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Topic(s): me
2010-06-08 23:02:10 US/Pacific
Seems like just yesterday we were counting down to World Cup 2006. Yet here we are a mere two days until World Cup 2010!
As predicted by yours truly (read link above), World Cup 2006 sucked for the US. Not because the US team sucked. But because we were placed in a terribly difficult group, and with a terribly difficult game order:
- We played Czech Republic first, who spanked us. But literal giant Jan Koller was injured and played zero minutes outside the US match, which was an indirect disaster for the US who badly needed Czech Republic to defeat Italy.
- Up next was for the US was Italy. The US tied Italy in a fantastically classic match. Italy then proceeded to win their next five matches for their fourth World Cup title.
- The third game for the US was Ghana. Claudio "Captain America" Reyna went in to retirement at halftime -- but played the second half of the match anyways -- and the US lost.
2010 shapes up much better for the US. This go round we've got just one giant in our group - England. The other two foes are minnows in the forms of Slovenia and Algeria. I will not temper my enthusiasm and I openly predict a US advancement in to the elimination stage.
Round 1:
England 3, USA 2
Algeria 0, Slovenia 0 (I really have no clue.)
Round 2:
Slovenia 0, USA 1
England 3, Algeria 0 (England advance)
Round 3:
Slovenia 1, England 1 (England plays their scrubs.)
Algeria 1, USA 2 (USA advance)
I hope my brother will interject with his touchdown and field goal predictions for each match.
The first round of the elimination stage will most likely have us playing Germany, and I assign us a fair chance to defeat them.
The games this year are played at 4:30am, 7am, and 11:30am Pacific time. Quite nice for me. As was the case in 2006, I can catch one game before work and one game during lunch. The early game will wait on my DVR for my return home from work.
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Ngan — 2010-06-09 01:10:44 US/Pacific —I agree, I think US will advance to the elimination round. Not sure they will advance after that. Want to bet? |
Steve — 2010-06-11 05:47:56 US/Pacific —I plan to watch tomorrow; at least it will be on in the background. I can't wait to see all the flopping over faked injuries. Perhaps somebody will get headbutted again this year to make things interesting. |
Mom — 2010-06-13 18:32:45 US/Pacific —Found a great item this week-Krusteaz Cinnamon Crumb Cake. It is made from a mix, takes only one egg and 3/4 cup of water, one greased and floured baking pan; follow easy directions, 45 minutes in the toaster oven, Voila! Every bit as good as my own home made cinnamon cake, and probably better because it tastes lighter, with no messy kitchen to clean up. Two bowls, one spatula, one pan. Easy. Could probably add blueberries to the mix with no major changes. Can also add extra cinnamon, which I did. Yum. |
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