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Love what Landon Donavan had to say after the game....

"They (the Mexicans) love to talk a lot, so it's a lot of fun shutting them up."

Mexico played like plop..they were playing for a tie and got caught.

Next stop..Germany B)

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Housatonic U. Dragons (NCFA Basketball): 16-6 (8-4 Conf.)--National Runner-Up

Jersey State U. (NCFA Football): Inaugural Year - 2006

Motor City Silverhawks (WArFL): 9-4 (3rd--National Conf.)

Lehigh Valley Ironmen (WAmFL): Inaugural Season--2006

New England Marauders RFC (RLI): 6-0-7 (6th place)

Detroit Spirit (AA): 3-6 (T-4th--Patriot League)

Brooklyn Atlantics (IBF): 10-5 (1st--Appalachian Conf.)

Boston Mariners RFU (WRU): Coming Soon!

New York Americans (SHL): Inaugural Season - 2006-07

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Can't wait for the World Cup draw. I always love seeing who will play who. P.S. Are World Cup seedings (they seed the top 8 teams away from each other) based on FIFA rankings? If so, there's no doubt the US will get a top 8 ranking.

I read an article about that on si.com, and they haven't decided if they will be using the FIFA rankings for the seeding system. It also mentioned something to the effect that the rankings were a bit flawed in the accuracy...whatever that means.

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I like the random draw. You always get good groups. I always love the group of death, I think I just like the name. But in 94 NYC got it and it was cool seeing Italy and Ireland play there. Seeding them somehow? naaaaaah. Soccers about tradition, leave that stuff to the NCAA.

I remember the last time the US played in a World Cup in Europe. Lets hope it goes a little better this time :P well, Sampsons not the coach....

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I'm back from Columbus... WOW! What a game! If you were watching it, and saw a guy with a tightly buzzzed head, bushy goatee, and wearing a Minnesota First Volunteers shirt, that was me. I'm told I made it into a few crowd shots, I haven't watched my recording of the game yet.

The Mexican team's a bunch of diving pusses. Play the game, ya wimps. The US team kicked yer butts, quit whining about it.

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Can't wait for the World Cup draw. I always love seeing who will play who. P.S. Are World Cup seedings (they seed the top 8 teams away from each other) based on FIFA rankings? If so, there's no doubt the US will get a top 8 ranking.

I don't think so.

FIFA would use a mix of the ranking and the last positions of the two last World Cups. Argentina, per example, is going second in the ranking, was eliminated in first round in 2002 and finished 5th in 1998. So Argentina would be a seeding.

Usually the former world champions are seedings except Uruguay who has bad ranking and poorest finishes in last world cups.

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Here's a recap of Today's games involving the "big" teams

Netherlands 4:0 Andorra

Belarus 1:4 Italy

Spain 1:1 Serbia & Montenegro

Ireland Republic 0:1 France

Norway 1:2 Scotland

Russia 0:0 Portugal

And for the shock of the round

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Are You Ready?

Northern Ireland 1:0 England

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Northern Ireland 1:0 England

England is seriously having issues. Didn't they lose a friendly 4-0 to someone they really had no business losing to? And then this happens? The FA's in trouble.

 

 

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Northern Ireland  1:0 England

England is seriously having issues. Didn't they lose a friendly 4-0 to someone they really had no business losing to? And then this happens? The FA's in trouble.

That would have been Denmark, a team England's done well against in the past...

The English are in DEEP trouble now..

FANTASY TEAMS

Housatonic U. Dragons (NCFA Basketball): 16-6 (8-4 Conf.)--National Runner-Up

Jersey State U. (NCFA Football): Inaugural Year - 2006

Motor City Silverhawks (WArFL): 9-4 (3rd--National Conf.)

Lehigh Valley Ironmen (WAmFL): Inaugural Season--2006

New England Marauders RFC (RLI): 6-0-7 (6th place)

Detroit Spirit (AA): 3-6 (T-4th--Patriot League)

Brooklyn Atlantics (IBF): 10-5 (1st--Appalachian Conf.)

Boston Mariners RFU (WRU): Coming Soon!

New York Americans (SHL): Inaugural Season - 2006-07

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Here's a recap of Today's games involving the "big" teams

Netherlands 4:0 Andorra

NICE! Go ORANJE! Even tho the Czechs won, they stay on top of the group...2 for Van Nistelrooy too! :notworthy: ...granted it WAS Andorra, but still :lol:

Ireland Republic  0:1  France

Merde!

Add to it, wins by Switzerland and Israel...not lookin good for the Boys in Green...

FANTASY TEAMS

Housatonic U. Dragons (NCFA Basketball): 16-6 (8-4 Conf.)--National Runner-Up

Jersey State U. (NCFA Football): Inaugural Year - 2006

Motor City Silverhawks (WArFL): 9-4 (3rd--National Conf.)

Lehigh Valley Ironmen (WAmFL): Inaugural Season--2006

New England Marauders RFC (RLI): 6-0-7 (6th place)

Detroit Spirit (AA): 3-6 (T-4th--Patriot League)

Brooklyn Atlantics (IBF): 10-5 (1st--Appalachian Conf.)

Boston Mariners RFU (WRU): Coming Soon!

New York Americans (SHL): Inaugural Season - 2006-07

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The Socceroos have to beat Uraguay or Colombia or some country to get into the World Cup, we beat Soloman Islands 9-1 on aggregate, no just need to beat this other south american country

Is the leg vs the South Americans also a home/home, total goals series?

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Yeah. A round of two matches, one in South America, the other in Australia.

I'd bet that Uruguay will play against Australia like 2001.

England lost, YEEEEAAAAAAAAH!!! :D

Switzerland could qualify to the WC but it must win against France, another favorite of mine. :therock:

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Today is the biggest day so far. Here is a list of the possible clinching scenarios for today (it might not be 100% accurate).

Africa (1 game left):

Group 1:

*Togo gets in with a win vs. Congo or a Senegal loss or tie vs. Mali

*Senegal gets in with a win and a Togo loss

Group 2:

*Ghana gets in with a win or a tie vs. Cape Verde Islands or with a Congo DR loss or tie, or if Congo DR doesn?t blow out while Ghana gets blown out

*Congo DR gets in with a win vs. South Africa and a Ghana loss with blowouts in each game

Group 3:

*Cameroon gets in with a win vs. Egypt or a Cote D?Ivoire loss or tie vs. Sudan

*Cote D?Ivoire gets in with a win and a Cameroon loss or tie

Group 4:

*Angola gets in with a win, or a tie vs. Rwanda and a Nigeria loss

*Nigeria gets win with a win vs. Zimbabwe, and an Angola loss or tie, or with a tie and an Angola loss

*Zimbabwe gets in with a win vs. Nigeria and Angola loss and a having a margin of +2 over Angola?s margin

Group 5:

*Tunisia gets in with a win or tie vs. Morocco

*Morocco gets in with a win vs. Tunisia

North America (2 games left):

*Costa Rica gets in with a win vs. USA, or a Guatemala loss

*Guatemala gets at least the NA Playoff Spot with a win vs. Mexico and a Trinidad & Tobago loss or tie

South America (2 games left):

*Ecuador gets in with a win or tie vs. Uruguay

*Paraguay gets in with a win vs. Venezuela, or a tie and a Uruguay loss or tie and a fraw in the Chile-Colombia game

Europe:

Group 1:

*Netherlands gets in with a win or tie vs. Czech Republic

*Czech Republic clinches the at least the 2nd spot with a win vs. Netherlands, and the 2nd spot with a tie and Romania tie, or a Romania loss

Group 2:

*Nothing else can be clinched

Group 3:

*Portugal gets in with a win or tie vs. Liechtenstein

Group 4:

*Switzerland gets in with a win vs. France

*France gets in with a win vs. Switzerland

*Both clinch at least the second spot if they draw and Israel and Ireland lose

Group 5:

*Italy gets in with a win or tie vs. Slovenia

*Norway clinches at least the second spot with a win vs. Moldova and Slovenia loss to Italy and Scotland loss or tie vs. Belarus

Group 6:

*Poland get in with an England loss or tie vs. Austria

Group 7:

*Serbia and Montenegro get in with a win vs. Lithuania and a Spain loss or tie vs. Belgium, and a Bosnia loss or tie vs. San Marino, or a tie and Spain loss, and Bosnia loss or tie

*Spain clinches at least the 2nd spot with a win and Bosnia loss

Group 8:

*Sweden clinches a spot with a win vs. Croatia

NOTE: A few of the teams can also clinch spots through the best 2nd place finishers, but there are a ton of scenarios, so I?ll let you know if they happen.

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