Dempsey almost got that header through to tie. http://www.cbssports.com/world-cup/e...many-live-blog

I believe that we will win
Go USA
Can't wait for Tuesday !

Congrats USA...back door is better than no door.



On a Related note .... I was out this afternoon and tried to DVR record it on ESPN on my Comcast cable TV. Setup the recording, got the blue box saying recording has started, but it never did. Repeated several time on both HD and Std Def and would not record.



Was there some type of prohibition on DVR'ing it? Anybody successfully record it on Comcast today?



Just curious...

They could win now that the Belgium team member got that red card. I suppose that means they will be playing with 10 men????

And now we face Belgium. Should be a great match and I really believe we can win it.

New to soccer. Where can I find the rules? The announcers are very limited in their "teaching" us newbies

Try here: http://www.ussoccer.com/referees/laws-of-the-game
The URL will take you to the official "laws" at the US Soccer site

World Cup: Red card rules out Belgium's Steven Defour for Round of 16 matchup vs. USA | MLSsoccer.com

Guess this just means this player is out for a while from the World Cup not that the Belgium team has to play with a man down.

The U.S.’s Odds of Beating Belgium And Every Other World Cup Opponent | FiveThirtyEight

The US may have a good chance of beating Belgium. I will have to do more research next week before making a prediction.

Exciting game this afternoon between Brazil and Chile. Chile almost won!!

Anyone who thinks this game is boring does not understand it. Google the rules and read them. Try Wikipedia. Lots of opportunities. As a former soccer mom, I love seeing it on TV. I hope after the World Cup, we will see more matches televised. Next year Orlando's team, the Lions, will be in the MLS and in 2016 the revamped stadium will be ready. You can keep up with the MLS on line. By the ways, the is an app for that. MLS Matchday in the App Store. Also there is an app called Sofa Score or many sports. It has a section for FILA World Cup in Brazil.

Just reading a bunch of rules is boring and won't help. I watched some of the world cup because of the USA playing and tried hard to enjoy it.
I learned American football by watching years of TV and learning from the comentators. These comentators that I've heard in soccer are no help and talk way above the level of fans trying to learn the game. Their commentary was fine I suppose for someone from Brazil, but if they want soccer to catch on in the US then they need to do some educating or there will be no interest.
Right now the interest is high because of the US playing other countries, but once it's over soccer will go back to a minor sport in the US.
I've got to say I've enjoyed the skill I've seen of players passing the ball with accuracy that is unbelieveable, but the public needs to learn the game, rules, and strategies and the best way to learn this is for the comentators to explain what is going on and not assume everyone already knows.
I'm trying to become a fan but need help.

My husband found the game more interesting after he learned some of the rules. But I agree with you about the commentators. Quite frankly, a lot of them come off as snobs.

Also, some sports are just not interesting to people. I was a soccer mom too. I was also a swimming mom, lacrosse mom, baseball mom, basketball mom, football mom. I only missed being a golf mom because other sports seasons interfered. (This was all one kid!) But other than football, lacrosse, and baseball, I wasn't a real "mom" to any of those sports. They just aren't interesting to me, and soccer tops that list. I don't feel I need to force myself to like any sport. It either catches my excitement, or it doesn't. If it catches my eye, then I make the effort to learn more about the game.

I think soccer has a bright future in the US because there are so many kids playing it these days. Already the first group are in their 30s, and the spectator base will continue to grow.

Hate to disagree Shimpy, but soccer in the US is no longer a minor sport. There is a Major League that has 16 teams in the US and 3 teams in Canada. They average over 18,000 per game and are a profitable league. Major League Soccer has the third highest average attendance of any sports league in the U.S., and is the seventh highest attended professional soccer league worldwide. With over 13 million Americans playing soccer in the United States, soccer is the third most played team sport in the U.S., behind only basketball and baseball/softball. The game against Portugal had 24 million viewers in the US compared with 15 million viewers for the NBA Finals. The largest category of soccer in the United States in terms of participation is boys' and girls' youth soccer. Soccer is one of the most played sports by children in the United States. In 2012, soccer was the #4 most played team sport by high school boys, and soccer overtook softball to become the #3 most played team sport by high school girls. As of 2006, the U.S. was the #1 country in the world for participation in youth soccer, with 3.9 million American youths (2.3 million boys and 1.6 million girls) registered with U.S. Soccer. The number of high school soccer players more than doubled from 1990 to 2010, giving soccer the fastest growth rate among all major U.S. sports. In recent decades, more youth sports organizations have turned to soccer as a supplement to American football,
and most American high schools offer both soccer and football in their fall sports seasons. Due to the rising number of youths playing, the term soccer mom is used in American social and political discourse to describe middle- or upper-middle class suburban women with school-age children. Americans between the ages of 12 and 24 rank professional soccer as their second favorite sport behind only American football. And in 2011, the FIFA video game ranked as the #2 most popular video game in the country, behind only Madden.
So, while people of our generation may not be soccer fans, the generations behind us appear to be.

Unlikely to become popular on television in the US because they're no time outs for the beer commercials.

They could always have the beer commercials as part of the big screen presentations. You could have spectators doing beer commercials in various creative ways. The wave but done, for instance, in a figure of a Budweiser frog! Or, more simply, just people spelling out Bud.

You have a point there. Somehow the other countries find enough ways to provide the sponsors with sufficient opportunities to make it worthwhile for them. Stand by to stand by...

Chances are that you would not miss anything if you took a beer break any time during the game.

I took a nap during one game and it was still 0-0 when I woke up.

Z

It seems to be more about defense. This is one of the great ones doing his best dribbling-- [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9NVRhbzky0]Cristiano Ronaldo CR7 Dribbling Arsenal Defense HD 480p YouTube - YouTube[/ame]

I follow college football, baseball and basketball. While the players are generations behind us I've heard no mention of college soccer. With fans of the SEC, ACC, Big 10, Big 12, etc. being fanatic supporters of their conference there is no mention of soccer. I've just got to believe there is no interest.

NCAA College Men's Soccer - Find Scores, Brackets, Rankings and more from NCAA.com

There are a few schools it looks like. 203 according to the rankings for men's soccer in Division I. http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1

Back in the '80s I refereed SEC soccer games. Was a fan long before that, and have gone to Cup games. My son played semi-pro soccer until his second child was born. Most of the people I play golf with have more than a passing knowledge of, and are following the Cup.

Tal and others are correct about the real interest in soccer in the US.

I believe the vast majority of high schools and colleges in the USA have both men's and women's soccer teams.

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DI Women's Soccer | NCAA.com


I do see a number of women's college soccer teams.

Those are just the annual championship Div I womens teams - there are hundreds of other womens college teams.

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Rankings | NCAA.com

As someone said "Good to know". http://youtu.be/DnYI_RqBn0I

I sure find these penalty shoot outs exciting. They must be nerve racking for the intense soccer fans and even more so for the players.

Costa Rica beat Greece yesterday in one of these. http://www.smh.com.au/fifa-world-cup...630-zsqge.html

I'm sure many schools do play soccer along with chess and field hockey. My point is that soccer hasn't arrived in the USA yet as a major sport. When have you drove up I 75 and observed all sorts of vehicles with flags cheering their Gators or Seminole soccer team for a upcoming game? Have you ever heard of a big Michigan-Ohio State soccer game on ESPN? How about an annual Army/Navy soccer game? Avid soccer fans want it to catch on and believe it has but I see nothing to support that.

Change takes time and commitment. There are more and more fans of soccer. And, the higher the US (men and women) get at this at subsequent World Cup standings, this should bring in more fans. By 2038, you would probably see the sights you describe driving up I-75.

Where are all the soccer fans watching the game tomorrow?

Anywhere I can find a TV after finishing golf - most likely the Mallory Hills bar if I can't get home in time.

Ann Coulter was right on about soccer in her column in Sunday's Daily Sun.

She's always good for showing how any brilliant lawyer can sell you almost any idea as long as you do not start using various Search Engines to check her "facts". She does have a serious gift in the art of BS.

Tal:

Score Tomorrow?

(104 today in Lakeport with 10% humidity - feels like 97)
(weather in June was great!)

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I will have to do some research.

I do enjoy reading her columns and books but she sure can spin the truth a great extent.

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So well said,Tal.

Belgium vs United States 7/1/14 - World Cup Picks & Predictions » Picks and Parlays

This handicapper gives the US the edge with 2-1 over Belgium.

http://www.ibtimes.com/usa-belgium-s...ld-cup-1615474

This other site predicts US with a 1-0 win.

2-1 sounds more likely. With the US advancing!!!

Well, nice try Team USA. :clap2::clap2:

The Belgium team looked very fit. Not so much the Argentinian or Swiss or US.