Eventually, someone’s going to have to start a World Cup of American Football, and hopefully, I’ll be dead before the rest of the world catches up with us there. I’m just getting tired of skirtbag American performances in international sporting events. That did not go as expected. I’m aware that we’re not done yet, despite losing 3-0, and we could get a decent result from the Italy and Ghana games and still be alive, but… we just got our asses whooped. I’m not seeing it here.
No one’s been beaten that thoroughly in the World Cup yet. Not Iran, not Angola, not anyone. We were just terrible today. The Czechs were better at individually controlling the ball, they passed better, they finished better, and they got to every header… but other than that, yeah, we were fine. Some of the passing was just atrocious… It would look like we were building something, and then someone would lob the ball to a Czech like they were a hungover Vinny Testaverde.
And I’d also like to mention that I hate Marcelo Balboa… I don’t know if it’s his smug attitude, or the refined-biker looker that he appears to be cultivating, but I’d like to ram a javelin into his thorax. I think we should hire exclusively European guys, and I’m not kidding. They just call the game better, and they seem to be more clever, literate people… and when have you ever not enjoyed a Scottish or Irish accent?
Garthmeister J. Says:
June 12th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
The perfect commentary team features one Englishman for play-by-play, and one drunken Scot for “analysis” and “unintelligibility”. Don’t ask me why, but that’s the magic mixture in the booth. Anything featuring Marcelo Balboa (that isn’t his real name, is it? Really?) is, of course, a pile of steaming turd.
danks Says:
June 12th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
As much of a trajic game that was I think it is important that people understand that the Czech Republic aint no joke. In my oppinion, thy have looked the best out of any team so far. If Koller can stay healthy this team can win this thing. Just a few years ago this team nearly won Euro ‘04.
As for the U.S. there is a chance that they can set American soccer back by eight years if they can’t wake the fuck up. It was a pathetic perfomance as no one on that team seemed like they were concerend that hey were getting clobbered out there. America needs Dempsey and Johnson in the line up for any chance to win.
Whip Says:
June 12th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
I agree with Danks, as usual.
That’s the worst game I’ve seen Landon Donovan play, and I remember back to when he had that horrid bleach-blonde hairdo. I’ve seen a lot of Landon Donovan games.
DaMarcus Beasley was poor too. He shouldn’t start Saturday.
mark Says:
June 13th, 2006 at 10:11 am
actually, there IS a world cup of american football.
http://www.worldcup2003.info/
of course, americans haven’t actually played in it yet. japan won in 2003.
Bouj Says:
June 13th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Please no World Cup of American Football. I can’t handle the thought of more lackadaisical American pro athletes gagging to lesser foreign opposition in sports we’re supposed to dominate. Let me at least pretend we rule at something in the realm of athletics.
Sean Says:
June 13th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
i was so happy when i found that telemundo was covering the brazil-croatia game
dlowie Says:
June 14th, 2006 at 1:28 am
Shouldn’t it have been “trod” upon?
the mighty mjd Says:
June 14th, 2006 at 2:50 am
Ooooh. “Trod.” Good call. I’m using that.
Zico Says:
June 18th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
I’ve just watched the game Brazil vs Australia, and I think the commentator Marcelo Balboa is too much. I see that ESPN is trying to push soccer in the united state, but listening to him while watching world class soccer makes me turn the channel to the Mexican chunnel although I don’t understand the launguage. I think no one really want to hear such details mostly negative things all the time. Maybe this is why soccer never gets to popular in the US.