World Cup 2014

i heard he is fit to play but hasn't been in the warmup sessions?

hope he does play, if he can. JOZY

hope they break out the hats and hooters

i was listening to the Men In Blazers teamusa rally podcast, fully teared up over Lalas & Meolla's speeches to 2014 team... the hugeness of it all, it's kinda getting to me!

the 1994 world cup was the first one i watched, at my dorm at uni. i only just learned today that they were playing games at Stanford! how crazy to think of the world cup being a couple of hours away from where i live now.

The team still trains & plays matches at Stanford pretty regularly, too.

I'd be very surprised if Jozy plays tomorrow, let alone starts.

Amazing match.

i am post-call tomorrow which is awes

the term is actually 'goal line technology', yank, but congrats

So we have the Swiss Messi vs the actual Messi to look forward to today and then Belgium USA.

Would love to see the USA progress but have a horrible feeling Belgium will edge it by a single goal.

USA out plz - wc is only for Latin America and Europe. Everybody else should be excluded. Screw globalization.

^

SIKE.

But I would like to see Belgium through, getting stoked for a Bel-Ned semi final.

Belgium the team is a poor mockery of Belgium the players I'm cheering USA cos they're the opposite

and I think they'll win it

Jones and Johnson are the only US players I like and that like is outweighed by my extreme dislike of Clint Dempsey so Belgium ftw.

htf does anyone not like Clint Dempsey are you well

oh please

Neuer's heat map

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BraaV7ICUAEZq0F.jpg

Belgium have been the worst of the so-called dark horses (Chile and Colombia have been great) but hey its USA. Argentina are so going to beat either of these easy.

Americans: Is Alejandro Bedoya any good, will he play and most importantly should I sub him in fir 6 point Oscar in my fantasy league team?

Beckerman v Fellaini - who is going to elbow someone in the face first?

I think USA are going to win also

It's a tough one to call: I think Belgium of penalties, after a gruellingly attritional game. Or 'game'. If nothing else, Belgium have shown so far they can do gruelling battles of attrition.

Then Belgium to actually turn in a performance to justify the pre-tournament hype to turn over Argentina. And then to beat Holland after going two goals down, please.

Argentina aren't getting by Switzerland.

No, but Messi is.

So... Bedoya.

Not getting the Belgium hate tbh. They haven't been very exciting, but they haven't actually been bad. They should beat USA fairly comfortably. I can see Switzerland beating Argentina, but much as I like them I don't want that to happen.

bedoya seems dangerous and talented but inconsistent and loses the ball a bit

Ty

I think I might chance him if he starts. Also shaqiri will score today, I can sense it.

Jones and Johnson are the only US players I like and that like is outweighed by my extreme dislike of Clint Dempsey so Belgium ftw.

― pandemic, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:30 AM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Extreme dislike of Dempsey" - why?

Jones has been the best American player in the WC so far for sure

crazy how the national systems are in europe just imagining something like this in the usa for basketball http://grantland.com/features/world-cup-2014-belgian-national-team-vincent-kompany-eden-hazard-marouane-fellaini

Amazing insight from Belgium's Dries Mertens:

http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/5456/international-football/2014/06/30/4924432/usa-run-has-surprised-me-mertens

"I watched their games and they have a really good team. They have a great striker in front and the team behind is like a team, they are really good together.

So for us it is going to be really difficult to score a goal, but we are confident and want to win this game also.

I think the most important thing is to win this game, because if we don't win it we are out."

otm

how's yr flemish

You're all laughing but Mertens is otm.

Jones and Johnson are the only US players I like and that like is outweighed by my extreme dislike of Clint Dempsey so Belgium ftw.

― pandemic, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 9:30 AM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Extreme dislike of Dempsey" - why?

― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:29 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

battle rap beef circa 2003. don't wanna get into it.

I hate having to cheer on the US but ixnay on the elgium-Bay. USA! USA! USA!

counterpoint

http://oi62.tinypic.com/30b322q.jpg

yeah um I thought we were above such crude appeals to priapism

you might be

aeroboot loathes central europe, it's cool, he had a bad experience with a poop shelf

I've missed a load of games due to Glastonbury and ugh the first one I will get to watch in its entirety will be Belgium USA, which will surely be like a really shitty midtable Premiership game.

pandemic
Posted: July 1, 2014 at 12:06:55 PM

battle rap beef circa 2003. don't wanna get into it.

lol yes athletes rapping is one of the mortifying things abt being american

Finding it hard to be that impressed by a squad with that many Spurs players in it tbh. Though I think Chadli and Dembele have been quietly banned.

... binned that is

lol

Lloris is the only Spurs player not having a shitty tournament.

bentaleb?