He's the one wearing a sponge as a hat.

Glad to hear you found a way to kill some time until relevant sports start playing again.

Congrats to him. The world's greatest sports stage short of the Olympics. Says a lot for Akron' program.

Can this be the general World Cup thread?

Spain got f***ed by the Netherlands.

World Cup 2014 - Group Play: Game 1 Results

Group A - Game 1
Brazil 3, Croatia 1 (F)
Mexico 1, Cameroon 0 (F)

Group B - Game 1
Netherlands 5, Spain 1 (F)
Chile 3, Australia 1 (F)

Group C - Game 1
Colombia 3, Greece 0 (F)
Ivory Coast 2, Japan 1 (F)

Group D - Game 1
Costa Rica 3, Uruguay 1 (F)
Italy 2, England 1 (F)

Group E - Game 1
Switzerland 2, Ecuador 1 (F)
France 3, Honduras 0 (F)

Group F - Game 1
Argentina 2, Boznia-Herzegovina 1 (F)
Nigeria 0, Iran 0 (F)

Group G - Game 1
Germany 4, Portugal 0 (F)
USA 2, Ghana 1 (F)

Group H - Game 1
Belgium 2, Algeria 1 (F)
Russia 1, "Directional" Korea 1 (F)

World Cup 2014 - Group Play: Game 2 Results

Group A - Game 2
Mexico 0, Brazil 0 (F)
Croatia 4, Cameroon 0 (F)

Group B - Game 2
Netherlands 3, Australia 2 (F)
Chile 2, Spain 0 (F)

Group C - Game 2
Colombia 2, Ivory Coast 1 (F)
Japan 0, Greece 0 (F)

Group D - Game 2
Uruguay 2, England 1 (F)
Costa Rica 1, Italy 0 (F)

Group E - Game 2
France 5, Switzerland 2 (F)
Ecuador 2, Honduras 1 (F)

Group F - Game 2
Argentina 1, Iran 0 (F)
Nigeria 1, Boznia-Herzegovina 0 (F)

Group G - Game 2
Germany 2, Ghana 2 (F)
Portugal 2, USA 2 (F)

Group H - Game 2
Belgium 1, Russia 0 (F)
Algeria 4, "Directional" Korea 2 (F)

Quote:Belgium 1, Russia 0 (F)

Watched the last third of that match today. Belgium scored in the 89' minute. I cheered (buh-buy Putin).

Some good matches in this Cup. Lots of comebacks during the Game 1s... At one point, nearly half of the sides that scored first wound up losing.

Yedlin coming into the game 72nd minute

(06-22-2014 06:30 PM)nbcards Wrote:  Yedlin coming into the game 72nd minute

He had a "somewhat" assist on G2.

Enter "play not to lose" and "prevent defense" quips here.
Beautifully executed play by Portugal, no doubt. But that sure felt like a choke job.

(06-22-2014 07:30 PM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  Enter "play not to lose" and "prevent defense" quips here.
Beautifully executed play by Portugal, no doubt. But that sure felt like a choke job.

I don't know much about futbol, but that was certainly an epic choke job.
Flashbacks to '05 MACC

(06-13-2014 05:11 PM)TARDledo Wrote:  Can this be the general World Cup thread?

Yes, if I was a young man I'd find a beautiful Brazilian woman to marry in Rio and give the guests at the wedding Brazucas.

Her family would be happy (to receive Bracuzas as a gift for attending the wedding) and I'd be happy too.

And I'd take the wedding gifts ($) and buy tickets to the World Cup for the bride and me. and live happily thereafter. Maybe.

World Cup 2014 - Group Play: Game 3 Results

Group A - Game 3
Mexico 3, Croatia 1 (F)
Brazil 4, Cameroon 1 (F)

Group B - Game 3
Netherlands 2, Chile 0 (F)
Spain 3, Australia 0 (F)

Group C - Game 3
Colombia 4, Japan 1 (F)
Greece 2, Ivory Coast 1 (F)

Group D - Game 3
Costa Rica 0, England 0 (F)
Uruguay 1, Italy 0 (F)

Group E - Game 3
France 0, Ecuador 0 (F)
Switzerland 3, Honduras 0 (F)

Group F - Game 3
Argentina 3, Nigeria 2 (F)
Boznia-Herzegovina 3, Iran 1 (F)

Group G - Game 3
Germany 1, USA 0 (F)
Portugal 2, Ghana 1 (F)

Group H - Game 3
Belgium 1, "Directional" Korea 0 (F)
Algeria 1, Russia 1 (F)

(06-23-2014 10:51 AM)TARDledo Wrote:  World Cup 2014 - Group Play: Game 3 Results

Group A - Game 3 (6/23 4pm ET)
Mexico 0, Croatia 0
Brazil 0, Cameroon 0

Group B - Game 3 (6/23 Noon ET)
Chile 0, Netherlands 0
Spain 0, Australia 0

Group C - Game 3 (6/24 4pm ET)
Colombia 0, Japan 0
Ivory Coast 0, Greece 0

Group D - Game 3 (6/24 Noon ET)
Costa Rica 0, England 0
Uruguay 0, Italy 0

Group E - Game 3 (6/25 4pm ET)
France 0, Ecuador 0
Switzerland 0, Honduras 0

Group F - Game 3 (6/25 Noon ET)
Argentina 0, Nigeria 0
Iran 0, Boznia-Herzegovina 0

Group G - Game 3 (6/26 Noon ET)
Germany 0, USA 0
Ghana 0, Portugal 0

Group H - Game 3 (6/26 4pm ET)
Belgium 0, "Directional" Korea 0
Russia 0, Algeria 0

I love the group system and how for the final games within a group how they are scheduled to be played concomitantly so no teams have an advantage of knowing the outcome of the other group game.

(06-22-2014 06:55 PM)TARDledo Wrote:  

(06-22-2014 06:30 PM)nbcards Wrote:  Yedlin coming into the game 72nd minute

He had a "somewhat" assist on G2.

He was definitely a spark when he came into the game. Nice substitution by Klinsman.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/deandre-yed...36734.html

Yedlin gets attention.

World Cup 2014 - Final Group Standings (Top two in each group advance to knockout stage.)

Group A
Brazil (7)(+5)
Mexico (7)(+3)
Croatia (3)
Cameroon (0)

Group B
Netherlands (9)
Chile (6)
Spain (3)
Australia (0)

Group C
Colombia (9)
Greece (4)
Ivory Coast (3)
Japan (1)

Group D
Costa Rica (7)
Uruguay (6)
Italy (3)
England (1)

Group E
France (7)
Switzerland (6)
Ecuador (4)
Honduras (0)

Group F
Argentina (9)
Nigeria (4)
Boznia-Herzegovina (3)
Iran (1)

Group G
Germany (7)
USA (4)(0)
Portugal (4)(-3)
Ghana (1)

Group H
Belgium (9)
Algeria (4)
Russia (2)
"Directional" Korea (1)

World Cup 2014 - Knockout Stage: Round of 16

Bracket 1
Brazil 1, Chile 1 [PK: Brazil 3-2] (F)
Colombia 2, Uruguay 0 (F)

Bracket 2
France 2, Nigeria 0 (F)
Germany 2, Algeria 1 (F)

Bracket 3
Netherlands 2, Mexico 1 (F)
Costa Rica 1, Greece 1 [PK: Costa Rica 5-3] (F)

Bracket 4
Argentina 1, Switzerland 0 (F)
Belgium 2, USA 1 (F)

World Cup 2014 - Knockout Stage: Quarterfinals

Bracket 1
Brazil 2, Colombia 1 (F)
Germany 1, France 0 (F)

Bracket 2
Netherlands 0, Costa Rica 0 [PK: Netherlands 4-3] (F)
Argentina 1, Belgium 0 (F)