even better than 02? you guys are sayin america in land in the finals??? hahahah you have to be joking.
Hmm, so better than quarterfinals loss=in the finals then? I'm sure Korea will be glad to hear they were only Brazil away from winning the cup.
I didn't think the choices were great, either. I voted "was a fluke" because that's slightly closer to being true than the first two, and the last one strikes me as a bit of a cop-out. (Of course it's tough to predict, otherwise they wouldn't be playing the games.) The best prediction I can make is that it strikes me as unlikely the US will advance as far as last time, and that as a US fan I would probably be satisfied with the Round of 16 as long as the US looked good doing it.
Ask this question again after the field has been determined and the group draw has been made. We dont even know who will be playing for the states come '06, or if we'll even be there at all...though if the US doesent qualify it will be a huuuge travesty given the final CONCACAF group. The team might be 300% better than the '02 team but that is no guarantee of any kind of performance.
I completly agree. I think Holland is the best example for that. Four years ago they probably thought that they could win in 2002 but didn't even go.
Even in '02, if South Korea goes ahead and plays by the unwritten rules (ie, doesn't press for the win, 'cause both they and Portugal are in), we don't make it past group stage. Does this mean it was a fluke that we hit the QF? No, the two flukes were making it to the round of 16 and not making it to the SF (Danke, Herr Frings und Herr Dallas). We suck in Europe, plain and simple. 1-1-1 and the first tee. 2010, though... watch out.
I don’t understand why so many U.S fans are always talking about 2010. I think the tournament will be a great chance for an African nation to win a World Cup maybe not the hosts but who knows. Africa is the third best continent behind Europe and South America. It’s only a question of time until they win. I don’t’ think that a team from CONCACAF ever will.
Umm, I don't think "watch out" means predicting a WC championship. Being that two teams from just about every group are from Europe, not playing in Europe has to be considered preferable for our own team's chancesof 'doing well'.
I don't think that the continent where the World Cup is played should make a difference to the U.S. If 2002 really wasn't a fluke then they should be able to prove it in 2006.
While I don't disagree with Africa being 3rd, I believe the US is ranked ahead of all of the African Nations so to say no team from CONCACAF will ever win doesn't make much sense when compared to African nations. Now if the rankings change between now and then well that's another story
The FIFA World Rankings are just a piece of garbage! I ‘ don’t know how they look now but I know that Spain was third for a long time without actually getting good results and Mexico was up very high just for winning the last Gold Cup. Also in late 2003, Bosnia beat Denmark in Denmark when they were in the mid 70s and Denmark was tied for 10th with the U.S.
The only sensible option in this poll is 'too tough to predict', good to see some USMNT clowns are still blinded by the light shining out of their own arses, giving 'even better' the same number of votes. LOL!
too tough to predict but If i had to say something, id say they wont probably do as well as they did in 2002