I'm waiting for Ghana to go berserk on Portugal and knock the USA out again.   

He's done it again. Suarez that is. No one likes a biter.

https://twitter.com/holyfield/status/481507319595823104

A third world sport that is taking over America. Ties? Come on! We need winners!

Quote from: spolic on June 27, 2014, 02:11:46 PM
A third world sport that is taking over America. Ties? Come on! We need winners!

http://www.topendsports.com/world/lists/popular-sport/fans.htm

i need to brush up on my ping pong skills.

Holland 

Quote from: supertjeduc on June 29, 2014, 01:03:06 PM
Holland 

I'm not much of a soccer fan, although I've enjoyed seeing the game replays and/or highlights each afternoon.

I'm certainly not getting up to watch it in the early hours. I do have a crazy Italian colleague who's been up each morning since it began. Man does he look haggard!

Crazy soccer fans! LOL!

GK

Quote from: kopfjäger on June 29, 2014, 04:00:18 PM

Go Oranje!

I'm a total homer for The Netherlands (as noted above, the last name DeVries has a lot to do with that), and Arjen Robben has to be one of my favorite players ever...

But this makes me laugh every time I read it:

"Dutch winger Arjen Robben earned a game-winning penalty for the Netherlands in their 2-1 victory over Mexico after being mortally wounded in the box in the second minute of injury time. Mexico captain Rafael Marquez’s big toe nicked Robben’s pinky toe, causing the Bayern Munich player’s internal organs to spontaneously combust on impact. Robben is survived by his wife Bernadien Eillert and their children."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2014/06/29/arjen_robben_dive_against_mexico_the_winger_makes_the_ultimate_world_cup.html

The writer goes on to note that Robben's well-known skills as a thespian probably resulted in the non-call in stoppage time at the end of the first half when Robben got pretty egregiously hacked in the box - twice!

I also thought it was funny that one of the ESPN analysts put it back on Marquez - saying that he should have realized that Robben would be "extremely fragile" in the box and that ANY questionable tackling was horribly risky.

Quote from: triangleforge on June 30, 2014, 11:03:38 AM
I'm a total homer for The Netherlands (as noted above, the last name DeVries has a lot to do with that), and Arjen Robben has to be one of my favorite players ever...

But this makes me laugh every time I read it:

"Dutch winger Arjen Robben earned a game-winning penalty for the Netherlands in their 2-1 victory over Mexico after being mortally wounded in the box in the second minute of injury time. Mexico captain Rafael Marquez’s big toe nicked Robben’s pinky toe, causing the Bayern Munich player’s internal organs to spontaneously combust on impact. Robben is survived by his wife Bernadien Eillert and their children."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2014/06/29/arjen_robben_dive_against_mexico_the_winger_makes_the_ultimate_world_cup.html

The writer goes on to note that Robben's well-known skills as a thespian probably resulted in the non-call in stoppage time at the end of the first half when Robben got pretty egregiously hacked in the box - twice!

I also thought it was funny that one of the ESPN analysts put it back on Marquez - saying that he should have realized that Robben would be "extremely fragile" in the box and that ANY questionable tackling was horribly risky.

Awesome.
He did flop really badly, but if it means mexico is out, I'm ok with that. 

Quote from: KnightofNi on June 30, 2014, 09:58:11 PM
Awesome.
He did flop really badly, but if it means mexico is out, I'm ok with that. 

I'm not a soccer fan but I did enjoy Mexico losing.

Quote from: hbliam on June 30, 2014, 10:38:16 PM
I'm not a soccer fan but I did enjoy Mexico losing.

You guys suck

Quote from: duccarlos on July 01, 2014, 02:12:09 PM
You guys suck

Wait and see what Belgium does during the next our or so ...