Minor vocabulary point - this sport is not played on a "field". It's played on a pitch.
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FIFA World Cup 2014
- Thread starter GrumpiusMaximus
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FIFA and the English FA both refer to it as the "Field of Play" in the official laws of the game. As an American, I choose not to use British colloquialisms for sports fields.Minor vocabulary point - this sport is not played on a "field". It's played on a pitch.
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FIFA and the FA can call it a planar turfed quadrangle if they want to. It's still a football pitch. 
FIFA and the FA can call it a planar turfed quadrangle if they want to. It's still a football pitch.
Not in the good ol' U.S. of A it ain't.
They'll be calling the linesmen "assistant referees" next. And a fooball ground "a stadium". Hrrrmph.
You'll have to trust me on this one, Bill. An American calling it a 'pitch' sounds really douchey, and I hate using the word douchey.
53. 3-1
54. 2-0
55. 2-0
56. 1-2
We already do the latter. My local MLS team plays in a soccer, erm, football-specific stadium, and the word "Stadium" is right in the title.
IMO, "pitch" sounds awkward in American English. I still say it, but I feel weird every time I say it.
Messi really has been putting the entire team on his shoulders. What's scary to think is how well you've done because of him despite the rest of your team not playing so well. If the rest of the team starts to click at the right time, I think Argentina can go far.
Be good to see Argentina win it of solely for the awkwardness of it all.
Heavens forbid Uruguay do it again in Brazil
Heavens forbid Uruguay do it again in Brazil
Uruguay have a good team... Pity there is one guy that gives them a bad name. The man is a good player, but a total liability. He's cuckoo. Good riddance. Uruguay's team does not need him. I am amazed you still support the guy.
FIFA and the English FA both refer to it as the "Field of Play" in the official laws of the game. As an American, I choose not to use British colloquialisms for sports fields.
I understand that you're an American, but that doesn't entitle you to any exemptions. It's "football" played on a "pitch, not "soccer" played on a field.
Match 49: Brazil vs. Chile: 3-2
Match 50: Colombia vs. Uruguay: 2-1
Match 51: Netherlands vs. Mexico: 4-2
Match 52: Costa Rica vs. Greece: 4-1
Match 53: France vs. Nigeria: 3-0
Match 54: Germany vs. Algeria: 5-0
Match 55: Argentina vs. Switzerland: 2-1
Match 56: Belgium vs. USA: 2-0
Match 50: Colombia vs. Uruguay: 2-1
Match 51: Netherlands vs. Mexico: 4-2
Match 52: Costa Rica vs. Greece: 4-1
Match 53: France vs. Nigeria: 3-0
Match 54: Germany vs. Algeria: 5-0
Match 55: Argentina vs. Switzerland: 2-1
Match 56: Belgium vs. USA: 2-0
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Wouldn't be so sure about that. Our team isn't really doing that well (okay, yes, we're winning our matches, but the gameplay really lacks, it's not really a team, more a collection of individuals*), plus the USA has a German trainer, which is a big plus for them.
(*but credit given where credit's due: Wilmots (trainer) is really doing an amazing job of hoarding the sheeps (and difficult characters) and making them do what they have to do)
Someone sulky that their little starlet is every bit as bad as his rep dictates, just that for once his spanking affects his country-mates?
