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World Cup is here

Ja Rhule

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well, you guys gave it a good go...no doubt there. I was a little disappointed in the energy level from the US today...I was expecting soo much more with so much on the line. They fought hard though and Kingston was tough to beat.

It doesn't matter anymore, but the penalty call was an incorrect call, you could clearly see the Ghana player did make contact with the ball prior to the take down. It did open up the game though and made it fun to watch!

Let's go Oranje now!

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well, you guys gave it a good go...no doubt there. I was a little disappointed in the energy level from the US today...I was expecting soo much more with so much on the line. They fought hard though and Kingston was tough to beat.

It doesn't matter anymore, but the penalty call was an incorrect call, you could clearly see the Ghana player did make contact with the ball prior to the take down. It did open up the game though and made it fun to watch!

Let's go Oranje now!

Phew!!! I thought I was the only one who thought this.

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by playing Ghana?

what would have happened if you played Brazil or Argentina?

We're still going up against Ghana's best 20 athletes. Imagine how good we could be if our best athletes all played soccer. We'd be like the Greatest Show on Turf, ringing up 30-point wins over the Seahawks of the world.

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We are facing every other country's Michael Jordan, Steve Smith, Albert Pujols and Sidney Crosby at once.

This is a good point and I was thinking about this today while watching the game... what's Ghana's population? Can't be anywhere close to ours... if our elite athletes were playing soccer instead of football, baseball, and basketball (the money sports here) we would kill at the world cup..

Edit: this really was an original thought of mine... didn't see Meat's other post until after I posted... :D

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I think the hype/pressure caused the guys to come out flat. The lineup was NOT a good one. I was calling for a sub in the first half and Bradley listened.

I'm iffy on the penalty on Ghana. Normally hitting the ball is cool, but it's where he was at and his angle. Think of it like the ole football move we hear about. Was his move a soccer move meaning was it a true competitive play on the ball or he got a piece of the ball while sweeping the leg? Yes, that was intentional.

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