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But these are win and go on games, lose and go home, If there were no more penalty kicks then this would never happen again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-A1-Rz_pks

Normal, long championships can end in tie, even the group stage of World cup can end in ties, but knockout stages are win-or-lose

It looks like we will have a Brazil-England final.. that said, I have lost money so far, all my favorite teams are gone, so I might be very wrong

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

Normal, long championships can end in tie, even the group stage of World cup can end in ties, but knockout stages are win-or-lose

It looks like we will have a Brazil-England final.. that said, I have lost money so far, all my favorite teams are gone, so I might be very wrong

warspite1

Yes, you are 50% very wrong. England will not make the final. FACT.

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

Normal, long championships can end in tie, even the group stage of World cup can end in ties, but knockout stages are win-or-lose

It looks like we will have a Brazil-England final.. that said, I have lost money so far, all my favorite teams are gone, so I might be very wrong

France vs. Somebody

If Brandi Chastain ain't ripping her jersey off, I ain't watchin'.

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

If Brandi Chastain ain't ripping her jersey off, I ain't watchin'.

Brandi retired; would you settle for Jessica?

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: wegman58

ORIGINAL: Anachro

A lot of fun, exciting soccer matches today. I just love penalty shootouts. Didn't really care who won (well, okay, I do have a soft spot for Denmark), but a good showing for soccer nonetheless. Not really sure who to root for out of the surviving teams. Part of me wants England to go all the way.

Why penalty kicks? Why not play until you drop?

Sort of like ending basketball on free throws or baseball on a home run derby.

The NFL can end on a tie.

NOT in the playoffs.

I would much rather the NHL allowed the regular season to end in a tie after 5 on 5 OT. None of this penalty shot nonsense.

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

If Brandi Chastain ain't ripping her jersey off, I ain't watchin'.

That about covers my interest in the sport.

I like penalty shots in the NHL. I also like the new 3 on 3 OT format. Super fun!

ORIGINAL: wegman58

NOT in the playoffs.

True, but the NFL allows unlimited substitutions. In playoff and Super Bowl rules, overtimes would go on forever until one team prevails. But teams could rest players and substitute. In soccer that can't happen. Soccer is also based on running very fast for long distances; football is based on explosive use of energy for a few seconds. Soccer in overtime in the 230th minute would be supremely boring. I suspect a Super Bowl in the fifth or sixth overtime would be too, but there you at least have the mercy of a possible field goal, so the actual relevant field of play is only forty yards wide or so.

I get that the USA doesn't like soccer much. But the WC is a great event and soccer played at that level is really interesting. It's also good, in this era of American history, to remind ourselves that there is a world out there that continues to function whether we pull our heads into our shells or not.

Maybe it functions without USA, however, it will be much more fun if Americans join us in enjoying football (soccer). [:)] [&o]

It's ironic the American women's soccer/football team is one of the top ranked in the world, but they play mostly in obscurity in their home country. Though soccer/football is popular among immigrants. Growing up in East LA I heard more about the LA Aztecs than the LA Rams from my classmates.

ORIGINAL: wdolson


It's ironic the American women's soccer/football team is one of the top ranked in the world, but they play mostly in obscurity in their home country. Though soccer/football is popular among immigrants. Growing up in East LA I heard more about the LA Aztecs than the LA Rams from my classmates.

Were Cheech and Chong in your class?[:D]

Both of them are somewhat older than I am. Their movies started coming out when I was in 6th or 7th grade.

I did grow up fairly close to Carlos Mencia (American comedian) and we're close in age, though I never met him. There is the expression of growing up on the right or wrong side of the tracks, in East LA it's Floral Ave. Carlos was on the other side of Floral, I was on the Asian side though there were a lot of Hispanics too.

Cheech Marin did a parody of "Born in the USA" called "Born in East LA". I knew all the landmarks well that he referenced in the song even though I moved away in 1984.

Bill

ORIGINAL: wdolson


Both of them are somewhat older than I am. Their movies started coming out when I was in 6th or 7th grade.

I did grow up fairly close to Carlos Mencia (American comedian) and we're close in age, though I never met him. There is the expression of growing up on the right or wrong side of the tracks, in East LA it's Floral Ave. Carlos was on the other side of Floral, I was on the Asian side though there were a lot of Hispanics too.

Cheech Marin did a parody of "Born in the USA" called "Born in East LA". I knew all the landmarks well that he referenced in the song even though I moved away in 1984.

Bill

Yeah, I remember they also did a movie called "Born in East LA" where he loses his ID and is jailed as an illegal immigrant, pending deportation. Does that sound familiar? [8|]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: wdolson


Both of them are somewhat older than I am. Their movies started coming out when I was in 6th or 7th grade.

I did grow up fairly close to Carlos Mencia (American comedian) and we're close in age, though I never met him. There is the expression of growing up on the right or wrong side of the tracks, in East LA it's Floral Ave. Carlos was on the other side of Floral, I was on the Asian side though there were a lot of Hispanics too.

Cheech Marin did a parody of "Born in the USA" called "Born in East LA". I knew all the landmarks well that he referenced in the song even though I moved away in 1984.

Bill

Yeah, I remember they also did a movie called "Born in East LA" where he loses his ID and is jailed as an illegal immigrant, pending deportation. Does that sound familiar? [8|]

Their radio albums were funny; their movies weren't (for the most part).

ORIGINAL: wdolson


Both of them are somewhat older than I am. Their movies started coming out when I was in 6th or 7th grade.

I did grow up fairly close to Carlos Mencia (American comedian) and we're close in age, though I never met him. There is the expression of growing up on the right or wrong side of the tracks, in East LA it's Floral Ave. Carlos was on the other side of Floral, I was on the Asian side though there were a lot of Hispanics too.

Cheech Marin did a parody of "Born in the USA" called "Born in East LA". I knew all the landmarks well that he referenced in the song even though I moved away in 1984.

Bill

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Yeah, I remember they also did a movie called "Born in East LA" where he loses his ID and is jailed as an illegal immigrant, pending deportation. Does that sound familiar? [8|]

I think the movie was just Cheech Marin. It was loosely based on the song and I thought the movie was so-so. When I was a kid there was a real case of a kid in his late teens, born in the US who got deported from East LA. It was huge news in Los Angeles for weeks. I think it was the early 80s.

This thread is coming around full circle to wargaming though. In high school I wargamed a lot with a friend who was an immigrant from Cuba and we watched "Born in East LA" on cable while wargaming. I lost track of him and found him a few weeks ago. When I lost track of him he was only a year or two out of college and was still sowing his wild oats. His oldest kid is off the college this fall. He said his son is really into football and is hoping to play in college and I asked him which one, American or international? My friend got a soccer scholarship to UC Santa Barbara (though he went to US Davis instead) so I had to ask.

Bill

Is this soccer match still going? [&:]

Yes, second half of the quarter finals today. In the ongoing game, England leads Sweden 1:0 at half-time. Finals are on Sunday, 15th.

ALLEZ LES BLEUS!

Correction: The "small final" between the losers of the semi-final is on the 14th.

Its coming home [;)]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rZIGnzv8Vs