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05-25-2008, 10:33 PM
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Anyone else fired up for this one on Wednesday? |
05-25-2008, 10:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Madison WI | | | Im from the US but have lived in Englad....GO UK!!!!!!!! |
05-25-2008, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 8guy  Im from the US but have lived in Englad....GO UK!!!!!!!! | 
Where's Englad?  |
05-25-2008, 11:45 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | I'm torn. I have dual citizenship.  |
05-26-2008, 10:09 AM
|  | *******er Emeritus(does anyone remember that? No?) | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Houston, Texas | | | What channel will be airing this in the U.S.?
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05-26-2008, 12:45 PM
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05-26-2008, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jrthebassguy What channel will be airing this in the U.S.? | ESPN Classic, 2:50PM on 5/28/08 |
05-26-2008, 03:52 PM
| | | | Not really - I guess it's a financial package that makes sense, but as a sporting event it's a non-event. If England loose it''ll be an embarisment. If they win, then it's only the US. |
05-26-2008, 03:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | I'm a traditional American sports fan, and not a follower of football, but I do know that America is likely not all that competitive against England. Even if I were into soccer, I couldn't get excited about seeing my country get beat down. 
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05-26-2008, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese I'm a traditional American sports fan, and not a follower of football, but I do know that America is likely not all that competitive against England. Even if I were into soccer, I couldn't get excited about seeing my country get beat down. |
The American team has been slowly getting better of the years (despite a poor WC2006 performance) but yes, we're not nearly as good as our transatlantic brethren. We're still playing for recognition within the international scene, but hey, you gotta start somewhere.
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05-26-2008, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jrthebassguy The American team has been slowly getting better of the years (despite a poor WC2006 performance) but yes, we're not nearly as good as our transatlantic brethren. We're still playing for recognition within the international scene, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. | That's the spirit! |
05-27-2008, 02:27 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Yep - we have the best league in the world and you probably have the worst!! 
Only kidding - but it will be an interesting game, I am always surprised that the US gets rated so highly by FIFA then looks really poor when they play any European nation... 
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05-27-2008, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Yep - we have the best league in the world | yeah, thanks to the foreigners  The spanish and the italian are just as good imo Quote: |
Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Only kidding - but it will be an interesting game, I am always surprised that the US gets rated so highly by FIFA then looks really poor when they play any European nation... | oh really ? The US beat Poland 3-0 and Sweden 2-0 http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stCon...8MNTResLU.html
Oh Bruce , for some reason I can't find England on the map  http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/teams/index.html |
05-27-2008, 04:06 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Sweden beat the USA 1-0 on 22 August 07 and Poland are pretty poor ...
USA were ranked as high as 4th in 2006 - but have never looked as good as the top 10 teams.
Funny I can't find Luxembourg ...?
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05-27-2008, 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ChiliPepper | Yeah, well I can't find America on the map!
Oh wait...
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05-27-2008, 04:10 AM
| | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Oh wait I just found Luxembourg's FIFA ranking -
157
..just behind St. Kitts and Nevis... 
No wonder ...
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05-27-2008, 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Sweden beat the USA 1-0 on 22 August 07 and Poland are pretty poor ... | at least Poland is playing the Euro |
05-27-2008, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield Oh wait I just found Luxembourg's FIFA ranking -
157
..just behind St. Kitts and Nevis...
No wonder ... | nice comparison... we have a population of 480 000 and more than 40 % are foreigners. We're not the the motherland of football... |
05-27-2008, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ChiliPepper at least Poland is playing the Euro |
The Champions League is now where it's really at - most people in England won't watch Euro 2008!
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05-27-2008, 10:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ealing, West London | | | The US are only 10 places behind England in the FIFA rankings & most of our (England) players are behaving more and more like overpaid spoilt brats erery time they get the privelege to play for their country.
I've had £5 on a 1-1 draw, Beckham will want to score for his 100th cap.
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