Hmm, between that and the results of Germany vs Portugal, an interesting day!

Watch the World Cup on Univision online (free). Awesome. USA USA USA USA.

ESPN

However, I can get the gist of it and they are so much more intense and excited about the WC.

The ESPN bunch are drab and they don't seem into their jobs as much. There are bright spots, but their coverage lacks a lot.
Don't expect FoxSports to be any better at the next WC.

Go American Outlaws! This group deserves a lot of credit. Just because of a love of American soccer, they have started a grass roots movement that has caught on to support US teams. They set up 2charter planes to carry fans to the Ghana/US game. They are behind the "I Believe That We Will Win" chant. I know some are bandwagon, but the core is not. That core keeps growing too.

He looked suckerpunched when he scored

What a finish! Mrs. Obvious has gone to have a lie down

I think I seen the grass grow .01 millimeters. Or was that a dream during my long nap?

An afternoon nap does wonders.

Very sweaty. Props to Fabian Johnson for drawing that corner. He was the only player on the team moving forward at that point.

Nice finish

Really fun to watch.

I'm wrecked. The dogs had to console me as I kept hollering during the game.

I love the World Cup. Saw my boys through 20 years of rec and competitive soccer and I miss it. This is great fun.

FOOTBALL
Nice match.

I don't miss the traveling, the heat (Florida) and the stress. But I do miss the game.

Been texting with my 27 YO throughout the game tonight. A good bonding event.

He still plays rec football and sport is a great bonding event

...will be our younger son's final season of college soccer. He decided to attend the same school as our older son, so we got to wath them play on the same team for 2 seasons, which was a real treat. We have been watching our sons play soccer for nearly 20 years, and I am not at all happy that this time will soon be over.

My theme song, as we drove to travel soccer games, used to be "On The Road Again..."

Go USA!!! That was a heart stopper of a game.

How wonderful that you and they got to experience it. We loved our soccer years even when we complained about it . Younger son gave up soccer for marching band and that has been a new and equally wonderful experience.

I have no idea who signed off on those USA kits...

I was hoping Ghana would win.

and they sure had chances but USA got the job done - for a change.

It would have meant so much to the people of Ghana. To most Americans -- not so much.

Yes, it's a poor country, but I'm sure that as much as they love futbol, they have a other things to love in their lives.

I doubt many -if anyone- from Ghana would appreciate such condescension from Americans

"Poor poor little country, let them have this". How insulting

Just realistic that their hopes were dashed due to an unequal playing field due to our comparative edge in hiring other players for the event. If based on national team talent alone, they may likely have prevailed.

scores of the World Cup games in the Corp-Media. Sports Illustrated would give the scores but the only articles they would include were the ones about the fights in the soccer stands or the crowds that got crushed, etc.

I am very proud of the American squad. They have an uphill fight ahead of them. Ghana outplayed them but USofA got the win.

and restaurants. There are non-stop programs on the World CUp and more radio and TV coverage than we need.
What shocked hubby tonight was that Chris Hayes didn't start with the fact that the US has just won the game.
In every other country on the planet that is big news and people was caught up with the world cup. Merkel was there this morning cheering on Germany.
The Ghanian VP and Biden were sitting together. The US will never become part of football culture until you reach a final.

On the other hand politicians use global sporting events to sneak through lots of crap while the people are watching sports.

My favs won. Argentina won yesterday. Messi is a god, although he won't surpass Maradona until he wins a World Cup.

http://www.smh.com.au/fifa-world-cup-2014/world-cup-match-report/world-cup-2014-lionel-messi-shines-as-argentina-beat-bosnia-20140616-zs8zt.html




Today the USA did a fine job.

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/usa-stuns-world-cup-rival-ghana-behind-john-brooks-late-winner-061614

Did not expect that.

The US team did not appear to have the conditioning to deal with the heat and humidity. They lost one of their players to a hamstring pull which often is brought on by dehydration. I noticed several other players grabbing their hamstrings so this could be an issue particularly in their next match with Portugal which will be played in the steamy rain forest city of Manaus in the Amazon basin.

Was on the edge of my chair!
Good game!

No one scores a goal, it stays tied 0-0 until the last half and it's boring. Please don't kill me.

We're celebrating here. Go poop on someone else's thread.

Just like you do if we happen to disagree, we disagree.

I'll leave you to it and get back to celebrating the US win.

And I will enjoy the next several weeks of excellent soccer as I enjoyed my kids when they played it. Good night.

This one was celebrating victory for the US team's opening game.

I already have and quite a lot of people agree with me.

You also, I suppose, have the right to be a party pooper, but to what end?

There are all kinds of topics here that do not interest me, and there are some topics I really don't like. If there is a celebratory thread about a topic that is fun for those participating and causing no harm to those who are not, I feel no need to go in and be negative or critical.

I don't care for baseball. I would never consider going into a thread where people were enjoying a World Series win and make some sort of derogatory comment. No particular point to that.

You can voice your opinion in my thread about soccer.

The emphasis on scoring is very American. Bet you don't like art museums or symphonies either.

Thanks Cha!

Thanks

malaise

and four hours of sound. So will try to get this done before Mexico gets trounced by Brazil. If Mexico should win that will prove the offset of the tourney in my view.

Go green mice!!!!!



I watched the goals though, they were pretty. I like good pretty goals.

WE CAN'T HEAR A FUCKING THING!

The US seemed to be outmatched but all that matters is who wills the ball into the back of the net more times. It is even better because of the recent history between the two teams. I love the World Cup. GO USA!!!