I gotta shoot down this Landon Donovan stuff once and for all. First of all, he's not that good. We have several players on this roster who are...
I think Brian is right. As for the matches, JOCO absolutely summed up the mood of those 2 games perfectly. It should be noted, this time, the...
Colombia looks a lot better than Brazil to be honest. Now we've hung the Jifster jinx on them, if anything goes wrong, we know where to send them...
Another interesting number. James (James Rodriguez) for Colombia has 5 goals in 4 matches in this World Cup. He's scored in every game so far and...
Glad you guys enjoy, you're welcome. If you'd like to really break down your local 'know it all' either online or in person, I've got some...
The Round of 16 has some intrigue -Brazil vs Chile. There's a bit of animosity between these two, but I can't see Brazil going out just yet....
In hindsight of the group stage, it's clear that Klinsmann designed this team to beat Germany, but mother nature and the injury bug had other...
my favorite was when coaches (usually in the Belt) were pushing that crap when we had Muslim players with clearly Islamic names.... If the kid is...
Another way to look at it.. of the final 16. CONMEBAL (South America) sent 6 teams to the Cup, 5 moved to the Round of 16. UEFA (Europe) sent 13...
Editing this while I look it up. Germany had 2 wins and a draw Holland 3 wins France 2 wins and a draw Belgium 3 wins pretty much their success...
Bobda, I think you've nailed it. I might suggest one update. Africa is more BigEast/AllAmericanWhatever conference. They have more than their fair...
That's something new. It's a white aerosol spray to mark the 10 yards that are supposed to be given between the spot of the ball and the wall of...
I've never even heard of such a thing. I read multiple accounts saying the same thing, so I watched the replay last night. I couldn't believe my...
At least Bradley showed signs of life in this match, although he's still making terrible mistakes. The problem is, we're not in a group in which...
Bobda, Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoy our ramblings about our passion. Gip, Agreed. Costa Rica's defense is really something to...
Costa Rica 1 Italy 0: Costa Rica out played them whistle to whistle. Costa Rica could have, and probably should have, been awarded 2 penalty...
the Brits are delusional which is about one-third of their problem. Music, silverware and chimney sweeps is about all they are good at these days....
Let's stop talking about what the right thinks. Remember this from Bill Clinton?...
Colombia just rolls on today. They are playing such sound football right now. Granted, they've played Greece and the Ivory Coast (who isn't bad)...
I've always found that the best MLB players are often the ones who remember what it's like to be in the big leagues 11 days. Kershaw probably had...
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