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| From American Fooligan |
Since that match, the US team has found their steel. A 1-0 loss in a full-strength friendly in Spain and then a 0-0 draw with Argentina put the US on the Road to South Africa (it was actually in England that the kit below made it's debut).
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| From American Fooligan |
Here is my quick and dirty gut reaction of who will advance. A detailed analysis will follow in the coming weeks, but here is what I have off the cuff (bold team wins group, italic advances):
Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G: Brasil, North Korea, Cote d'Ivoire, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile
For me, the only group that I really am not confident in picking any teams to advance is Group A. France, Uruguay and Mexico have all been very inconsistent. South Africa has been consistent . . . consistently terrible. But, the host country has always advanced and those vuvuzelas will be in full effect.
So, my round of 16 would look like this:
MEX vs. KOR - winner = MEX
USA vs. GHA - winner = USA
GER vs. ENG - winner = ENG
RSA vs. ARG - winner = ARG
NED vs. ITA - winner = NED
PAR vs. DEN - winner = DEN
BRA vs. HON - winner = BRA
ESP vs. CIV - winner = ESP
My Quarterfinals are a dream:
MEX vs. USA - winner = USA
BRA vs. NED - winner = NED (I might get killed and/or fired for that!)
ENG vs. ARG - winner = ENG (Beckham hits a free kick to win)
ESP vs. DEN - winner = ESP
Semifinals (a boy can dream, right?):
USA vs. NED - winner = USA
ENG vs. ESP - winner = ESP
Final:
USA vs. ESP - winner = didn't this match happen already!
God I love the World Cup!
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| From World Cup 2006 |
The Kookie Boyz in Germany!
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4 comments:
One correction. The match we played at Wembley in May 2008 was without Donovan, so not a full strength squad by any means.
Very relevant and very true. Can't believe I forgot that. That would have been his 100th game no? I do remember Sir Goldenballs getting his watch there. That was pretty cool to be there for that.
And, who could forget the great indian food after the match?
If I were to predict a score for the USA Mexico game in the Round of 8, I would have to say DOS A CERO, los estados unidos
hmmmm grp B
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