The Educator 1,572 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Watched them throw away the opportunity to go through and put out Portugal with around 30 seconds to go. They had three opportunities to kill the game by punting the ball out of play and instead they give it away cheap in the middle of the park, ten seconds later goal for Portugal. Made me think back to all of the similar failures we had to face at the WC and EC's over the years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FernandoR20 2,133 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Nope Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,685 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Naw. I'd say England will be on par with Scotland soon enough though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 no. the USA are a talented team that qualify for tournaments Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchy 1,200 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 All them soccer mums will make sure they never get as bad as us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Williamson. 83,940 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Girl on sky sports news thinks USA are winning the World Cup this year.Aye, eh, naww Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 19,113 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 No, Scotland are the new USA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidavies1970 0 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 very plucky and a lot of determination shown against Portugal.Unlucky but a good point still! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky. 6,965 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 no. the USA are a talented team that qualify for tournamentsThey do have a much easier area to qualify from, to be fair.A few talented players, even still. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabawsa 888 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Don't think so. They are not a fledgling nation and once they get to the tournaments tend to put up a good show. They have everything geared up going forward for their future generations to become serious contenders. Couldn't believe they have the biggest travelling support in Brazil with an estimated 200K down there for WC! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Don't think so. They are not a fledgling nation and once they get to the tournaments tend to put up a good show. They have everything geared up going forward for their future generations to become serious contenders.Couldn't believe they have the biggest travelling support in Brazil with an estimated 200K down there for WC!35,000 American Hispanics suppporting Mexico.30.000 American Hispanics supporting Colombia.25,000 American Hispanics supporting Ecuador.15,000 American Hispanics supporting Costa Rica.5,000 American Hispanics supporting Hondurus.20,000 Italian Americans supporting Italy.10.000 Greek Americans supporting Greece5,000 ex Yugoslav, Croatian and Bosnian Americans supporting Croatia and Bosnia.5,000 Oriental American supporting Korea5,000 Oriental Americans supporting Japan.10,000 African Americans supporting Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Cameroon.10,000 Brit Americans supporting England5,000 German Americans supporting Germany.10,000 French Belgian and Dutch Americans supporting France, Belgium and Holland.5,000 Arabic Americans supporting Iran and Algeria.5,000 assorted Swiss, Portugese, Russian and Spanish Americans supporting Switerland, Portugal, Russia and Spain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingWilBEARy 4,319 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 No, USA are the current USA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstamomusa 3,811 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Don't think so. They are not a fledgling nation and once they get to the tournaments tend to put up a good show. They have everything geared up going forward for their future generations to become serious contenders.Couldn't believe they have the biggest travelling support in Brazil with an estimated 200K down there for WC! Bigger Than Baseball: 25 Million Watch U.S.-Portugal World Cup Match TV Ratings in U.S.-Portugal Tie Show World Cup’s DrawBy BILL CARTER JUNE 23, 2014 Continue reading the main storyShare This PageFACEBOOKSAVEWith an audience of 25 million viewers for Sunday’s game between the United States and Portugal, the World Cup is moving into elite territory as a sports property on American television. Ratings for the game were the highest for any soccer game telecast in America and reached more viewers than events like the N.B.A. finals or the World Series.375]Sunday’s game, which ended in a 2-2 tie after Portugal scored a late goal, attracted a total of 24.7 million viewers across two television networks, ESPN and Univision. The ESPN audience alone — 18.2 million viewers — set a record for a soccer game on American television. The previous record, for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final, which was won by the United States, was 17.9 million viewers. That game was on a broadcast network — ABC — rather than cable television. 375]The Spanish-language Univision, which also aired the game, had an audience of 6.5 million viewers (up from nearly five million viewers for the United States’ opening game, against Ghana). Add in the average audience of 500,000 ESPN announced had streamed the game and the viewership surpassed 25 million. Continue reading the main story 375]While not near the totals scored by the N.F.L. playoffs or, certainly, the Super Bowl, the American audience for the World Cup game on Sunday easily eclipsed the N.B.A. finals this year, which averaged 15.5 million viewers, as well as the 2013 World Series, which averaged 14.9 million viewers. The N.H.L. playoffs are not even remotely as popular as the World Cup, having averaged only five million viewers this season.375]ESPN reported Monday that the game was its most-watched event outside of N.F.L. or college football. But it even rivaled the audience for the B.C.S. championship game on ESPN last January. That game averaged 25.7 million viewers, only counting the ESPN numbers. Sunday’s World Cup game peaked in viewership on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. when it reached almost 23 million viewers.375]Also, as with all major sports events, the numbers do not accurately reflect viewers who watched the game in groups — in bars and other locations.375]The increases reflect a general surge in interest for the World Cup games, which are being hosted by Brazil. Across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, all owned by the Walt Disney Company, audiences for the matches thus far in the 2014 World Cup are up by 50 percent from those for the last World Cup, in South Africa in 2010. So far, the games have averaged 4.3 million viewers, up from 2.8 million in 2010. That is partly because of the more advantageous schedule in Brazil, with live games more accessible to American viewers, mainly during afternoon hours in the United States.375]But increased interest in soccer in the United States may be helping to drive the numbers, as a generation of younger viewers who grew up playing the sport in youth leagues are now among the more devoted viewers for the sport.375]Unless the United States advances to the knockout round, Sunday’s game could be the high-water mark for World Cup ratings because the game was played during customary hours for sports viewing. The next American game, against Germany, will be played Thursday at noon Eastern time.375]Twitter also reported Monday that over eight million posts were sent during the United States-Portugal match. And Facebook reported about 10 million participants offering about 20 million reactions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCPRANGERS1 2,997 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 USA are IMO a strong emerging nation who given how they develop youth in sports they could go on to be one of the top nations,they have the resources and attitude and are unlikely to sit still.As a sporting nation they always want to be successful and I see no reason why they can't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wearethepeople72 1,847 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 No... USA are in the World Cup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Soprano 13,964 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 UDA are IMO a strong emergibe nation who given how they develop youth in sports they could go on to be one of the top nations,they have the resources and attitude and are unlikely to sit still.As a sporting nation they always want to be successful and I see no reason why they can't.Mon the UVs ya womble. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 UDA?!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 The Scots under Strachan are probably closest to Chile in terms of style of play.They even ripped off one of our set-plays (but at least we scored from it). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCPRANGERS1 2,997 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Mon the UVs ya womble.Oops fucked that up eh.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdasyn 431 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Obsessed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratcher 8 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 35,000 American Hispanics suppporting Mexico.30.000 American Hispanics supporting Colombia.25,000 American Hispanics supporting Ecuador.15,000 American Hispanics supporting Costa Rica.5,000 American Hispanics supporting Hondurus.20,000 Italian Americans supporting Italy.10.000 Greek Americans supporting Greece5,000 ex Yugoslav, Croatian and Bosnian Americans supporting Croatia and Bosnia.5,000 Oriental American supporting Korea5,000 Oriental Americans supporting Japan.10,000 African Americans supporting Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Cameroon.10,000 Brit Americans supporting England5,000 German Americans supporting Germany.10,000 French Belgian and Dutch Americans supporting France, Belgium and Holland.5,000 Arabic Americans supporting Iran and Algeria.5,000 assorted Swiss, Portugese, Russian and Spanish Americans supporting Switerland, Portugal, Russia and Spain. You forgot the 6.8 Million Scots who supported whoever played England Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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