How far will USA get in the soccer World Cup?

[Peacemaker]

The us could dominate in soccer if we wanted to and I predict we will win one of the next 4 World Cups. We just started getting into the sport in the last 10 years.

When I was a kid I knew 1 person who played and he was English. My high school didn't have a team. Now all the kids are playing and we will find those with true talent and come up with the next generation of superstars.

[Kropotkin]

HA! In your pathetic patriotic dreams!

[OzzyKP]

Yea there has been a concerted effort made to introduce soccer (football, ugh) in the United States. There has been some evil conspiracy that has plotted this out for years. When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s soccer was everywhere for kids. Youth soccer leagues seemed more popular and accessable than other sports. Just look at the term "soccer mom" someone has made soccer a youth phenominon, and they have done this intentionally with the hopes all these youngsters raised on soccer will start caring about the sport when they get older. And it is working. I hear that ABC (one of the major networks) is actually carrying some World Cup games this year.

It is a slow, methodical, and very smart plot to transform the US into a soccer watching nation. The UN must be behind it, those bastards. Trying to crush US individuality and strengthen global culture. Just you wait, in a few years the UN may try to rig the World Cup just so the US can win, just so we will get into the sport. Its all an evil plot! Resist!

[DaShi]

Are you ready for some SOCCER!!!

[Saint Marcus]

they won't make it into the seconf round. Korea and Portugal will go through.

Hiddink

[Saint Marcus]

Considering they won today without there star player, Claudio Reyna.

And he's considered a "star player"? :shudder:

Korea will eat them alive.

[Zoid]

Into the second round, no further. They will probably meet Italy in the eight part final, then it´s goodbye USA. But it depends on the other hand, both Mexico and Croatia has the chance to win their group. Then it´s more uncertain...

[SpencerH]

The US will go through to the 2nd round and if they face anyone other than the top 8 teams have a good chance of winning.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
The US surely deserved the win.

I'm just scared the US will actually win the WC now.

Hear the roar! Feel the thunder! Tremble! You miserable Eurocoms!

USA! USA! USA!

[TCO]

Originally posted by Peacemaker
The us could dominate in soccer if we wanted to and I predict we will win one of the next 4 World Cups. We just started getting into the sport in the last 10 years.

When I was a kid I knew 1 person who played and he was English. My high school didn't have a team. Now all the kids are playing and we will find those with true talent and come up with the next generation of superstars.

Youth League soccer was a big deal in the 70's. People keep prediciting it will take off, but it doesn't. Sorta like fusion.

[frostycreep]

There is a down side though. Imagine how arrogant America would become if they did win it!

[TCO]

We don't need to win no WC to know we are bad azzes.

"Over-sexed, over-paid, and over-here!" Yeah, baby!!

[Kropotkin]

What Peacemaker is a good example of is a missunderstanding of the depth of football in other countries. The US is getting better and will probably have a stable team in the future. But winning the world cup is nothing that you can expect in a couple of decades "if you want to". Few countries can and a world cup victory is based on a people that lives, breathes and sleeps football.

[DinoDoc]

I wonder how shocked you people would be if the US made it into the finals.

[frostycreep]

Originally posted by GP
We don't need to win no WC to know we are bad azzes.

"Over-sexed, over-paid, and over-here!" Yeah, baby!!

Your statement gp makes me think i was born the wrong side of the pond!