Predictions for the US v UK football match?

Mine, I rarely watch football (I know Americans call it "soccer") but you can not really avoid football for the next month. So in the spirit of football fun - my prediction 3-1 to the UK.

Now I have the name of this terrible device. The World Cup is barely a day old and I'm sick of this awful noise already.

several matches, but given this annoying sound I'll probably only watch a few games that really interest me. If I watch any others it'll be with the sound off.

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geeze. I love the bagpipe, but I HATE listening to them warm up . . . and that awful sound is apparently the sum total of the range of the vuvuzela.

arg.

Oh - 2-0 UK . . . an early goal is bad news and a sore keeper is worse. I'm afraid the US is in trouble.

I'd like to see a draw, really - I want them both to go forward.

long day for the US, I think

Which is total bullshit.

I am not a soccer fan.

But I hear England is good. So I say they'll win 2-1.

Soccer is like Christianity. No one gives a shit until its Easter

cover the game.

Wait...what...sorry...I mean by six tries...wait...that's not right, either.

Anyhow, I hope the Americans hit a grand slam.

Crap! Never mind.

Is anyone willing to bet against that?

regardless of the outcome.

Then what would you do? Huh? What would do you? Exactly!

Would that be considered a draw?

:beer:

The US has the better keepers. A lot of the players do have experience in the European leagues. Some of the other players need to step up besides Donovan. Altidore will help if has recovered from his injury. Donovan is all anybody generally hears about besides Beckham in the MSM.

I want to see Messi play at some point, but they say Maradona is messing with him and using the wrong players and strategy.

Clint Dempsy is a wild card. He can pull things out of the air like he did against Juventus. The coach said one reason he put him on the Olympic squad is because he would 'try shit.' His life story is very interesting. He's from Nacogdoches.

It's in London, but I'll say 2-1 US.

Probably out of pity.

Are you going to start that?

All games have a chance of that. England could just have easily gotten one of those breaks. It's part of any game whether you like it or not.

A bad play is one way to get a break. However, claiming that it was pity is an insult to both teams and bad sportsmanship. period.

I had to mute the TV it is so annoying, can you imagine what it must be like to be there.. Ish Kabbittle

got a stock reply, but at least it was specific to the topic - sort of tells you how many complaints they've had about it. Someone on another board says that BBC have tweaked their sound and it isn't as bad on their channels.

It actually started giving me a headache.. I cannot imagine what it must be like to be sitting in those stands

of course, terms like "boring" are a matter of opinion, so it's just my opinion that it was NOT boring :D

Baseball, football, basketball - NO. But soccer? Sure, why not?

It's a game.

You're right, though. It's a matter of opinion among sports, none of which I follow. Sports are fun to play, but watching them played is a different matter, unless one's kids or grandkids are playing.

tied back up... our (the US, for all you non-Yanks who are cheering for England) defense better get their shit together. Ugliest goal every, but I'll take it.

So many missed opportunities.

How am I supposed to pay attention to 50 uninterupted minutes of football?

Go USA!

than the US beating England so early in the WC. Just the pain in the English commies voices would be orgasmic for hubby and me.

USA has improved big time and the last time they beat England was in the 1950 WC - exactly 60 years ago.

2-1 USA

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At least, their fans will feel so. I'm a US fan and I feel like it's a victory for the US :D

Never use tied in football unless you want people to know it's not your sport. 1-1 DRAW :evilgrin:

I never watched this game at all until I married my husband, who is a HUGE football fan (I finally stopped using soccer, so I'm getting there).

Thanks for the tip!

:D