*sob* Argentina... :(

[Giancarlo]

I had my butt kicked big time when I was trying to play soccer against you argentinians... I am pretty decent too at it... not great, but decent.

[Shi Huangdi]

I actually stayed up till about 4:20 AM to watch the end of this game, and I sincrely regret doing so. I was rooting for Argentina, but the way the played they deserved to lose. They dominated them in terms of time of possesion and had innumerable scoring opportunites. They had so many corner kicks and couldn't score off of any of them. It was really a pathetic scene to watch seeing the Argies fail to finish time and time again. They only scored when they got a free kick, nothing else the entire game.

[MikeH]

That's called a penalty.

[Buck Birdseed]

Is supporting the stronger team a US convention? When I'm a neutral I almost always support the underdog, unless I really like the playing style of a certain team (ie. Czech Republic).

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Snapcase
Is supporting the stronger team a US convention? When I'm a neutral I almost always support the underdog, unless I really like the playing style of a certain team (ie. Czech Republic).

Not necessarily
*cheers Red Sox*

[MikeH]

I always support the underdog too.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Boshko

Not necessarily
*cheers Red Sox*

HEY!!! You changed your name! And you've got the squirell there. Great!

Now we just need to get BD in line...

[JohnIII]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
Argentines get rough when it comes to playing, believe I know it because I have played with a few at school... and only did it once... because they play too rough.

Are you sure you weren't playing rugby?

[gopher]

Well, England looks ok on the field, but with the way Sweeden has been playing, better get the bags packed Limeys!

[H Tower]

they won't be lpaying each other for a couple games and i don't think anyone actually believes that they'll be playing each other when the brackets finally join

[SnowFire]

Is supporting the stronger team a US convention?

Nah, I'd say that the general preference is for the underdogs. Although the strong teams still turn out popular because the 30% of the people or so who do support stronger teams tend to pile on one team, and then desert en masse. See Dallas Cowboys for a good example. (The Yankees are weird. Evil, but their fans are all-weather generally, including the 80's when they sucked).

Anyway, glad that the European underdogs in the Group o' Death won. Now for a USA-South Korea advancement, and we're set.

[JohnIII]

Underdogs? It was called the group of death for a reason...none of the teams should have been confident of qualification.

[Arrian]

I'm rooting for underdogs: USA and England. Yeah, yeah, England has a chance, but repeated poor showings put them in the underdog category.

Then again, I'm a Yankees fan, so go figure. (1/2 back and closing, Boshko!)

-Arrian