The only World Cup 2006 thread you need

[Carlos_f_Rose]

Yeah its soccer in the states, but most of the world knows it as football...

[Borat]

Just because its called soccer where you are doesn't mean thats what it is actually called. It's called football because the ball is primarily 'kicked' with a foot. Now in the game you call 'football' which body part is mostly in contact with the 'ball'?

[TAP]

Wow  Rooney loses the "moron of the tournament" title in the last 10 minutes of extra time in the last game.

[GNR_Green]

wow, didn't know the rest of the world is so intolerant to the word soccer.

its called soccer in my country, so get off your fucking high horse.

I watched the superbowl this year, and if that's as good as it gets then you have no right to complain about football.  Sorry, soccer!  Actually I don't care what you call it I just felt like taking the piss out of American sports 

Baseball = shit

 

[Danny Top Hat]

Funny as fuck.  I bet Zidane's gonna rue that decision to his death bed, but i'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time.


It's fitting that this World Cup got decided on penalties.  This has definately been one to forget.

[Skeletor]

Go France!

[GNROSAS]

[jimmythegent]

well done Italy! I am happy they one

Not a bad game, fairly even - sad to see a legend like Zidane go out in disgrace rather than what would have been a glorious farewell win or lose

the World Cup was a good one - bar a few too many dives, poor decisions by refs, penalty shootouts, defensive play - its been a cracker!

Cant wait for 2010!

[KIKO2K6]

Italy wil be the next world champion .

I told you before one more game left?

I told you all , beforeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee   

Campioni del Mondo!

[SWINGTRADER]

First of all,   I would like to say GO ITALY!!   BEST SOCCERSOCCER SOCCER team  in the world . I would also like to say that American Sports  own you bitches .   All you have is soccer.   There is never a time in america  where there isn't a Professional sport going on.  What other sports do you people have besides soccer?  What else is there when Soccer season ends??   Soccer=  a sport that celebrates  divers  and cheaters .  In america  any athlete that fakes an injury  is looked  at as a bitch  ,  that kind of behavior is not accepted in American sports.   I don't understand  why that shit is encouraged  in international soccer.  maybe you can give me an intelligent response to that question .   Anyway ,  I am glad that  Italy won but this   probably was the  worst World Cup I have ever seen  and I have watched all of them since Mexico 86' .

[Oddy]

Just because its called soccer where you are doesn't mean thats what it is actually called. It's called football because the ball is primarily 'kicked' with a foot. Now in the game you call 'football' which body part is mostly in contact with the 'ball'?

well i don't think calling football "soccer" is wrong.

when i say soccer you all know what sport i'm referring to so who cares.

i will continue calling it soccer. hahahahha swingtrader makes me laugh.

edit: and also i'm from Australia not America. i couldn't give a fuck about the superbowl or baseball.

[Skeletor]

American Sports  own you bitches

maybe you can give me an intelligent response to that question

As if you deserve one Really, the way you express yourself doesn't exactly encourage intelligent debate.

[mikegiuliana]

my neighborhood went nuts over italy's win... italian american myself but my family has been here quite  awhile..

[Tj]

First of all,   I would like to say GO ITALY!!   BEST SOCCERSOCCER SOCCER team  in the world . I would also like to say that American Sports  own you bitches .   All you have is soccer.   There is never a time in america  where there isn't a Professional sport going on.  What other sports do you people have besides soccer?  What else is there when Soccer season ends??   Soccer=  a sport that celebrates  divers  and cheaters .  In america  any athlete that fakes an injury  is looked  at as a bitch  ,  that kind of behavior is not accepted in American sports.   I don't understand  why that shit is encouraged  in international soccer.  maybe you can give me an intelligent response to that question .   Anyway ,  I am glad that  Italy won but this   probably was the  worst World Cup I have ever seen  and I have watched all of them since Mexico 86' .

You'd be a fool to judge Football by International matches, if that's what you've done. Even if there weren't other sports when the Football season ends, Football alone is far and above most other sports in the world, as far as most sports fans in the UK are concerned. It's considered far and above American Football, Baseball...you name it, so we're hardly left feeling unsatisfied. How much league Football have you watched? Excluding MLS, because that's no match for European leagues.

There is a lot of play-acting in Football, and it's frustrating as hell. I'm very upset with Zidane, and the various other players that have tarnished the image of the game over the last month or so. Play-acting is not universally encouraged, but I do get the impression that within certain teams the players do encourage each other to do it sometimes. It's hard to think of a way to put a stop to it. It contributed to semi-ruining this World Cup, along with the refereeing and disappointing individual and team performances.

In response to your question about what other sports we have...well, I'm playing Cricket tonight. The nationwide feeling when England won The Ashes last year was fantastic, and many people were drawn in by it. In case you're not aware, The Ashes is a Cricket competition held between Australia and England. Australia normally win.

America probably does have a larger number of popular sports, for all I know, but then it also has a few more million people than most countries do. For the record though, here in the UK we do also have Rugby League, Rugby Union, Horse Racing, Golf, Tennis (notably Wimbledon), Snooker, Squash, Hockey, Sailing...etc. There are American Sports here too, such as Basketball and Ice Hockey. Not many people really care about them though, compared to how people care about Football. We're not forced into following Football, we choose to because it is an excellent sport and we love it. I'll grant you that a few of the sports I've mentioned are ones I don't particularly enjoy, but the point is that they are there for others to enjoy, watch and participate in. Only in your somewhat ignorant view does American sport 'own' us 'bitches'. I personally don't feel owned, and I don't feel unsatisfied with the sporting entertainment that is made available here. By the way, American Football and Baseball both owe their development to sports played in Britain, which I find mildly ironic

its called soccer in my country, so get off your fucking high horse.

Precisely. I never realised people really took this issue so seriously... I'm English but come on guys, it's not that important what other people wanna call the sport. I'm sure there are plenty of other more worthwhile things to worry about. I plan to carry on calling it Football, but I'm not going to worry too much if other people want to call it Soccer. I don't see why I'd want to bother.

[Olorin]

Yeah lets go play "soccer", down the "soccer pitch" with the "soccer ball"

Fuck off - its "Fitba" or "Footy" or at the very least "football".

[Butch Français]

Italy, bleh...hate 'em

Oh c'mon, I just love to see the French crying like that... Especially after what they did to us in 98! 

and who might "us" be?

oh well, if there was any fairness in the world, Argentina would have won the world cup. but they already went out in the quarter finals so it's painfully clear that nothing is fair!

[Tj]

Yeah lets go play "soccer", down the "soccer pitch" with the "soccer ball"

Fuck off - its "Fitba" or "Footy" or at the very least "football".

Thanks for the intelligent, well-reasoned response. I'm blown away by your logic 

[Olorin]

Nae Bother Mucker!!

[Oddy]

oh i give up.

footy, football etc means AFL here. a footy ball is a rugby ball.

this is such trivial shit and i'm not gonna continue.

i'm not implying that the sport is only to be called soccer. i'm saying that football is also referred to as soccer in some countries so deal with it.

its not called football EVERYWHERE as you'd like to think.

[Gaymo, the Hobbit]

what the fuck was he thinking?

i am asking myself that very same question. i'm still shocked. it's so sad..