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    World Cup 2016 (general thoughts)

    Well, they may be fixing the matches...

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/sp...ld-cup.html?hp

    and we could be in the Group of Death, and Esquire still has Landon Donavon playing for the US like Mens Journal...

    so let's get ready to rumble!
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    Quote Originally Posted by paulxu View Post
    Well, they may be fixing the matches...

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/sp...ld-cup.html?hp

    and we could be in the Group of Death, and Esquire still has Landon Donavon playing for the US like Mens Journal...

    so let's get ready to rumble!
    What, FIFA is corrupt? Who knew?

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    US certainly got no favors from the draw, but if they could make it out of e group, there is no telling how far they might go. World Cup= no easy games!

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    This doesn't seem to be going too well.

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...601-story.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by paulxu View Post
    This doesn't seem to be going too well.

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...601-story.html
    I'm moderately surprised there was no problem with the parts of the stadium that were finished.

    Anyway. I don't expect the US to to escape the Group of Death. If they should, it will be a very special US Soccer season.
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    All you die hard soccer fans, pay attention to this:

    http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/why-i-h...12291?mobile=y

    No more PK's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by paulxu View Post
    All you die hard soccer fans, pay attention to this:

    http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/why-i-h...12291?mobile=y

    No more PK's.
    For years soccer wasn't even on the radar in America and the rest of the world found every opportunity to point that out.

    Now, we have a pro league that actually looks like is going to make it, fans that watch the Euro leagues and ESPN/Fox have huge TV deals.

    So, I would ask, which way do you want us?

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    The way I read it, the author was hoping for an American soccer culture/fanbase that is unique compared to the rest of the world. His point was that there's a group of fans that are just a carbon copy of English/British fans.

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    I've seen this movie before. It was called, I think, the Butler Way.
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    What an asshole

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