nykfan845 51 Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Yesterday evening, the US Soccer Federation has named their roster for the 2006 World Cup: Goalkeepers (3): Marcus Hahnemann (2006), Tim Howard (2006), Kasey Keller (1990, 1998, 2002, 2006) Defenders (8): Carlos Bocanegra (2006), Steve Cherundolo (2002, 2006), Jimmy Conrad (2006), Cory Gibbs (2006), Frankie Hejduk (1998, 2002, 2006), Eddie Lewis (2002, 2006), Oguchi Onyewu (2006), Eddie Pope (1998, 2002, 2006) Midfielders (8): DaMarcus Beasley (2002, 2006), Bobby Convey (2006), Clint Dempsey (2006), Landon Donovan (2002, 2006), Pablo Mastroeni (2002, 2006), John O’Brien (2002, 2006), Ben Olsen (2006), Claudio Reyna (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006) Forwards (4): Brian Ching (2006), Eddie Johnson (2006), Brian McBride (1998, 2002, 2006), Josh Wolff (2002, 2006) Link to post Share on other sites
Quintana 0 Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 My prediction: Brazil or Italy (if they keep that annoying creature called Francesco Totti on the bench) Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 With just over a month to go before the biggest soccer party in the world starts, European football sticker collecting is in full swing: Serbia's Football Sticker Mania Link to post Share on other sites
arwebb 133 Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 I'll swap your Steven Gerrard for my Thierry Henry. Ah, playground memories. Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 With one month to go, any of us going to the football matches in Germany? Link to post Share on other sites
dave199 57 Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I'm really anticipating this. I'm rooting for Italy all the way. I might be a little biased since I'm Italian-Canadian. My choices in each group: Group A 1.Germany 2.Costa Rica 3.Ecuador 4.Poland Group B 1.Sweden 2.England 3.Paraguay 4.Trinidad & Tobago Group C 1.Netherlands 2.Argentina 3.Cote d'Ivoire 4.Serbia & Montenegro Group D 1.Portugal 2.Mexico 3.Iran 4.Angola Group E 1.Italy 2.Czech Republic 3.USA 4.Ghana Group F 1.Brazil 2.Japan 3.Croatia 4.Australia Group G 1.France 2.Korea Republic 3.Switzerland 4.Togo Group H 1.Spain 2.Tunisia 3.Ukraine 4.Saudi Arabia Link to post Share on other sites
dave199 57 Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 I just realized there's another thread for this :oops: Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 America's attitude for the World Cup "not there?" World Cup Fails To Fan US Football Fever Link to post Share on other sites
cesco_82 1 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I donnow if someone already said that but few days ago Nici, the society producing the puppets of the mascot of germany06wc, whose name is Goleo, has failed. It was designed by Jim henson, who created "the muppets". Nici said the failure is not because of the high price payed for the exclusive of the mascot. The society never declaired how many puppets of the official 06WC sold till now. The mascot has been recently attacked because it does not have any in common with the national german symbol, which is an eagle (in fact Goleo is a lion eheheh :laughlong: ). BTW i think that mascot sucks. That lion talking with his ball is...very odd!!! :suspect: Link to post Share on other sites
Rob. 2040 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Euro 96 - Goaliath (the original and best!) :cool: World Cup 2006 - Goleo (ripped off - and couldn't they have given him a pair of shorts!) :oo: Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 America's attitude for the World Cup "not there?"World Cup Fails To Fan US Football Fever oh guardian. Since it's not being done locally, we still go about our daily lives. But once the Games start, the sports bars will be full, and the soccer circles will be watching all night and calling into the office sick the next day. Of course, interest will wax or wane depending on how the US boys do. But soccer interest is steadily growing in the country -- both in the men's and women's sides. You should look at the numbers of soccer students in schools and camps. Don't forget that when the World Cup was held here in 1994, the box-office attendance of those Games are still unbeaten by any succeeding World Cup even the last one held in 2 countries in some 18 stadia -- something some people are in total denial of. Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 America's attitude for the World Cup "not there?"World Cup Fails To Fan US Football Fever oh guardian. Since it's not being done locally, we still go about our daily lives. But once the Games start, the sports bars will be full, and the soccer circles will be watching all night and calling into the office sick the next day. Of course, interest will wax or wane depending on how the US boys do. But soccer interest is steadily growing in the country -- both in the men's and women's sides. You should look at the numbers of soccer students in schools and camps. Don't forget that when the World Cup was held here in 1994, the box-office attendance of those Games are still unbeaten by any succeeding World Cup even the last one held in 2 countries in some 18 stadia -- something some people are in total denial of. I know that. However, that article is the BBC's words from whoever wrote it; not mine. When the time comes, the BBC will change its tune to some degree because it is the World Cup after all. One cannot just dismiss the American team outright. Of course, there is going to be lots of hype from all sides leading to the June 9 opening matches. Link to post Share on other sites
KRATK 44 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 The last week for friendlies before the WC began: Nashville, USA: UNITED STATES 0-1 MOROCCO Vienna, AUT: AUSTRIA 1-4 CROATIA Los Angeles, USA: ROMANIA 0-2 URUGUAY Seoul, KOR: SOUTH KOREA 2-2 SENEGAL Dublin, IRL: IRELAND 0-1 CHILE Oslo, NOR: NORWAY 2-2 PARAGUAY Next matches: *May 25th Ecuador vs. Colombia Australia vs. Greece Sweden vs. Finland *May 26th South Korea vs. Bosnia Herzegovina Saudi Arabia vs. Czech Republic Turkey vs. Ghana *May 27th United States vs. Venezuela Germany vs. Luxembourg Switzerland vs. Ivory Coast Trinidad and Tobago vs. Wales Portugal vs. Cape Verde Denmark vs. Paraguay Serbia/Montenegro vs. Uruguay Netherlands vs. Cameroon France vs. Mexico Spain vs. Russia Link to post Share on other sites
micheal_warren 206 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 The last week for friendlies before the WC began:Nashville, USA: UNITED STATES 0-1 MOROCCO Vienna, AUT: AUSTRIA 1-4 CROATIA Los Angeles, USA: ROMANIA 0-2 URUGUAY Seoul, KOR: SOUTH KOREA 2-2 SENEGAL Dublin, IRL: IRELAND 0-1 CHILE Oslo, NOR: NORWAY 2-2 PARAGUAY Next matches: *May 25th Ecuador vs. Colombia Australia vs. Greece Sweden vs. Finland *May 26th South Korea vs. Bosnia Herzegovina Saudi Arabia vs. Czech Republic Turkey vs. Ghana *May 27th United States vs. Venezuela Germany vs. Luxembourg Switzerland vs. Ivory Coast Trinidad and Tobago vs. Wales Portugal vs. Cape Verde Denmark vs. Paraguay Serbia/Montenegro vs. Uruguay Netherlands vs. Cameroon France vs. Mexico Spain vs. Russia i do no that New Zealand plays brazil in a friendly in Switzerland before the World Cup Link to post Share on other sites
dave199 57 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 15 days to go before World Cup fever infects the masses :love: Link to post Share on other sites
NOC 6 Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Well Australia is on track with a 1:0 result against the European Champions Greece in last nights friendly. Beware of Australia - I still predict we will draw or win against Brazil in the Group matches and then everyone will stand up and realise how "under-achieving" Australia has been for the last 32 years (or how difficult it was made for Australia to make the 32 teams with the crazy qualification process we have had to endure) Link to post Share on other sites
Mikel 0 Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 Well Australia is on track with a 1:0 result against the European Champions Greece in last nights friendly.Beware of Australia - I still predict we will draw or win against Brazil in the Group matches and then everyone will stand up and realise how "under-achieving" Australia has been for the last 32 years (or how difficult it was made for Australia to make the 32 teams with the crazy qualification process we have had to endure) Yeah, you will finish first of your group and you will win the WC, no te jode! Link to post Share on other sites
dave199 57 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 All the luck to Australia, the team will need it very much. Link to post Share on other sites
micheal_warren 206 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 All the luck to Australia, the team will need it very much. Yea Good Luck Australia, the Kiwis will be supporting you! you need all the luck you can get, especially against Brazil Link to post Share on other sites
dave199 57 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 It's just an accomplishment for Australia to make it into the World Cup. I know they have a very hard process to qualify for the tournament. Link to post Share on other sites
micheal_warren 206 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 It's just an accomplishment for Australia to make it into the World Cup. I know they have a very hard process to qualify for the tournament. yea it is extremely hard for a nation from oceania to qualify! they have to win the Oceania Championship and then Beat Teams from South America in order to qualify! But is is great to see a nation from my part of the world taking part! Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 I assume you mean the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof (main train station). Yeah, it looks pretty impressive _ huge glass roof etc. CAF took some pics as we passed through it last month.</font><font color='#000000'>Yes, it is this one. Thanks for the name. The BBC had a news clip about it recently.</font> The new station is now open: Major New Station Opens In Berlin Link to post Share on other sites
Mikel 0 Posted May 27, 2006 Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 The new station is now open:Major New Station Opens In Berlin WOW it's great! My favourite railway stations are Paris-Austerlitz and Madrid-Atocha. Link to post Share on other sites
Quintana 0 Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 The Netherlands beat Cameroon 1-0 in a friendly last night. The first 30 minutes we actually played pretty good, the remaining 60 minutes sucked (as usual) though. Link to post Share on other sites
micheal_warren 206 Posted May 28, 2006 Report Share Posted May 28, 2006 in other news new zealand beat georgia 3-2! Link to post Share on other sites
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