[vilmatime51]

Horrible..just plain horrible! we played so FLAT! where was the urgency after being down by 2 goals? They completely destroyed us in the midfield battle..must bounce back and win vs. Italy on Saturday! In addition, Eddie Johnson must start on Saturday for us to have a good shot..we need to attack alot more!

[JetsMan4012]

this is the first year i have watched soccer, their r two teams that i root for during international games(olympics, world cup, WBC,etc.) and that is US(of coarse) and Italy.

[Smedsthejet]

this is the first year i have watched soccer, their r two teams that i root for during international games(olympics, world cup, WBC,etc.) and that is US(of coarse) and Italy.

That might be a problem when the US play Italy in the group stages!

[vilmatime51]

That might be a problem when the US play Italy in the group stages!

yea i hate that...i know many people who have just a little bit of Italian in their blood and they're rooting for Italy to beat USA on Saturday. How could you root againt your own country?

[Smedsthejet]

yea i hate that...i know many people who have just a little bit of Italian in their blood and they're rooting for Italy to beat USA on Saturday. How could you root againt your own country?

I was hoping Trinidad got a goal today against England. I felt sorry for them, they didn't deserve to lose 2-0 and played well all game. For the first 80 minutes you couldn't tell which team were full of Premiership stars and which team was full of English Championship, League One and League Two players.

[santana]

go spain!!

so far my predictions have been all correct except for the ties of course. stupid ties.
silly americans lofl.

[S-Dubb]

France and Brazil!!!!!

[vilmatime51]

not a big fan of brazil but ya gotta love them fans...

[JetsMan4012]

Is that what the girls look like over there?!?!

Holy shit... I am moving to Mexico... lol

take me with u

and second off, i set a reminder timer on my tv for the italy-us game

[vilmatime51]

USA vs. Italia lineups are in and my boy Clint Dempsey is starting! This game is no longer a must win for USA since Ghana just upset Czech Republic (2-0) but we still need to pick up some points!

Starting Lineups

USA
Kasey Keller (GK) 18
Carlos Bocanegra 3
Pablo Mastroeini 4
Steve Cherundolo 6
Clint Dempsey 8
Claudio Reyna ( C ) 10
Bobby Convey 15
Brian McBride 20
Landon Donovan 21
Oguchi Oneywu 22
Eddie Pope 23

Italia
Guanluigi Buffon (GK) 1
Cristian Zaccardo 2
Daniele De Rossi 4
Fabio Cannavaro ( C ) 5
Luca Toni 9
Francesco Totti 10
Alberto Gilardino 11
Alessandro Nesta 13
Gianluca Zambrotta 19
Simone Perrota 20
Andrea Pirlo 21


USA USA USA!

[Smedsthejet]

take me with u

and second off, i set a reminder timer on my tv for the italy-us game

Ghana just blew your group wide open with their win over the Czechs. If it wasn't for Petr Cech - the Czech goalkeeper - or the Ghanian missed penalty, it would have been at least 5-0. The Czechs were sliced apart by Ghana. It's now up to the US to keep themselves in the group by getting a favourable result tonight, which I think they can.
The Czechs scored three great goals against you guys in the last game and I didn't think the US were terribly bad myself. Italy sometimes rest on their laurels and play a very defensive game and Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley have the pace to cause problems for the Italian defence from out wide. If Reyna can spray some passes out wide to those two I think you have a very good chance.
Also, another reason why the score against the Czechs was 3-0 was the early booking of Onyewu as he had to settle himself down as another poor challenge would have resulted in a red card, that meant he played more cautious.
Anyway, good luck to the US tonight, I'll be cheering them on tonight too because I would like to see the US progress and ensure the last two games are meaningful in group E unlike England's group and Germany's group which are both basically settled. Also I like the US style and think they are a positive side unlike England who play what I deem negative football soccer.

[vilmatime51]

THAT RED CARD ON PABLO MASTROEINI WAS BS! IF THERES 1 THING I DISLIKE ABOUT FUTBOL ITS THE FACT THAT THE REFS DONT LET THE GAME BREAHTE! SO MANY DAMN FOULS! o well...

1-1 at half! GO USA!

P.S.- My boy Clint Dempsey brings tons of energy to the game, doesnt he?

[vilmatime51]

Is that what the girls look like over there?!?!

Holy shit... I am moving to Mexico... lol

i kno right! dayummm...



this chick deserves an encore..



mmmmmm

[Smedsthejet]

No way was that Ghana penalty a penalty. Onyewu didn't even touch the guy. The US were unlucky again and the injury of Reina hurt the team.

[santana]

the US in the end did what the US always does in the cup. find a way to lose through whatever reasons. better luck next time.

[JetsMan4012]

yea that penalty was a really bad call but still, the US didnt do nearly as good as expected.

1: We lost to the Czech's 3-0, enough said
2: We were pretty much celebrating a tie to Italy, when Italy scored are only goal.
3: We just flat out didnt live up to expectations, we were expected to be a threat, hell i know next to nothing about soccer but i read a article in SI about America's team and i figured we could be good, but apparently we still have a bit to go through

[JetsOhFive]

yea that penalty was a really bad call but still, the US didnt do nearly as good as expected.

1: We lost to the Czech's 3-0, enough said
2: We were pretty much celebrating a tie to Italy, when Italy scored are only goal.
3: We just flat out didnt live up to expectations, we were expected to be a threat, hell i know next to nothing about soccer but i read a article in SI about America's team and i figured we could be good, but apparently we still have a bit to go through

We seem to be good in every other world cup...1994 we made it to the round of 16, 1998 we came in dead last, then in 2002 we made it to the round of 8 and lost to Germany because of an uncalled handball by Torsten Frings on the goal line, this year we blew it.