View Full Version : U.S.A vs Ghana
StevenOtero
06-22-2006, 12:42 AM
U.S.A vs. Ghana on ESPN 9:30 ET, 7:30 MT. You get it.
SUPPORT U.S.A :D
Danny White
06-22-2006, 08:25 AM
We're shutting down our office from between 9:30 and 11:00 so everyone can watch it in the conference room! Go USA!
Yeagermeister
06-22-2006, 08:39 AM
I heard on the radio some monks, I don't remember where, got in trouble for not doing their duties because they were watching the world cup. :lmao:
Danny White
06-22-2006, 09:53 AM
That was a BS penalty kick!
Yeagermeister
06-22-2006, 09:56 AM
That was a BS penalty kick!
:mad: YEAH the refs suck
Ok I have no idea what I'm talking about :laugh1:
Funxva
06-22-2006, 11:21 AM
That bogus penalty totally changed the game.. That and the fact that Ghana probably wasted about 20 minutes of the entire game rolling around on the ground. NO class whatsoever.
That referee was retarded. He should go back to being a dentist.
SA_Gunslinger
06-22-2006, 01:47 PM
tough loss.
disappointing cup.
4 more years....ugh.
Billy Bullocks
06-22-2006, 01:48 PM
That bogus penalty totally changed the game.. That and the fact that Ghana probably wasted about 20 minutes of the entire game rolling around on the ground. NO class whatsoever.
That referee was retarded. He should go back to being a dentist.
That's part of Soccer.
Going back to the Italy game, we've been screwed by poor refereeing all tourney. But when you score only 2 goals all tourney (techincally only scored 1ourselves) you can't complain that you dont go through. I feel the ref changed hte outcome of Ghana game for sure, probably Italy as well, but like I said, don't sit there after scoring 2 goals and complain that we didn't go through.
Sad to see our boys go home early, but the rest of the Cup should be exciting for all soccer fans. Loads of young talent will be on display all around. Keep watching. If not for any other reason than to wake up at odd hours and drinking.:beer2:
Funxva
06-22-2006, 02:51 PM
That's part of Soccer.
Going back to the Italy game, we've been screwed by poor refereeing all tourney. But when you score only 2 goals all tourney (techincally only scored 1ourselves) you can't complain that you dont go through. I feel the ref changed hte outcome of Ghana game for sure, probably Italy as well, but like I said, don't sit there after scoring 2 goals and complain that we didn't go through.
Sad to see our boys go home early, but the rest of the Cup should be exciting for all soccer fans. Loads of young talent will be on display all around. Keep watching. If not for any other reason than to wake up at odd hours and drinking.:beer2:
I hear ya. I'm actually going to now root for Argentina as my wife is Argentinean.
felix360
06-22-2006, 04:19 PM
come on guys, is it a surprise that the US has been getting the shaft by the Refs in the Cup. Its obvious they dont want us to win, i believe some of this refs have personal issues agaisnt the US, mostly politics and stuff like that. We are the most hated nation on earth, I dont think the us will ever win the world cup, i love soccer, i love the world cup but its so sad when officials go down to that level to screw us. oh well four more years.
CanadianCowboysFan
06-22-2006, 04:58 PM
Please people, the US was vastly overrated going into the World Cup and while the Italy game was a screw job, even with a tie against Ghana you wouldn't have advanced.
No way the US is 5th in the world as the rankings claim it is. No way you could beat France, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, Spain, England etc, all teams ranked below you.
The US is better at soccer than it was, but you still have a very long way to go in order to be a world power.
Billy Bullocks
06-22-2006, 05:41 PM
Please people, the US was vastly overrated going into the World Cup and while the Italy game was a screw job, even with a tie against Ghana you wouldn't have advanced.
No way the US is 5th in the world as the rankings claim it is. No way you could beat France, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, Spain, England etc, all teams ranked below you.
The US is better at soccer than it was, but you still have a very long way to go in order to be a world power.
The fact that you listed Greece is just laughable and shows you have no real knowledge of the game. France hasn't done anything since Euro 2000, and their pitiful form so far this tourney further proves that they are done. Ukraine!? Where do you get that? They have Shevchenko. Thats about it. Ukraine is rubbish. Spain is the most overhyped team I have ever seen.
Now I agree that US is not better than some of the teams ranked lower than them, but not the ones you listed.
Regardless of what you say, no one in the world can deny that the Italy game was a screw job, and the Ghana game saw what is to this point hte most dubious penalty awarded all tourney. That's all. And no one expected the US to actually win the entire tournament, but if you look at it objectively, and throw out the Czech result, they probably should have advanced.
Go England!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
Please people, the US was vastly overrated going into the World Cup and while the Italy game was a screw job, even with a tie against Ghana you wouldn't have advanced.
No way the US is 5th in the world as the rankings claim it is. No way you could beat France, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, Spain, England etc, all teams ranked below you.
The US is better at soccer than it was, but you still have a very long way to go in order to be a world power.
The ranking system is horrible and i think FIFA already said that they will make another ranking system.
CanadianCowboysFan
06-23-2006, 01:24 PM
The fact that you listed Greece is just laughable and shows you have no real knowledge of the game. France hasn't done anything since Euro 2000, and their pitiful form so far this tourney further proves that they are done. Ukraine!? Where do you get that? They have Shevchenko. Thats about it. Ukraine is rubbish. Spain is the most overhyped team I have ever seen.
Now I agree that US is not better than some of the teams ranked lower than them, but not the ones you listed.
Regardless of what you say, no one in the world can deny that the Italy game was a screw job, and the Ghana game saw what is to this point hte most dubious penalty awarded all tourney. That's all. And no one expected the US to actually win the entire tournament, but if you look at it objectively, and throw out the Czech result, they probably should have advanced.
You don't actually believe, regardless of how France has looked, that the US is better than them do you?
Spain, see above
Ukraine see above
Greece, perhaps a stretch, but they still are European champion.
You claim that Ukraine only has Shevshenko and nothing else, what does the US have other than the invisible Landon Donovan?
While the US did get screwed in the Italy game, you still didn't score a single goal in it, your goal was a gift.
The US is probably realistically number 20 in the world.
I'm glad FIFA is changing their ranking system because no way Mexico and USA are as good as their ranking.
i was at both games, the last game was a joke, english and german fans wearing ghana stuff just cuase they hate the united states, and the refs hate us it was so hard to watch, also the italy game was the most fun of my life, nothing like walking around the great town of kaiserslauten with my friends getting drunk with everyone partying then walking up to the game and watching america beat Itay, yes we won, that was crap italy, best moment of my life
CanadianCowboysFan
06-23-2006, 06:18 PM
i was at both games, the last game was a joke, english and german fans wearing ghana stuff just cuase they hate the united states, and the refs hate us it was so hard to watch, also the italy game was the most fun of my life, nothing like walking around the great town of kaiserslauten with my friends getting drunk with everyone partying then walking up to the game and watching america beat Itay, yes we won, that was crap italy, best moment of my life
How did you beat Italy when you didn't even score your own goal? Last time I checked it was 1-1.
Maybe they cheered for Ghana because they are an underdog nation who had little of its own fans there?
TruBlueCowboy
06-23-2006, 07:23 PM
:mad: YEAH the refs suck
Ok I have no idea what I'm talking about :laugh1:
:lmao2:
i was saying we won cause in my eyes we did, that second goal should of counted, it was crap that it was taken away, and all the english and german people were saying they were rooting against america in everything so they were goign for ghana and had all their flags, its like when people go against the yankees, it was dumb
The30YardSlant
06-25-2006, 06:44 PM
Soccer is for kids not athletic enough for basketball, tough enough for football, or coordinated enough for baseball. It sucks.
CanadianCowboysFan
06-25-2006, 11:49 PM
i was saying we won cause in my eyes we did, that second goal should of counted, it was crap that it was taken away, and all the english and german people were saying they were rooting against america in everything so they were goign for ghana and had all their flags, its like when people go against the yankees, it was dumb
Dude the second goal was offside.
CanadianCowboysFan
06-25-2006, 11:50 PM
Soccer is for kids not athletic enough for basketball, tough enough for football, or coordinated enough for baseball. It sucks.
Is that why you played soccer ;)
I played as a kid during the hockey offseason, and unlike the sports you mentioned, you have to be in superior physical shape because you run for 90 minutes.
The30YardSlant
06-26-2006, 10:26 AM
Is that why you played soccer ;)
I played as a kid during the hockey offseason, and unlike the sports you mentioned, you have to be in superior physical shape because you run for 90 minutes.
You can train to have endurance, you cant train yourself to be coordinated or athletic. You can get better in said attributes, but you cant learn them.
baj1dallas
06-26-2006, 12:46 PM
You can train to have endurance, you cant train yourself to be coordinated or athletic. You can get better in said attributes, but you cant learn them.
You ought to watch a game sometime. You still wouldn't know what you were talking about, but at least your opionion wouldn't sound quite as uninformed.
actually the official call was that one of the usa players was blocking the view of the goalkeeper, not offside, even more bs
CanadianCowboysFan
06-26-2006, 11:15 PM
actually the official call was that one of the usa players was blocking the view of the goalkeeper, not offside, even more bs
He was offside BUT the ref might have let it go if the American had not tried to make a play for the ball and been blocking Buffon.
AbeBeta
06-28-2006, 02:25 PM
english and german fans wearing ghana stuff just cuase they hate the united states
That's funny.
It would almost lead folks to think "huh? why do they hate us?" -- a little healthy introspection at the national-level might be in order.
Danny White
06-28-2006, 03:36 PM
That's funny.
It would almost lead folks to think "huh? why do they hate us?" -- a little healthy introspection at the national-level might be in order.
That's easy... jealousy. :D
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