Who wins the 2010 World Cup?

• Strapping Young Lad

  

  Poignant commentary from a man who only has sex when he can lure middle school kids to his van. Get this shit off my computer screen.
• KR1245

  

  Al Capone;402372 wrote:The most powerful nation in the world loses to a country that has no electric, eats every 3 days , and only wears shoes to soccer games. This is why soccer sucks. Get this shit off my tv.

  
  Ignorance at it's finest.
• Automatik

  

  You're OC existence is dedicated to cross country and Journey. Please stfu.
  
  I think its pretty wide open right now. Argentina looked pretty amazing today.
• Non

  

  Let's be serious for a moment.
  
  What does the US have to do to take the next step?
  
  Because I think, despite what a lot of you say about the popularity growing, imagine what would've happened had this team made a serious run.
  
  Now you have to wait another four years to see if they can do better. That sucks.
• I Wear Pants

  ccrunner609;403386 wrote:I agree with a few here, who cares who wins. The US will never "get it" with soccer. We cant even beat a 3rd world country at it.

  ccrunner only like sports that the deciding factor for who is the best is who's equipment cost the most.
• 3reppom

  

  Brazil is my pick. My sleeper pick would be the Dutch
• Non

  

  They'll be a lot of sleepers if the Dutch are in the finals. haha
• I Wear Pants

  The Netherlands have one of the best teams in the world consistently.
• Automatik

  

  I think the US is definitely moving in the right direction. The key is playing overseas and getting that experience. Solely playing in the MLS doesn't cut it.
  
  I'd like to know the numbers of how many players from '06s roster were playing in Europe.
• Laley23

  

  Automatik;403500 wrote:I think the US is definitely moving in the right direction. The key is playing overseas and getting that experience. Solely playing in the MLS doesn't cut it.
  
  I'd like to know the numbers of how many players from '06s roster were playing in Europe.

  
  I dont know about 06, but this year only had 4 or 5 I think. ANNNNNND Landon Donovan was one of them, and his success can almost be directly related to his stint at Everton.
• Laley23

  

  Non;403495 wrote:They'll be a lot of sleepers if the Dutch are in the finals. haha

  
  The Dutch are SICK. They invented Total Football which is easily the most entertaining style of play. Its basically 10 guys without position. They just run to space and the next guy fills it up. Although, this Dutch team doesnt fully employ the method
• Laley23

  

  Non;403433 wrote:Let's be serious for a moment.
  
  What does the US have to do to take the next step?
  
  Because I think, despite what a lot of you say about the popularity growing, imagine what would've happened had this team made a serious run.
  
  Now you have to wait another four years to see if they can do better. That sucks.

  
  It sucks to wait 4 years to watch the final installment. But the journey begins in about a year. Qualifying is about a 2 year process (the middle 2). I cant wait to see who our coach will be, who the young players will be (personally would love to see Kevin Alston make a run, as he was a pretty good friend of mine in college at Indiana).
  
  Clearly the popularity wouldve grown faster with a deep run, but I dont care what anyone tells me, its growing. The facts are out there, you just have to be willing to accept them which is hard for a lot of people. We will be playing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and hopefully the Confederations Cup again. Plenty of HUGE matches for the USMNT between World Cups. I also think (hope, maybe is better word) that we start getting mainstream coverage of our stars in Europe. Donovan, Dempsey, Bradley, Howard, Adu, Edu, etc. That would be a step in the right direction for sure.
• Automatik

  

  Laley23;403522 wrote:I dont know about 06, but this year only had 4 or 5 I think. ANNNNNND Landon Donovan was one of them, and his success can almost be directly related to his stint at Everton.

  
  According to wiki...18 of the 23 are based in Europe. No way that many in 06.
• hoops23

  

  I'd love to see the Dutch win it all as I love watching them play.
  
  I picked Brazil, but think Argentina could win it all as well..
  
  I'm secretly pulling for Germany though, simply because I have German roots with my Great Grandparents.
• I Wear Pants

  Laley23;403535 wrote:It sucks to wait 4 years to watch the final installment. But the journey begins in about a year. Qualifying is about a 2 year process (the middle 2). I cant wait to see who our coach will be, who the young players will be (personally would love to see Kevin Alston make a run, as he was a pretty good friend of mine in college at Indiana).
  
  Clearly the popularity wouldve grown faster with a deep run, but I dont care what anyone tells me, its growing. The facts are out there, you just have to be willing to accept them which is hard for a lot of people. We will be playing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and hopefully the Confederations Cup again. Plenty of HUGE matches for the USMNT between World Cups. I also think (hope, maybe is better word) that we start getting mainstream coverage of our stars in Europe. Donovan, Dempsey, Bradley, Howard, Adu, Edu, etc. That would be a step in the right direction for sure.

  The Gold Cup is important because the Confederations Cup got us ready pretty decently for the WC.
• hoops23

  

  Laley23;403535 wrote:It sucks to wait 4 years to watch the final installment. But the journey begins in about a year. Qualifying is about a 2 year process (the middle 2). I cant wait to see who our coach will be, who the young players will be (personally would love to see Kevin Alston make a run, as he was a pretty good friend of mine in college at Indiana).
  
  Clearly the popularity wouldve grown faster with a deep run, but I dont care what anyone tells me, its growing. The facts are out there, you just have to be willing to accept them which is hard for a lot of people. We will be playing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and hopefully the Confederations Cup again. Plenty of HUGE matches for the USMNT between World Cups. I also think (hope, maybe is better word) that we start getting mainstream coverage of our stars in Europe. Donovan, Dempsey, Bradley, Howard, Adu, Edu, etc. That would be a step in the right direction for sure.

  
  Don't we have a match coming up with Brazil in August as well?
• Laley23

  

  hoops23;403541 wrote:Don't we have a match coming up with Brazil in August as well?

  
  Yeah, but its a friendly. I was naming the bigger events that are a bit more real and go towards our Fifa rankings.
• Laley23

  

  Automatik;403536 wrote:According to wiki...18 of the 23 are based in Europe. No way that many in 06.

  
  Thats what I meant. 4 or 5 only from the MLS, this 18 or 19 in Europe. And like I said, you can attribute a ton of our success to Donovan being in the EPL for 2.5 months.
• mattinctown

  Pretty impressed with Argentina so far, even though the fucking refs blew another call.
• hoops23

  

  Laley23;403546 wrote:Yeah, but its a friendly. I was naming the bigger events that are a bit more real and go towards our Fifa rankings.

  
  Yeah, I knew it was a friendly, but I couldn't remember if it was in August.. I could have looked it up myself, but oh well..
• vball10set

  Argentina
• trackandccrunner

  I really like Aregentia although Germany has been pretty impressive thus far.