That's a pretty cool looking venue. At what stadium are they playing?



Nasty little foul on #25
Why are they booing the US training staff? The announcers said something along the lines of "You can hear the boos for the training staff. They're not very popular around here."

[Edited on November 12, 2005 at 11:37 AM. Reason : ?]

11/12/2005 11:32:30 AM

Top 8 announced:
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,1660135,00.html

Quote :

"Pool one: Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Spain, France. Pool two: Australia, Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Tunisia, Ecuador, Paraguay. Pool three: Croatia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. Pool four: Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, United States. Special pot: Serbia & Montenegro."

[Edited on December 6, 2005 at 4:13 PM. Reason : .]

12/6/2005 4:12:37 PM

the draw's finally here.. 3:00 on ESPN2, Heidi Klum is hosting

12/9/2005 9:14:33 AM

come on, nobody is interested?

12/9/2005 2:12:02 PM

you can see it before then online

starts at 230 in leipzig, germany

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/fd/index.html

12/9/2005 2:12:13 PM

^no, supposedly the first part/hour is just rules and interviews and shit so i read on espn.

12/9/2005 2:25:51 PM

world cup draw on right now on espn2

12/9/2005 3:02:00 PM

Here we go..

...I don't know how these seeds work, but aren't we too good to be in the 4th pool?

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 3:45 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2005 3:41:23 PM

the only thing i know is this shit is going to take forever.

12/9/2005 3:49:40 PM

the pools are done by region

pool 1 - the seeded teams
pool 2 - south america / africa
pool 3 - european teams
pool 4 - americas/asian

serbia and montenegro are picked to be in a group with only one european team (thus will be in brazil's, aregentina's, or mexico's group) so aren't in any pool. this is to ensure only two teams from europe max are in each group

12/9/2005 3:58:45 PM

usa to group g would be nice

12/9/2005 4:03:08 PM

Group E

Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 4:07 PM. Reason : Your Teams]

12/9/2005 4:06:29 PM

FUCK

12/9/2005 4:06:48 PM

Group A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador

Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden

Group C
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro
Netherlands

Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal

Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic

Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan

Group G
France
Switzerland
Republic of Korea
Togo

Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia

We drew a TOUGH group.



^^^^ If that's the case, why aren't we seeded..? I thought we were better/did better than Mexico.

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 4:08 PM. Reason : carrot]

12/9/2005 4:07:18 PM

we got hosed


I mean, damn look at mexico's group. You have perinnial overrated portugal and then nobody.

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 4:08 PM. Reason : s]

12/9/2005 4:08:02 PM

Germany is going to roll.

12/9/2005 4:08:36 PM

hardest group i think. Vs italy will be awsome. we will show Giuseppe rossi that us soccer is here to stay

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 4:12 PM. Reason : ]

12/9/2005 4:09:32 PM

FUCCCCCCKKKKKKKK.

Who is gonna hold Nedved? WHO?!?!?! WHOOOOO!?!?!?!?!?!?

12/9/2005 4:10:14 PM

Mexico has a tough road as well.

12/9/2005 4:10:20 PM

Group C is also going to be a doozy.

12/9/2005 4:10:21 PM

you know what, if we can make it through that group, we can expect big things...

12/9/2005 4:10:26 PM

Ouchhhhhh. Our draw is awful. I really wanted to be in the group with France. The only group that is harder than ours is Group C with Argentina and Holland (who i think have a chance to win)

12/9/2005 4:10:51 PM

Well, at least this will give me a reason to hate italy (as a soccer team) even more than I already do. Freakin falling down nancy boys who play dirty as fuck on D.

12/9/2005 4:11:24 PM

italy
ghana
usa
czech republic

not a favorable draw


but imagine if we dominate italy...damn that'd be sweet

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 4:12 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2005 4:11:30 PM

B, C, and E are the tough groups.

12/9/2005 4:13:23 PM

am i wrong or did they keep saying one coaches name is dick addvicate during the broadcast

12/9/2005 4:17:19 PM

does anyone know anything about ghana? the usual suspects from africa (nigeria, cameroon, etc) obviously aren't there...could they be the senegal of this go-around?

12/9/2005 4:20:02 PM

Italy, Ghana, and the Czechs. Italy must be taking a look at what Spain and France got and be pissed!

It could have been worse, we could've drawn Group C (Argentina, Ivory Coast, Netherlands, who then got Serbia-Montenegro).

If we take 2nd in our group, there's a very good chance the USA would play Brazil in the round of 16.

^ Ghana are one of the best teams in Africa, they just never made it to the World Cup before as African qualifying is unforgiving. Michael Essien and Didier Drogba I think play for Ghana.

^^^ Dick Advocaat.

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 4:23 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2005 4:20:42 PM

Drogba is Ivory Coast, Essien is Ghana.

[Edited on December 9, 2005 at 4:25 PM. Reason : d]

12/9/2005 4:23:50 PM

players better watchout for essien's reckless challenges

12/9/2005 4:26:40 PM

Costa Rica get to open the World Cup...against the hosts Germany...in the very first game of the competition. That's getting thrown into the fire.

12/9/2005 4:26:46 PM

foxsoccerchannel.com

Group A: An almost perfect script for Germany. They and the Poles are odds on to advance. Ecuador has an outside shot, and the Ticos are D.O.A. in my eyes.

Group B: England has to feel as if they've caught a break. Sweden should follow out easily. No chance for T&T; Paraguay will challenge … barely.

Group C: Arguably one of two Groups of Death. You have to pick Argentina and Holland, but Ivory Coast — powered by Didier Drogba — will fight. And don't count out the Serbs. Every team here is quality.

Group D: Mexico and Portugal should cruise. Angola is a spoiler; Iran may sneak if Prtugal collapses…as they have in the past.

Group E: Wide open. Arguably the Group of Death. Surely a killer any way you slice it. The USA has never beat Italy (0-3-2 lifetime), losing twice in the World Cup. USA have never played the Czechs, but lost 5-1 in the opener of the 1990 games against the old Czechoslovakia. Ghana has never met the USA. Any team in this group can go through.

Group F: Brazil will get challenged, but should handle it with aplomb. Croatia and Australia have a good shot to go through. Japan has no shot as I see it on paper.

Group G: France should be re-surgent here. I see the Koreans flopping in the heat of Europe. The Swiss should edge Togo.

Group H: A half-baked mix. Spain has to be the favorite, though they have consistently underperformed. Don't count out the Ukraine or Tunisia. KSA is making up the numbers.

12/9/2005 4:33:28 PM

PTI just did a little segment on the World Cup......


They are idiots...retarded idiots

12/9/2005 5:39:57 PM

czech is 3 in the world right now too i believe...

12/9/2005 8:30:07 PM

We're fucked

12/9/2005 9:09:49 PM

should be fun to watch though....

12/10/2005 1:42:59 AM

well its already drawn and we cant do anything about it...at least it will be an exciting first round for us

12/11/2005 2:04:40 PM

is it just my own oversight, or does it look like there are very few spoiler possibilities this year?

i see ukraine taking spain, but just b/c spain is overrated this year. thats about it. id say croatia, but they drew brazil, so there goes that.

12/11/2005 2:13:33 PM

current FIFA world rankings...

Czech - 2
USA - 8
Italy - 12
Ghana - 50

http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-Nov-2005,00.html

12/11/2005 2:43:36 PM

I can see Ukraine taking Spain because Spain sucks on a yearly basis. Croatia has forwards that can pick apart the Brazilian defense, but lots of countries have that. The key to having a chance at Brazil is limiting them to a goal or two.

12/11/2005 3:05:12 PM

Interesting matchups I've noticed on my study break (not necissarily b/c of the teams):

Germany vs. Poland (holy 1939!)
The Netherlands vs. Argentina (could be a great game)
Angola vs. Portugal (former colony, they fought a war in the 70s)
Italy vs. USA (just because)
Brazil vs. Croatia (could be the upset of the first round)
France vs. Togo (former colony and all that jazz, France will win 16-0)

[Edited on December 12, 2005 at 6:38 PM. Reason : .]

12/12/2005 6:38:35 PM