World Cup 2014

[JBS]

Netherland ties it up quick. That was a hair from being offsides

nah, wasnt even close...clearly onside

 

[LatinMind]

lol wow. Aussies almost score and dutch come right back and score. awsome game. Bad keeper play. Noway it should look that easy from that far away

 

[Ren]

Ronaldo limping with ice pack at practice according to Norwegian news site.

 

[JBS]

no surprise to anyone who has been following la liga...hes been hurt for some time now....he wasnt 100% fit in the UCL final...and apparently hes still ailing now...

 

[Future]

The more I think about it, the more I think it is unlikely that Germany would rest their starters against the US, even if they have everything locked up. If the US can beat or get a draw against Portugal, beating Germany would mean that they win the group. That would be the difference between Belgium and Korea/Russia in the knockout round. Might be worth it to go for every point.

 

[StevenOtero]

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/18/portugal-doctor-tells-ronaldo-injury-is-career-threatening

 

[JBS]

as i expected, spain is on the ropes...south american soccer is ridiculously loaded...easily the strongest continent in this thing

 

[JBS]

bye bye spain!

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

What a beautiful victory . I'm so glad I hate Ghana beat Portugal and USA advances from the group of death !!!!!!

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

as i expected, spain is on the ropes...south american soccer is ridiculously loaded...easily the strongest continent in this thing

all good things come to an end

 

[Coy]

That was what i thought too. ..

I would be incredibly surprised if Mexico Even gets a draw today... a one goal loss would be a solid showing

How did you like the draw?

 

[LatinMind]

How did you like the draw?

Lol not one mention

 

[Ren]

The more I think about it, the more I think it is unlikely that Germany would rest their starters against the US, even if they have everything locked up. If the US can beat or get a draw against Portugal, beating Germany would mean that they win the group. That would be the difference between Belgium and Korea/Russia in the knockout round. Might be worth it to go for every point.

Germany won't take it easy even if everything is locked up for them by round 3, their bench is better the the American starters anyways so the best bet for the US to advance is I win against Portugal

 

[LatinMind]

Germany won't take it easy even if everything is locked up for them by round 3, their bench is better the the American starters anyways so the best bet for the US to advance is I win against Portugal

Alot o f people are selling the portugal team short. Even without Ronaldo the portugal team is better then anything (canada, united states, mexico) has. i see a 2-1 portugal win. People are talking bout their loss to Germany. Germany is probably the best team in the world. What you saw against Germany isnt what youre going to see vs the united states. One team is so much better then the other.

 

[Ren]

Alot o f people are selling the portugal team short. Even without Ronaldo the portugal team is better then anything (canada, united states, mexico) has. i see a 2-1 portugal win. People are talking bout their loss to Germany. Germany is probably the best team in the world. What you saw against Germany isnt what youre going to see vs the united states. One team is so much better then the other.

Portugal is the more likely of the 2 to be upset, but it would be a massive upset still. I can't see the US beating either but if I had to pick one game for the upset it would be Portugal

 

[JBS]

How did you like the draw?

Cant say anything. . Just gotta tip your hat.. Ochoa was Unreal and mexico also played well..

 

[JBS]

Alot o f people are selling the portugal team short. Even without Ronaldo the portugal team is better then anything (canada, united states, mexico) has. i see a 2-1 portugal win. People are talking bout their loss to Germany. Germany is probably the best team in the world. What you saw against Germany isnt what youre going to see vs the united states. One team is so much better then the other.

Hahahaha

Yeah, that's not going to happen

 

[JBS]

Usa just needs a draw anyway. They dont need to beat Portugal

 

[RastaRocket]

as i expected, spain is on the ropes...south american soccer is ridiculously loaded...easily the strongest continent in this thing

Strongest continent is still Europe, but they are strong as they always are.

 

[Coy]

Cant say anything. . Just gotta tip your hat.. Ochoa was Unreal and mexico also played well..

Great post buddy.

It's amazing how Soccer keeps growing in the US, they tripled stanley cup finals rating and had almost as much as the NBA even with Lebron playing (the finals were on sunday night and US-Ghana was on Monday), that's amazing.

Just read this:

Americans are increasingly developing a taste for the "beautiful game," at least when their own team is playing...

Monday night's World Cup match between the U.S. and Ghana drew 15.9 million viewers total between the two channels carrying the game, ESPN and Univision, according to preliminary overnight Nielsen ratings. The figure set World Cup viewership records for both networks.

The ratings trounced the audience for the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup finals on Friday, which attracted 6 million TV viewers. Perhaps more surprising, the viewership numbers for the soccer game had an admirable showing against Sunday's National Basketball Association finals game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, which attracted 17.9 million viewers.

On Monday, ESPN—which is airing the World Cup in English along with Walt Disney Co.DIS +0.51% siblings ESPN2 and ABC—drew 11.1 million total viewers, making it the most-viewed men's soccer match ever on ESPN or ESPN2, the network said. The match also set a record for ESPN's mobile streaming app, Watch ESPN, which had a total of 1.4 million viewers.

Keep reading:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-match-in-world-cup-sets-a-tv-record-1403034850