GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
It's Cup Eve, so threw together a compilation on my blog for anyone interested: one highlight-reel Youtube video for each country. No sense bogging you down in 32 YouTube embeds here and you'd hate me if I tried.
North Korea, didn't expect much and just grabbed what I could. You know who caused a whole lot of problems to find an actual highlight reel for, though? Cote d'Ivoire. Algeria didn't give me any guff, gave me a nice one straightaway. Algeria. But the Ivorians fought me for a good long while before a usable video popped up. As in, one that didn't have some dude in front of the clip rapping or something.
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
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ElldrenIs a woman dammitceterum censeoRegistered Userregular
So we've got Yahoo and ESPN for predictions, but no fantasy game yet? (ie, where you pick the players) I would like to suggest the official McDonald's / FIFA game. It's well done.
Picking players for national teams from other national teams seems like an exercise in... something I'm not sure what.
firewaterwordSatchitanandaPais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
I don't have to be in the office tomorrow - I wonder if I have the stones to rock up to a bar at 7AM to watch the kickoff!
The great thing is that there are probably at least a dozen around here that'll open up especially for it.
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JeanHeartbroken papa bearGatineau, QuébecRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Canada sucks at soccer so I generally cheer for France. Doesnt look like they'll go far this year tough so I'll hop on the Spain bandwagon once they're gone. I like agressive play so cheering for overly defensive teams like Italy is a no-no. Seems like no matter the sport, I get bored with teams that play a defensive style.
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It's Cup Eve, so threw together a compilation on my blog for anyone interested: one highlight-reel Youtube video for each country. No sense bogging you down in 32 YouTube embeds here and you'd hate me if I tried.
North Korea, didn't expect much and just grabbed what I could. You know who caused a whole lot of problems to find an actual highlight reel for, though? Cote d'Ivoire. Algeria didn't give me any guff, gave me a nice one straightaway. Algeria. But the Ivorians fought me for a good long while before a usable video popped up. As in, one that didn't have some dude in front of the clip rapping or something.
i liked that dude nice work
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
...I just realized my entire New Zealand clip is of that one corner kick against Bahrain replayed over and over.
I also realized there isn't a better New Zealand highlight reel. They're ALL that corner kick.
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firewaterwordSatchitanandaPais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Awesome Gosling! Nice work.
Now I have to know what that beat is in the first 20 seconds of the Portugal clip is! I know if from somewhere but hell if I can place it... Gotan Project? Thievery? Uggghh.... Help a brother out!
"Your reference to a previous sporting encounter between our two countries puzzles me. Since the history of English football is long and extensive, in contradistinction to US soccer, I regret that I cannot immediately recall the encounter to which you refer. No doubt it is remembered fondly on these shores; we have quite forgotten it, however." - Martin Longden British Embassy
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firewaterwordSatchitanandaPais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered Userregular
So far in the concert, there's been some tribal drumming, some bleh South African gospel song, that god damn Black Eyes Pea song, a strange medley thing that I don't understand of Move On Up, and now our Archbishop is going crazy.
Holy fucking shit, he's actually lost it.
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David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
So far in the concert, there's been some tribal drumming, some bleh South African gospel song, that god damn Black Eyes Pea song, a strange medley thing that I don't understand of Move On Up, and now our Archbishop is going crazy.
Holy fucking shit, he's actually lost it.
Altar wine's 90% proof. Not a lot of people know that.
So far in the concert, there's been some tribal drumming, some bleh South African gospel song, that god damn Black Eyes Pea song, a strange medley thing that I don't understand of Move On Up, and now our Archbishop is going crazy.
Holy fucking shit, he's actually lost it.
Altar wine's 90% proof. Not a lot of people know that.
The Church of England may have faults, but with a guy like that in charge, even if things go wrong, they're sure to be hilarious.
Also, hell yes, Wavin' Flag.
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FencingsaxIt is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understandingGNU Terry PratchettRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
Ok, I don't think I did my brackets right. See, this is why I don't do this tournament shit. I don't know how this stuff works.
This US/England commercial using words from The Crisis has gotten me surprisingly excited for the match. I'm not trembling in anticipation or anything, but it's given me a good dose of "hell yeah, let's beat 'em again" sort of nationalism.
I wouldn't be surprised if the CBC had streaming feed, but it might be limited to Canadians... although they usually had hockey available all over the place (India!) so I don't know if CBC does the regional locking.
It occurs to me, as someone who barely watches soccer, that a lot of soccer players have pretty cool names.
Also, though I won't be rooting for Brazil, I'm really looking forward to watching them play, mostly for Kaka. I haven't seen much, but I've seen enough to know that that guy is quite fun to watch with the ball.
It's not that the Dutch aren't good, but they just have poor luck at the big tournaments. Kind of like what Spain went through, but more so. Perhaps they can break it this time around, but I won't hold my breath over it. I do expect RVP to be the top scorer of the tournament though, so I do expect them to go far.
Even so, I just have a latent dislike for the Dutch, as they have a number of primadonna douchebags in their squad. Less so this year, but historically speaking...
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At least I think it was against the US.
Tomas Rosicky
Great player but has had horrible luck with injuries.
North Korea, didn't expect much and just grabbed what I could. You know who caused a whole lot of problems to find an actual highlight reel for, though? Cote d'Ivoire. Algeria didn't give me any guff, gave me a nice one straightaway. Algeria. But the Ivorians fought me for a good long while before a usable video popped up. As in, one that didn't have some dude in front of the clip rapping or something.
Picking players for national teams from other national teams seems like an exercise in... something I'm not sure what.
Choose Your Own Chat 1 Choose Your Own Chat 2 Choose Your Own Chat 3
The great thing is that there are probably at least a dozen around here that'll open up especially for it.
Cote d'Ivoire all the way!! (my kit arrives tomorrow)
i liked that dude nice work
I also realized there isn't a better New Zealand highlight reel. They're ALL that corner kick.
Now I have to know what that beat is in the first 20 seconds of the Portugal clip is! I know if from somewhere but hell if I can place it... Gotan Project? Thievery? Uggghh.... Help a brother out!
"Your reference to a previous sporting encounter between our two countries puzzles me. Since the history of English football is long and extensive, in contradistinction to US soccer, I regret that I cannot immediately recall the encounter to which you refer. No doubt it is remembered fondly on these shores; we have quite forgotten it, however." - Martin Longden British Embassy
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...you don't wear them anymore? Why not?
SOUTH AFRICA! (cheer)
WELCOME TO AFRICA! (cheer)
AFRICA! (cheer)
AFRICA! (cheer)
NELSON MANDELA! (crowd goes nuts)
LYRICS OF EVERY SINGLE SONG: South Africa/South Africa/South Africa/South Africa/South Africa (Refrain: South Africa, South Africa, South Africa)
Heh.
Throw a few FREEEEDOOOMMMs in there and that's pretty much what I expected.
Is that K'naan dude going to be on later?
Wavin' Flag was a pleasant surprise, and I'd welcome the chance to hear some more of his stuff 'live'.
Did K'naan perform? Waving Flags is a pretty damn catchy tune.
EDIT: hi5 Biosys
I think we're done here.
Why is Nate Silver so awesome? He even does statistical analysis on football games I care about.
Holy fucking shit, he's actually lost it.
Altar wine's 90% proof. Not a lot of people know that.
The Church of England may have faults, but with a guy like that in charge, even if things go wrong, they're sure to be hilarious.
Also, hell yes, Wavin' Flag.
This US/England commercial using words from The Crisis has gotten me surprisingly excited for the match. I'm not trembling in anticipation or anything, but it's given me a good dose of "hell yeah, let's beat 'em again" sort of nationalism.
I kinda don't have TV anymore.
I wouldn't be surprised if the CBC had streaming feed, but it might be limited to Canadians... although they usually had hockey available all over the place (India!) so I don't know if CBC does the regional locking.
actually yeah
http://mashable.com/2010/06/07/watch-fifa-world-cup-2010/
there's also channelsurfing.net and atdhe.net
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Also, though I won't be rooting for Brazil, I'm really looking forward to watching them play, mostly for Kaka. I haven't seen much, but I've seen enough to know that that guy is quite fun to watch with the ball.
Spain is who you want to watch... they are like sex on the pitch. SOOOOooo good!
They are quite sexy, but my gut is saying the Dutch right now. They're too good to be off almost everyone's radar
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Even so, I just have a latent dislike for the Dutch, as they have a number of primadonna douchebags in their squad. Less so this year, but historically speaking...