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crap, the first time my loyalties have been tested in a competitive match. england to top the group, america second and i'll be very happy.
Sorry Guys - been following the Galaxy since Becks joined you, but I am a newbie. (don't all throw stones at once) England and USA - can't wait - exciting isnt it. Rob
--- GROUP C --- (final draw and their world rankings) ENGLAND (ranked #9) USA (ranked #14) ALGERIA (ranked #28) SLOVENIA (ranked #33)
You can compare the teams here: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/r...G&t4=USA&dRange=2&fm=12&fy=2008&tm=12&ty=2009 For some reason, the FIFA site doesnt save my team picks, so you will have to manually pick USA, England, Algeria and Slovenia. Once you do this.. You can see that England and USA stay pretty steady in their positions over the past year and Slovenia and Algeria have actually gone from 60-70th places up to around 30th ranking in just the past 6 months or so. The draw could have been much worse for USA. Im happy, but I dont think it will be an easy trip for us into the next round.
seperate Team Landon vs Team Beckham. Sorry England (Galaxy fans) but Drop Dead. Your ass is ours. USA - 9 points. Alexi talkin mad shiz.... USA USA USA USA
Never mind who will qualify (both USA and England should) What will the England v USA score be? Stadium is close to Englands base camp so maybe that will help us - who knows. Rob
not to get ahead of ourselves , but potential round of 16 opponents germany australia serbia ghana very tough follow up opponents germany, ghana and serbia are all quality opponents
Agreed I think it will all be mentality. If the US can keep their focus regardless of the final score against the English they should go through. If they are able to get a result even if a draw It would be great boost to reach the next round. Mentality is going to be big for this team and its hope for advancing.
Yeah a lot of people wont pay attention to that, but shit. Winning the group probably wont make that much of a difference. You win, you might get Serbia, you come second, Germany. That's just a guess, all four of those group D teams are strong.
Landon reacts to USA and England in group C.... [ame="http://www.vimeo.com/7985718"]Landon Donovan Reacts to the U.S. Drawing England in the 2010 World Cup on Vimeo[/ame]
given that on any given day any team can beat any other team either of them can win, but england is a stronger team in almost every position - goalkeeping is england's achilles heal. america will need to clog up and frustrate england in front of goal. enland's mental strength has been suspect in big tournaments as well, though capello seems to have changed that a bit. but on the pitch in most positions england's first and second choice are simply better than america. G - tim howard | david james - USA CD - demerit & onyewu | ferdinand & terry - UK even if onyewu and demerit are back in time LB - bocanegra | a. cole - UK RB - cherundelo | johnson - UK (though johnson isn't world class) CM - bradley & clark | gerrard & lampard - UK LM - donovan | j. cole - USA (maybe) RM - dempsey | lennon - UK F - altidore & ?? (edu, rogers, ching, cooper, donovan, casey) | rooney & defoe - UK
lol. sorry, i'm as unpatriotic as you get, but when it comes to football it's on. like i said if england and america go through then my tournament is off to a good start.
Just curious, do they already have a time set for the eng/usa match? If so, what is it PST? Not that I'm so obsessive I'd be making viewing plans months in advance