Unofficial World Cup Thread de 2014

[Guiness]

Check out this gif of the boot to the face Dempsey took.


I've seen guys get carded for that.

Well, the US is in the driver's seat. Assuming Germany wins out, a win or draw vs Portugal gets them through, unless they lose and Ghana beats Portugal by 2 goals.

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But even if he doesn't finish well, don't you think his speed puts pressure on a defense that might open things up for someone else? Think Corey Bradford and Antonio Freeman.

The American color analyst said Altidore was now slower than the two guys who might replace him.

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John Brooks wikipedia page has about 4,000 edits in the last hour. He is either America's greatest hero or he is well known for staging orgies with headless hookers.

After scoring against Ghana in the 2014 World Cup, he is now among the ranks of John F Kennedy, Chuck Norris, and Abe Lincoln as American heroes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Brooks

[hoosier]

Hell of a dive by the Ghana fullback

Kuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhnnn!!!

[denverYooper]

Kuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhnnn!!!

You can bet M3 was taking notes.

[Joemailman]

John Brooks wikipedia page has about 4,000 edits in the last hour. He is either America's greatest hero or he is well known for staging orgies with headless hookers.

After scoring against Ghana in the 2014 World Cup, he is now among the ranks of John F Kennedy, Chuck Norris, and Abe Lincoln as American heroes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Brooks

So he has a 2 out of 3 chance of being assassinated before the World Cup is over?

[red]

So he has a 2 out of 3 chance of being assassinated before the World Cup is over?

or he could turn out to be baddest man on the planet

[Freak Out]

John Brooks wikipedia page has about 4,000 edits in the last hour. He is either America's greatest hero or he is well known for staging orgies with headless hookers.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Brooks

LOL! Fantastic.

[Freak Out]

Hell of a game today....just now coming down. I don't care how Klinsmann does it if this keeps up. Fantastic two plays on either end and defense in the middle. It worked. Even with all the faults on the attack this team earned some respect today with sheer guts and determination.

[pbmax]

From strictly an analytical standpoint, wins are good:

FiveThirtyEight @FiveThirtyEight 2h
After today, the probabilities of advancing from Group G are:

#GER 98%
#USA 63%
#POR 27%
#GHA 12%

http://53eig.ht/WorldCup

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Not quite Nixon and Elvis, but its close. They are both, after all, athletes.

[wootah]

Didn't expect that one TBH. Wasn't able to see the game but looking at those gif's, that first goal was some poor defending by the right CB of Ghana.

Anyone in for Belgium-Algeria today? If someone's interested, I can give you a short intro to the Belgian players so you know what to expect.

[wootah]

Which current Packer players do you guys think would make good soccer players? I could see Randall Cobb being a nice soccer player and Charles Woodson could have made a nice goalie.

In fact all players (provided they worked on their aerobic conditioning and the big guys lost some weight) could be good. That's the nice thing about soccer; body types aren't as predetermined as for american football. Like I said before; the most dominant force out there is 5'7.

Peppers would have been a nice presence in goal though.