Tim howard, I am WILDLY unimpressed.

I could have saved at least ONE of those shots, that was fucking ridiculous.
The first goal he played COMPLETELY wrong. You cut off the short-side shot and MAKE the player take the harder, backside shot into the far side-netting. you do NOT get beat shortside...that goal was like a goalie coming off the post during a wraparound, fucking absurd.

The second shot showed slow reflexes and lack of focus.

ugh, i'm so disgusted right now. The only two teams I care about in this world basically took a bloody shit this year.

I think I'm rooting for Ghana the rest of the way to bring it home for West Africa. Cote D'Ivoire would have been a better story given their recent civil war, but I digress.

Ghana's a bunch of divey bitches that should've gotten TWO red cards for their histrionics. Fuck em - I hope Uruguay DESTROYS them.

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mechaphil

ghanas players were built like beefcakes. they were good. lotta dives, but they beat the US pure and clean, IMO.

oh well, no more world cup watching for me.

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Pure and clean? Ya, no. The United States didn't get beat so much as they lost.

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mechaphil

You just described the entire sport of soccer

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If you had watched instead of bragging how you didn't, you'd retract that statement.

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mechaphil

i thought ghana played wonderful defense, and were faster to the ball. they were the better team. USA had their chances, and they couldnt capitalize, but thems the breaks.

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as far as the diving, its sorta true. a player hits the ground, and the writhe in pain. and its all... COME ON, YOU ARE FINE! GET UP! both teams were doing that.

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That is why I can't watch this sport

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you should try it though, its very interesting.

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I have tried many, many times but I can't sit and watch two teams get maybe 1 good chance in 90+ mins to score and dive all over the place, I'll stick to baseball

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They played OK defense, but caught the breaks because the United States couldn't pass and none of them have hops so they lost all head balls. Like I said, it's not so much that Ghana beat them, but moreso that they lost.

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mechaphil

if they could shorten the field 10-20 metres and width some, it would make the sport MUCH more interesting.

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You ever been kicked in the chest with soccer cleats? Or had your foot stepped on and roll your ankle? With the exception of true divers (Team ITA, for example), a lot of the shit they're rolling around because of hurts like a bitch.

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mechaphil

My friend had his face stepped on by metal cleats during a football game and spent zero time rolling around on the ground.

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I have had all that stuff happen to me but those are true injuries, I am talking about when a guys avoids a hit all together and he still ends up flopping like a fish out of water, that just turns me right off.

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Gah, once a soccer hater, always a soccer hater. All of ya.

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mechaphil

Like I said, Italy

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mechaphil

That would hurt.

I spained my ankle so bad playing baseball once and I still played in a game and when the game was over the doctors office I went to said you should have not bothered still playing as i almost broke it.

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