Iran
Japan
Germany

so far they are in.

there are some obvious ones, but its not official yet

6/8/2005 12:34:28 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8144195/

6/8/2005 12:42:11 PM

im goin to germany for it

6/8/2005 2:03:43 PM

i'll be there...go brazil!

6/8/2005 2:12:06 PM

I'll be there, but I refuse to indicate my team of choice until they have qualified.

*crosses fingers for three points tonight*

[Edited on June 8, 2005 at 5:56 PM. Reason : d]

6/8/2005 5:56:40 PM

ARSENAL

wait

6/8/2005 6:00:36 PM

That reminds me...that goddamn FA Cup Final was the worst display of finishing I have ever seen from a side with so much talent. I had my head in my hands at least ten times in that match.

P.S. gg Roy Carroll

With Van der Saar coming in, Timmy Howard may be a permanent backup if he doesn't pull some form out of his ass. We need him to be ready for the WC in case Keller finally cracks somewhere along the way.

6/8/2005 6:05:49 PM

The USA has a big game with Panama. Keep it going guys. Oh-lay..Oh-lay...Oh-lay Oh lay!!!!

6/8/2005 6:56:36 PM

My teams are USA, Holland and England. Holland won this afternoon, hopefully the USA can win tonight.

6/8/2005 8:59:18 PM

back when I was younger, it was my dream to play in the 06 world cup....ah, oh well

6/8/2005 10:35:07 PM

I go for Wales (they never make it), any team from the Carribean (they never make it either), and Japan.

eh, 1/3 ain't bad.

Wait, Trinidad still has a shot They just need to beat the States.

[Edited on June 8, 2005 at 11:16 PM. Reason : .]

6/8/2005 11:10:49 PM

go IRAN!

6/9/2005 12:50:05 AM

damn games always come on TV waaaaaaaaaaaaay too late

6/9/2005 10:11:25 AM

My teams....USA, Germany, Nigeria, and Japan.

6/9/2005 10:57:50 AM

did usa win last night

6/9/2005 11:58:52 AM

they were up 3-0 at the half, then i fell asleep

6/9/2005 12:04:18 PM

USA won last night 3-0. Am I correct in saying that with one more US win, we are pretty much gauranteed a spot? here are the standings in our zone:

G W D L GF GA Pts
Mexico 5 4 1 0 9 3 13
USA 5 4 0 1 11 3 12
Costa Rica 5 2 1 2 6 8 7
Guatemala 5 1 1 3 7 8 4
Trinidad and Tobago 5 1 1 3 4 9 4
Panama 5 0 2 3 2 8 2




http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/group/index.html?zone=ncc&stage=WC2006PRLCTNCntrlmrcnndCrbbn3rdS

[Edited on June 9, 2005 at 12:11 PM. Reason : why the hell wont that post in an easily read format?]

6/9/2005 12:09:37 PM

GO! Holland/England/USA

6/9/2005 12:22:23 PM

how many more games? top 3 go right? we seem to be in a good position

if a team loses in stage 1 is there anyway they can still make it in? curiousity

[Edited on June 9, 2005 at 1:11 PM. Reason : fdsg]

6/9/2005 1:01:09 PM

brasil all the way, baby.

6/9/2005 1:15:40 PM

^^ Five games left, same five opponents with opposite venues of the first half.

Top three in the hex go automatically, fourth in the hex plays fifth from Asia for the last spot in the WC.

Any team that loses in the first round of CONCACAF qualifiers is out, period, but most of them are tiny island nations like St. Kitts that never had a chance in the first place.

6/9/2005 4:38:39 PM

Argentina is in now.

GO USA/Italy/Ireland!!!!

6/9/2005 5:57:35 PM

Quote :

"GO Italy/Ireland!!!!"

Talk about a dichotomy. Go divers and ball-hogging primadonnas! Also, go hard-nosed team players!

6/9/2005 5:59:42 PM

Home game tonight against Trinidad & Tobago, 8 PM on ESPN2. Squad is as follows, though Beasley is hurt (no lineup yet):

GK (3): Kasey Keller, Tim Howard, Kevin Hartman

D (5): Chris Albright, Gregg Berhalter, Jimmy Conrad, Oguchi Onyewu, Greg Vanney

M (9): Chris Armas, DaMarcus Beasley, Bobby Convey, Landon Donovan, Eddie Lewis, John O'Brien, Santino Quaranta (), Steve Ralston, Claudio Reyna

F (3): Jeff Cunningham, Brian McBride, Taylor Twellman

Newest transfer rumors also have Onyewu heading to Old Trafford.

8/17/2005 3:27:42 PM

^ thanks for that... i was just thinking the other day that we had a qualifier coming up soon

8/17/2005 5:02:26 PM

gg vinyl

GO USA

beat them like steel drums

8/17/2005 5:11:13 PM

starting lineup according to ussoccer.com

Keller
Albright Onyewu Berhalter Lewis
Ralston Reyna O'Brien Convey
Donovan McBride

also, check out Trinidad's defender Dennis Lawrence when he runs downfield: 6 foot frickin' 7!

U.S. ain't winning in the air tonight

Standings

Mexico 4-0-1 13pts 9:3 +6
United States 4-1-0 12pts 11:3 +8
Costa Rica 2-2-1 7pts 5:8 -3
------------------
Guatemala 1-3-1 4pts 7:8 -1
------------------
Trinidad & Tobago 1-3-1 4pts 4:9 -5
Panama 0-3-2 2pts 2:8 -6

Other games are Costa Rica @ Mexico and Guatemala @ Panama. The Mexico game as usual will be on Telemundo live for the interested.

[Edited on August 17, 2005 at 7:59 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2005 7:55:08 PM

1-0 USA

2' McBride from Convey

8/17/2005 8:11:50 PM

Donovan just flubbed a sure-fire short ground cross to Onyewu. I know it's nitpicky to bitch about stuff this early, but we've had problems finishing all year and it's even worse when you don't finish gifts.

Goalkeeper gave the ball to Donovan at 18 yards and he flubbed the finish AGAIN.

Convey gets a yellow for a stupid tackle and will be suspended for the Mexico game.

[Edited on August 17, 2005 at 8:40 PM. Reason : d]

8/17/2005 8:18:12 PM

I think it's a good thing though that Convey will miss the Mexico game.

8/17/2005 8:42:57 PM

GODDAMMIT.

That's two wide open chances each flubbed by Convey and Donovan.

Bench 'em.

Perhaps that's a bit harsh, since one of Convey's chances came off a beautiful ball from Donovan, but Bruce constantly talks about finishing yet continuously plays the guys who don't finish.

[Edited on August 17, 2005 at 8:57 PM. Reason : d]

8/17/2005 8:46:49 PM

thonk

ow

8/17/2005 9:14:58 PM

daaaamn that was pretty

8/17/2005 9:21:54 PM

They won't give us a corner for shit

8/17/2005 9:29:16 PM

it's ok, we're still dominating them

8/17/2005 9:29:44 PM

wtf bullshit

[Edited on August 17, 2005 at 9:54 PM. Reason : about the goal]

8/17/2005 9:51:46 PM

8/17/2005 10:00:42 PM

sweet...three more points!

8/17/2005 10:00:43 PM

They never showed the replay of who nailed Avery John to get him bleeding.

I'm guessing it must've been Twellman.

8/17/2005 10:04:18 PM

that was a terrible game

no one finished

terrible

8/17/2005 10:05:56 PM

I saw a commentary before this game analyzing our performance in the Gold Cup. I think it says a lot about our deficiencies in regards to the attack, especially considering Beasley didn't play tonight (this is an American that covers all CONCACAF on his free time):

USA


Rarely has a tournament winner looked so uninspired. The USA likes to talk about their depth, but it was shallow paddling all the way at the Gold Cup. The attack was Beasley and Donovan, or perhaps Donovan and Beasley, and if they were absent or off their game, there was nothing doing. At the moment the team has no third striker. The back line looks very slow, and the highly touted Oguchi Onyewu is still way too raw for prime time. Two pieces of good news: midfielder John O'Brien is back (at least until he gets injured again) and Kasey Keller is still alive (and if you missed the post-Final interview on Univision, speaks a pretty decent brand of Spanish, too!). The USA is sitting pretty in the Hexagonal, but goes into the second half with lots of injuries--Steve Cherundolo, Eddie Johnson, Pablo Mastroeni, Eddie Pope, Steve Ralston. Four years ago, under similar circumstances, they collapsed. That's unlikely to happen again, but the road home might be a stagger rather than a breeze.

8/17/2005 10:10:17 PM

IRAN ALL THE WAY TO THE GOLD

8/17/2005 10:11:40 PM

Wow.

Shit up front. Total shit. It's like there's no use in even talking about the finishing, because trying to focus on it doesn't seem to help. On the upside, save for that late one-on-one chance, the defense looked very solid.

That Mexican referee wouldn't give us a goddamn thing late.

8/17/2005 10:22:24 PM

^ c'mon man, cheer up, you could be France

Mexico 2:0 Costa Rica off Jared Borgetti and Ramon Morales goals
Guatemala 2:1 Panama (Carlos Ruiz and Jorge Dely Valdes respectively, and then Gonzalo Romero wins the game in injury time)

Mexico 5-0-1 16pts
United States 5-1-0 15pts
Costa Rica 2-3-1 7pts
------------
Guatemala 2-3-1 7pts
------------
Trinidad & Tobago 1-4-1 4pts
Panama 0-4-2 2pts

Costa Rica looks like they'll take 3rd. With their late win, the 4th spot looks like it'll come to Guatemala. Trinidad play them at home Labor Day weekend and need a win. 4th will get to play either Bahrain or Uzbekistan. That looks like that'll be a good series (sarcasm). This extra half-qualifying spot will be gone come the 2010 cycle for us unless some major politicking goes on.

Asia will pick up Australia plus the FIFA bigshots really want China in the finals so they'll keep theirs probably.



[Edited on August 18, 2005 at 12:02 AM. Reason : .]

8/17/2005 11:47:37 PM

I found these pics and thought they were kinda cool. For those of you who don't know, Drew Carey is a HUGE soccer fan and goes to every single USA game, including those in tiny Caribbean nations, Mexico, the Netherlands, etc. He also always gets a press pass from the USSF so he can stand on the field. In these pics, he's handing over $200 to the Sam's Army section at the last game againt T&T to buy beer for the front row.



Photos are from Fred Kfoury at America's greatest soccer pics site, http://www.ibiblio.org/footy.

8/26/2005 11:38:20 AM

^ He'd be a great mouthpiece for U.S. soccer, too bad some people can't see that. I think he goes to most L.A. Galaxy games as well.

Could you see him starting a Cleveland franchise in the MLS or USL?

8/26/2005 12:52:45 PM

i never would have guessed him as a soccer fan....

8/26/2005 1:25:38 PM

...which is precisely why he'd be such a good spokesperson for US Soccer. Drew Carey is the closest thing you'll find to an Everyman in a celebrity. He's fat, he's nerdy, he loves beer and baseball...AND HE ALSO LOVES SOCCER. The working man angle that he could give to soccer promotion in the US is just what it needs, and like Ryan said, I'm amazed that the USSF hasn't done anything about it yet, especially considering they make all sorts of arrangements for him already.

8/26/2005 1:33:50 PM

i totally agree. ive been busy with TONS of crap so far and havent been able to actually watch most of our qualifying games except for a little here and there.

how has reyna been doing?

hes never lived up to the full potential he had, or at least the US coaches have always thought he had IMO. hes always been a decent player but just seems to be lacking yet the coaches seem to act like hes a huge star

8/27/2005 3:51:21 AM

in 1 week. next saturday. we play mexico. huge game for the fact that we hate them and theyre like rivals. we're pretty much already qualified for the world cup so.

8/27/2005 10:57:15 AM