The Soccer Thread

[Umbaka]

Unbelievable if Brazil makes the US win the whole Football world is gonna forever hate them for it. It was better they let South Africa play in the final they may have played better.

[mat_turbo]

2-0 so far for the USA.

lmao i kinda hope USA win

edit:lmao what a turn around they was just messin

[Bushi]

that was kinda cruel yeah, american hopes lasted 45 minutes

[>War|Gamez<]

U can blame the USA and thier coach , they deserved to lose at the end, if they came out with the same attitude second half and not to pull more people back only 1 forward instead of 2 , they would of beaten brazil comfortably .

When they chose the wrong tactic for the second half , they payed for it as they let brazil attack agian and again while sitting back nad score against them.

If they did not sit back and the coach would of made changes earlier as the tired players were calling to come off, yet the coach did not sub , brazil would not have won this game.

This brazil or spanish or italian team can not win a world cup like the way they played this tournament.

If dunga gets fired then there is real hope for the classic brazil who can perform well and win shit.

Same with maradona instead of making his team go forward , he has made them into the worst argentinian team ever.

Next year hopes

Here is my predictions for world cup 2010 who will reach at least the quarter finals of 2010 , if they qualify for it. Holland already did.

Holland - France - Turkey - Russia - Denmark - Slovakia - Brazil - Paraguay

My top 5 supporting teams will be -Holland-Russia-Turkey-Paraguay-Brazil

[Umbaka]

I've really been hearing alot of mourning form the Brazilian fans about Dunga. I didn't see the first half so I was shock when I saw the score line and thought that Brazil was playing like they did against South Africa.

[Oscar]

mexico won a against venzuela bout 2 days ago
i 4got the score

[>War|Gamez<]

The qualification matches continue next month for the South american teams from the 5th august next month , while the North & South continue from the 12th of next month along with the European team matches.

[Umbaka]

Which NT do u back WarGamez

[Vinnie P]

Victory on all fronts for Brazil: after winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, the Sele&#231;&#227;o have regained the top spot in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, thus relegating European champions Spain (2nd, down 1) to second place. The South Americans last topped the ranking in August 2007, a position to which they have climbed six times in the history of the ranking.

The Netherlands (3rd, down 1), Italy (4th, unchanged) and Germany (5th, down 2), occupy the next three places, but are some distance behind the leading duo. Russia (6th, up 3) have overtaken England (7th, down 1) and Argentina (8th, down 1), achieving their best position since August 1997 in the process.

Of the other countries that took part in the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009, finalists the USA (12th, up 2), Egypt (38th, up 2) and hosts South Africa (70th, up 2) have also progressed up the ranking. Egypt's improved position despite their early exit from the tournament is due to their 1-0 victory over world champions Italy, which scored very highly in terms of ranking points. Meanwhile, disappointing performances by Iraq (94th, down 17) and New Zealand (100th, down 18 ) caused them to lose ground.

In other news, Algeria (47th, up 19) and Tunisia (49th, up 2) have climbed into the top 50 at the expense of Burkina Faso (51st, down 1) and Finland (52nd, down 3). Furthermore, the following teams have achieved their best position since the ranking was introduced in 1993: Australia (16th, up 13), Gabon (30th, up 18 ), Grenada (88th, up 14), Montenegro (98th, up 12) and Antigua and Barbuda (105th, up 9).

In the last four weeks, a total of 119 senior international matches were played: 16 FIFA Confederations Cup matches, 67 FIFA World Cup™ qualifying matches and 36 friendlies. This brings the total matches played this year to 406. The many matches played and the devaluation of matches at UEFA EURO 2008 are the main reasons for the many changes in position in this edition of the ranking.

The news FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
1 Brazil
2 Spain
3 Netherlands
4 Italy
5 Germany
6 Russia
7 England
8 Argentina
9 France
10 Croatia

Damn I'm surprised and happy to see russia being 6th in the world.

[Umbaka]

^Well as ppl say the FIFA ranking system is flawed.

[Vinnie P]

^^True. Russia advance cuz of their win over finland 3-0, the only threat for them is Germany right now.

[>War|Gamez<]

Well Umbaka , if your talking about who i am backing for the Worldcup2010 , then i am backing 5 teams .
I am not backing south africa to win it , because they don't have a chance to win it.
But will support them anyway ,along with brazil.

To win WC2010 , 1 of these teams.

Holland - Russia - Paraguay - France - Denmark

[Vinnie P]

Well canada won yesterday 1-0.

[Oscar]

mexico is playin nicaragua and is winnin 1-0
come on keep it up

[Vinnie P]

Mexico seems to struggle lately.