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RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AFP) – A blunder by goalkeeper Robert Green shattered England's perfect start to the World Cup as the first half of their Group C meeting with the United States ended with the sides tied at 1-1.
Steven Gerrard gave England a fourth-minute lead at the Royal Bafokeng stadium but they were sent back to square one five minutes before the break, when Green allowed Clint Dempsey's tame shot to spin off his gloves and into the net.
England had gone from their first foray into opposition territory, taking advantage of some slack marking from the Americans.
Picking up a Glen Johnson throw-in from the right, Frank Lampard threaded a pass through to Emile Heskey on the edge of the area. The Aston Villa striker's reverse pass perfectly anticipated Gerrard's untracked surge into the box and the Liverpool midfielder finished deftly with the outside of his right boot.
It was a draw ad you are whooping it up just like at the end of the match the US fans were well happy and waving their flags as if they had won while the English fans looked dejected like they had lost. That says it all. You were very lucky,
uuhhhh, lighten' up.
US was a heavy underdog. And they managed to pull out a tie. Am gonna call that a good thing.
Go USA....!!!!
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Indeed heavy underdog. Actually I thought you were surprisingly good in the last world cup. I was just showing the difference. It shows that you maybe do not expect too much of yourselves whereas English fans always expect to win the cup.
So do you call it football when you are in the world cup or is it still that other word.
Its just sports :shrug:
It was a draw ad you are whooping it up just like at the end of the match the US fans were well happy and waving their flags as if they had won while the English fans looked dejected like they had lost. That says it all. You were very lucky,
Indeed heavy underdog. Actually I thought you were surprisingly good in the last world cup. I was just showing the difference. It shows that you maybe do not expect too much of yourselves whereas English fans always expect to win the cup.
So do you call it football when you are in the world cup or is it still that other word.
just sports! Not for English fans this isn't. This is the game. This is life!!!!! or were you meaning it shouldn't be in breaking news but in the Sports section.
Yes, that's what happens when an underdog does well. Sort of like how the UK would feel if it tied Brazil or Spain.
So many Brits get all snarky about the fact that we call it soccer without realizing that the word soccer was created by the Brits in order to distinguish the game from rugby, which they called football at the time.
If you're going to do the whole "pish tosh look at those foolish americans" thing, at least have some idea of what you're basing it on.
megaprogman said:I just don't see the point in professional sports is all. I have fun playing, but I don't understand people getting pleasure out of watching other people playing.
That's the beauty of America. If you're male and you don't like sports, you can always tune into Sex and the City or Project: Runway.
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That's the beauty of America. If you're male and you don't like sports, you can always tune into Sex and the City or Project: Runway.
How bigotted of you. For the record I don't like those shows either.
Have you seen either of those? I watch every season.
PR and RDR Not Sex and the City... UHG.
And I love Sports. Unless it's the Astros this season...
Went to a Mexican restaurant at lunchtime yesterday, and the staff could barely work, they were all glued to the TV showing the World Cup. :mrgreen:
Man those guys love that stuff.
How does this World Cup thing work anyway? Somebody was talking about South Africa being in it too... is it like the World Series with two teams playing a bunch of games, or are there several teams in the running? I am clueless, enlighten me...
I have no choice, the wife watches them... it's the payment for Football and Baseball.
Went to a Mexican restaurant at lunchtime yesterday, and the staff could barely work, they were all glued to the TV showing the World Cup. :mrgreen:
Man those guys love that stuff.
How does this World Cup thing work anyway? Somebody was talking about South Africa being in it too... is it like the World Series with two teams playing a bunch of games, or are there several teams in the running? I am clueless, enlighten me...
Went to a Mexican restaurant at lunchtime yesterday, and the staff could barely work, they were all glued to the TV showing the World Cup. :mrgreen:
Man those guys love that stuff.
How does this World Cup thing work anyway? Somebody was talking about South Africa being in it too... is it like the World Series with two teams playing a bunch of games, or are there several teams in the running? I am clueless, enlighten me...
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