Who's Gonna Win the World Cup?!

TerranC · #1 May 13th, 2002, 10:40 PM

Actually, I got the list from the Coach interviews from World Soccer magazine that is hosted on CNN.

Even though everybody likes the big leagues, face it, the harder they come, the harder they fall.

Who knows, if the "Les Bleus" lose, france might go with a French team instead of an Allstar European team!

No offense intended.

Rollo · #2 May 14th, 2002, 03:49 AM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Holland did not make it out of their grouping....

Hehehe, of course I knew that. Just wanted to rub it in

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Rollo

Resident Alien 2 · #3 May 14th, 2002, 06:25 AM

England to win.... if Beckham's foot gets better in time and Michael Owen doesn't go down injured.

This is a real WORLD Championship. I have a good laff when NBA, NFL or MLB players say they have won the "World Championship". Hah! Easy to be world champ when you are the only country playing.

Go England!!

dumbluck · #4 May 14th, 2002, 06:48 AM

Man, what sport is that?

It can't be that important, I haven't heard of it here in the U.S. of A.

*ducks out of the room as 3 dozen soccer balls are hurled at high velocity in his direction.*

dmm · #5 May 14th, 2002, 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by Resident Alien 2:
This is a real WORLD Championship. I have a good laff when NBA, NFL or MLB players say they have won the "World Championship". Hah! Easy to be world champ when you are the only country playing.

Well, I love soccer (as we Yanks call it). Much better game than baseball, that's for sure. More continuous action than American football. And more egalitarian than basketball. Sadly, I won't be watching the world cup, because we can't get it on regular (free) TV, which really really stinks.

However, in fairness to the good ol' US of A, there is no other country in the world right now that could field a team that could beat the NBA, NFL, or MLB champ. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living a fantasy. Just for starters, consider that US teams buy up nearly all the greatest non-US players in those sports! (We would do the same thing in the World Cup if the rules allowed it.) So I think the NBA, NFL, and MLB champs have the right to claim that they are world champs. (Just for the record though, I think only MLB officially does that, with its "World Series." The NBA has a Championship, and the NFL has a Superbowl.)

Captain Kwok · #6 May 14th, 2002, 05:05 PM

I just love the way you Americans leave out the NHL...which by the way is the best of the professional sports in North America and one damn exciting game.

dmm · #7 May 14th, 2002, 07:06 PM

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Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
I just love the way you Americans leave out the NHL...

Hey, aren't Canadians also Americans? Or did they move Canada Last night?

Anyway, ResidentAlien2 only mentioned the Big Three. Maybe he felt hockey was a more international game? Certainly he is no native Philadelphian if he intended to disrespect hockey. Flyers rule!