I've looked around... has anyone found post-game quotes from Bruce on why he didn't use the last sub?

6/18/2006 8:47:33 PM

Italy-U.S. Gets High Overnight TV Rating
It's Best for World Cup Match Since 1998 Final
AP
NEW YORK (June 18) - The ratings for the 1-1 tie between the United States and Italy on Saturday got the highest overnight rating for a World Cup game on ABC since the 1998 championship game.

The game, which began at 3 p.m. EDT, got a 5.2 rating, the highest since the '98 final between Brazil and France got a 7.0.

The 2002 World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan, meaning most of the games were on in the middle of the night or in the very early morning.

The rating is the percentage of all homes with TVs, whether or not they are in use.

6/18/2006 11:40:55 PM

The players from Togo are threatening to not play AGAIN.

6/19/2006 1:01:23 AM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/soccer/specials/world_cup/2006/06/18/bc.soc.wcup.togoboycott.ap/index.html

FIFA resolved it

6/19/2006 1:08:44 AM

Quote :

"Parreira needs to grow some balls and sit Ronaldo in my opinion and start Robhino. "

If he wasn't Ronaldo, he wouldn't have started either game.

6/19/2006 1:22:03 AM

what is up with the Togo players making all these demands? where did they get this leverage?

what did Fifa do to stop them from boycotting? looks like it was all verbal

6/19/2006 2:58:19 AM

Seeing as nothing like this has ever happened before, I'm willing to bet that ol' Sepp called the captain and threatened to ban the players from any major FIFA-sanctioned competition in the future and ban Togo from the World Cup for ~20 years if not more.

6/19/2006 3:08:06 AM

Oh snap!

New rumor: Jermaine Jenas may get a start in England's midfield against Sweden.

6/19/2006 4:57:41 AM

what players are going to be inserted in the starting lineup with pablo and eddie gone?

6/19/2006 8:41:33 AM

Beasely will get the start, and more than likey they will leave Dempsey and Convey in and maybe play Conrad as a back

6/19/2006 10:13:04 AM

I still wasnt that impressed with Beasley when he came on as a sub.. i dont see him getting the start just because I dont know where they would play him, unless they change the formation. Pablo was playing as more of a defensive minded midfielder but i dont know who we have that could play that position.

6/19/2006 10:18:47 AM

Holy shit.

Rebrov from 40 yards.

Ukraine 2-0 KSA

[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 1:05 PM. Reason : s]

6/19/2006 12:36:30 PM

zaid is playing like shit

goal through the legs, punching that ball 15 yards when there was no one near him. falling down on the 2nd goal...

6/19/2006 12:38:09 PM

And another weird punch when he had three yards of clear space on each side.

He looks as uncomfortable as Kingston did in his first match.

6/19/2006 12:43:07 PM

^^^It's Ukraine vs. Saudi Arabia

6/19/2006 1:00:05 PM

Ukraine NOT weak... 3-0 now.

6/19/2006 1:05:15 PM

^^ Aha, I knew that. I've got Togo on the brain.

6/19/2006 1:05:43 PM

The guy who just came on for Sheva has a glorious mullet.

6/19/2006 1:43:44 PM

Well, that was an ass kicking. It will be interesting to see how bad Spain beats the Saudis in a few days. Anyway, it's a good thing I finally picked a captain that actually did something (Shevchenko sp?). Now, it's time for the Jose +10 commercial.

6/19/2006 2:17:40 PM

yes, glad i made him my captain today as well

6/19/2006 2:21:11 PM

i as well...somebody gonna take me out of first ever?

6/19/2006 2:45:30 PM

Damn, didn't see that coming

1-0 Tunisia

^Looking at the lineups, not today. I have decent guys in there most days, I just end up making the wrong guy captain. For once, I got it right, and the DreamTeam06 should move up some.

[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 3:11 PM. Reason : Movin' on up]

6/19/2006 3:08:08 PM

Quote :

"Ukraine NOT weak..."

GG.

Newman: I'm not beaten yet. I still have armies in the Ukraine.

Kramer: Ha ha, the Ukraine. Do you know what the Ukraine is? It's a sitting duck. A road apple, Newman. The Ukraine is weak. It's feeble. I think it's time to put the hurt on the Ukraine.

[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 3:25 PM. Reason : ]

6/19/2006 3:11:50 PM

I come from Ukraine. You not say Ukraine weak.

Yeah, well we're playing a game here, pal.

Ukraine is game to you?! How bout I take your little board and smash it!!!!!!

6/19/2006 3:14:39 PM

Tunisia up 1-0

6/19/2006 3:21:10 PM

^ Go Carthage!

6/19/2006 3:26:31 PM

6/19/2006 3:32:37 PM

what the hell is up with these referees

6/19/2006 3:45:43 PM

anyone think they can hold off spain?

6/19/2006 4:05:24 PM

^^They suck.

6/19/2006 4:26:04 PM

^^ no

6/19/2006 4:37:23 PM

Will tunisia have shot on goal in the second half?

6/19/2006 4:38:55 PM

Torres is going to be rich, whoever he signs with for next season.

6/19/2006 4:39:54 PM

Excellent game

I would have liked to have seen the Swiss-Togo game. I think the Togo team was a bunch of assholes for threatening to extort more money from FIFA, and I would have liked to have seen them lose.

[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 4:59 PM. Reason : .]

6/19/2006 4:59:24 PM

has anyone been watching dominoes

6/19/2006 5:02:06 PM

Quote :

"I think the Togo team was a bunch of assholes for threatening to extort more money from FIFA"

que?

they wanted more money from their own Togo Football Federation, not FIFA.

and nothing that's come out has suggested that FIFA help the togo football federation financially

[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 5:03 PM. Reason : /]

6/19/2006 5:03:15 PM

^ It's more likely they hadn't been paid at all. African soccer associations have a reputation for being very corrupt.

6/19/2006 5:58:42 PM

WTF, did I see a confederate flag in the middle of all the Spanish flags after one of those goals?

Quote :

"has anyone been watching dominoes"

Haha, I've watched that once or twice for laughs. Those announcers get into it a little too much.

Edit: V It just struck me as odd.

[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 7:24 PM. Reason : Hmmm..]

6/19/2006 7:04:08 PM

^ In Europe it's a symbol meaning "rebel". I don't think it has any racist overtones there.

[Edited on June 19, 2006 at 7:19 PM. Reason : .]

6/19/2006 7:18:45 PM

fuck yeah, fernando torres had two goals today

6/19/2006 7:44:17 PM

http://worldcup.bulletinboardforum.com/

6/19/2006 9:33:43 PM

^ Excellent find.

6/19/2006 10:05:54 PM

^ double exclamation point

6/19/2006 11:44:33 PM

doesn't look like Germany will have trouble against Equador at all.

6/20/2006 10:05:56 AM

which game is played first, the US Ghana game or the Italy Czech game? I just have a bad feeling if the US Ghana game is first, we will win, but Czech will beat Italy and we wont advance...and if the Italy Czech game is first, Italy will win and then Ghana will beat us...but I hope not

6/20/2006 10:07:49 AM

They play at the same time.. I imagine they do this so teams can't arrange a result to help both teams..

Today there are only 2 games that matter.. the other 2 are 'for pride' games..

[Edited on June 20, 2006 at 10:13 AM. Reason : x]

6/20/2006 10:09:35 AM

^ yeah it makes sense but it's still frustrating to someone who tries to watch every game.

6/20/2006 10:12:11 AM

Gotta get the 2 TV setup going on

6/20/2006 10:45:09 AM

GG me for picking Klose as captain today.

6/20/2006 1:45:21 PM

England - Sweden can't wait for this one.

Are these the only two teams in the Cup sponsored by Umbro?

6/20/2006 1:49:26 PM