2010 World Cup Open Thread Rooting For UCLA|USA: Beat Slovenia
by Nestor on Jun 18, 2010 6:30 AM PDT
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Thank you Sasha Vujacic for knocking down those clutch FTs last night. This morning though he is on the other team - as his Slovenia is taking on the Red, White and Blue in Johannesburg. Slovenia is at the top of our group after getting a late goal (a gift really) against an undermanned Algeria team playing with 10 dudes. Speaking of gifts, that's how we got a tie in our hyped match against England.
While the tie with England was kind of a bonus, since we were huge underdogs, we can really help our chances to advance if we can get out win victory against Slovenians. This is a huge game for both teams. Apparently Slovenians have already been doing some trash talking predicting victory. Tim Howard is nursing a rib injury, but he should ready to go.
The match will get started around 7 am PST/10 am EST on ESPN. Here is coverage from SBN and ESPN. Let's hope the US team led by Captain Bocanegra (a Bruin) can bring home a victory. GO USA!
GO BRUINS.
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BBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
There…got the sound track going.
Go USA!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Best way to avoid a yellow card...
hide in the crowd ;)
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Nice attack...
but Dempsey was offside…couldn’t go after it.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Nope...a good shot
Failure by the defense.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
I love watching Howard kick goal kicks...
It’s like a 75 meter pass. Soccer version of the KL chest pass.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Possession looks like 50-50...
Do an attack, then back off
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Yellow to Slovenia
Altador mugged on the right side
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Nice header...
keep shooting…something will go in.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
And a yellow against Findley
What happened..no one moved while the ball was on the ground
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Onyewu missed his mark...should have been on the striker
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Half time talk...
“whatever you did in the first half…stop doing it.”
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Finley taken out
Good call…he’s been tentative on shooting
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
We had some chances
We should have shot a couple times instead of crossed.
Howard looks slow, he was a statue on the first goal.
Donovan is he 39? Looks old.
I did the Nestor reserve mojo
Great job Donovan
Commentator
“It was a tracer bullet that Donovan shot”
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Yes! Yellow on slovenia
free kick from 25 m coming
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
number 4 yellow
“there have been a number of bizzare calls by the officials”
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
I'm getting tired just watching this back and forth!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
"The referee is a bit a nightmare, and I'm a neutral Englishman"
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Howard for a save
My heart is working again
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
I would like to say...
this morning when I watched the national anthems…
Carlos Bocanegra has gorgeous eyes…
idiot ref..
two men down, and he says play on
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
ah, if only they do it at women's games ;)
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
If I were to guess the biggest reason
World Cup Soccer isn’t bigger in the US, it would be the number of tied games. Americans just don’t like games without a winner and loser.
The other major contributor of course is we don’t have an elite team, even though we are getting better.
by silverlakebruin on Jun 18, 2010 8:58 AM PDT reply actions
NCAA football did until about 10 years ago
and it was changed because it was unpopular.
You can still draw in Hockey, but Hockey is not a particularly popular sport.
You can still tie in NFL football, but that is after you go through an extra quarter of sudden death football and nobody scores. It only happens once every few years.
by silverlakebruin on Jun 18, 2010 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
One more game against Algeria
Go, Algeria, Draw the English!
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
Paid off by the English?
may as well get a good conspiracy theory going.
My two favorite teams are UCLA and whoever is playing $C.
We got lucky when Green blew it in the first game
But we got unlucky when the ref blew it in the second game.
The ref
just expected some kind of foul on that free kick, so he blew his whistle. That is literally the reason. If anything, it was a penalty, the way Bradley was being bearhugged by that Slovenian defender. This is one of the biggest world cup shams I have ever seen. I doubt this ref will be allowed to work a WC game again, at least not after the first round.
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
This isn't new in the World Cup
Every four years, FIFA brings several refs from small countries for representation and “equality’s” sake. The problem is that they do not ref matches of the quality and speed of the World Cup so when they get to the World Cup, they’re incredibly overwhelmed.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jun 18, 2010 10:20 AM PDT reply actions
I'm not sure thats the case
Yes, he’s from a very small country (Mali). But he’s been refereeing African international matches for 17 years and was the center for the last African Nations Cup final. He just really f&*(% up this one.
African refereeing is awful
They don’t referee enough quality matches consistently and are widely panned as not good enough. Both the South African and Egyptian media were blasting not just today’s referee, but African referees in general today because they’re so often overwhelmed at the World Cup.
It wasn’t as if the call on Edu was it. He was horrendous all match long and the US benefited from some of it too. I think Slovenia got the better of the poor refereeing, but it was terrible from the beginning.
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Jun 18, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I am in no way defending this guy
I lived in Africa for a while and saw firsthand how bad the refereeing was. But there is no way that FIFA would ever stop using refs from an entire continent (especially when its the home continent for the games) and sadly (and scary) this guy is apparently regarded as one of the top ones they have.
Algeria 0 England 0
That was probably the best possible outcome for us.
As I was telling a friend
Half the British population is grumbling while sipping tea and eating crumpits.
The other half are futbol hooligans looking for any French person to punch in the face out of frustration.
Where's the 15%
that roots against England?
by SuperBruinMan on Jun 19, 2010 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
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