 2pm

England v Italy Saturday 5pm

Germany v Portugal Monday 11am

USA v Ghana Monday 5pm

[bullets13]

Portugal and Ghana both looked fantastic in their final friendlies before the World Cup, albeit against pretty weak competition. It's gonna be tough for the US to make it out of the group stage.

[Gabe]

I got Brazil winning in their home country.

[PhatMack19]

Netherlands hammered Spain 5-1. Spain was one of the favorites heading into the World Cup.

[bullets13]

the rematch from last Cup's final was a surprise result, for sure.

[bullets13]

there's been poor officiating so far.  Brazil got a PK on an obvious flop, and Croatia lost a goal on a weak foul given as well.  then mexico had two goals disallowed for offsides, and both calls were terrible.  then spain got a pretty soft PK today as well.

[aTmfan06]

I got Brazil winning in their home country.

You and everyone else lol

[bullets13]

I've been thoroughly enjoying all the scoring.
Last cup there was something like 9 goals through the first 7 games. We're at 37 goals this year thru 11 matches. Mexico's 1-0 win over Cameroon is the only game that's had less than 3 goals, and there were 3 goals disallowed that game, two that should've been allowed and one that could've been. Hopefully all the scoring will keep the casual fan interested.

[PhatMack19]

Germany is putting on a show against Portugal up 4-0.

[PhatMack19]

Gooooaaaal! Dempsey 30 seconds into the game


@2014WorIdCup: Dempsey scores in 30 seconds! USA up 1-0! | https://t.co/Z0jbSqnfbE

[PhatMack19]

Jozy Altidore out with a hamstring. That's a big loss for USA

[Ty Cobb]

Seems like the entire match has been Ghanna attacking and the USA playing defense. Thank goodness for the early goal.

[Ty Cobb]

1-1. Ghanna scored in the 82 minute

[Ty Cobb]

Goal USA!!! 2-1

[Ty Cobb]

USA wins 2-1

[bullets13]

Honestly, the US looked bad today. I think when it's all said and done Bradley will go down as the best player in our history to this point, but today he was terrible. The last several games he's controlled the midfield, and Jozy has held the ball well at the front. Without, we played poorly. That being said, all that matters is that we took 3 points. Combine that with Portugal looking even worse, and possibly missing 3 starters for the next game, and we are actually in a great spot right now. If we can tie Portugal and lose by less than 4 to Germany, we should advance, and that's a lot better scenario than I imagined us having after our first round of group games.

[SKINS]

Brazil is not looking like a champ right now.

[SKINS]

The US could really use sonivan right about now to help with Altidore being out.

[PhatMack19]

Spain is getting hammered again!

2-0 Chile at half

[PhatMack19]

Uruguay leads England 2-1 late. England will be eliminated with a loss.

[PhatMack19]

Messi with a goal in the 91st minute to beat Iran 1-0. He's the best player on the planet.

[DP70]

I dont think anyone expected a Germany-Ghana tie  :huh:  :huh:  :huh: