Incredible Goal by Canada in U17 World Cup

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y 2 votes > out of 22. Bearing in mind one of those votes would have been the England > representative, that means in reality our bid got 1 vote. Which is amazing. > > > > From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com] > Sent: 02 December 2010 17:27 > To: cf-community > Subject:

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. Which is amazing. From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com] Sent: 02 December 2010 17:27 To: cf-community Subject: Re: Russia wins 2018 World Cup hosting Uhh...they really did award it to Qatar? I thought that was a joke. Good grief. Well..I guess part of it is about spreading the

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award to Qatar. A > country with no footballing pedigree at all, with a population less than > the > total number of spectators at this years world cup. This highlights how > corrupt FIFA has become IMO. > > ~| Or

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Worse than Russia winning by far is the decision to award to Qatar. A country with no footballing pedigree at all, with a population less than the total number of spectators at this years world cup. This highlights how corrupt FIFA has become IMO. From: Will Swain [mailto:w...@hothorse.com

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"The CPJ lists Russia as "the third deadliest country in the world for journalists" since 1991, exceeded in the number of deaths only by Algeria (1993–1996) and post-invasion Iraq.[20] It is more revealing, perhap

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England would be the better choice in everything other than cash stuffed brown paper envelopes. From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com] Sent: 02 December 2010 16:08 To: cf-community Subject: Re: Russia wins 2018 World Cup hosting Wow. That's...surprising. Too bad for Engla

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I thought you said kill. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > Or news reports. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112903341.html > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Medic wrote: > > > > > You read too many cold war novels. > > > >

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Or news reports. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112903341.html On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Medic wrote: > > You read too many cold war novels. > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > > > > I guess we shouldn't expect any report

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You read too many cold war novels. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > I guess we shouldn't expect any reporting of those games. > > I certainly wouldn't try to be a journalist in Russia. The government kills > you if it doesn't like your writing. > > > ~

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Re: Best goal from under 17 World Cup

Oh My Gawd. What an amazing goal! Where's my vuvuzela? On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Vivec wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edOTqpghFR4 > > Best goal from world women's under 17 world cup held recently in Trinidad > :-) > > Yokoyama...yokoyama..

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Re: New CF website (Rugby World Cup 2010)

It's because you are a glutton for punishment, Ray :) I do like that the error is in multiple languages. I was always curious what the Kanji for "too lazy to listen to Ray when he tells you your site is broken" was. Judah On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Raymond Camden wrote: > > Wow. I see the

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Wow. I see the error is still there. Get this - if "View Source" is too hard for you, you can click on the O in "Occured": http://www.newzealand.com/travel/sights-activities/events-calendar/event-listings.cfm?startday=o&startmonth=8&startyear=2010&endday=11&endmonth=8&endyear=2010&eventtypeid=&ev

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Just saw this and didn't think it was worthy of a new thread so I dredged this one back up. Iranian women's rugby team take to the field wearing modesty-preserving headscarves and tracksuits

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Hahahaha. That's awesome. Even more awesome is the soccer team is called the all whites. +1 for consistency. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Nice. Gotta love the all-blacks. The whole NZ Tourism site is CF." > > I played rugby in college. There were several guys fro

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"Nice. Gotta love the all-blacks. The whole NZ Tourism site is CF." I played rugby in college. There were several guys from Zimbabwe on the team. They were always talking about the all blacks. Being that they were from Zimbabwe and that they never mentioned New Zealand., I thought they meant i

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Really pisses me off that a) so many sites can be broken by changing a url and the b) so many damn sites never bother to respond. Forgive the vitriol. My sites are just as buggy as anyone else's - but at least I try to respond when someone points out a problem. I've threatened to start publicly b

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that'll teach them to post to a mailing list monitored by the CF Jedi ;) On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Raymond Camden wrote: > > I broke it. Interesting how they think using display:none would "hide" > the error from folks. ;) As I see full path info, I'll email them > about the error. If

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I broke it. Interesting how they think using display:none would "hide" the error from folks. ;) As I see full path info, I'll email them about the error. If I actually get a response, I'll be shocked. (For about every 10 sites I email, one will respond.) On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Mike Lit

Re: Initial stats for World Cup Finals in....

So was that octopus in Germany. makes you think no? On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:43 AM, G Money wrote: > > Hey, i was right wasn't I? > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Medic wrote: > >> >> > >> > > picking Spain was kind of a cowards way out >> >> >> >> I think you might be mixing courage wit

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Well picking a winner is about being correct. I'm not really sure where courage enters into it. This is football. The favourite at the start of the tourney has very little do with who hoists the trophy. Look at Italy, France and England and their early exits. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:43 AM, G

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Hey, i was right wasn't I? On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Medic wrote: > > > > > > picking Spain was kind of a cowards way out > > > > I think you might be mixing courage with stupidity. ;) > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusi

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> > > picking Spain was kind of a cowards way out I think you might be mixing courage with stupidity. ;) ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/143027

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On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Medic wrote: > > I thought it was a fantastic game. It was typical Spain. Methodical and > calm. It was a Dutch side I wasn't expecting to see. The Dutch made so many > useless and late challenges. And as much as I love Robben I hate the amount > of diving and co

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way off I nailed it on the final. I need to bet more next time. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:09 AM, G Money wrote: > > Wasn't a very good game. Encapsulated exactly what I love about the World > Cup (entire world watches, amazing drama and energy, the feeling that > EVERYTHING is on t

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Wasn't a very good game. Encapsulated exactly what I love about the World Cup (entire world watches, amazing drama and energy, the feeling that EVERYTHING is on the line during every second) and everything I hate about soccer (players bitching at the ref all game, pointless fouls and foul

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Nice. Gotta love the all-blacks. The whole NZ Tourism site is CF. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Mike Little wrote: > > thought i would share... http://www.newzealand.com/travel/rugby/ > > mike > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldf

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hey anyone can flip a coin and get 8 or 9 heads in a row. We would have never heard of the thing if it made the wrong choice on game 2, 3 or 4. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Vivec wrote: >> And...what do you all think of that darn

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On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Vivec wrote: > And...what do you all think of that darn 'octopus' ?? 8 for 8 predictions > correct?? I think he should be a line ref. -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

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700 million people watched it. That's about Two Americas, plus a few latin american countries :-) GO ESPANA And...what do you all think of that darn 'octopus' ?? 8 for 8 predictions correct?? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion

Re: Animal World Cup prognosticators disagree.

On 7/9/2010 6:49 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > PigeonRank of course!!! > http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html But, as far as I can tell, the rats with wings haven't actually made a prediction yet, have they? ~| Ord

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On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Ian Skinner wrote: > So which way would you go with your betting dollars, pesos, euros? > With the parakeet or with the Octopus? > PigeonRank of course!!! http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html ~~~

Animal World Cup prognosticators disagree.

So which way would you go with your betting dollars, pesos, euros? With the parakeet or with the Octopus? *S'pore World Cup-forecasting parakeet picks Dutch* http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100709/D9GRDR082.html SINGAPORE (AP) - A crowd of soccer fans leans forward as Mani, Singap

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Just because England decided to go along with the rest of the world > and stop using the term Soccer doesn't mean that they were right to do > so. England came up with the term Soccer. We just continue to use it. Yes we do, for miles and m

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Just because England decided to go along with the rest of the world and stop using the term Soccer doesn't mean that they were right to do so. England came up with the term Soccer. We just continue to use it. Judah On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Medic wrote: > > Soccer? What's that? You mean

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Soccer? What's that? You mean football? "The clue is in the title." On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Medic wrote: > > You need a new joke. > > Well, I wouldn't go so far as calling Soccer a joke. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~

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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Medic wrote: > You need a new joke. Well, I wouldn't go so far as calling Soccer a joke. -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Antho

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e of the game. I then asked him, > >> 'Oh, and all the acting and fake injuries do not disrupt the pace of > >> play?' He had nothing to say there. > >> > >> Kind of sad that FIFA tolerates the bullshit acting but drags their > >> feet on stuff

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"That doesn't fix the league owners calling the shots to make guarantee certain TV-friendly match-ups get played. The NFL does the same thing, just more on the sly. Sports writers know what's going on but don't dare say anything for fear of killing the golden goose." Can't argue against this. An

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play?' He had nothing to say there. >> >> Kind of sad that FIFA tolerates the bullshit acting but drags their >> feet on stuff like instant replay. >> >> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Cameron Childress >> wrote: >> > >> > On Sun, Jun

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hoping to host games if the World >> Cup ever comes to the US again. To be honest, I do not see World Cup >> games being played in stadiums that hold so few people. You would need >> the large football stadiums. >> >> I am not sure if the new Meadowlands Stadium was bu

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Earlier, someone had mentioned KC hoping to host games if the World > Cup ever comes to the US again. To be honest, I do not see World Cup > games being played in stadiums that hold so few people. You would need > the

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World Cup stadium sizes are an issue. Our best stadiums are, by and large, not going to be big enough. Portland might be able to host an early game, maybe, but 22,000 is tiny for a big international match. We'd probably have to use a lot of the same stadiums as last World Cup just due to

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It seems the DC United do stil play at RFK and from the looks of it, that stadium does nto seem to be soccer friendly. http://www.dcunited.com/stadium On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > Earlier, someone had mentioned KC hoping to host games if the World > Cup ever co

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Earlier, someone had mentioned KC hoping to host games if the World Cup ever comes to the US again. To be honest, I do not see World Cup games being played in stadiums that hold so few people. You would need the large football stadiums. I am not sure if the new Meadowlands Stadium was bult with

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Judah On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Is there a reason why existing football stadiums do not fit the bill? > As I stated earlier,I used to see the Cosmos all the time at Giants > Stadium and when the World Cup was in the US back in the mid-90's all > the

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MLS isn't there yet, no. On the other hand, Microsoft signed a $20 million, 5 year contract for field naming rights at the Seattle Sounders events, becoming the XBox Pitch at QWest field. I think they are also the official video game console of the MLS as part of that deal. Not NFL terms yet, but

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Is there a reason why existing football stadiums do not fit the bill? As I stated earlier,I used to see the Cosmos all the time at Giants Stadium and when the World Cup was in the US back in the mid-90's all the games were played in stadiums where football is the main draw. On Mon, Jun 28,

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It is expensive, which is the whole "major league" bit. If you want to be taken seriously as a pro sport, you have to act like one and treat fans appropriately. That means a good stadium, a good crowd experience, good teams to play against. The Timbers owner paid a $40 million franchise fee to ge

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I am not sure I would put MLS in the same league (pun intended) as the NFL, MLB, NHL or NBA quite yet. ;) On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:32 PM, morgan l wrote: > > That's why they sell the naming rights for $20 - $30 mil. And beg cities for > tax breaks, and threaten to leave/move if they don't get t

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That's why they sell the naming rights for $20 - $30 mil. And beg cities for tax breaks, and threaten to leave/move if they don't get them, just like every other major sporting league. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Seems like a costly requirement. Even a small 18,000 s

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Seems like a costly requirement. Even a small 18,000 seat stadium has got to be pretty ass-pensive to build. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > All new MLS teams are required to have soccer specific stadiums as > part of the franchise process and existing teams have all be

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All new MLS teams are required to have soccer specific stadiums as part of the franchise process and existing teams have all been upgrading. One of the things they found as costly mistakes in the early years was that stadiums not designed for soccer just kind of produced a lousy experience. They w

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I'm pretty sure BMO field is used exclusively for TFC games. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:28 PM, G Money wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Judah McAuley > wrote: > > > > > I guess that Portland is just really a soccer city. We average almost > > 10,000 per game for our USL team. The Tim

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rld, and that > it's gaining fans here in the states. > > KC is even close enough I might make it over there to catch a game when my > daughter is old enough to enjoy it. > Ah, cool. I know that KC thinks it would be in the running as a venue if the 2018 world cup co

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Many MLS teams now have their own stadiums--2 opened just this season (Red Bull Arena and PPL Park for the Philly expansion team). It's a sure sign the league is gaining respect, at least in the football(soccer) world, and that it's gaining fans here in the states. KC is even close enough I might

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I guess that Portland is just really a soccer city. We average almost > 10,000 per game for our USL team. The Timbers are moving up to the MLS > next year and I suspect that they'll be able to sell out the 20,000 > seats on a regular basi

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I guess that Portland is just really a soccer city. We average almost 10,000 per game for our USL team. The Timbers are moving up to the MLS next year and I suspect that they'll be able to sell out the 20,000 seats on a regular basis. Judah On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Eric Roberts wrote:

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his thread. -Original Message- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 12:05 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: World Cup On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > I agree...we used to have some decent soccer clubs here back in the 80

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And, bottom line, my kids really enjoy playing soccer and they really enjoyed watching the games so far (hell, they even got some geography lessons out if it), so, odds are, I will continue to be sucked in. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Medic wrote: > > I expect the US to win a wor

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zing On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Sam wrote: > > Changing his alias didn't change his personality. If you engage him > enough his childish antics will always surface. > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM, G Money wrote: > > > > I suppose I could have spelled all this out for you, but fra

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I expect the US to win a world cup within the next 12 years. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Eric Roberts > wrote: > > > > I agree...we used to have some decent soccer clubs here back in the 80's > and >

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > I agree...we used to have some decent soccer clubs here back in the 80's and > that is all gone. As a kid, we used to go to Cosmos games at Giants stadium all the time. I loved it then, but I also was still playing soccer. I bitch an co

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Changing his alias didn't change his personality. If you engage him enough his childish antics will always surface. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM, G Money wrote: > > I suppose I could have spelled all this out for you, but frankly I didn't > think I had too.I certainly didn't expect the

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Medic wrote: > > Another thing that needs to be said, I hear a lot of comments about "if you > want us [Americans] to take soccer seriously..." etc. No one is trying to > get America to take football seriously other than American players and > clubs. You think th

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I agree...we used to have some decent soccer clubs here back in the 80's and that is all gone. -Original Message- From: Medic [mailto:hofme...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 11:30 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: World Cup Ok, well you clarified your point by basically t

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Medic wrote: > > Ok, well you clarified your point by basically typing my point back to me. > I > took the time to explain the differences between simulation and actually > getting hurt and playing through it. You then basically tried to tell me > that because a

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Ok, well you clarified your point by basically typing my point back to me. I took the time to explain the differences between simulation and actually getting hurt and playing through it. You then basically tried to tell me that because a small handful of players fake it that the American public se

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Medic wrote: > > I was thinking the same thing with your wolf comment. > Except my comment wasn't a personal dig, and I have since clarified my point. -- I love her each week day Each velvety cheek day ~~~

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I was thinking the same thing with your wolf comment. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:58 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Medic wrote: > > > > > Way to read and not comprehend. I had no idea Sam and GMoney were one in > > the > > same. > > > > Many times, players actually

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Medic wrote: > > Way to read and not comprehend. I had no idea Sam and GMoney were one in > the > same. > Many times, players actually get hurt. Often times, they jump back up because play is continuing and they play through the pain for the good of their team.

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > Notice that the NBA squashes these rumors quickly as well.  The Donaghy > issue should have been a lot bigger than it was, but the NBA did everything > in its power to kill it quickly.  Don't want to make the fans and gamblers > nervous. Ca

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Way to read and not comprehend. I had no idea Sam and GMoney were one in the same. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:06 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Medic wrote: > > > > > 2. Actually getting fouled. A lot of people that haven't played think > that > > every time a player

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Medic wrote: > > 2. Actually getting fouled. A lot of people that haven't played think that > every time a player rolls around on the ground for 30 seconds then gets up > and continues to play is faking it. Trust me, there are many many many > times > when you ta

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y?' He had nothing to say there. >> >> Kind of sad that FIFA tolerates the bullshit acting but drags their >> feet on stuff like instant replay. >> >> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Cameron Childress >> wrote: >> > >> > On Sun, Jun 27, 2

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Medic wrote: > 1.Simulation: where players dive to get a call or roll around on the ground > when there was clearly no contact. This is the worst part of the game in my > opinion. Definitely. I know not all teams do this, but it's really ridiculous crybaby play

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lline replays and replay technology at the > Worldcup...then > >> they have to have it in our School Leagues > >> in ALL the games that run up to the World Cup and in ALL local league > >> matches where players and teams that end up in the world cup play. > > >

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:23 AM, G Money wrote: > Yep, back to ignoring soccer for 4 years. I'll be watching the German games... -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfu

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eh? im moved into full watching mode even more... it only gets better (play) from here in!!! On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:23 AM, G Money wrote: > > Yep, back to ignoring soccer for 4 years. > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Michael Grant wrote: > >> >> Congrats to the US for doing as well

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our School Leagues >> in ALL the games that run up to the World Cup and in ALL local league >> matches where players and teams that end up in the world cup play. > > Isn't that like saying that the Olympics should be scored by hand and > time should be counted in the

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not me, my daughters have an indoor game tonight. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:23 AM, G Money wrote: > > Yep, back to ignoring soccer for 4 years. > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Michael Grant wrote: > > > > > Congrats to the US for doing as well as they did. It was a truly exciting > >

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Yep, back to ignoring soccer for 4 years. On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Michael Grant wrote: > > Congrats to the US for doing as well as they did. It was a truly exciting > game to watch. > > Today will be a good day of football. > > > ~~

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"The NBA, that's a laugh. Don't you remember the LA/Sacramento Western Conference Finals a few years ago when Sacramento was jobbed by the refs in Game 6? The head referee later admitted that the owners instructed him to give the game to the Lakers so the ratings for the finals would be a lot high

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Medic wrote: > We simply need a fourth official that sits in the tunnel and watches a > monitor. That would be a MASSIVE step in the right direction. -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion

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We simply need a fourth official that sits in the tunnel and watches a monitor. In half a second after a play the fourth official could be reviewing the play from 16 different angles. The officials are already wired and talking to each other through ear pieces as it is. In the case of the goal aga

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Oh please. This statement is just ludicrous. On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > I watched the game yesterday and there were some fouls committed against > the > US that were not called by the refs. Looked almost as if they did not want > us to win. We know that not every

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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Vivec wrote: > Here's an excellent explanation of why there is no Goalline Technology, and > why there probably never will be. Goal line tech didn't really have any bearing on alot of the bad vague calls I saw. Simply requiring that the ref explain each foul mor

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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > The NBA, that's a laugh. Don't you remember the LA/Sacramento Western > Conference Finals a few years ago when Sacramento was jobbed by the > refs in Game 6? The head referee later admitted that the owners > instructed him to give the game to

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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > If you pay attention, the NBA and NCAA squash any rumors of officiating and > gambling quickly.  It is a taboo subject.  Guess they don't want to scare > the gamblers. The NBA, that's a laugh. Don't you remember the LA/Sacramento Western

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Fwiw, the NHL uses a 4 official system, two refs and two linesman. FIFA uses 3 for the world cup, one ref and two linesman. On Sunday, June 27, 2010, Scott Stroz wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Vivec wrote: > >> >> c) Football should be the same from the top le

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"Otherwise I could pay a few million to a bank account in the Caymans or Switzerland for a ref to throw a game to my country's team, and no one would ever be able to prove anything." Why involve a third party? With the advent of online gambling, a ref could finance his own winnings. This is a p

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On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Vivec wrote: > > c) Football should be the same from the top level to the grassroots level." To me, this is a bullshit excuse. The game is already played differently on the Wold Cup scale than it is in any 'grassroots level'. As Robert pointed out American Foot

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Here's an excellent explanation of why there is no Goalline Technology, and why there probably never will be. It also described what FIFA Will be doing for future tournaments: http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/27/just-give-us-the-truth-allow-goalline-technology/?hpt=C2 "a) The Adidas "Cair

Re: World Cup

I have to be honest, I will try to stay interested, but, without a team to root for, or even vague knowledge of any other team/players, I will likely not be watching anymore of the tournament. I'd have to say, two things that really burn my ass about soccer are: 1. The acting that goes on. To m

Re: World Cup

hopefully you just >> meant the one poor decision there, not that the World cup is bullshit. >> >> Judah > > the level of play is great, the competition is great, but the game has > essentially no integrity because of the officiating. thus bullshit. > > ~

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