Soccer World Cup 2014
 

So the USA coach isn't very confident and Brazil is favored to win.
Who's watching besides me? any former or present players, and fans of whom???

Not watching yet. But I am a fan of the USA team - win or lose.

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I'll be watching for as long as it takes my tv remote to turn it off.

I hate to miss it but I have to sweep out the garage ......

Recording every game and will probably watch all of them.

This World Cup I am hoping that Belgium can mesh all their great players and go far in the Cup.

US has a great coach but few world class players.

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Well, it seems it started out with a terrible call that favored the home team. But the skill level from Brazil and Croatia was amazing. Between the US Open and the World Cup, I'm a happy guy.

I am a former player and I am watching the World Cup. US is in a very tough group but they a have good team also. I think they have a chance if they beat Ghana in the first game. Remember you don't have to win your group, top two in each group advance to the next round.

I would like to see the US advance but do not see it as all that likely. I often watch these games as the crowds are almost as entertaining as the players. http://www.fifa.com/

TV announcers today during the Mexico vs Cameroon game mentioned that 85% of teams winning their first game advance into the knockout stage.

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Probably true as winning the first game in any group stage tournament keeps who in the drivers seat in control of your destiny.

Not much to miss, you know the score will be 1-0.

average score of an NFL game is 29-18, or to put it in soccer terms 4-2.5. It takes about 3 hours to play a football game but the actual game play is 11 minutes. I love football and my NY Giants, and you're perfectly within your rights to hate soccer, but if you think it's boring it may come from a lack of appreciation of the game. I know lots of people who don't get baseball, and I think it's a great sport.
Here are some more numbers from an "average" NFL game:
There are 10.5 kickoffs, of which less than half are returned. about 6 are touchbacks.
There are about 133 plays that are runs or passes (80 passes and 53 runs). The other 31 plays are kickoffs, punts, field goal attemps, or knee downs.
More than one-third of pass or runs do not gain anything.
the game will be stopped often, for penalties and reviews and for time outs.

I love baseball and football. There's a "plot" to the games (for want of a better name), and I know enough about them to appreciate the moves. I have tried very hard to like the kinds of games where possession of the ball is constantly changing, several times a minute. I'm talking mainly soccer and hockey, but basketball too. I'm almost there with hockey. Our kids love and played both, so I keep trying.

Correct 1 of 4 games.

1-0 Mexico vs Cameroon
3-1 Brazil vs Croatia
3-1 Chile vs Australia
5-1 Netherlands vs Spain

In soccer (aka football in most of the world) a 3-1 score is a superior win; a 5-1 score is a blow out; a 5-1 win over the previous world cup winner is historic. It should be noted that Spain beat Netherlands 1-0 in the 2010 WC final.

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As an old player and coach, I still love the game. Looking at the abundance of Pro sports opportunities in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world, a man's soccer talent and skill has a long road to climb to be recognized on the world stage. Compare that to women's pro sports on the world stage and there is more available opportunity for soccer. Where does the WNT rank? Oh, that would be the top. In my opinion the U.S. men's soccer program must learn how to blend 3 factors, talent, skills, and experience and be able to maintain that going forward. So this time, perhaps to the 2nd round, but not beyond.

World Cup 2014 Opening Ceremony.
 

FIFA World Cup 2014 Opening Ceremony | Pitbull & Jennifer Lopez | BRAZIL - YouTube

How does this compare with the Sochi Olympic Opening Ceremony?

Go ALBICELESTES !!!

5pm today

how can you take these guys seriously they can even spell football correctly Futbol yah right:D

Actually would like to see soccer take off here and also rugby. Sick of the NBA, NFL MLB diva's

And then the Germans spell it Fußball.


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I am watching soccer World Cup and it reminds me also at my first visit 2010 in The Villages. Right away we'd fall in love with the lifestyle in TV. And we didn't change in this case! Sorry, I have to return now to watch France vs Honduras.

2-1 in favor of US.
 

World Cup 2014 predictions: Experts - and animals - pick winner - CBS News

What are your predictions for today's US vs. Ghana soccer game?

I am going with 2-1. A score another guesser put up for the US narrowly beating Ghana. http://freepicks.picksandparlays.net...d-predictions/

You nailed it, Tal.

Going, Going, Ghana.
 

Great game. In honor of both teams, try your hand at playing a FunTrivia Quiz on sports in Ghana.

Very Good!

Now, how about US vs Portugal?

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The USA coaches prediction, the USA wouldn't make it out of the first round is not looking good, with the 2-1 victory over Ghana.

We'll have to see!!! GO USA!!!!

I will have to do some research before that game. Injuries, weather, prior meetings, etc. http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/t...inst-portugal/

The US-Portugal soccer game is on June 22, 2014 at 6:00 PM. How many hours ahead of us is Brazil? https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...e=UTF-8#q=fifa

http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/fifa-time-map2014.php

I believe Brasil is 2 hours ahead of US East Coast time.

It looks like 6 PM start time is East Coast time.

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Some of it anyway. It is a huge country. The US-Portugal game is in Manaus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus

Of the 12 World Cup venues only Cuiaba and Manaus are in time zone UTC-4 one hour ahead of US Eastern Time Zone. The other 10 are in UTC-3 two hours ahead of Eastern Time.

2014 FIFA World Cup venues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Spain out.
 

Shocking, early exit for Spain in World Cup*-*Los Angeles Times

Shocked that Spain's WC team is already out. Wonder how my Middlebrook Hall Spanish teacher friends are handling this defeat? I hung around with an international group of students while living in the dorm (Middlebrook Hall-- University of Minnesota) often. Two of these were women from Bilbao who were going to get MAs and then teach English to Spanish students back in Bilbao. http://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres...es/bilbao.html Nice very Catholic ladies.

I'm originally from Holland, so that's who I'll be watching and rooting for. My grandsons are here for the summer, and we're having a great time watching the World Cup. HUP HOLLAND HUP!!!

I tried watching soccer for a few minutes between innings. I fell asleep and missed the rest of the game. BORING!!!!!

That US-Ghana game was exciting. Very fast goal for the US. I really only really enjoy watching soccer when they have a shoot-out after a tie. Not sure how that works in these matches. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/questio...ry?id=24192796

I do not have a lot of experience watching soccer though nor childhood memories of the game and the like. I did have to take some nieces and nephews to soccer games in Clearwater.

US vs. Portugal 2-2. Going with what another site predicts. Another one had a 0-0 tie. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fifa-world-...g-odds-1453668 http://freepicks.picksandparlays.net...d-predictions/

Does anyone know of any places in TV where fans gather to watch the U.S. games?

You were watching baseball and found soccer boring? In a typical 3 hour plus baseball game, there are only 18 minutes of action. one hour and 15 minutes is spent between pitches. 42 minutes are spent between innings. It's too bad you didn't catch the USA vs Portugal match. Non stop action for 95 minutes.

1-1 draw. Germany vs. US

Germany and US advance to Group Stage.

Expert has 0-0 draw. United States vs Germany 6/26/14 - World Cup Picks & Predictions » Picks and Parlays

I'm a nervous wreck watching USA/Germany.

And the USA goes forward! Go USA.