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He's such an idiot, I hate that ESPN thinks he's the go-to guy for football coverage.

Best part of the day was sitting in the (totally packed) pub with a bunch of singing English fans (about 200 of 'em) and the US goal going in to chants of "YOU'RE NOT SINGING ANYMORE!" Great times. Decent match. Thank god Green made a hash of it - although Alitdore should've scored there when he hit the post.

Nike makes one of those already. http://www.soccerpro.com/Nike-10R-Gaucho-Ball-Black-p7534/ That one has laces but there are a few like this one that aren't as predominant with their laces.

Agreed. Wasn't going to set the world alight but he fits in their system well and was no worse than a lot of other people on the pitch. Tired quickly though.

Would you take 4-3 England if you were offered it now? Not a chance. I think you should consider it to be honest, it's a good offer. No way. I'll take the boring 1-1 or 0-0 draw it will be tomorrow though.

I hope Puma aren't our next kit makers! Anyone know when we will know who the new kit makers are?

Just went down to buy some brewskis and they won't let me buy beer before 9am in my county!

Worst night of sleep ever, seriously couldn't stay asleep I was so lit up with anticipation. This is happening today!

Get excited for this one, Steve McManaman(sp?) (he's a pundit here on ESPN for the WC) has it on "good authority" that Heskey starts Saturday.

http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

Because that's when Puma will unveil the new kit. Yes but the last game has been, remember? We drew with Ipswich 2-2 in the last home game and beat QPR 1-0 away in the final game and neither one did we wear the new kit. Yeah, but...we'll be wearing it last game of the season though. Can't wait. Do you mean this season? When we are in the premiership, because if you mean the championship it has already been and we didn't wear the new kit. Yeah we will be wearing the new shirt in the Prem. Our new shirt will be unveiled at the last game of this season though, so there's plenty of time to buy it.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/09/south.africa.world.cup.robbery/index.html?hpt=T3

Because that's when Puma will unveil the new kit.

Extremely confident. Their defence is f***ing shocking. The embarrassment of failing to beat a country that isn't even aware the World Cup is on would be too much The US has bought more World Cup tickets than any other country.

I think Gomez will shine in a sub role for the US as well.

DEF - DEF - DEF DM DM DM AM FWD FWD FWD Wide forwards cut in, wing backs bomb forward. It's not that defensive. There's only one DM. It's more like: DEF DEF DEF DM WR WL CM FWD FWD FWD

I could see him getting absolutely slaughtered by our fans, glad we "missed out"

That second goal was gorgeous.

I definitely have Chile getting out of their group at the very least. Going to be an exciting side to watch. I also get excited watching sides like theirs as well because a lot of their core group are people who play for sides like Boca whom I don't watch all that often. edit: this is almost exactly the system that I play in FIFA10 as well.

Don't think any of you all will be in Orlando for the WC but if you know anyone who is, send them over to the Cricketer's Arms Pub by International Drive or if they want to go to a local pub then The Harp & Celt in Downtown Orlando. Definitely the Cricketer's Arms though for the England/US match. (this goes for you too Kanji86!)

After having loved the beer for so long that I convinced my parents that with our extra day on our Rail Pass that we had to go to Newcastle to see the brewery. Fell in love with the city and football around the same time - it just all came together.

This is so fucking close.

Don't really rate Carroll all that much but if we were to start the season in a 4-4-2 with Loven and Carroll up front I wouldn't be overly worried. If we can get some good, creative wing play out of Routledge/Jonas and our main CM can play the ball around nicely we'll get more goals out of them than a lot of people in this thread are imagining.

Man in slo-mo that looks hilarious. He's literally falling over and can't control his body.

Fucking hell. Honduras fucked then. Indeed, I had them doing well in my bracket IIRC.