I heard on the radio that the game is in question due to torrential rains and mudslides. Could the USA actually get a win from a forfeit due to the other team not being able to show up to the stadium?
World Cup has been going on for 4 days now. US plays tomorrow. Figured someone would have started a thread on it by now...
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Since about 1950 the NFL has averaged between 18 and 23 points per team per game.
Now, taking out field goals (since soccer doesn't have an equivalent) and making a TD count as "1" like it would in soccer, last season the average NFL team scored 2.6 TDs per game.
So the average score of an NFL game is something like 3-2...ish as there are no draws in NFL.
Now, last season in the EPL the average score was roughly 2-1.
It sounds like football scores a lot more than soccer because each score counts as multiple points, but when broken into total scores it's not that much more.
Considering how much easier it is to score a TD vs a goal also makes that 2 score difference per game look less than impressive.
This World Cup is actually on track to be one of the highest, if not the highest, scoring World Cup ever. Every game except one has had at least three goals so far; we've already witnessed 37 goals between 11 games and we're only through 1/5th of the tournament.
This World Cup is actually on track to be one of the highest, if not the highest, scoring World Cup ever. Every game except one has had at least three goals so far; we've already witnessed 37 goals between 11 games and we're only through 1/5th of the tournament.
Sounds like a lot of "offers that can't be refused" have been made.
Isn't this the most corrupt sport in the world? Not to mention the flopping and pulled vaginas?
Since about 1950 the NFL has averaged between 18 and 23 points per team per game.
Now, taking out field goals (since soccer doesn't have an equivalent) and making a TD count as "1" like it would in soccer, last season the average NFL team scored 2.6 TDs per game.
So the average score of an NFL game is something like 3-2...ish as there are no draws in NFL.
Now, last season in the EPL the average score was roughly 2-1.
It sounds like football scores a lot more than soccer because each score counts as multiple points, but when broken into total scores it's not that much more.
Considering how much easier it is to score a TD vs a goal also makes that 2 score difference per game look less than impressive.
Rationalize it all you want, it's not just the score. I can't tell you how many soccer games are 0-0 going into the second half, one team scores a goal early in the half and the announcers say, "that should pretty much sew this one up for X.".
JMU DJ wrote:How I imaging 89hen and CAAFlagship watching the World Cup together:
Yeah, it's kinda hard to describe. I've watched every USMNT qualifying game and WC game for the past three WC's, but I'd rather stick bamboo shoots under my fingernails than watch a game that doesn't involve the USMNT. Tried to watch France v Honduras yesterday and it only reinforced my perception that there is NO honor, fairplay, and nothing manly about the sport. I think they brought out the orange bucket and the magic spray 5 times in the first half.
But hey, much like food, drink, music and women... to each his own.
Since about 1950 the NFL has averaged between 18 and 23 points per team per game.
Now, taking out field goals (since soccer doesn't have an equivalent) and making a TD count as "1" like it would in soccer, last season the average NFL team scored 2.6 TDs per game.
So the average score of an NFL game is something like 3-2...ish as there are no draws in NFL.
Now, last season in the EPL the average score was roughly 2-1.
It sounds like football scores a lot more than soccer because each score counts as multiple points, but when broken into total scores it's not that much more.
Considering how much easier it is to score a TD vs a goal also makes that 2 score difference per game look less than impressive.
Rationalize it all you want, it's not just the score. I can't tell you how many soccer games are 0-0 going into the second half, one team scores a goal early in the half and the announcers say, "that should pretty much sew this one up for X.".
It's as exciting watching a man hit a tiny ball on a vast field, and then chase after it for 3 hours.
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
So...the Chinese don't play soccer? What is their fucking problem?
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
The metal plate above his left ear, however, is invisible beneath the hairline. On October 14, 2006, Cech was on course to guide Chelsea to a second Premier League title when Reading's Stephen Hunt raced into a challenge for a ball. His right knee crunched into the goalkeeper's head, knocking him senseless.
The impact was so hard that a source at the hospital suggested it was consistent with a car crash. Initially the goalie was able to crawl off the pitch for treatment but after several minutes he became incoherent and unable to remember simple details. He was stretchered off to the changing room but slipped into unconsciousness before the arrival of an ambulance.
Cech was rushed to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where it was discovered he had a depressed skull fracture. He was transferred to the specialist neurosurgical unit at Radclie Infirmary, Oxford, at 1am on the Sunday, where two loose pieces of skull were lifted away from the brain and replaced with metal plates. Had they penetrated any deeper he might have died. Happily for him, Cech has little memory of the incident that nearly cost him his life.
So in 150 years of play, we have four acts of sportsmanship. Impressive. How about 90% of the games where a substitute suddenly can't walk off the field late in the game so he wastes two minutes of play time?
BDKJMU wrote:World Cup has been going on for 4 days now. US plays tomorrow. Figured someone would have started a thread on it by now...
See the US Soccer thread....
That says US Soccer and was started in 2012..
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89Hen wrote:
Agreed, people who like soccer who overlook all the dives and bullshit that goes on.
As do people who like baseball, football, basketball and hockey.
Agreed, but none of those sports come anywhere close. Why when you google "football dives" are there only soccer images (and about 14,789 of them)? GMAFB
Do they just hand out diplomas to anyone that wants one at JMU?
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
Grizalltheway wrote:
As do people who like baseball, football, basketball and hockey.
Agreed, but none of those sports come anywhere close. Why when you google "football dives" are there only soccer images (and about 14,789 of them)? GMAFB
Do you really need someone to find you NFL, CFB, NBA dives?
89Hen wrote:
Agreed, but none of those sports come anywhere close. Why when you google "football dives" are there only soccer images (and about 14,789 of them)? GMAFB
Do you really need someone to find you NFL, CFB, NBA dives?
Agreed, but none of those sports come anywhere close
You soccer guys are truly amazing.
Yeah, it's kinda hard to describe. I've watched every USMNT qualifying game and WC game for the past three WC's, but I'd rather stick bamboo shoots under my fingernails than watch a game that doesn't involve the USMNT. Tried to watch France v Honduras yesterday and it only reinforced my perception that there is NO honor, fairplay, and nothing manly about the sport. I think they brought out the orange bucket and the magic spray 5 times in the first half. 
