Go England!

[BigDoug]

My son, Eric got a present in the mail today from my wife's cousin in London. England plays Brazil at 2:30 ET this morning...best of luck!

[GUNZLINGR]

Poor kid dressing him up in that sissy outfit :)

Go England Indeed!

Go U.S. too. Whoever wins those two matches will be in the final.

[CANADA-DRY]

I hope England could get it done. The back four of Cole,Mills,Campbell and Ferdinand are going to be tested by Rivaldo, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho. Who ever wins that match up should win the game. I am also proud that an African team like Senegal is doing well. And what about those Red Devils(Korea) and their loud and boisterous fans. Very nice to see every one coordinated wearing red.

[angneli]

I agree the winner of England - Brazil will make the final. But the other side is wide open. I will be up all night tonight. GO USA!!!!

[bduff54]

england wins 2-0. rio and sol have stepped it up big time and the brazilian defense is shakey at best. i'm throwing down laege cash on england

[BironsGirl43]

Go England!!

Owen, Beckham and Hargreaves (Canadian guy) rock!! :)

PS. BigDoug.. your son is cute!!

[bduff54]

Hargreave is a joke, he is not canadian bironsgirl! it makes me mad when people say that, instead of playing for canada and making them better he is playing for england

[BironsGirl43]

Well.. he was born and raised in Canada.. so that would make him Canadian... Canada doesn't even like have a soccer team.. lol.. geez.. we only really care about hockey anyway.. but bduff I hear that Canada is trying to put together a strong team for the future.. they are trying to develop some talent!

PS. I think he feels that he has a better chance of winning international glory in World Cup if he plays for England

[bduff54]

yes bironsgirl and hargreaves is 21 and if he was a true canadian he would have stayed here and made his country better! He is no longer Canadian he is British!

[BironsGirl43]

Yeah I agree.. I think he should have stayed and been the star for Canada.. but obviously nationalism and being Canadian doesn't mean much to him.. oh well he's still regarded as a Canadian and another reason to cheer for England.. I too wish he'd have chosen Canada though.. but since I like England.. I'm not too bothered by it.. lol.. and yeah he is British in a way..

[bduff54]

yeah it was awesome, the got 100,000 people out to a park to phoenix park to congratulate the lads. The Irish fans were alson voted the best in the world cup!

[bduff54]

yeah the were voted best fans in the world cup by the japanese and south koreans. they deserved t go on but maybe next time

[John]

My head tells me Brazil, but my heart for England BIG TIME!

Come on, Engalnd! "Bring it home!"

[The_Philster]

I'll be turning in early tonight to catch some sleep so I can wake up for the England VICTORY!!

[gonzo1105]

Brazil wins the match 4-2. They are a scoring maching and have proven that you cannot hold them down for the complete 90 minutes. Belgium did a great job for 60 minutes then Brazil lit the net twice. I know that England has fire power and Brazil's defense is not that good so that is why they get two. Rivaldo scores twice and Ronaldo and Ronaldinho score once as Brazil downs England

[BigDoug]

Originally posted by bduff54
yes bironsgirl and hargreaves is 21 and if he was a true canadian he would have stayed here and made his country better! He is no longer Canadian he is British!

I'm a proud Canadian, but hell I could be British, since I married an English girl. My kids are all considered British if they'd like to be, since mum's English. I wouldn't move to England because I can make more $ here with a much lower cost of living, but if my little guy gets good in soccer, he'd be over in Europe in the blink of an eye at 18. That wouldn't make him any less Canadian...just smart to go and play where the best competition is.

Tell me Bduff, if you were good in soccer where would you rather play? Ireland or Canada? I think Hargreaves is doing the smart thing...Money talks, bull**** walks. Do you think he's gonna stay home & play for Holger Arselick? I don't think so.

[shiva2999]

"Hey BironsGirl: Be careful about suggesting Canadians are British - some of them are sensitive about the Colonial past!!" - reeves


Hey Reeves

You are entirely true about our gallic brothers.

But as for Anglo Canada, I can categorically state I've never met anyone with a serious problem with our past as a British colony.

Remember, when the Americans were fighting for their independance, the loyalists came here.

We were peacefully gaining our independance at the same time hundreds of thousands of Americans were dying in the Civil War.

We stood gladly beside our British brothers in WW1&2.

The British never were or will be perfect.

But considering the four major colonies Britain got to start from scratch turned into Canada, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, I'd have to say they did a pretty darn good job.

As a proud half and half Canadian (dad finland, mom england)....

Go England!


ps. Was it Gary Linekar(sp?) who was the hero of the '66 World Cup? Watching it on TV are my first memories of soccer, other than the english comix my aunt used to send me. I remember there was a continuing strip about Tottenham Hotspur. I also remember a strip about a big English guy and his little sabu sidekick running around India during the Raj dispensing justice with his "clicky bat". Ring a bell?

England and Brazil are two how shall we say, "not so clean teams" when it comes to playing cleanly. It'll be a nice matchup and I hope that England abuses Brazil. I can't stand their acting, whining ways w/ all the talent they amass. They can't seem to simply try to win w/o manipulating the refs even though they usually are so much better than their opponents.

Anyway, wish I could watch it, but alas, don't have cable...

:sadness:

I've got to go to a buds in the am to catch the U.S. game...

[The_Philster]

England lost 2-1 after grabbing an early lead off the foot of Liverpool striker Michael Owen. There were a few injuries to the England squad that came into play as Manchester United midfielder David Beckham hurt his right ankle but played on and Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman was hurt later on but continued on.
Personally, I think maybe they should have been pulled since the announcers mentioned their names in connection with the two goals that were given up to Brazil.

:furious:

[7Dwarf]

Yeah, Seaman took a step forward when he shouldn't have & he let in a softie.

Best of luck to the USA...arrrgh...my cable just went out!

[bduff54]

seaman was horrible on that goal an amateur could have saved it. and big doug i have no problem with hargreaves playing in germany for his club team but internationally he should be playing for canada!

[bduff54]

they do and they are horrible. i don't really know why either, there is a very good program here i played in it for years

[Player6600]

Originally posted by bduff54
they do and they are horrible. i don't really know why either, there is a very good program here i played in it for years

i think we know now why Canadian soccer is not very good. Thanks Bduff for helping us prove our point.

[Player6600]

Rugby's a good sport. It's a real physically demanding game.

[bduff54]

rugby is for psychos, i don't want my ear to get mashed in. socal some players will play for other countries if they are not good enough to play for their country of birth.

[Player6600]

Rugby is a great sport, it's kind of tough to follow, but it takes balls to play.

[BigDoug]

Originally posted by bduff54
seaman was horrible on that goal an amateur could have saved it. and big doug i have no problem with hargreaves playing in germany for his club team but internationally he should be playing for canada!

He's a dual citizen. Would you play for Canada, given the present state of the team?

[bduff54]

well doug how else do they get better if everybody keeps leaving? Dual citizen my a@@ he was born here/raised here and learned to play here he owes to play his international soccer for this country. i'm not asking him to play for the toronot lynx or anything

[angneli]

I believe it is a Grandfather clause according to FIFA you can play for the country of your grandfathers birth. Not sure if thats true, but some guy on ESPN radio just said it.