Who's Gonna Win the World Cup?!

oleg · #1 June 5th, 2002, 04:14 PM

Wow, it's getting better and better !

I would't dream that after 1st round Korea and USA will top their group ! Amazing !!

dmm · #2 June 5th, 2002, 04:47 PM

Well, don't say I didn't warn you!!

Link to NY Times article about US and Korean victories.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/sp...5CND-VECS.html

An interesting point made was that the US actually beat England in World Cup play -- in 1950. Talk about a miracle! All of you pub frequenters should be able to make money off of that bit of trivia. Send my cut to Aaron and tell him to make a scenario editor.

Skulky · #3 June 8th, 2002, 07:00 AM

Seriously, Football/soccer is such a great game, almost on par with water polo. Who won the NCAA's? what what? Stanford! anyways im getting off topic. If you don't get ESPN 100 then just watch canal catorce (sp?) if your in the bay area (SF not Chesapeake) otherwise im sure other spanish channels are out there. They are really great to watch esp. if you kinda understnad hte language but if you don't just lower hte volume a bit and make your own commentary over a XX or Tequiza (what a joke for a "beer")

Captain Kwok · #4 June 8th, 2002, 07:37 AM

I'm not a big soccer/football fan but I enjoy the World Cup. I think only Olympic hockey is more exciting.

I would like to see Ireland go far but that probably won't happen. I also like England and way to go to the African countires, they get better every cup.

oleg · #5 June 8th, 2002, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Andr&eacutes Lescano:

quote:
Originally posted by oleg:
Winning this group may be a bad idea: there is a fair chance that France will finish second in their group.

You mean that England's strategy is trying to be second?
That will be hard after you lose this friday.

Yes, indeed it will be very hard now !

tesco samoa · #6 June 10th, 2002, 06:19 PM

http://www.satirewire.com/news/may02/world_cup.shtml

dmm · #7 June 10th, 2002, 08:07 PM

So, now the US has 4 points, and is favored to win its group. Incredible!
BTW, there is more interest in soccer in US than outsiders might think. But the truth is, we are very self-absorbed. Most US fans only care about the US team.
The other problem is that you don't get to watch any of the games unless you have cable (or satellite TV or something like that).
The third problem is that US TV does a horrible job of filming soccer/football. In the middle of an important run, they zoom in on the guy with the ball and the defender, and you lose sight of everyone else and the goal. Also, they will cut to commercials in the middle of the game.
Do other countries have these problems?