World Cup 2014

Is it just my imagination or have there been a lot of head clashes at this WC?

there seem to have been an unusually high number of head clashes, goals from substitutes and shots that hit the side netting but look in at this tournament

Ronaldo 2-1

portugal score

there it is, usa safe

Another defensive error

portugal scores a goal... usa! usa!

brief portuguese attempt to play multiball. this is probably over.

is soccer the only outdoor team sport in the us where you don't have to wear a helmet? maybe they should look at that

Swift Ronaldo hattrick coming up

go portugal!

Portugal/Ghana has become a brilliant and stupid game

beckerman is a fuckin idiot

Portugal would be through if they'd taken half the chances they've had in the last fifteen minutes.

bedoya is a bit shit isn't he?

anyhow congrats usa!

weird setup towards the end where both teams were trying to implausibly score twice, plus hoping Germany did the same in Portugal's case

And next they get Belgium (probably). Beckerman v Fellaini. That's gonna be fun, eh?

USA?USA?USA?

The only good thing about Bedoya is his name which sounds like the sort of sproinging noise you get when you reverberate a ruler off the edge of a desk. Well done USA, you made some friends happy and you (probably) made Cristiano Ronaldo cry.

Thought Gonzalez was good for USA today

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrEtLAWCEAIHnJ9.png

Is Thomas Muller the secret best player in the world? He's amazing.

Muller is the new Ruud Gullit.

He was 4/1 to be Germany's top scorer, which is ridiculous.

Lest we forget:

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RTE pundits blaming Howard for the goal

Obviously vmooc for me to cheer against Russia but i hope Algeria stuff them tonight.

Really don't want Capello to still be in charge come 2018. His squad selection was wrong (leaving out Artyom Dzuba in particular), his team selection has been wrong and his tactics have been wrong.

They'll only hire Mourinho and stink 2018 up for longer

US&A!

I swear, explaining how we can advance while losing is one of the best parts of American soccer fandom.

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http://media.giphy.com/media/5AwCyykyoWjUWYCLq6Y/giphy.gif

game of groans but the US moves on

so south korea has to beat up Belgium today? let's do this South Korea

Ha zappi

if you're posting on this thread you care more about the 2014 world cup than ronaldo

Ronaldo, after his goal, basically couldn't be asked to try to score another - he really shouldn't have done, but one gets the feeling he didn't think hid team deserved a rousing finish

You can advance while losing because it's a mini league. If merikans don't get that easily, well... Fucking hell.

Should, even

oh, it's a mini league. like all those other mini league point-based progression sports we have in amurica

That clears it up - I thought the World Cup was played with mega league rules

i miss the days of the mega league

such a strange country

https://twitter.com/driven_by_data/status/482229428622467073

ruh-roh, time to start rounding up War of 1812 jpegs again

i try to stay balanced on these things but i will say, having to suffer it first hand and repeatedly, this affectation of gormless head scratching about the US going thru despite losing is basically the greatest moment of shame in this country's miserable history

this is the hindenburg of international sports

worse than abu ghraib

mordy

ayew cross probably the finest moment of skill in the tournament so far

You can advance while losing because it's a mini league.

even dumber than ties imho

all baseball playoff teams have 100% regular season records right?

ah, i didn't know we were playing 162 games here