Upcoming World Cup

ARE YOU KIDDING ???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am from Brasil and I can hardly stand the wait !!! I have the Brazilian international channel and they are showing amazing scenes from South Africa already !! Soooooo wish I were in Brasil for this .... the whole country, and I mean THE WHOLE COUNTRY goes into carnaval (Brazilian spelling) party mode !!!!

So, looks like Mexico plays South Africa on Friday June 11 at 3 pm

Also, Mexico City sent a huge Mexican angel statue that will be unveiled on Friday which will guarantee a Mexico win ... gotta love the Mexicanos for thisssss

now, on a funny note ... for the last world cup, Les and I were in England and as it was my birthday - his best friends got me a birthday cake with a soccer ball on it !!! And they were astounded at my loud well....VERY LOUD cheering sitting on the sofa in their livingroom.. and I had to tone it down. They were not used to it and I had to be respectful ahahaha

Most people really have no idea how passionate we Brazilians are about soccer. one of the first things i remember when we went to brazil to live permanently (I was 14) is my uncle telling me that my team was Flamengo. His team was my team, in other words !! and they are .. to this day

Wow.. good for you ... that sounds like a lot of fun.. hope you can take some pictures.. I'll never get to see one.. so it would be really nice to see what Brazil, the people, the food and the game really looked like

safe trip for you and your family

As I grew up in the Netherlands with football/soccer as our main sport and played the game into my late teens, I have to support "the Orange". They have a very good team and should make it a good ways, maybe "all the way" ?
My second choice(should be first one) is Spain, and third Argentina. Sorry Brazilians.

For a complete rundown of the action:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/fixtures?cc=3888&...

And... don't forget ...there's a 8 hour time difference with the stated times. GMT is greenwich mean time.

[Edited on 6-8-2010 by vandenberg]

World Cup?

You mean duck hunting

think you might have a point there.. vandenberg

No wonder you eye is blinking.
The stress....

Great theme song for the world cup this year but...to be honest the thing I look forward to most is the soundtrack which always seems to come out really good!
Adrian on the other hand even got a widget on his desktop that's counting down to the seconds remaining for the world cup...yes seconds...
They said on T.V. that the inauguration ceremony is at 6 or 7 am? HA I'd like to see him get up for that!!

As all mexicans I do hope Mexico get's as far as they can, they have been playing Ok for the past few friendly games but who knows...I won't be betting on them anytime soon

I have yet to collect my winnings from the last one. In fairness to the losers, there is a considerable amount of distance involved and the USPS has a problem with volatile substances being sent by mail. But one of these days, I'm coming down there to collect.
Meanwhile, there is no guarantee that Mexico and USA will be heads up in some future round, but if so, I'm up for double or nothing with the LOSERS, (you know who you are).

BTW, all of my maintenance crew are Mexican and they all asked for Friday off. That would have left us in a difficult situation, so I compromised and said if they came to work they could have the first two hours,7-9, to watch the game in the lunch room and get back to work later. They agreed and I hope to join them, although the timing is brutal.

[Edited on 6-10-2010 by Oso]

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Originally posted by SiReNiTa As all mexicans I do hope Mexico get's as far as they can, they have been playing Ok for the past few friendly games but who knows...I won't be betting on them anytime soon

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca ARE YOU KIDDING ???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am from Brasil and I can hardly stand the wait !!! I have the Brazilian international channel and they are showing amazing scenes from South Africa already !! Soooooo wish I were in Brasil for this .... the whole country, and I mean THE WHOLE COUNTRY goes into carnaval (Brazilian spelling) party mode !!!! Most people really have no idea how passionate we Brazilians are about soccer. one of the first things i remember when we went to brazil to live permanently (I was 14) is my uncle telling me that my team was Flamengo. His team was my team, in other words !! and they are .. to this day

Good game coming up...

Uruguay Vs. France was tied 0-0 so Mexico and South Africa are tied in first place with 1 point each!!
2 games to go until we know who goes on to the next round...maybe there is hope for the Mexico team after all

like big D said

Woody the flailing and falling is my favorite part of the game!!

I got snapped at for laughing when players would start going at each other for pushing the others team mates!

For what it's worth, the teams that played today had decent games, both tied but played well IMO.

too bad the world doesn't always get along like they seem to do during these world cup tourney's.

you know, put aside your differences and throw a random elbow, in the name of competition!!!!!

Another satisfied customer.

the answer

I wonder if England is going to keep the same goalie for the second half

Yea, Soccer, football, basketball, golf, baseball, tennis, bowling, ping-pong, car racing, etc.. Most folks could care less. Sports fanatics! Eating contests, drinking contests, fishing contests? Jeez! Everything is a contest.

Our Hero...Robert Green.

Damn those vuvuzelas are annoying.

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Originally posted by Oso Our Hero...Robert Green. Damn those vuvuzelas are annoying.

Probably the end of Green's England career.
Those vuvuzelas are annoying, but so are the airhorns used at most USA games,....... and the stupid singing and chanting at EPL games. How do you like to listen to a bunch of a..holes singing " you never walk alone" during a whole 90 minute game ? ( Liverpool )

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Originally posted by vandenberg How do you like to listen to a bunch of a..holes singing " you never walk alone" during a whole 90 minute game ? ( Liverpool )

Oh Lord, No...Puleeeze, No. Isn't that the song that makes me barf when Jerry Lewis sings it?

I doubt it

VuvuTunes

Why would any country have what amounts to a long skinny kazoo as a national symbol.

why are tie games allowed?? you watch 90 minutes of something, it only gets to 1-1 and game is over???!!
reminds me of my early dates in jr. high school.....no 4th base...
come on...what a dumb deal - at least get over time. without a winner it is no contest and inconceiveably boring....

on the other hand i watched Invictus instead of a match sunday.
Rugby - now there's a sport!

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Originally posted by capt. mike why are tie games allowed?? you watch 90 minutes of something, it only gets to 1-1 and game is over???!! reminds me of my early dates in jr. high school.....no 4th base... come on...what a dumb deal - at least get over time. without a winner it is no contest and inconceiveably boring.... on the other hand i watched Invictus instead of a match sunday. Rugby - now there's a sport!

no diff than sudden death.
if they are good enuff to be champs they shouldn't make penalties.

the Mayans ball games often went 3 days straight.
the winners got to have their heads cut off as a point of pride and honor.

puts a new sheen on "losing your head" over a game.

or..."Heads up" as a warning to be vigil during play.

Scoring Excitement

vuvuzelas

My brother (in Cape Town) tells me that the organizers have lost a LOT of ticket sales thanks to vuvuzelas (and it's a long way from being the national instrument) - just one of those crazes.

BillM - I am NOT a cricket fan (even worse than baseball) but the game is unrecognizable compared to my youth, when I watched England play South Africa and England scored 11 runs (bases) in two and half days. Mind-numbing.

Now games are one-day, slash and burn affairs that approach exciting . .

Get ready.

H A P P Y H A P P Y with today's win ......

mad at the red card given to Kaka

G - o o o o o o o Brasil

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Originally posted by BajaBlanca H A P P Y H A P P Y with today's win ...... mad at the red card given to Kaka G - o o o o o o o Brasil

They are on a roll. Good for them. I just wish the KAKA dude could consider the international meaning of his name. It would be like anybody for any team being called TURD.
I haven't heard that yet.
I'm listening......

no no no. the accent is on the second syllable so the nickname is NOT turd

ka KA

esp since we have the same meaning for caca in Portuguese ....

had to expalin the difference in pronunciation to Les too .. he can't hear it tooo tooo toooo funny ....

Oh....OK. I threw all my clocks away in 1992.