Next Time

Hey USA, you want to win the next World Cup? Let's send half of the Red Sox Nation and all of the Oakland Raiders Season Ticket holders to the the match and let's let them mix in the stands with this guy -- who is obviously what happens when you watch the Yoda scenes with too much acid.

Our people will turn those horns into beer bongs... and it'll get nuts from there. And I'm talking about those fun games between USA and the Dutch. We'll be unstoppable.

If we care.

Which we won't.

Let's let the English have their little game. We'll keep concentrating on real sports. Like badminton.

USA out of Wold Cup

USA Pauses, Yawns, Returns to Hating Soccer

Today's USA vs. Ghana match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a great one. There were 34,976 on hand to watch the highly anticipated game. Celebrities including former President Bill Clinton and Mick Jagger were on hand to watch the match.

Ghana scored quickly, and the USA team didn't seem to have it together during the first half of the match today. However, the USA came out re energized in the second half with Landon Donovan scoring a goal off of a penalty kick. The score remained tied 1-1 through the rest of the game. At that time, there was an additional 30 minutes of overtime added.

Early on in the OT, Ghana scored. It was the second goal of the day by Ghana's player Asamoah Gyan. It was a great effort by both teams. Unfortunately, the loss was a stunning blow to the USA team. They now have to go home getting knocked out of the World Cup for the second time in a row by Ghana. It is unfortunate that they went a goal down early on in the game.

The next time these two teams play will indeed be another grudge match.

The next time Americans give a rip will be in 4 years -maybe- in the next World Cup... but that seems doubtful.

Soccer Match

Ah, a the tie is a definite win for the US. Riveting. The headline evokes the classic Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 headline from 1968.

Now before going headlong into explaining exactly why Americans dislike Soccer... yes, we call it soccer, get over it... I'm reminded that this is Blasphemes.

I must inform everyone that the US/England match brought in 3x the ratings of the Stanley Cup Final Game.

The Chicago Blackhawks' 4-3 overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6, which earned them their first championship since 1961, drew a 4.7 rating and 8 share Wednesday night on NBC....

ABC's USA-England game scored a ratings win but not a spectacular breakthrough. It drew 6.1% of U.S. households, trailing only the U.S.-Romania game when the USA hosted the World Cup in 1994 as the second-highest overnight for a first-round Cup game. That 6.1% also includes the hour-long pregame that began at 1:30 p.m. ET.

This makes me sad, as it seems hockey will never catch on in the States.

Primer for World Cup

All you really need to know about the different countries competing in the World Cup can be figured out in the diagram provided.