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2014 FIFA World Cup





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 06.20.2014 9:49pm
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Atma Weapon
I Am Pure Energy

I miss Zidane's bad boy persona. It provided plenty of drama




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 06.23.2014 6:47am


Testament
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US had that in the bag.








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 06.23.2014 9:48am


Big Tall
Taller Than Tall



They should have, but at the same time if Howard doesn't make 2-3 miraculous saves the US loses big time.




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 06.23.2014 12:43pm
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Atma Weapon
I Am Pure Energy

That goal wasn't really Howard's fault. It was more a combination of a great clutch play by Portugal, and be US defense slacking off and allowing the break to happen in the first place.

You can argue that Germany's smartest strategy at this point may be to intentionally draw with the USA in order to ensure they both win the group and eliminate Portugal at the same time. They probably see the USA as less of a threat if they meet later in the tournament.

I'm not saying Germany should do that. It wouldn't be in the spirit of athletic competition. But it might be in their interest




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 06.23.2014 1:50pm


Call
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Germany will go all-out to win.  Look up Austria-West Germany in the 1982 World Cup to find out why; there's no way they put themselves through that again.  

My biggest fear is that Portugal thumps Ghana, as this seems the most likely outcome fo their game, and could put the U.S. in severe danger.  But with the way Ghana has held their own, and how they outplayed Germany at stretches in that game (maybe the best game of the tournament so far), I see a close result with a Portugal win, and the U.S. going through.







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 06.23.2014 2:15pm
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Atma Weapon
I Am Pure Energy

I agree. It's best to stay aggressive and not try to get too clever.




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 06.24.2014 10:22am


Big Tall
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It seems like every team has issues on the back end in this tournament. The fire-wagon teams (Germany and the Dutch specifically), could be in trouble once the knockout stages hit. It's made for an incredibly entertaining and unpredictable tournament though, so I'm happy.




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 06.24.2014 4:42pm


Testament
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I like the Netherlands team, but would love to see Mexico win.




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 06.25.2014 10:33pm


Spidey
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Call said:

Germany will go all-out to win.  Look up Austria-West Germany in the 1982 World Cup to find out why; there's no way they put themselves through that again.  

My biggest fear is that Portugal thumps Ghana, as this seems the most likely outcome fo their game, and could put the U.S. in severe danger.  But with the way Ghana has held their own, and how they outplayed Germany at stretches in that game (maybe the best game of the tournament so far), I see a close result with a Portugal win, and the U.S. going through.

As US fans we need to root for Portugal.  For Portgual to win over the US they have to beat Ghana by a lot more goals than if Ghana wins over Portgual, they wouldn't have to beat them as bad to catch up to US in Goal difference.

And yeah defensively the US started playing like crap once they went up 2-1. I thought that goal was bound to happen.




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 06.26.2014 7:20pm


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US squeezes through.




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 06.26.2014 10:54pm
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Atma Weapon
I Am Pure Energy

And Portugal's divas go back to the beauty parlor.

Edit: no homophobia




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 07.04.2014 3:28pm


Big Tall
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I'll take Brazil, Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium in the quarterfinals.




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 07.04.2014 4:14pm
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Atma Weapon
I Am Pure Energy

I'm choosing Columbia for the upset.




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 07.04.2014 5:10pm


Testament
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Yeah.  I have Germany, Columbia, Argentina & Netherlands.




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 07.04.2014 7:22pm


Big Tall
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Colombia could upset Brazil, considering Neymar Jr is out.




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