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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:53 am
already two great days of FUTBOL .....that trindad game yesterday was remarkable... cant wait to see iran and mexico today and of course the US plays tomorrow at 11:55am EST
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 6:59 am
Only saw the first half of the T/T game yesterday, but heard the second half was really great with only 10 players. England game, though they won, was a disappointment. My dh's football(soccer) team has a schedule -- for the early morning games, different people are taking turns hosting breakfasts at their house. He's down the block right now watching Iran/Mexico at the home of one of our Persian friends. His teammmates hail from lots of countries in South & North America, Europe, Asia & Middle East, so they've pretty much got it covered!
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 7:07 am
one of the good things about DC is that its full of international soccer fans the T/T game WAS great - sweden got so frustarted the`last few minutes when they couldnt score even with one man up - and that goalie is a national hero now - he went to Howard University and interned at NASA, i wonder what he has planned after soccer
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 7:27 am
OK, soooo... I was just outside on my upstairs deck trimming my boxwood. I hear this huge uproar from somewhere in one of the highrises around me -- don't really know where. First instinct was, "Is someone fighting?" Second thought was, "Iran must have scored a goal." Go into the room with the TV and my second thought was correct!!!!
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Reiki
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 7:51 am
Yeah, the England/Paraguay game was a bit of a snooze after the only goal in the first 4 minutes of play, but I am glad that England won. Nice to be able to cheer for Beckham again and to see him and Gary Neville play together again. In the regular FA Premiership season I am a Manchester United fan so for World Cup I am watching teams England and Netherlands closely.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 10:47 am
I was sooooo mad this morning. The local ABC station decided NOT to show the Mexico/Iran game. Thank goodness we have a Spanish station that decided to show it instead. It's so funny to listen to the Spanish color man, he's so animated, I love it!
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 11:07 am
how in the world can they not show the mexico game - geez angola playing their former ruling country has to be interesting - i just wish angola would score
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 11:11 am
this is a pretty good game. I would like to see Angola score as well.
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Reiki
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 9:12 am
The end of the Australia/Japan match was pretty exciting. Too bad US couldn't have had nice turn around like that.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 9:39 am
Oh yeah! My brother buzzed to tell about the Australia/Japan match. Amazing.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:17 am
Yankee left me some bread crumbs, thanks Yank! Quite a good game, Italy-Ghana. Somebody give these poor Italians a GPS so they can find the inside of that goal.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:19 am
.........and Ghana could use one of those, too.LOL
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 11:22 am
Hi, Lum!!! I'm finding myself rooting for Ghana in this game. They have good passing but can't seem to finish... I missed the Australia/Japan game, and from the sounds of it, I'm sorry I did.
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 11:24 am
Normally I would too, but I happen to know that there is a wayward Italian with no interest in soccer in general nor the Italian team in particular (landi , so I am trying to compensate for that today. ETA: If you get a chance watch the repeat of at least the second half of the Aussie-Japan game. Well worth it. RSW is showing it at 1 am Eastern.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 11:29 am
Wow -- that Italian celebration on the ground was ... umm ... interesting. (I have a 13" TV in my office and am watching while working LOL)
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 12:55 pm
I have been looking for a schedule/breakdown, sort of like they put out for tennis and basketball. Does anyone know where there is something like that?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 1:01 pm
Overall U.S. viewing schedule: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/worldcup/2006/schedule/ Day-by-day schedule & results: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/worldcup/2006/scoreboards/today/
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 5:02 am
LOL, gosh I love watching these "little" teams! They are so much fun!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 12:34 pm
thanks Yankee!!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 10:48 am
Anyone in Canada watching World Cup? If I NEVER see that Rogers Wireless ad again I'll be thrilled. It is driving me nuts. Awful. I'm about to write them to tell them. "... a really cool oom-pah-pah band playing hip hop" ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 10:53 am
Not as bad as those Canuck Tire Father's Day sale guys, though, Yank.LOL Gee, I did my work this morning so I could watch this afternoon. The way things are going, I should have been watching Tunesia-Saudi Arabia instead. That one "sounded" like a lot of fun.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 10:55 am
yep, Lum. Do you mean the Best Buy ads? I swear there are only 4 ads playing during every game. The Rogers one is really sending me over the edge, though. I'm working while the TV is on in my office. Not paying too much attention, but I keep hearing "really cool oom-pah-pah band" every 10 minutes or so and it's driving me insaaaaaane!!!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 10:59 am
Time to hit the mute button, Yank. Was that Best Buy? My apologies to Canuck Tire. Although I am sure they are in the wings with some annoying ad, too.LOL You'd think more companies would be interested in hawking their wares during World Cup. Or have they priced themselves out of customers?
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 11:34 am
you know what really, really ticked me off was that FIFA would not make a deal with Armed Forces Network to show the games, so our military guys overseas can't watch the games unless they are lucky enough to catch them on local tv (and probably not understand them)
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 3:06 pm
It's an evil Future Shop ad.....the whole thing goes on about how they can offer low prices because they only film one commercial, and then "voice over" the name of the sale. Both the Rogers and Future shop ads are absolutely annoying. But maybe that's because the "kids picking teams" and the Budweiser commercials don't have much intrusive talking.
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