World Cup!! Brazil vs Chile 12pm EST, Colombia vs Uruguay 4pm EST

No Great Name

World Cup 2014 Brazil

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We are down the the final 32

As per tradition the teams have been split into eight, 4 team groups. Each team in the group will play the others once, and the top two ranked after the matches moves on to the knockout round of 16.

Match Schedule:

Tv Schedule:

Day Date Time(EST) Network Nations Group Site Match # Thu 6/12 3:30 p.m. ESPN Brazil vs. Croatia A Sao Paulo 1 Fri 6/13 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Mexico vs. Cameroon A Natal 2 2:30 p.m. ESPN Spain vs. Netherlands B Salvador 3 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Chile vs. Australia B Cuiaba 4 Sat 6/14 11:30 a.m. ABC Colombia vs. Greece C Belo Horizonte 5 2:30 p.m. ABC Uruguay vs. Costa Rica D Fortaleza 7 5:30 p.m. ESPN England vs. Italy D Manaus 8 8:30 p.m. ESPN Ivory Coast vs. Japan C Recife 6 Sun 6/15 11:30 a.m. ABC Switzerland vs. Ecuador E Brasilia 9 2:30 p.m. ABC France vs. Honduras E Porto Alegre 10 5:30 p.m. ESPN Argentina vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina F Rio de Janeiro 11 Mon 6/16 11:30 a.m. ESPN Germany vs. Portugal G Salvador 13 2:30 p.m. ESPN Iran vs. Nigeria F Curitiba 12 5:30 p.m. ESPN Ghana vs. United States G Natal 14 Tue 6/17 11:30 a.m. ESPN Belgium vs. Algeria H Belo Horizonte 15 2:30 p.m. ESPN Brazil vs. Mexico A Fortaleza 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN Russia vs. South Korea H Cuiaba 16 Wed 6/18 11:30 a.m. ESPN Australia vs. Netherlands B Porto Alegre 20 2:30 p.m. ESPN Spain vs. Chile B Rio de Janeiro 19 5:30 p.m. ESPN Cameroon vs. Croatia A Manaus 18 Thu 6/19 11:30 a.m. ESPN Colombia vs. Ivory Coast C Brasilia 21 2:30 p.m. ESPN Uruguay vs. England D Sao Paulo 23 5:30 p.m. ESPN Japan vs. Greece C Natal 22 Fri 6/20 11:30 a.m. ESPN Italy vs. Costa Rica D Recife 24 2:30 p.m. ESPN Switzerland vs. France E Salvador 25 5:30 p.m. ESPN Honduras vs. Ecuador E Curitiba 26 Sat 6/21 11:30 a.m. ESPN Argentina vs. Iran F Belo Horizonte 27 2:30 p.m. ESPN Germany vs. Ghana G Fortaleza 29 5:30 p.m. ESPN Nigeria vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina F Cuiaba 28 Sun 6/22 11:30 a.m. ABC Belgium vs. Russia H Rio de Janeiro 31 2:30 p.m. ABC South Korea vs. Algeria H Porto Alegre 32 5:30 p.m. ESPN United States vs. Portugal G Manaus 30 Mon 6/23 11:30 a.m. ESPN Netherlands vs. Chile B Sao Paulo 36 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Australia vs. Spain B Curitiba 35 3:30 p.m. ESPN Croatia vs. Mexico A Recife 34 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 Cameroon vs. Brazil A Brasilia 33 Tue 6/24 11:30 a.m. ESPN Italy vs. Uruguay D Natal 39 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Costa Rica vs. England D Belo Horizonte 40 3:30 p.m. ESPN Japan vs. Colombia C Cuiaba 37 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 Greece vs. Ivory Coast C Fortaleza 38 Wed 6/25 11:30 a.m. ESPN Nigeria vs. Argentina F Porto Alegre 43 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran F Salvador 44 3:30 p.m. ESPN Ecuador vs. France E Rio de Janeiro 42 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 Honduras vs. Switzerland E Manaus 41 Thu 6/26 11:30 a.m. ESPN United States vs. Germany G Recife 45 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Portugal vs. Ghana G Brasilia 46 3:30 p.m. ESPN South Korea vs. Belgium H Sao Paulo 47 3:30 p.m. ESPN2 Algeria vs. Russia H Curitiba 48

Penny Arcade Bracket Challenge:

http://games.espn.go.com/world-cup-bracket-predictor/en/group?groupID=35919&groupp=d2FuZw==&invitesource=email&inviteuser=MjcxMTUwMzI4A&ex_cid=invite-email-worldcupbp
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Groups and Odds
Group A
Brazil Odds to win the Cup: 5/2
Croatia Odds to win the Cup: 150/1
Mexico Odds to win the Cup: 100/1
Cameroon Odds to win the Cup: 1000/1

Group B
Spain Odds to win the Cup: 13/2
Netherlands Odds to win the Cup: 25/1
Chile Odds to win the Cup: 50/1
Australia Odds to win the Cup: 1000/1

Group C
Colombia Odds to win the Cup: 30/1
Greece Odds to win the Cup: 250/1
Ivory Coast Odds to win the Cup: 150/1
Japan Odds to win the Cup: 150/1

Group D
Uruguay Odds to win the Cup: 25/1
Costa Rica Odds to win the Cup: 1000/1
England Odds to win the Cup: 30/1
Italy Odds to win the Cup: 20/1

Group E
Switzerland Odds to win the Cup:100/1
Ecuador Odds to win the Cup: 150/1
France Odds to win the Cup: 25/1
Honduras Odds to win the Cup: 1000/1

Group F
Argentina Odds to win the Cup: 4/1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Odds to win the Cup: 150/1
Iran Odds to win the Cup: 1000/1
Nigeria Odds to win the Cup: 250/1

Group G
Germany Odds to win the Cup: 5/1
Portugal Odds to win the Cup: 25/1
United States of America Odds to win the Cup: 100/1
Ghana Odds to win the Cup: 150/1

Group H
Belgium Odds to win the Cup: 20/1
Algeria Odds to win the Cup: 2000/1
Russia Odds to win the Cup: 80/1
Korea Republic Odds to win the Cup: 300/1

No Great Name

Welp the U.S. can't finish for shit so Japan deserved it.

Seattle Thread

How can you fuck up a penalty shootout that badly?

Oh yeah, by fucking up the rest of the game, too.

naporeon

No Great Name wrote:

Welp the U.S. can't finish for shit so Japan deserved it.

Personally, I think the defense was an even bigger problem. Goddamned shameful.

Docshifty

Man its fucking hard for me to watch football. Having dismissed the sport as stupid until a year or so ago, I've got no real team knowledge, they barely show even MLS games on tv, and I have to pay extra if I want to see any other leagues. Thank god for ESPN on XBOX.

undeinPirat

where's mia hamm when you need her

No Great Name

Docshifty wrote:

Man its fucking hard for me to watch football. Having dismissed the sport as stupid until a year or so ago, I've got no real team knowledge, they barely show even MLS games on tv, and I have to pay extra if I want to see any other leagues. Thank god for ESPN on XBOX.

Where you at?

undeinPirat wrote:

where's mia hamm when you need her

She's somewhere around OLD.

Wambach should have taken the first penalty.

ASimPerson

Don't forget that 2014 World Cup Qualifying is already underway, though at this stage it is mostly the minnows. But, still, the qualification process is one of my favorite things.

zucchini

Man I said the same thing. Wambach should have gone first, and Tobin Heath shouldn't have been anywhere near that.

Sweeney Tom

I hate everybody in my town. They only paid attention to the Women's World Cup when they found out that, oh yeah, US made it to the finals, then bitched so much on Facebook when US lost to Japan.

If you only pay attention to a sport when your team/country is in the championship finals, yeah, sorry, you aren't allowed to bitch if they lose. Or bitch about the sport period.

It's the same fucking thing in my town with hockey, too.

zucchini

in their defense most people don't care about hockey until the playoffs

Docshifty

No Great Name wrote:

Docshifty wrote:

Man its fucking hard for me to watch football. Having dismissed the sport as stupid until a year or so ago, I've got no real team knowledge, they barely show even MLS games on tv, and I have to pay extra if I want to see any other leagues. Thank god for ESPN on XBOX.

Where you at?

undeinPirat wrote:

where's mia hamm when you need her

She's somewhere around OLD.

Wambach should have taken the first penalty.

Indiana. I'd have to pay comcast like forty extra a month for a sports package.

No Great Name

Ah, yeah it'd suck to be a mls supporter and not be near your hometown eam to get whatever local channel they're on.

ESPN carries about 1 game a week, ther'es a schedule somewhere.

But they're airing most of the summer friendlies. Vancouver vs Man City tomorrow, and a bunch more coming up.

No Great Name

There are of course streaming sites, I used to have a bunch linked in the old thread op, but I don't know whether they're frowned on here or not.

naporeon

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

No Great Name

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

Cool cool, I'm going to ManU vs Barca on the, what is it, 30th? 31st maybe.

edit: And maybe D.C. vs Everton on Saturday but I dunno yet.

Seattle Thread

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

Pick me up one o' them shit-hot new home jerseys while you're up there.

naporeon

Makershot wrote:

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

Pick me up one o' them shit-hot new home jerseys while you're up there.

Really? I think the new "sound wave" background is kind of tacky.

I love the shit out of the new, old-fashioned away kit, though!

No Great Name wrote:

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

Cool cool, I'm going to ManU vs Barca on the, what is it, 30th? 31st maybe.

edit: And maybe D.C. vs Everton on Saturday but I dunno yet.

Oh man, awesome. Even if United and Barca play mainly reserves, that will still be great. Jealous!

Muggins

Where the fuck was this thread like 4 hours ago

No Great Name

It was on page 2 when I got back from watching the game so probably on page 2.

Seattle Thread

naporeon wrote:

Makershot wrote:

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

Pick me up one o' them shit-hot new home jerseys while you're up there.

Really? I think the new "sound wave" background is kind of tacky.

I love the shit out of the new, old-fashioned away kit, though!

I'm not sold on the navy-blue names & numbers, but that mod collar is tubular.

Oh, and it looks like the third kit will be last year's away kit. There goes my chance to pick one up for cheap.

naporeon

Makershot wrote:

naporeon wrote:

Makershot wrote:

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

Pick me up one o' them shit-hot new home jerseys while you're up there.

Really? I think the new "sound wave" background is kind of tacky.

I love the shit out of the new, old-fashioned away kit, though!

I'm not sold on the navy-blue names & numbers, but that mod collar is tubular.

Oh, and it looks like the third kit will be last year's away kit. There goes my chance to pick one up for cheap.

I have to tell you, I think your avatar is pretty cool. I'll bet pipe likes it as well. ;-)

Fishman

I wish the biggest issue I had with my local club in the upcoming season was the jersey.

The owner of the Phoenix is currently relying on this company to provide him with a multi-million dollar re-financing loan to remain solvent this year.

Yeah.

No Great Name

I still can't believe the U.S. managed to lose. Their finishing was SO FUCKING AWFUL.

Docshifty

No Great Name wrote:

Ah, yeah it'd suck to be a mls supporter and not be near your hometown eam to get whatever local channel they're on.

ESPN carries about 1 game a week, ther'es a schedule somewhere.

But they're airing most of the summer friendlies. Vancouver vs Man City tomorrow, and a bunch more coming up.

Yeah, they just had a commercial about them showing all the friendlies, pretty cool.

As for locals, I figure I should start looking at Chicago Fire just because they're the closest and I could actually go to their games, but for some reason I want to root for Seattle.

Seattle Thread

It just occurred to me that Wayne fucking Rooney is currently occupying my city. This is an outrage.

No Great Name

Docshifty wrote:

No Great Name wrote:

Ah, yeah it'd suck to be a mls supporter and not be near your hometown eam to get whatever local channel they're on.

ESPN carries about 1 game a week, ther'es a schedule somewhere.

But they're airing most of the summer friendlies. Vancouver vs Man City tomorrow, and a bunch more coming up.

Yeah, they just had a commercial about them showing all the friendlies, pretty cool.

As for locals, I figure I should start looking at Chicago Fire just because they're the closest and I could actually go to their games, but for some reason I want to root for Seattle.

Why would you ever want to do that

Docshifty

Because growing up in Alaska I took a lot of trips to Seattle and that's where I watched all my sports live, so its just kind of a given for me now. Why, are the Sounders a bad team/people/fanbase?

naporeon

Docshifty wrote:

Because growing up in Alaska I took a lot of trips to Seattle and that's where I watched all my sports live, so its just kind of a given for me now. Why, are the Sounders a bad team/people/fanbase?

SIGH

The Sounders are a fine team. NGN resents the fact that so many people who were totally apathetic to or unaware of the sport before Seattle joined the MLS are now super, super into it. To an extent, I can see his objection -- I hate uninformed, suddenly enthusiastic people who won't shut up about their team and/or the sport too. But if you hate on a US team that averages over 30,000 fans a game, and brings tons of money and energy to the domestic game, you are clearly a much bigger poseur than all those newcomers packing the stadium.

If you like the Sounders, cool. Support whom you like -- personally, I'd pick the team I was closest to, but that's just me.

natek

I was at work during the game today
now I am home and don't even want to watch the highlights
one of the three times I watch the sport and the US fails

undeinPirat

dc united own so i have it pretty easy

(when i check on their recent doings absentmindedly every few months)

Sir Headless VII

What the hell is going on in the Copa America? Argentina, the HOSTS out 1 round after the groups. Brazil, defending champions also out 1 round after the groups. Now who am I going to watch?

facetious

I wish there was a Pittsburgh MLS team.

Fishman

I scored a goal tonight. A good goal, too; trapping a ball headed down from a corner with my chest and spinning 180 on the volley before the bounce.

Shame the only reason I was up so far is because we were already 3 behind. I've spent most of this season helping anchor the defensive line, but with 15 minutes to go I decided to push forward and see if I could salvage something.

Shame they scored 2 more. 5 straight games we've surrendered a last minute goal. Ugh.

No Great Name

naporeon wrote:

Docshifty wrote:

Because growing up in Alaska I took a lot of trips to Seattle and that's where I watched all my sports live, so its just kind of a given for me now. Why, are the Sounders a bad team/people/fanbase?

SIGH

The Sounders are a fine team. NGN resents the fact that so many people who were totally apathetic to or unaware of the sport before Seattle joined the MLS are now super, super into it. To an extent, I can see his objection -- I hate uninformed, suddenly enthusiastic people who won't shut up about their team and/or the sport too. But if you hate on a US team that averages over 30,000 fans a game, and brings tons of money and energy to the domestic game, you are clearly a much bigger poseur than all those newcomers packing the stadium.

If you like the Sounders, cool. Support whom you like -- personally, I'd pick the team I was closest to, but that's just me.

Or maybe I'm allergic to turf fields and the color neon green hmmmmm did you ever think of that??

Docshifty

Man, I tried to watch the game last night, but I swear it was like watching an old NES game. So fuzzy it was actually hurting my eyes. Fucking comcast.

No Great Name

So tonight we got Copa America semi finals of Venezuela vs Paraguay, that tournament turned out really interesting.

As well as Seattle vs ManU and Chivas Guadalajara vs Real Madrid

AkimboLegs

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

I got to see them beat Club America 2-0 which was a lot of fun. Haven't been able to see a premier team play in years

naporeon

AkimboLegs wrote:

naporeon wrote:

Woooooooooooooooo! Driving to Vancouver to watch City play in person!

So damned excited.

I got to see them beat Club America 2-0 which was a lot of fun. Haven't been able to see a premier team play in years

Holy shit, was it fun. We met up with some visiting Mancunians, raided the home pub of the Caps supporters, sang City songs and drank pitcher and pitcher of beer, then walked to the match and stood and sang the entire time.

We met a bunch of quality folks, got to see a City victory, and even showed up on ESPN a couple times during the match. What a result.

No Great Name

D.C. United vs New England is also on tonight but only local tv so.

VAMOS UNITED

No Great Name

Fuckin fuck United stop sucking such shit at home FUCK