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Title: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: LBSS on June 16, 2014, 08:27:57 pm
USA 2-1 GHANA!!!!!! SWEET VENGEAAAAAAAAAAANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf:

(edited thread title cause it has obviously expanded)
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 17, 2014, 04:18:16 am
Woh i thought ghana would pull through but usa got it, a lot of shocking results in the opening round such as 4-0 germany vs portugal and 5-1 spain vs netherlands.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 19, 2014, 02:03:08 pm
SWEET VENGEAAAAAAAAAAANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf: :wowthatwasnutswtf:

was so epic.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 19, 2014, 02:14:30 pm
Defending champions spain lost in the group stages lmao to Chile can't believe it, USA were good how far can they go.

Edit1 USA are in a tough group they got to get past Germany and Portugal who want vengeance of their own
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 21, 2014, 11:48:41 am
altidore out against portugal... eh!!!! :<
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 21, 2014, 02:29:43 pm
altidore out against portugal... eh!!!! :<

yup, looks like it, now they will find it tough to get through the rest of their matches.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 26, 2014, 09:23:01 am
today... 12 PM ET.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: LBSS on June 26, 2014, 10:41:28 am
i am going to have a motherfucking heart attack.

(http://www.punjabigraphics.com/images/43/sparkling-usa-flag.gif)

(http://i.imgur.com/SEwvDBh.gif)
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: LBSS on June 26, 2014, 02:30:54 pm
i still feel like that guy, but relieved instead of nervous.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 26, 2014, 10:20:44 pm
i still feel like that guy, but relieved instead of nervous.

I am, for the life of me, unable to understand that GIF.

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Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 26, 2014, 10:20:58 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/zC5ltWS.jpg)
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 26, 2014, 10:26:46 pm
(https://scontent-b-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10438955_10104705185687013_8072626258290220785_n.jpg)
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 26, 2014, 10:27:31 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1782100_10154286397935635_6110543426226836395_n.jpg?oh=4b48c5cc2068751a5de8906626371d19&oe=54201AD3&__gda__=1410878956_3aa04296c515aeca6a5167f0fa15ef89)
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 26, 2014, 10:27:50 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/56UKjOJ.jpg)
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: vag on June 27, 2014, 01:57:51 am
i still feel like that guy, but relieved instead of nervous.

I am, for the life of me, unable to understand that GIF.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWOP

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Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 27, 2014, 08:02:28 am
i still feel like that guy, but relieved instead of nervous.

I am, for the life of me, unable to understand that GIF.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWOP

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ah...

makes sense now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmcMG4uxiHk
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: LBSS on June 27, 2014, 08:35:58 am
yep. hard as shit, that game.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 28, 2014, 02:25:19 pm
brazil / chile in the second overtime... dammmmn!@#@

that hulk handball was debatable no?
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 28, 2014, 03:56:39 pm
amazing penalty kick shootout between brazil/chile.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: LBSS on June 28, 2014, 06:51:02 pm
debatable but i thought it was the right call, it looked like it hit his bicep.

such a shame for chile, they outplayed brazil and just couldn't put it together at the end. i think they should have kept attacking instead of settling black and playing for the shootout. oh well. here's hoping colombia torches brazil next week.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 28, 2014, 08:48:41 pm
debatable but i thought it was the right call, it looked like it hit his bicep.

such a shame for chile, they outplayed brazil and just couldn't put it together at the end. i think they should have kept attacking instead of settling black and playing for the shootout. oh well. here's hoping colombia torches brazil next week.

colombia looked goooooooood... incredibly goal by James.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: vag on June 29, 2014, 01:16:55 pm
Debatable indeed. But imho leaning towards the right call. It would be acceptable if he didn't call it though, in my perception it was 60/40 call/no-call.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 29, 2014, 02:04:56 pm
i guess this thread has become the world cup thread.. so..

NED/MEX !!! WTF!!

brutal collapse by mexico.. I went to the bathroom @ 88th minute, MEX 1 NED 0 ... came back, NED winning 2-1.

dogkag[kasgp[aksgas

insane.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 29, 2014, 06:25:22 pm
Costa Rica vs Greece Greece luckily shot on extra injury time wtf insane they luckily got in the round of 16
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 29, 2014, 07:04:41 pm
daaaaamn! costa rica goalie came through.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: LBSS on June 29, 2014, 08:31:39 pm
daaaaamn! costa rica goalie came through.

that guy will never again have to buy himself a drink in costa rica. what a beast.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 30, 2014, 01:00:16 am
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/31685/223070/98xdrOw26tfD0Vi/upload.png)
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 30, 2014, 04:29:08 am
daaaaamn! costa rica goalie came through.

Would have been a disaster if Greece got through
 :headbang: excellent job from goalie
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: vag on June 30, 2014, 05:24:12 am
Would have been a disaster if Greece got through

Did you even see the game?

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255951/match=300186459/statistics.html#nosticky

Dangerous attacks : 60 vs 28
Goal attempts total : 24 vs 6
Goal attempts on target : 13 vs 2
Passes completed : 502 vs 334
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: Raptor on June 30, 2014, 05:32:12 am
Haha I knew vag was going to flare up against this :D
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: vag on June 30, 2014, 05:40:03 am
Don't get me wrong, i am far from being a blind obsessed fan, i could be accused of being too much on the other side ( objective ).
I have been heavily criticizing our anachronistic all-out-defense-and-try-to-steal-the-game tactics.
But at this tournament we played well, especially in the last 2 games with Ivory Coast and Costa Rica.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: Raptor on June 30, 2014, 06:14:10 am
I feel bad for the guy missing that penalty kick.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: seifullaah73 on June 30, 2014, 08:56:31 am
Would have been a disaster if Greece got through

Did you even see the game?

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255951/match=300186459/statistics.html#nosticky

Dangerous attacks : 60 vs 28
Goal attempts total : 24 vs 6
Goal attempts on target : 13 vs 2
Passes completed : 502 vs 334

I saw the entire game, including penalty, I just didn't want Greece going through who scored towards the end
But glad they didn't costa deserve it who played brilliantly against Italy and Uruguay.
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: LBSS on June 30, 2014, 08:59:51 am
sorry vag, i feel your pain.

i was pulling hard for CR, though, gotta rep CONCACAF! especially after mexico snatched defeat from the jaws of victory earlier. what a win that would have been.
Title: The WC 2014 thread.
Post by: vag on June 30, 2014, 09:34:12 am
I saw the entire game, including penalty, I just didn't want Greece going through who scored towards the end
But glad they didn't costa deserve it who played brilliantly against Italy and Uruguay.

Playing brilliantly against Uruguay and Italy made them deserve a spot in he 16 as a group leader too, and they got it.
In the 16, by the same concept, Greece played brilliantly and 'deserved' to advance.
But hey, i won't tell you who to support and who not. Each to his own, there are no rules or logic for what we support and why, it just clicks inside you and that's all to it.

sorry vag, i feel your pain.

i was pulling hard for CR, though, gotta rep CONCACAF! especially after mexico snatched defeat from the jaws of victory earlier. what a win that would have been.

Nah, I am fine, as i already said I am too objective, lol. Having an awesome GK is the same as having an awesome striker, kudos to him for all them saves.
Also, to be fair, we dominated them AFTER they were left 10, before that it was a rather dull game. Plus  they were denied an outrageously obvious penalty while winning 1-0, that would change the course of the game.



I changed the thread subject, if you don't reply this one make sure you do the same so after a few posts we will have the new one.

WC !!!!
Title: Re: USA 2 - 1 Ghana
Post by: adarqui on June 30, 2014, 07:08:32 pm
"snatched defeat from the jaws of victory"

i like that..



oh btw, FRANCE!

USA tmw...  :wowthatwasnutswtf:
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: LBSS on June 30, 2014, 08:06:51 pm
poor algeria, played their hearts out and gave the germans a real run until the very end. and poor africa. that's it, fellas, better luck in russia.
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: LBSS on July 01, 2014, 09:53:35 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaTmXuQr0LA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyjOy7fRzs0
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread - most epic GIF ever
Post by: adarqui on July 01, 2014, 11:28:49 am
most epic gif ever?

(http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Super-Saiyan.gif)
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: LBSS on July 01, 2014, 06:33:02 pm
such trubble. so pain. wow.

fuck.

USA.

oh, and FUCK TINTIN.
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: seifullaah73 on July 01, 2014, 06:48:52 pm
Soo close USA had many chances to score but it never planned out. so close during the extra time to catch up and need to score one more.

argentina vs belgium quarter final
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: Raptor on July 02, 2014, 05:23:06 am
That USA goalie is a beast
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: vag on July 02, 2014, 05:47:11 am
Yes, incredible performance. Also incredible finish at Green's goal, so very difficult and beautiful.
I liked how USA played, they were bold against an undoubtedly superior opponent. Would have been such a shock if they scored that goal at the end of normal time.
Fair elimination though, with 38 vs 14 shots ( 27 vs 9 on target ) it would have been a real shame if Belgium did not advance, sorry guys.

This is a good point to post a wild sequence of things i would like to happen. I have been thinking it ever since USA hosted WC back in 1994 but it is becoming more realistic(uh-oh) now:
I want USA to go better, make a great course at some major tournament like WC. That would maybe raise the domestic 'marketing value' of the sport. It would bring some more funds and attention etc etc, more good players, better MLS etc. After some iterations, we could see USA's sports industry focus at football ( fuck you handegg ) and finally reach a point that we would see a USA  lineup with 11 NFL level athletes in there. That i would love to see, for the beauty and diversity of the game! Anybody feels/digs that???  ;D
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: Raptor on July 02, 2014, 07:33:16 am
USA played really well for a sport they don't really focus on. I was impressed.
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: LBSS on July 02, 2014, 08:47:21 am
Yes, incredible performance. Also incredible finish at Green's goal, so very difficult and beautiful.
I liked how USA played, they were bold against an undoubtedly superior opponent. Would have been such a shock if they scored that goal at the end of normal time.
Fair elimination though, with 38 vs 14 shots ( 27 vs 9 on target ) it would have been a real shame if Belgium did not advance, sorry guys.

This is a good point to post a wild sequence of things i would like to happen. I have been thinking it ever since USA hosted WC back in 1994 but it is becoming more realistic(uh-oh) now:
I want USA to go better, make a great course at some major tournament like WC. That would maybe raise the domestic 'marketing value' of the sport. It would bring some more funds and attention etc etc, more good players, better MLS etc. After some iterations, we could see USA's sports industry focus at football ( fuck you handegg ) and finally reach a point that we would see a USA  lineup with 11 NFL level athletes in there. That i would love to see, for the beauty and diversity of the game! Anybody feels/digs that???  ;D

this is the dream. i love handegg, it has its own beauty and thrills and my most favorite of all teams happens to play it (go blue). but i also want us to be better at soccer. and this is something we say every four years, since 1994 and even before: everyone's so excited, all these kids are going to want to be clint dempsey or tim howard now. and the thing is, hundreds of thousands of kids here grow up playing soccer. i played it as a kid. but if they stick with it their talent is squandered or, as you said, they decide to play our football or baseball or basketball. it's an article of faith with a lot of sports fans here that allen iverson would have been an unstoppable monster as an attacking midfielder or forward.

a few things need to happen beyond that for us to become elite:
1. more kids need to become like dempsey and jozy altidore, who grew up playing every waking moment with much older and more skilled people.
2. we need to either shift toward a euro style of talent development (i.e., ajax or barca-style academies) or start to have many more parents allow their kids to move to holland when they're 12. the US has basically IMG academy and that's it. it's not enough. this is one of the major hopes for klinsmann, that even if he leaves in four years he'll have really helped reshape the youth talent development of US soccer.
3. our soccer players need to stop playing in college. it's a humongous waste of time for anyone with pro potential, but a lot of our players spent extremely important formative years (18-22) being limited to 20 hours a week of practice and games, and that with inferior teammates and against inferior competition. this limits our basketball players, too, but we have such a massive talent gap still with the rest of the world that we get away with it. and it's not as bad in basketball because the players with truly elite potential only waste one or two years this way. in soccer not many come out early; the potential rewards aren't as great and the thinking goes that you're better off "having the [university] degree to fall back on."
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: Raptor on July 02, 2014, 09:04:59 am
Well you guys seem to be more into it now:

(https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t1.0-9/10513325_2188594069706_3931543358441591033_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: vag on July 03, 2014, 09:36:32 am
Also fits great in the lol thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9xc4jOHca0

Quote
We went out onto Hollywood Blvd and found people who claimed to be big fans of the US soccer team and asked them how they think Landon Donovan has been playing so far. If you follow soccer, you know that Landon Donovan was cut from the team in May before the World Cup even started. However that didn't stop them from weighing in on his performance in this special World Cup edition of #LieWitnessNews

:trolldance:
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: Raptor on July 08, 2014, 06:03:31 pm
So 7-1 is... is a pretty balanced score, right?

(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t1.0-9/10501635_899779666717225_3171700414034778512_n.jpg)
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: LBSS on July 08, 2014, 06:13:16 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsDOzuUCAAE81M4.jpg)
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: seifullaah73 on July 08, 2014, 06:36:47 pm
 :wowthatwasnutswtf:
That was crazy it seemed they didn't have a leg to stand on against Germany neymar was giving them confidence.

I hope Argentina wins like in 1978
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: Mikey on July 08, 2014, 08:59:45 pm
Whoa Brazil got thrashed :o
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: vag on July 09, 2014, 06:54:42 am
I hope Argentina wins like in 1978

LOL, not gloriously and with universal acclaim like in 1986? But shamefully and manipulated and like in 1978?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/argentinas-1978-world-cup-win-052800565--sow.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/28/world/fg-mundial28

At the same mundial that this happened? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_Cordoba

Nice choice!  :P


Speaking of Argentina, and Brazil's defeat...

(http://gzt-cdn2.wefiles.net/sites/default/files/styles/mundial_article/public/article/2014-07/maradona.jpg?itok=EnWRvpCK)
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: seifullaah73 on July 09, 2014, 07:42:48 am
I hope Argentina wins like in 1978

LOL, not gloriously and with universal acclaim like in 1986? But shamefully and manipulated and like in 1978?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/argentinas-1978-world-cup-win-052800565--sow.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/28/world/fg-mundial28

At the same mundial that this happened? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_Cordoba

Nice choice!  :P


Speaking of Argentina, and Brazil's defeat...

(http://gzt-cdn2.wefiles.net/sites/default/files/styles/mundial_article/public/article/2014-07/maradona.jpg?itok=EnWRvpCK)

Lol. Yeah, like 1978 when they faced Netherlands
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: entropy on July 09, 2014, 07:46:43 am
Guess US wasn't all that bad considering they only lost 1-0 to germany in the group stage..
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: Raptor on July 09, 2014, 07:54:10 am
Guess US wasn't all that bad considering they only lost 1-0 to germany in the group stage..

After Howard saved 16 goals. Or was that vs. Belgium?
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: Raptor on July 09, 2014, 08:20:53 am
You know it's bad when you need to scroll:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsEBVyPIYAEiFaQ.png)
Title: Re: The WC 2014 thread
Post by: adarqui on July 09, 2014, 08:38:02 am
You know it's bad when you need to scroll:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsEBVyPIYAEiFaQ.png)

hahahahaaha

a scroll bar.. epic