World Cup 2010

[go birds]

Just was able to see the replay of the blown call and yea... wow. Horrible, horrible call. Unbelievable.

Not only that... there were, what appeared to be, numerous missed penalties as well.

[greenback44]

I wish they had shown the play from the camera behind the goal.

I think I'll watch the England-Algeria game in Arabic.

ETA: Algerians had a goofy cheer at the 2002 World Championship in basketball here in Indy: One, two, three, Viva l'Algerie. It's back today.

[StL Dan]

Found this kind of cool. Slideshow of the evolution of the ball used for WC play.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010 ... balls.html

this is pretty cool

none of those are as cool as the orange and black MISL ball we used as kids in the gym during P.E. indoor soccer games

[heyzeus]

Even when writing a blog post about soccer, Joe Posnanski perfectly nails it:

"The world has grown used to the foggy quirks of soccer — extra time, diving, stretchers for players who immediately run back out on the pitch, calls made without explanation. But most of us are not used to these things. And, for so many, this was a lousy introduction to the fog."

[greenback44]

Well, England isn't exactly lighting up the scoreboard against Algeria. I guess a draw would be good here, especially if it's 0-0.

[StL Dan]

Nuts and bolts, we got screwed!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGc6Kld7 ... r_embedded][/youtube]

[lukethedrifter]

The guys ESPN had no clue, probably because they're sitting in a studio in Bristol. So can somebody tell me WTF was the call? They didn't look offsides.

offsides

Do you know whether the ref called it or the linesman, er, assistant called it?

The Ref called it.
Not only was there NO offsides, there was a blatant, horrible foul! Dude dragged down Bradley!
Good refering- Goal
Bad Referring- PK USA
Horrendously fireable offense- Offsides

Not offsides. Foul on Edu.

[StL Dan]

The guys ESPN had no clue, probably because they're sitting in a studio in Bristol. So can somebody tell me WTF was the call? They didn't look offsides.

offsides

Do you know whether the ref called it or the linesman, er, assistant called it?

The Ref called it.
Not only was there NO offsides, there was a blatant, horrible foul! Dude dragged down Bradley!
Good refering- Goal
Bad Referring- PK USA
Horrendously fireable offense- Offsides

Not offsides. Foul on Edu.

Who the heck is Edu?

[lukethedrifter]

The guys ESPN had no clue, probably because they're sitting in a studio in Bristol. So can somebody tell me WTF was the call? They didn't look offsides.

offsides

Do you know whether the ref called it or the linesman, er, assistant called it?

The Ref called it.
Not only was there NO offsides, there was a blatant, horrible foul! Dude dragged down Bradley!
Good refering- Goal
Bad Referring- PK USA
Horrendously fireable offense- Offsides

Not offsides. Foul on Edu.

Who the heck is Edu?

Hunh? Did you watch? He's the one that kicked in the disallowed goal.


Also, was apparently called on Bocanegra.






Wynalda accused the ref of taking a payoff.

[Leroy]

So if we win, we are in?