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***Official 2014 World Cup Thread*** (6 Viewers)

Sinn Fein said:
NewlyRetired said:
Watching this Holland CR game makes think of US qualifying games that are played away from the US in the first round of WC qualifying. The US is clearly the better team and yet the games are always way too close for comfort.

I still get upset thinking just how close the US came to not even making it out of the first round of qualifying.
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I just worry about the next qualifying cycle - Costa Rica may not have long-term staying power, but they should be good for the next few years. 3 "locks" for 3.5 spots does not leave a lot of wiggle room.
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Wait until they blow a gasket when we schedule our home game in Denver again - in March

 
ffldrew said:
Sinn Fein said:
NewlyRetired said:
Watching this Holland CR game makes think of US qualifying games that are played away from the US in the first round of WC qualifying. The US is clearly the better team and yet the games are always way too close for comfort.

I still get upset thinking just how close the US came to not even making it out of the first round of qualifying.
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I just worry about the next qualifying cycle - Costa Rica may not have long-term staying power, but they should be good for the next few years. 3 "locks" for 3.5 spots does not leave a lot of wiggle room.
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Wait until they blow a gasket when we schedule our home game in Denver again - in March
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I still worry about the first round more. We consistently have more problems in the first round then we do in the hex. We seem to really understand how to proceed through the hex but the first round, more times than not, is scary as hell.

Not only were we losing in the final game of the first round, before that we almost threw away points to Antigua until the most unlikely combo ever (Alan Gordon to EJ) bailed us late very late.

Crap, two years from the start of this and I am already fretting away games :)

For those new fans who are going to follow this cycle from the beginning, you are going to love the whacky world of Concacaf qualifying :)

 
Goals by league -update

EPL - 31

Bundesliga - 30

La Liga - 23

Serie A - 14

Ligue 1 - 13

Primeira Liga - 8

Liga MX - 5

Russian Premier - 5

MLS - 4

Eredivisie - 3

Brasileiro - 3

English Championship - 2

UAE Arabian Gulf League - 2

Turkish Süper Lig - 2

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 - 2

Argentine Primera - 1

Belgian Pro - 1

K League - 1

Honduran Liga Nacional - 1

Greek Superleague - 1

Scottish Premier League - 1

Croatian Prva Liga - 1

Own goal (La Liga) -1

Own goal (Honduran Liga Nacional) - 1

Own goal (Bundesliga) - 1

Own goal (Ligue 1) - 1

Own goal (Turkish Süper Lig) -1

 
http://www.espnfc.us/netherlands/story/1934966/louis-van-gaal-had-planned-tim-krul-switch-all-along

"Every player in my selection has certain skills and qualities and they don't always coincide," Van Gaal said. "We always felt that Tim Krul would be the most appropriate player to stop penalties.

"He has a long reach and we prepared Costa Rican penalties. He dove into the right corner time and time again. We are a little bit proud that this trick has helped us through."

The Netherlands staff had discussed the goalkeeper change as they prepared for the match -- but no one told starting keeper Cillessen.

:bowtie:

 
Is the Jogo Bonito dead? Maybe it already was, but that seems to be one take-way for me this past month. Perhaps ironic that it takes a Brazil World Cup for that to be fully revealed.

 
Looked like an all South America final.

Looking more like an all Europe final now.

Probably one from each continent now... but who from where?

The Ticos could have taken down an Argentina team without Di Maria. Argh! (wishful thinking)

 
NewlyRetired said:
QuizGuy66 said:
Time for a dumb question. What purpose does the semicircle above the penalty box serve?

-QG
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I think it is there only to keep players at least 10 yards from the pk spot during a pk. Not sure it serves any other purpose.
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This is correct

 
Eephus said:
NewlyRetired said:
The Gator said:
Hazard> wait
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He did not live up to what I expected of him this tournament. I thought he was going to make the leap.
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I think he's already taken the leap for his club. Five games in a tournament is an awfully small sample.
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I think he's fantastic- definitely one of the more enjoyable players in the world to watch for me. But if he's going to be THAT guy, he needs to make the leap for his country in the big games, regardless of how few there are. Please see: Messi. (who is taking the leap this WC)

 
[sOCCER ON THE AIR] Sunday's Mexico-Netherlands game was the most-viewed telecast in U.S. Spanish-language television history, averaging 10.4 million viewers.

It broke the U.S. Spanish-language viewing record set by the telenovela "Destilando Amor" in 2007. Along with the 6.6 million viewers on ESPN, the Univision viewership put the total U.S. audience for the Mexico-Netherlands match at 17 million.

The previous record for the most-viewed World Cup match ever on Univision was 9.4 million viewers for Mexico-Argentina in 2010.
 
DiStefano said:
otello said:
Great win by Argentina. Best match from them this wc. Hopefully di Maria is not badly hurt. Higuain came up big today and their defense was generally solid.
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Coming into this World Cup, commentators basically said that Argentina was very powerful in attack, but weak defensively. That may be so, but the attack has not produced quite the goal scoring that might have been expected. 8 goals in 5 matches is not overwhelming. On the other hand, their defense has been strong, having conceded only 3 goals.
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At some point during the game, the flashed a graphic of how many shots on goal Belgium had vs the US and Argentina. Got me thinking- wtf is really the difference in the two games... Argentina completely contained the defense and midfield- astonishingly so given the dominance Belgium had against the US. That back 4 and central MF destroyed the passing lanes and shut down any danger from Belgium in front of goal. Color me impressed by a lot. If they can get Di Maria back to complement Messi- that is going to be a tough team for Netherlands or anybody else to match up against.

btw- where's Aguerro? Hurt, or just out of favor?

 
Mr. Ham said:
Slapdash said:
Can't wait to hear all the hot sport takes about this game ruining the sport.
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I feel vindicated by the article about that Brazil game. Made me feel a lot better to see what I felt articulated perfectly. I felt that Brazil was first to set the tone of cynical aggression - and was first to then set the tone of cynical flopping.

Fact someone else saw all of this, was able to point out how the flow is cumulative and leads to a progression of events makes me feel hopeful.

What doesn't make me feel hopeful are those that cannot even entertain or see that all of this so blatantly happened - and excuse it.

As the journalist so aptly pointed out, the ref's inability to police and enforce a modicum of justice contributed not only to an ugly match lacking in fair play, but quite possibly in serious injury.

I won't speak for others, but THAT is the problem I personally had with the sport - not the sport itself.

And the fact you so stubbornly glaze all of this over, well. That informs how I value your opinion.
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Good lord, Ham- asked and answered ad nauseum.

Please go Frozen and let it go... please.

(and fwiw, I agree with the article and you on this- and has been mentioned a billion times in here, it's been mentioned a billion times in every soccer thread)

 
NewlyRetired said:
El Floppo said:
The Gator said:
sporthenry said:
Courtois was a bit too celebratory there for being down 1-0.
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I think he's allowed that by saving his team's WC hopes by stonewalling one of the greatest ever 1v1.
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agree with both, but mostly with henry. you're already losing- this is not the time to celebrate.
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I must have missed what he did. All I saw was a quick fist pump.
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I thought it was more of the repeated double fist pump- a single fist pump would've been ok for me.

 
NewlyRetired said:
El Floppo said:
The Gator said:
sporthenry said:
Courtois was a bit too celebratory there for being down 1-0.
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I think he's allowed that by saving his team's WC hopes by stonewalling one of the greatest ever 1v1.
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agree with both, but mostly with henry. you're already losing- this is not the time to celebrate.
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I must have missed what he did. All I saw was a quick fist pump.
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Looking back it wasn't terrible. But he stared Messi down then walked back and sort of did the second fist pump while looking at the crowd. It wouldn't have been bad if it was in the 60th minute but in the 94th, it just seemed off to me. I guess goalies are strange enough and they can't do much more but at that point I'd probably be looking to get up field.

Just seemed like it was more personal between him and Messi.

 
otello said:
Kun is hurt, as is el Fideo.
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Aguero has been back at practice. Don't know if he is match fit yet. DiMaria is out for the WC.

By the way, Sabella has been criticized by many fans for not including Carlos Tevez in his squads, either in the qualification stage or in the WC. Apparently he felt that Tevez didn't fit his scheme. However, if Argentina goes against the Netherlands without Aguero and DiMaria (and loses), the criticisms will mushroom.

 
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Ted Lange as your Bartender said:
Goals by league -update

EPL - 31

Bundesliga - 30

La Liga - 23

Serie A - 14

Ligue 1 - 13

Primeira Liga - 8

Liga MX - 5

Russian Premier - 5

MLS - 4

Eredivisie - 3

Brasileiro - 3

English Championship - 2

UAE Arabian Gulf League - 2

Turkish Süper Lig - 2

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 - 2

Argentine Primera - 1

Belgian Pro - 1

K League - 1

Honduran Liga Nacional - 1

Greek Superleague - 1

Scottish Premier League - 1

Croatian Prva Liga - 1

Own goal (La Liga) -1

Own goal (Honduran Liga Nacional) - 1

Own goal (Bundesliga) - 1

Own goal (Ligue 1) - 1

Own goal (Turkish Süper Lig) -1
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at least we don't score on ourselves.USA! USA! USA!

 
DiStefano said:
otello said:
Kun is hurt, as is el Fideo.
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Aguero has been back at practice. Don't know if he is match fit yet. DiMaria is out for the WC.

By the way, Sabella has been criticized by many fans for not including Carlos Tevez in his squads, either in the qualification stage or in the WC. Apparently he felt that Tevez didn't fit his scheme. However, if Argentina goes against the Netherlands without Aguero and DiMaria (and loses), the criticisms will mushroom.
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I'm as a big a Tevez fab as it gets. Palacio can't hold his jock.

Also, Pastore could really help this team right now with those injuries.

 
cstu said:
I had no idea watching the game yesterday that Robben was one of the best players in the world, but he jumped off the screen as the best player on the field.
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He gets injured a lot, and most fans don't like him because of his diving, selfish play and generally toolish behavior.

But when he's healthy and focused, like he has been this World Cup, he's awesome.

 
NewlyRetired said:
[sOCCER ON THE AIR] Sunday's Mexico-Netherlands game was the most-viewed telecast in U.S. Spanish-language television history, averaging 10.4 million viewers.

It broke the U.S. Spanish-language viewing record set by the telenovela "Destilando Amor" in 2007. Along with the 6.6 million viewers on ESPN, the Univision viewership put the total U.S. audience for the Mexico-Netherlands match at 17 million.

The previous record for the most-viewed World Cup match ever on Univision was 9.4 million viewers for Mexico-Argentina in 2010.
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it was a season finale for "Destilando Amor", i think. there was a wedding or something.

 
saintfool said:
NewlyRetired said:
[sOCCER ON THE AIR] Sunday's Mexico-Netherlands game was the most-viewed telecast in U.S. Spanish-language television history, averaging 10.4 million viewers.

It broke the U.S. Spanish-language viewing record set by the telenovela "Destilando Amor" in 2007. Along with the 6.6 million viewers on ESPN, the Univision viewership put the total U.S. audience for the Mexico-Netherlands match at 17 million.

The previous record for the most-viewed World Cup match ever on Univision was 9.4 million viewers for Mexico-Argentina in 2010.
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it was a season finale for "Destilando Amor", i think. there was a wedding or something.
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fess up- how many people did you invite over for that?

 
sporthenry said:
NewlyRetired said:
El Floppo said:
The Gator said:
sporthenry said:
Courtois was a bit too celebratory there for being down 1-0.
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I think he's allowed that by saving his team's WC hopes by stonewalling one of the greatest ever 1v1.
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agree with both, but mostly with henry. you're already losing- this is not the time to celebrate.
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I must have missed what he did. All I saw was a quick fist pump.
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Looking back it wasn't terrible. But he stared Messi down then walked back and sort of did the second fist pump while looking at the crowd. It wouldn't have been bad if it was in the 60th minute but in the 94th, it just seemed off to me. I guess goalies are strange enough and they can't do much more but at that point I'd probably be looking to get up field. Just seemed like it was more personal between him and Messi.
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They played 6 times last season. Gotta think it is personal.
 
As an Atlético fan, I hope Courtois has a personal thing with Messi, as that might mean he's more likely to move permanently. But that's simply wishful thinking on my part.

 
Way back in the thread, someone asked for a goal count by club in addition to league. Here it is through the quarterfinals. Keep in mind that consistent with the league tally, for players who were out on loan through the end of the Euro season, their goals are credited to the club who owns the player's contract, rather than to the loan club. Examples include Lukaku (Chelsea instead of Everton), Bryan Ruiz (Fulham instead of PSV) and Joel Campbell (Arsenal instead of Olympiacos). I may do an adjusted goal count for loaned players after the final.

[SIZE=medium]Bayern Munich (GER) - 14[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Barcelona (ESP) - 10[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Manchester United (ENG) - 8[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Chelsea (ENG) - 6[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Monaco (FRA) - 6[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Real Madrid (ESP) - 6[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Napoli (ITA) - 5[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Porto (POR) - 4[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Wolfsburg (GER) - 4[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Arsenal (ENG) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Borussia Dortmund (GER) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Liverpool (ENG) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Marseille (FRA) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Pachuca (MEX) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Paris-Saint Germain (FRA) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Roma (ITA) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Sporting Lisbon (POR) - 3[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]AC Milan (ITA) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Al Ain (UAE) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Atletico Madrid (ESP) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Club Africain (TUN) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]CSKA Moscow (RUS) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Fulham (ENG) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Juventus (ITA) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Mainz 05 (GER) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Manchester City (ENG) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]New York Red Bulls (USA) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]PSV Eindhoven (NED) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Schalke 04 (GER) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Seattle Sounders (USA) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Swansea City (ENG) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Valencia (ESP) - 2[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Académica de Coimbra (POR) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Bayer Leverkusen (GER) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Besiktas (TUR) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Borussia Monchengladbach (GER) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Celtic (SCO) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Charlton Athletic (ENG 2) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Club America (MEX) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Club Brugge (BEL) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Crystal Palace (ENG) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Dynamo Moscow (RUS) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]FC Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Feyenoord (NED) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Fiorentina (ITA) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Fluminense (BRA) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Freiburg (GER) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Galatasaray (TUR) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Grenada (ESP) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Hajduk Split (CRO) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Hertha Berlin (GER) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Internacional (BRA) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Lazio (ITA) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Leon (MEX) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Lille (FRA) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Newcastle United (ENG) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Norwich City (ENG) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Olympiacos (GRE) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Palmeiras (BRA) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Real España (HON) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Real Sociedad (ESP) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]River Plate (ARG) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Stoke City (ENG) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Stuttgart (GER) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Ulsan Hyundai (KOR) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Villareal (ESP) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Wigan Athletic (ENG 2) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](OG) Fenerbahçe (TUR) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](OG) Olimpia (HON) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](OG) Real Madrid (ESP) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](OG) Rennes (FRA) - 1[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium](OG) Schalke 04 (GER) - 1[/SIZE]

 
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El Floppo said:
saintfool said:
NewlyRetired said:
[sOCCER ON THE AIR] Sunday's Mexico-Netherlands game was the most-viewed telecast in U.S. Spanish-language television history, averaging 10.4 million viewers.

It broke the U.S. Spanish-language viewing record set by the telenovela "Destilando Amor" in 2007. Along with the 6.6 million viewers on ESPN, the Univision viewership put the total U.S. audience for the Mexico-Netherlands match at 17 million.

The previous record for the most-viewed World Cup match ever on Univision was 9.4 million viewers for Mexico-Argentina in 2010.
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it was a season finale for "Destilando Amor", i think. there was a wedding or something.
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fess up- how many people did you invite over for that?
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el corazón quiere lo que el corazón quiere.

 
saintfool said:
El Floppo said:
saintfool said:
NewlyRetired said:
[sOCCER ON THE AIR] Sunday's Mexico-Netherlands game was the most-viewed telecast in U.S. Spanish-language television history, averaging 10.4 million viewers.

It broke the U.S. Spanish-language viewing record set by the telenovela "Destilando Amor" in 2007. Along with the 6.6 million viewers on ESPN, the Univision viewership put the total U.S. audience for the Mexico-Netherlands match at 17 million.

The previous record for the most-viewed World Cup match ever on Univision was 9.4 million viewers for Mexico-Argentina in 2010.
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it was a season finale for "Destilando Amor", i think. there was a wedding or something.
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fess up- how many people did you invite over for that?
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el corazón quiere lo que el corazón quiere.
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well dammit, el corazon obviously didn't want me in attendance. :kicksrock:

 
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