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Don't worry, I've finally woken up and now that I am watching the match things will turn around.

Late to the party here: why no Barton?

Obviously he can't say anything other than he did in that interview. He's got to be a professional.

Anywhere from 12-15 I reckon. The league is a funny beast this year and I think we have enough quality to have a relatively good finish.

Where are the teams going to train? Are they going to air condition the training camps that don't exist yet too?

Vancouver's home kit for 2011 inaugural MLS season: http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8518/whitecaps0.jpg

They've already stated that if Israel were to qualify that they would let them participate.

Imagine the monopoly the few hotels that will be in Qatar will have on the visiting public. It will be the most expensive WC to attend, they can effectively charge whatever they want.

Just read a rumour that they might move the start date of the WC to accomodate Qatar, is that even possible? I thought it was always June/July.

They mentioned something on the local broadcast here about Sepp Blatter vying for a Nobel Peace Prize by giving it to these types of countries, especially considering that Qatar said that they would recognize Israel for the WC if they were to make it.

Yes. http://www.gousabid.com/city/local/indianapolis-in/ I love that stadium as well, I really love the architecture. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3909/lucasoilstadium.jpg

9:30 AM here in Orlando, dunno what that translates to for you.

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/columnist/carlisle_jeff/id/5869697/us-world-cup-bid-hangs-balance

I think Corluka is first choice but is currently injured. I may be wrong though.

If we're going by infrastructure (footballing + transportation + lodging) South Korea and Japan are so far ahead of the rest of the pack it's not even funny. America is obviously going to make the final vote almost by default because you're America and you're alone in a bunch of Asian countries. The key is going to be which Asian country comes through and how many of the other Asian country's votes they'll be able to pull together to go against the USA. IMO, you want to go up against the Aussies because they have almost no pull within AFC and therefore would be very soft in the final vote up against the USA. I wouldn't be so sure. Transportation you would probably have us (smaller, better rail networks), but on the others I highly doubt it. But it's about more than just infrastructure. We have more, better, and newer stadia. Not sure about lodging to be honest. I don't disagree that it's not about infrastructure though. In the end, you can always build new stuff. It's the political considerations that count the most. Like I said, I wouldn't be too sure about this. Newer, possibly, because you just had a WC, but our bid doesn't include our soccer-specific stadiums, it includes mostly places where NFL teams play that hold 70k+ and the back-up cities are even cities with huge stadiums. Orlando for instance doesn't have a NFL team but we have a stadium (that has hosted a WC match) that can hold almost 75k people, and a lot of other cities will have the same type of scenario. This is also not even bringing in the college towns that have stadiums that hold 90k+ that are scattered across the country because they are only going for bigger cities in the bid (cities like NY, Chicago, LA, Seattle, etc). We also will have wonderful cities/facilities for training/base camps as well. But like I said before, it's about much more than just infrastructure. Things like political stability have to come into play along with audiences in the host nation. We could probably sell out a WC in 72 hours on our own (especially if it were being hosted on US soil) and have the stadiums, transportation, and hotels to support that as well.

If we're going by infrastructure (footballing + transportation + lodging) South Korea and Japan are so far ahead of the rest of the pack it's not even funny. America is obviously going to make the final vote almost by default because you're America and you're alone in a bunch of Asian countries. The key is going to be which Asian country comes through and how many of the other Asian country's votes they'll be able to pull together to go against the USA. IMO, you want to go up against the Aussies because they have almost no pull within AFC and therefore would be very soft in the final vote up against the USA. I wouldn't be so sure. Transportation you would probably have us (smaller, better rail networks), but on the others I highly doubt it. But it's about more than just infrastructure.

Don Garber almost touching the WC trophy.

The USA is one of the handful of countries that could literally put a World Cup on tomorrow if need be. Hopefully that works in our favor tomorrow when the vote goes down. I really like the points that Clinton was just making.

"Two 24/7 Football only channels" cue cut to ESPN who barely finds time for football.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/bidders/live/index.html You can watch it there.

Sorry Kaizero http://worldsoccerreader.com/2010/11/seattle-sounders-to-announce-fredy-montero-as-next-designated-player/

Like give it to South Africa?

Hah all of the highlights are just of him doing stuff on the pitch.

Really would love to get the 2022 but I doubt it'll happen to be honest. I think it'll go to Australia.

I see on the ticker of SSN that "overhead" Nicky scored for his new club in his first match. Also missed a pk.