Lets go USA!!! Kick some English ass!

[ProgressiveVictory]

enough said. :)

[Catherina]

1. Utterly stupid. You think that's what this is about? Sad n/t

[seabeyond]

3. soccer, right? why not? you think the other countries are not rootin their own? nt

[Catherina]

29. Sorry. I didn't realize this was about soccer

Watching the news today made me think it was about the spill. Thanks for setting me straight.

In the spirit of things then, go USA! Kick their ass!

[seabeyond]

39. bah hahah. hugs to you. oh girl,. lol. nt

[jefferson_dem]

7. Awww... Geeesh...

We are allowed to root for our nation in an international sporting event, you know. Lighten up.

[nmbluesky]

10. ummm

you are not following World Cup?

yes kick England's ASSSSSSS

America Revolution!!!!!!!!

[suffragette]

13. Catherina, The US vs England World Cup soccer match is about to start

Understand your response in the context of the BP threads (and agree with it about those ones) but that's not what this one is about.

:-)

[jefferson_dem]

20. Those who discount the world cup should give it a try.

This is a truly global celebration of sportmanship, patriotism, and national culture. Much prefer it to all the puffed-up hype over the Olympics.

[suffragette]

22. Love me some World Cup

but I think Catherina didn't know what this thread was about and should be given a break on that account.

[jefferson_dem]

23. Oh.... you may be right.

:hide:

[suffragette]

24. Now for my hardest choice

To watch on ABC or CBC :dilemma:
I'll probably flip back & forth and hopefully won't miss a big moment.

[Ignis]

32. +1. It's a great event, even if you're not a footie fan.

Go find a pub/bar/cinema that's playing it on a big screen. A place with plenty of fans and plenty of drink is ideal. ;)

[Fuzz]

14. Oh c'mon. Yes, it's sport. Root for your country.

/sigh

[Lucian]

16. It's about rooting for your home country in the World Cup...

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[mwooldri]

41. and if your home country isn't playing...

... then you cheer for the country that's playing the one who you DONT want to see win.

There are a good quantity of people in Scotland who will cheer for any team playing against England and hope THEY win instead of the English. I know some personally. They don't hate the English, they're definitely not racist but they're definitely very nationalistic and if their team is knocked out nothing gives them more satisfaction than to see England lose at a football (Association or Rugby) match.

[Oregone]

25. No silly. They aren't talking about soccer. They are talking about Obama throat booting BP

See...thats worth rooting for

:rofl:

[Catherina]

34. I apologize to everyone. I misunderstood and feel very sheepish now

It's good to feel sheepish once in a while!

Go USA!

[seabeyond]

2. not that i would every cheer america on, here at du. shhh, tis almost taboo

but

ya

ok

rah... lol

[Go2Peace]

15. Nothing wrong with that. Just most Americans are not up on Soccer

I thought this was a BP thread as well at first.

Thanks for the thread though! Now I know. Go America! I have a relative in Europe who kept wanting to talk soccer yesterday. Now I know why LOL!

[UndertheOcean]

4. What is wrong with mutually enjoying playing with the ball , just for fun.

[seabeyond]

5. lol. that too. bah hahaha. geez. ok

i knew i wouldnt do well with this thread.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. what's wrong with enjoying the competition of a competive sport?

This isn't some sort of kindergarten "everybody's a winner" crap.

[jefferson_dem]

6. USA! USA! USA!

Let's go Yanks!

Watch here - http://www.tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=2119

Follow here - http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=264043&cc=5901&ver=us

[jefferson_dem]

9. By the way, USA has an undefeated 3-0 record against Britain.

Revolutionary War, War of 1812 & the 1950 world cup. :patriot:

:)

[Electric Monk]

11. I predict a 0-0 tie

Soccer is exciting that way

[malaise]

30. You lose

It's a 1-1 draw

[Go2Peace]

12. del.

[madrchsod]

17. USA! USA! USA!

[Initech]

18. To use a quote from Beerfest:

"Looks like we got the Brits in round one. We already kicked their asses in WWII. Cheerio let's do it again."

[genna]

19. I thought you meant British Petroleum

I don't follow soccer. Enjoy your game.

[4lbs]

21. Soccer: The REAL Football.

;)

[tkmorris]

36. Too true

Any questions?

[Dead_Parrot]

46. DUzy

That deserves a thread of it's own...

[pink-o]

26. Just spent the last week in London. Pissed off a lot of "pissed" blokes in the pubs

...with a few "USA! USA!" chants. :rofl: :rofl: But yeah--WTF is wrong for cheering your country on? We do it for the Olympics, and since America is late to soccer it's pretty awesome that we're as good as we are.

So I've been back in SF for less than 16 hours, still loopy from jet lag, but the other thing that I got into with the Brits about is this: The media over there are actually SYMPATHETIC to BP. The general consensus is that we are mean, bullying yankees, and Tony Hayward is just an "affable geologist" who found himself in an unfortunate position and is now the most hated man in America. Seriously!

I got a lot of Brits yelling at me when I brought up the fact that their "affable geologist" is a greedy corporate pig who thought he could get away with doing it on the cheap. Believe me, they were ready to pay for my flight home after that!

[Dappleganger]

35. This is worthy of its own original post!

PLEASE re-post this because there are some real dolts on this forum who actually think the same way about BP. It's just too fucking ridiculous!

[pink-o]

43. Here ya go:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8545519

[nmbluesky]

27. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

England score first!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[mitchum]

28. And they will pay good money to have their asses birched

rather than kicked

[Seneca]

37. Lawrence, is that you?

;-)

[Ignis]

31. ABE, huh?

[dorkulon]

33. 1-1 tie. Tell me again how exciting soccer is?

Okay, calm down. Just kidding.

[seabeyond]

40. from what i hear, u.s. is defense and gotta be on defense that they win, hence low score

they are playing good game.

surely the game is over/

i know nothing about the game, just listened to bbc this morning and am showing off the bet of info i have

[marmar]

38. Anglophobic FAIL

:thumbsdown:

[mwooldri]

42. FAIL again.

It's a football match!

It's about cheering for your country's side. I could equally have said "Go England! Go kick some Yankee arse back to America...".

No offence against the English was intended and none was taken.

[ZombieHorde]

44. Fuck that, I root for the ball. Poor thing is always getting kicked around. nt

[scheming daemons]

45. Hey OP, haven't we bashed BP enough?

oh... you meant soccer.


;-)