2006 World Cup in Germany - Soccer
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What I love is how the President of Brazil apologized to Ronaldo (sic?) for the question about his eating. He knows he could lose the next election with that one...
Ok guys, now the real games begin.
No more qualifying. Team who looses goes home...
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No more qualifying. Team who looses goes home...
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"Will the Socceroos beat Italy?"
http://www.abc.net.au/sport/poll3/vote/total.htm
Will the Socceroos beat Italy?
Yes 72%
No 28%
6481 votes counted
I voted Yes!
http://www.abc.net.au/sport/poll3/vote/total.htm
Will the Socceroos beat Italy?
Yes 72%
No 28%
6481 votes counted
I voted Yes!
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June 23, 2006
SouthAmerica: Conclusion: I got almost all first-place teams correctly in each group from the predictions I made on June 5, 2006 â I missed only France, but France came in second-place on its group.
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June 5, 2006
SouthAmerica: Here are my picks for each group in the first round of the tournament.
They will play all the games until Brazil and some other team reach the final. Then Brazil wins its 6 World Cup tournament.
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Group A
Poland
Germany
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Prediction:
First Place: Germany
Second Place: Ecuador
Actual Results:
First Place: Germany - 9
Second Place: Ecuador - 6
***
Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden
Prediction:
First Place: England
Second Place: Paraguay
Actual Results:
First Place: England - 7
Second Place: Sweden - 5
***
Group C
Argentina
Cote dâIvoire
Serbia and Montenegro
Netherlands
Prediction:
First Place: Argentina
Second Place: Netherlands
Actual Results:
First Place: Argentina - 7
Second Place: Netherlands - 7
***
Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
Prediction:
First Place: Portugal
Second Place: Mexico
Actual Results:
First Place: Portugal - 9
Second Place: Mexico - 4
***
Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
Prediction:
First Place: Italy
Second Place: Czech Republic
Actual Results:
First Place: Italy - 7
Second Place: Ghana - 6
***
Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
Prediction:
First Place: Brazil
Second Place: Croatia
Actual Results:
First Place: Brazil - 9
Second Place: Australia - 4
***
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Prediction:
First Place: France
Second Place: Korea Republic
Actual Results:
First Place: Switzerland - 7
Second Place: France - 5
***
Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Prediction:
First Place: Spain
Second Place: Tunisia
Actual Results:
First Place: Spain - 9
Second Place: Ukraine - 6
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June 23, 2006
SouthAmerica: Conclusion: I got almost all first-place teams correctly in each group from the predictions I made on June 5, 2006 â I missed only France, but France came in second-place on its group.
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June 5, 2006
SouthAmerica: Here are my picks for each group in the first round of the tournament.
They will play all the games until Brazil and some other team reach the final. Then Brazil wins its 6 World Cup tournament.
****
Group A
Poland
Germany
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Prediction:
First Place: Germany
Second Place: Ecuador
Actual Results:
First Place: Germany - 9
Second Place: Ecuador - 6
***
Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden
Prediction:
First Place: England
Second Place: Paraguay
Actual Results:
First Place: England - 7
Second Place: Sweden - 5
***
Group C
Argentina
Cote dâIvoire
Serbia and Montenegro
Netherlands
Prediction:
First Place: Argentina
Second Place: Netherlands
Actual Results:
First Place: Argentina - 7
Second Place: Netherlands - 7
***
Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
Prediction:
First Place: Portugal
Second Place: Mexico
Actual Results:
First Place: Portugal - 9
Second Place: Mexico - 4
***
Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
Prediction:
First Place: Italy
Second Place: Czech Republic
Actual Results:
First Place: Italy - 7
Second Place: Ghana - 6
***
Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
Prediction:
First Place: Brazil
Second Place: Croatia
Actual Results:
First Place: Brazil - 9
Second Place: Australia - 4
***
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Prediction:
First Place: France
Second Place: Korea Republic
Actual Results:
First Place: Switzerland - 7
Second Place: France - 5
***
Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Prediction:
First Place: Spain
Second Place: Tunisia
Actual Results:
First Place: Spain - 9
Second Place: Ukraine - 6
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June 23, 2006 - 11:50 PM (New York - Time)
SouthAmerica: Here is the remainder schedule of the 2006 World Cup in Germany:
Round of 16: (New York - Time)
Saturday, June 24, 2006 â at 11 AM - Germany X Sweden
Saturday, June 24, 2006 â at 3 PM - Argentina X Mexico
Sunday, June 25, 2006 â at 11 AM - England X Ecuador
Sunday, June 25, 2006 â at 3 PM - Portugal X Netherlands
Monday, June 26, 2006 â at 11 AM - Italy X Australia
Monday, June 26, 2006 â at 3 PM â Switzerland X Ukraine
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 â at 11 AM â Brazil X Ghana
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 â at 3 PM â Spain X France
Quarter-Finals:
Friday, June 30, 2006 â at 11 AM â Germany X Argentina
Friday, June 30, 2006 â at 3 PM â Italy X Switzerland
Saturday, July 1, 2006 â at 11 AM â England X Portugal
Saturday, July 1, 2006 â at 3 PM â Brazil X Spain
Semi-Finals:
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 â at 2 PM â Germany X Italy
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 â at 2 PM â England X Brazil
FINAL:
Sunday, July 9, 2006 â at 1 PM â Germany X Brazil
Brazil wins the world cup for the 6th time.
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June 23, 2006 - 11:50 PM (New York - Time)
SouthAmerica: Here is the remainder schedule of the 2006 World Cup in Germany:
Round of 16: (New York - Time)
Saturday, June 24, 2006 â at 11 AM - Germany X Sweden
Saturday, June 24, 2006 â at 3 PM - Argentina X Mexico
Sunday, June 25, 2006 â at 11 AM - England X Ecuador
Sunday, June 25, 2006 â at 3 PM - Portugal X Netherlands
Monday, June 26, 2006 â at 11 AM - Italy X Australia
Monday, June 26, 2006 â at 3 PM â Switzerland X Ukraine
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 â at 11 AM â Brazil X Ghana
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 â at 3 PM â Spain X France
Quarter-Finals:
Friday, June 30, 2006 â at 11 AM â Germany X Argentina
Friday, June 30, 2006 â at 3 PM â Italy X Switzerland
Saturday, July 1, 2006 â at 11 AM â England X Portugal
Saturday, July 1, 2006 â at 3 PM â Brazil X Spain
Semi-Finals:
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 â at 2 PM â Germany X Italy
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 â at 2 PM â England X Brazil
FINAL:
Sunday, July 9, 2006 â at 1 PM â Germany X Brazil
Brazil wins the world cup for the 6th time.
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TV Announcer: The Continental Soccer Association is coming to Springfield! It's all here--fast-kicking, low scoring, and ties? You bet!
Bart: Hey, Dad, how come you've never taken us to see a soccer game?
Homer: I...don't know.
TV Announcer: You'll see all your favorite soccer stars. Like Ariaga! Ariaga II! Bariaga! Aruglia! And Pizzoza!
Homer: Oh, I never heard of those people.
TV Announcer: And they'll all be signing autographs!
Homer: Woo-hoo!
TV Announcer: This match will determine once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth: Mexico or Portugal!
The referee blows his whistle, and the game begins. The Mexican team has first possession of the ball, kicking it with extreme caution around midfield as the crowd buzzes with excitement. The opposition stands nearby, hesitantly guarding its side. As the situation continues, the crowd's excitement begins to level off, until everyone in the stands sits silent.
Homer: [shouting] Boring!
Krusty: Come on, you schnorers, do something!
Brockman: [calling plays from booth listlessly] Halfback passes
to the center. Back to the wing. Back to the center.
Center holds it. Holds it. [rolls eyes] Holds it...
Mexican Announcer: [excitedly] Halfback passes to center, back to wing, back to center, center holds it! Holds it! Holds it!
Sideshow Mel: I can't bear this any longer, I'm leaving!
Moe: Yeah, not before me you ain't.
Flanders: Now, now, there's plenty of exits for everyone!
Moe: Oh, that's it, you're dead, pal! [puts Flanders into
a headlock]
Skinner: Hey, now, that's uncalled for.
Lenny: Shut your hole, Skinner!
Bart: Hey, Dad, how come you've never taken us to see a soccer game?
Homer: I...don't know.
TV Announcer: You'll see all your favorite soccer stars. Like Ariaga! Ariaga II! Bariaga! Aruglia! And Pizzoza!
Homer: Oh, I never heard of those people.
TV Announcer: And they'll all be signing autographs!
Homer: Woo-hoo!
TV Announcer: This match will determine once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth: Mexico or Portugal!
The referee blows his whistle, and the game begins. The Mexican team has first possession of the ball, kicking it with extreme caution around midfield as the crowd buzzes with excitement. The opposition stands nearby, hesitantly guarding its side. As the situation continues, the crowd's excitement begins to level off, until everyone in the stands sits silent.
Homer: [shouting] Boring!
Krusty: Come on, you schnorers, do something!
Brockman: [calling plays from booth listlessly] Halfback passes
to the center. Back to the wing. Back to the center.
Center holds it. Holds it. [rolls eyes] Holds it...
Mexican Announcer: [excitedly] Halfback passes to center, back to wing, back to center, center holds it! Holds it! Holds it!
Sideshow Mel: I can't bear this any longer, I'm leaving!
Moe: Yeah, not before me you ain't.
Flanders: Now, now, there's plenty of exits for everyone!
Moe: Oh, that's it, you're dead, pal! [puts Flanders into
a headlock]
Skinner: Hey, now, that's uncalled for.
Lenny: Shut your hole, Skinner!
The US has never had a good soccer team since the beginning of the world cup series in 1930.
The US has never won a game on European soil....ever....
The fact that they tied Italy, was amazing if one considers they had to play with only 9 players against 12 (11+ the referee)
It is going to take at the very minimum a couple of generations of soccer loving fans in the US to come up with a team to compete, but I know it will take much longer.... if it ever happens.
Americans don't understand soccer which is why so few enjoy it...
The US has never won a game on European soil....ever....
The fact that they tied Italy, was amazing if one considers they had to play with only 9 players against 12 (11+ the referee)
It is going to take at the very minimum a couple of generations of soccer loving fans in the US to come up with a team to compete, but I know it will take much longer.... if it ever happens.
Americans don't understand soccer which is why so few enjoy it...
Braaaaziiiiiiiiil - na na na naaa na na na naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Samba!
Samba!
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optionpro007: It is going to take at the very minimum a couple of generations of soccer loving fans in the US to come up with a team to compete, but I know it will take much longer.... if it ever happens.
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June 24, 2006
SouthAmerica: Reply to optionpro007
Donât get discouraged â there is a lot the US can do to improve its soccer team and become one of the elite teams in the world.
The US was in the right track when they created the league in the 1970âs with the Cosmos and other very good teams.
The league was not much before 1977 when they brought Pele to play for the Cosmos.
Pele opened the door and the other great players followed him.
Today the new US soccer league is completely in the wrong track.
I used to go to all Cosmos home games at Giants Stadium in New Jersey in the 1970's and early 1980's.
I never went to see a single game of the new league where the Metrostars play, and when I did try to watch them on television â I could not watch more than 10 minutes because they stink.
Today, the US has a third-rate soccer league and it is easy to understand why.
We have fools managing the new soccer league in the US and I donât understand why they canât figure out what the problem is regarding their league.
First, the league owns the players and they are allocated to the various franchises. It is like some kind of âcommunistâ soccer league with âno competitionâ among the teams for them to get the best players they can find.
Why the North American Soccer league (NASL) the league where the Cosmos played was an exciting league for the people to go to the games and also to watch on television?
Because the teams where owned by different corporations and investors with deep pockets and they were competing with each other and they were trying to bring to the US the best players in the world such as Pele, Frans Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto, Alan Ball, Julio Cesar Romero, Johan Neeskens, Vladislav Bogicevic, Andranik Eskandarian, Teofilo Cubilas, Giorgio Chinaglia, Roberto Cabanas, Johan Cruiff, Gordon Banks, Eusebio, Ruud Krol, Bobby Moore, George Best, Gerd Muller, Francois Van Der Elst, and many others.
And during those days we did not have all the television cable channels that we have today â and today the new US league has to compete with the best soccer leagues in the world.
Some company from Europe paid a lot of money recently for the Metrostars soccer team and they changed the name of the team to the Red Bulls. (this new team will be better know in Brazil by their nickname âOs Cornudosâ)
The Brazilians who are reading this thread will get the joke and would understand what I mean by âOs Cornudosâ
The Europeans who bought âOs Cornudosâ for over $ 100 million dollars must be smoking something illegal.
But the US also has a new soccer league which is unrelated to the US soccer league were the âRed Bullsâ play. I just heard recently of this new US soccer league when the franchise located in Miami brought Romario (the famous Brazilian player) to play for them in the current season.
Maybe this new US soccer league â the one where Romario is playing will help improve the soccer in the United States. The more famous international soccer players they bring to play in the US â the more interest they will get not only inside the US but also around the world.
The US has lots of money - all that they need is the will to get the job done.
When the Black American kids see the money rolling into soccer in the USA â that will catch their attention â the black American kids from the poor neighborhoods of Newark, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, and so on â when the US gets their attention then the US soccer team will improve rapidly â almost over night.
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optionpro007: It is going to take at the very minimum a couple of generations of soccer loving fans in the US to come up with a team to compete, but I know it will take much longer.... if it ever happens.
******
June 24, 2006
SouthAmerica: Reply to optionpro007
Donât get discouraged â there is a lot the US can do to improve its soccer team and become one of the elite teams in the world.
The US was in the right track when they created the league in the 1970âs with the Cosmos and other very good teams.
The league was not much before 1977 when they brought Pele to play for the Cosmos.
Pele opened the door and the other great players followed him.
Today the new US soccer league is completely in the wrong track.
I used to go to all Cosmos home games at Giants Stadium in New Jersey in the 1970's and early 1980's.
I never went to see a single game of the new league where the Metrostars play, and when I did try to watch them on television â I could not watch more than 10 minutes because they stink.
Today, the US has a third-rate soccer league and it is easy to understand why.
We have fools managing the new soccer league in the US and I donât understand why they canât figure out what the problem is regarding their league.
First, the league owns the players and they are allocated to the various franchises. It is like some kind of âcommunistâ soccer league with âno competitionâ among the teams for them to get the best players they can find.
Why the North American Soccer league (NASL) the league where the Cosmos played was an exciting league for the people to go to the games and also to watch on television?
Because the teams where owned by different corporations and investors with deep pockets and they were competing with each other and they were trying to bring to the US the best players in the world such as Pele, Frans Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto, Alan Ball, Julio Cesar Romero, Johan Neeskens, Vladislav Bogicevic, Andranik Eskandarian, Teofilo Cubilas, Giorgio Chinaglia, Roberto Cabanas, Johan Cruiff, Gordon Banks, Eusebio, Ruud Krol, Bobby Moore, George Best, Gerd Muller, Francois Van Der Elst, and many others.
And during those days we did not have all the television cable channels that we have today â and today the new US league has to compete with the best soccer leagues in the world.
Some company from Europe paid a lot of money recently for the Metrostars soccer team and they changed the name of the team to the Red Bulls. (this new team will be better know in Brazil by their nickname âOs Cornudosâ)
The Brazilians who are reading this thread will get the joke and would understand what I mean by âOs Cornudosâ
The Europeans who bought âOs Cornudosâ for over $ 100 million dollars must be smoking something illegal.
But the US also has a new soccer league which is unrelated to the US soccer league were the âRed Bullsâ play. I just heard recently of this new US soccer league when the franchise located in Miami brought Romario (the famous Brazilian player) to play for them in the current season.
Maybe this new US soccer league â the one where Romario is playing will help improve the soccer in the United States. The more famous international soccer players they bring to play in the US â the more interest they will get not only inside the US but also around the world.
The US has lots of money - all that they need is the will to get the job done.
When the Black American kids see the money rolling into soccer in the USA â that will catch their attention â the black American kids from the poor neighborhoods of Newark, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, and so on â when the US gets their attention then the US soccer team will improve rapidly â almost over night.
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