Soccer, sports and politics (R)

Oh. So it’s not a consolation prize this time?

 

Maybe De Bruyne was right and Belgium is too old?

 

I was just thinking that.

However, I still don't have a reasonble expectation re: Japan/Costa Rica.

 

They've certainly gone off a cliff in their play. They've just been terrible.

edit: And now that it's 2-0, they've just been beyond terrible.

 

Bobby has stayed too long.

 

So who is the fittest , strongest best organised team in the competition??

I need to put a bet on them to win the whole thing ..

 

Why....the USMNT of course!! There's only one Captain America!!

 

And just like that, Costa Rica becomes the only team from CONCACAF to have won a game so far.

 

Canada are winning.

Well, were winning.

 

Now losing. The Croats have been clinical in front of goal. Canada's defense has given too much space.

 

First 25 minutes, it was all Canada. Last 25 minutes (with stoppage), all Croatia.

 

But fun all throughout.

 

Who's this Junior Toilet they keep banging on about?

 

They’re really good, I could see them going far again.

 

Canada's pregame meal of Poutine wudda been ok if they had left out the fries, cheese and gravy....Hawaiian pizza was not an option either. They shudda had pasta like everyone else and opened a buncha Franco American cans!

 

Yeah, this tournament shows that CONCACAF kinda sucks.

Also, it shows how fvkcing stoopid it will be to expand this tournament to 48 teams. I mean, imagine Guatemala or Honduras getting their @sses whooped 10-0 against a far stronger side.

Then, we will have to endure stoopid, pre-planned goal celebrations like we see in the WWC between teams that are not a match for each other.

 

I'd imagine that FIFA'd like China to make it.

 

Spotted in crowd

 

I posted in the MLS thread that CONCACAF was doing what could only be expected when you think of who they played.

Coming into the tournament you would not expect to get a win or even a point against Spain, Argentina, Belgium or England. Then you also had a game against the runner-up at the last Cup (Croatia).

So you would have expected to be 0-0-5, yet CONCACAF took one point from those games.

For the other three games, CONCACAF has gone unbeaten, with one win (Japan) and two draws (Poland and Wales).

Overall, if you are realistic about expectations, CONCACAF has not done badly at all and potentially exceeded expectations given the competition.

 

Oh, no doubt.

But it'll lead to a sh!+-ton of noncompetitive matches.

 

So many -ic's I can't scratch them all!