World Cup 2014

[riverbabe]

OMG! Did you see that??? One of the best soccer matches I have ever seen!!! Spain V. Holland!!! Holland 5, Spain 1. The announcer said, "They (Spain) have lost their aura of invincibility." What a game!!! What is coming next??? Robben, Van Persie, De Vrij! WOW!

[Louetta]

OMG! Did you see that??? One of the best soccer matches I have ever seen!!! Spain V. Holland!!! Holland 5, Spain 1. The announcer said, "They (Spain) have lost their aura of invincibility." What a game!!! What is coming next??? Robben, Van Persie, De Vrij! WOW!

Rematch of the 2010 final. Mayhap a little revenge factor.

[mrmarket]

OMG! Did you see that??? One of the best soccer matches I have ever seen!!! Spain V. Holland!!! Holland 5, Spain 1. The announcer said, "They (Spain) have lost their aura of invincibility." What a game!!! What is coming next??? Robben, Van Persie, De Vrij! WOW!

5-1 is a real asskicking in soccer, no?

[billyjoe]

Soccer is slowly fading away in my area of Ohio. Used to have 8 youth teams playing every Saturday morning behind my house. Last year there were only 2 teams. The High School team no longer exists. The girls lasted a couple years more than the boys. It was fun watching the kids. What will ex soccer moms do?

-----------------billy

[Karel]

That was a very nice match indeed (that first pass by Blind/goal by Van Persie!), but I have only seen a highlights report. It is very nice that "we" won, too, but as a result our country is coloring even more orange.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjegekte

Well, there are worse things.


Regards,

Karel

[Karel]

5-1 is a real asskicking in soccer, no?

Very much!

[mimo_100]

Soccer is slowly fading away in my area of Ohio. Used to have 8 youth teams playing every Saturday morning behind my house. Last year there were only 2 teams. The High School team no longer exists. The girls lasted a couple years more than the boys. It was fun watching the kids. What will ex soccer moms do?

-----------------billy

Billy,

Same in my neck of the woods. Lacrosse is taking off for boys and softball for girls.

I prefer watching ice hockey to soccer - the action is intense, the rules are similar, and the action takes place within a 200 foot by 85 foot ice rink versus a typical soccer field of 300 feet by 225 feet. I found that I do not have to watch a soccer match - I just wait until the crowd noise increases and then look up to see what is happening - perfect environment for having a few sam adams and catching up socially with your neighbor. In hockey, if you blink you may miss something - similar to baseball where you could get hit by a foul ball if you do not watch out. Also, there seems to be so much violence among soccer crowds, or so it seems to me.

[billyjoe]

Mimo, The parents seem to get out of control at the kids soccer matches. Many of the mothers are obnoxious. I don't follow international soccer and would probably root for the dark horse. Who is favored? What teams are the underdogs? Karel?

--------------------billy

[Louetta]

Oh goodie, we won.

[Karel]

Oh goodie, we won.

Congratulations!

and billyjoe: I have no opinions on the 2014 World Cup and on soccer in general.

Regards,

Karel

[mrmarket]

Soccer is illogical.

[mimo_100]

Last night is was flipping between the Tribe game and the World Cup action. I do not watch pro soccer much and I was amazed - I loved it!! I saw Ghana making a ton of shots on goal at the beginning of the 2nd Half. They put a lot of pressure on the US defense - sooner or later one was going to go in, and it did. The team with speed has a good chance of winning in my opinion.

[M0n3y]

Spain also lost the first match in the last world cup and finally we won the competition (BTW playing against Holland).
This is just a strategy to distract other important opponents. Tomorrow we will show to the world the potential of the best football team of the last decade

[Karel]

I hear firecrackers, could it just be? Yes, "we" have won against Australia. OK, back to work...

Regards,

Karel

[M0n3y]