i love the noise

no noise = not good football

the fans make the sport what it is

no that's shite too, especially since 364 other days of the year you get pissed we didn't say "netherlands"

the only match I fear is US v Mexico

since no matter how that goes we're gonna have riots

/me blows vuvuzela

blaaaaaaaaa cant hear you blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

should be 3-2 USA. refs doing their best to not let us win.

terrible refereeing. ends in 2-2 tie, but USA would have won 3-2 if not for that terrible call. we'll see if it affects who advances or not. i am raging right now >=|

Bad calls by the ref are basically part of the game, don't worry so much

Referee's a wanker, of course.

yeah that's probably why it succeeds in many different cultures but as a soccer fan put it, "the difference between mediocre soccer and excellent soccer is known only to an expert" 

and we've seen it here, the score is tied and you argue the moral force of a non-winner instead of demanding games go til somebody WINS.

well  NOBODY is saying "gee teh US and England are perfectly matched opponents and any matchup must end in a stalemate like nuclear war"

SOMEBODY is better than the other, why not spend an extra 15 mins to find out and give their fans pwning rights?

I mean everything England is saying now abut how good they are in regulation would still be true if a shot bounced off Rooney's ass for a goal in Overtime, it would just be a lot more fun and there's nothing US fans could say about it, England would have won

yeah, the ref made several bad calls throughout the game, that were to the detriment of the US... the yellowcard on the US player, not going to bother looking up his name atm, was unjustified... he was nailed at the side of the face, the ball went straight down and hit his hand, how the ref could figure that someone being clobbered by a ball in the face could in a fraction of a sec intentionally hit the ball with his hand, is beyond me, there was nothing to indicate there was either. Dempsey had a foul called against him that was quite horrible, when the US had a golden scoring oppotunity in the box. and then there was the last big one where they disallowed the goal...

the blame can't all go to the ref though; the US allowed themselves to get into that bad of a situation.

Now, more importantly, let's watch Algeria cream us.

It ain't capitalised for a reason son.

Well done USA, loved that fighting spirit! As for the refs... You win some, you lose some, that elbow to the face in The first minute was worth a red card.

Anyhow, the 2010 cup seems to be the cup for the underdogs!:)