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Yes, it is still over a good month away, but the fact of the matter is this: There is really no bigger international event in today's world than the World Cup. Yes, bigger than the superbowl, bigger than the Rugby finals (because we all know Rugby is just an orgy with a ball thrown in the scrum Wink ), and even bigger than the olympics. I honestly hate soccer, being an American and also being a long time player of contact football, but there is honestly no comparison to the rush I get from being in the midst of a soccer match crowd, and even though all the countries are gunning at each other for the title, a rush of peace can be felt all over the stadium as the teams compete for their country's honor.

I wrote a stanza a while back about the world cup that I thought I'd share with you all (believe me, this is nothing compared to the other full scale poems I've written, but it's short and sweet).

22 players, out on the grass
Kick and dribble, trap and pass
Sprint and run, tackle and fall
All for the love of the sacred ball

I wish I could attend, but I don't know how the hell I'm going to get to South Africa, and tickets for the matches are going to be impossible to come by. So I guess I'll be laying back and watching from Chicago, and until June 11th when everything kicks off, I have this trailer to keep me satisfied.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXlBSlyU8xY

Anyone here attending the world cup? Who are you pulling for? Will you be watching?

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As I'm from Panama, football, or soccer as you prefer, is in my blood. Again our team didn't classified but well, honestly, they suck.
As a long time tradition, me and my friends are making bets on how the Cup is going to fold up; on 2006, my bets won me $60 as I was the only one who said Italy was going to win instead of Brazil.
I think I'll be watching (since its the only thing that will be broadcasted), and sincerely I support Italy this year as well, thou the French and Spaniards look pretty strong this year.

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I'm with you James, I'm also placing some bets on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
But there's more ways than just betting on the world cup winner. I'll usually look at all world cup betting odds for the different teams and then wager on a number of different matches depending on where I think the bookies have got it wrong. Not necessarily big amounts either but rather spread them out. Whether my favorite team wins or not is a different matter all-together.

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Well, here in Britain, we are settling into a pattern we have been doing for the past 44 years. Basically, it boils down to getting extremely patriotic at the start of the World Cup, before the entire country sort of slips into a submissive regret as we realize, yet again, we won't have a snowballs chance in hell. Also on the note that my country seems to fail epically at everything international we do....last place in Eurovision...really Europe?

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i didn't watch Eurovision this year, as i think it's full of crap.
but how do you think i would feel if i cared? Sweden didn't even make it to the finals

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I'll be watching pretty much every match, depite it starting in the middle of my GCSEs. All the big matches are after they've finished so it's all good Laughing out loud

Of course, I'm supporting England and think this year is one of our best chances (although some of the squad decisions are a bit dodgy)

Come on England!!! Laughing out loud

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I think England has a pretty good team, but Terry is the captain, and nobody seems to like that. I think that the cup stays in Europe this year, Spain, Holland or maybe even Italy, thou England has pretty good chances too. As to America, Argentina could make some good competition, and Brasil... meh, don't think they are going anywere.

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Yeah sorry USA is gonna wipe the floor with England Drunk

I hope Ivory Coast wins it all, though. I think they're playing for the most out of all the teams.

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Terry isn't the captain anymore because he got with one of Chelsea's other player's (Wayne Bridge) girlfriend Tongue that's why no one likes him and why he lost the captaincy Smile

Keep dreaming FLaE! England have looked poor recently but I reckon we'll step it up and win 3-1 Laughing out loud Tongue

The winners, for me, will be England, Holland or Italy again Smile

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Despite my cynicism earlier, I think patrickdps3 has the right attitude.

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Come on England!!! Laughing out loud

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I'm always hopeful Tongue

So do you support England then Joe, or Scotland? Smile

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The winners, for me, will be England, Holland or Italy again Smile

Holland! Big smile

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Terry isn't the captain anymore because he got with one of Chelsea's other player's (Wayne Bridge) girlfriend Tongue that's why no one likes him and why he lost the captaincy Smile

I know, that's why I said it.

Anywya, to me, is even Italy or Spain.

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I'm always hopeful Tongue

So do you support England then Joe, or Scotland? Smile

England. I am an Englishman after all. Have you noticed the new Mars Bars have the English flag on? Many of the Scots up here are going mad, haha.

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Well, so much for my hopes about Ivory Coast. They just lost Didier Drogba due to a broken arm training against Japan. That's really unfortunate, he helped put the Civil War in the Ivory Coast on pause 4 years ago by getting Ivory Coast into the tournament.

I guess now I'm just rooting for America, but I also kind of want South Africa to win it as well. I think it would be great for Nelson Mandela to get to see his country win the event he promised the people he would bring to South Africa.

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I am an Englishman after all. Have you noticed the new Mars Bars have the English flag on? Many of the Scots up here are going mad, haha.

Yeah I've seen that. my friend thought it was a new kind of Mars bar but then realised it was just for the World Cup Tongue nd the new ad with Barnes reprising his World in Motion rap role Laughing out loud

yeah its pretty unfortunate for Drogba. Kind of blows Cote d'Ivoire's chances, especially seeing as there in the group fo death this year. Hope they still manage to get through Smile

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England will definately beat USA. But they won't make it into the final.That's coming from an englishman too.

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sadly, I think you could be right there. I think we'll make the semis but will probably meet Brazil or perhaps even go out to France in the quarters.

Still, I will have hope... Laughing out loud

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I think Spain will win. Their team is just amazingly good since they won the European Championship in 2008. I'm from Holland, and some people say we're gonna win, but it would be great if we reach the quarter final, with all our humiliation in the past... Shy

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Yeah Spain are brilliant. I predict a Spain Brazil final with Spain winning. Obviously I want Spain Enlcand or Germany England with England winning though.

Holland are good but I think you might miss out again. The most successful team never to win the World Cup... Smile

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Germany England with England winning though.

Oh man, imagine what it would be like going abroad to Germany if that happened, I know quite a few peoples Dad's who are still gloating that we beat Germany in '66, imagine what it would be like if we beat them again for this year!

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haha. they'd never live it down. its amazing how much we still hate them Tongue

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EVERYONE hates the germans!

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Ah, draw. I can't believe our keeper fumbled that one though, without that, it would have been a resounding 1-0.

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Lol Britain Fail Tongue

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I laughed at Green... Crazy

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Not Britian fail. England Fail. People from England, Wales and Scotland would be horrified to be collected together as supporting the same football team.

Not really a fail either tbf. Rob green made an awful mistake and Heskey should have scored but we were still far better. I think we'll win the group on goal difference or Slovenia will draw with USA.

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I bet USA wins out. England will definitely drop another one of these games in the same fashion that Rob Green dropped that ball.

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HOLLAND won! 2-0! Danmark was no match for us...

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Drogba had the opportunity to win it today and he passed it up Sad(

Oh, and Christiano Ronaldo is quite possibly the biggest pussy in the history of existence.

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Oh, and Christiano Ronaldo is quite possibly the biggest pussy in the history of existence.

You realize this just now?

Anyway, I'm worried. Buffon seems to have an injury and has been taken out from the titular roster until further notice. This might be very bad news for Italy.

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Sigh, another draw, this time 0-0 against Algeria. We are clinging on by the skin of our teeth...

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At least you are not as bad as France

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We should have won 3-2 today, but those goddamn offsides calls...

Whatever. England, France, and Spain all fail. It looks like Germany's beginning to dominate Europe again (wait, that didn't come out right...)

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Wow France. Just wow. Your failure astounds me. First you cheat Ireland out of a World Cup spot, and then what do you do with it? You fall apart, the director resigns, the players refuse to train, the coaches are at each other's throats, and to top it all off you're facing disqualification. Way to go!

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Have you guys heard about Pavlos Joseph? He was an England fan, went looking for the toliet, and ended up wandering into the England dressing room minutes after Prince William and Prince Harry had left. Pavlos told them he was very disappointed in them and then South African police have arrested him, and he now faces a year in a South African jail for trespassing, with him and his entire family banned from continuing to attend this years World Cup. In some ways, its understandable, as if it had been a couple of minutes earlier, he could have been a security risk to the Princes, but really, it was an innocent mistake Sad .

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Wow France. Just wow. Your failure astounds me. First you cheat Ireland out of a World Cup spot, and then what do you do with it? You fall apart, the director resigns, the players refuse to train, the coaches are at each other's throats, and to top it all off you're facing disqualification. Way to go!

Also, it's nice knowing that there is someone worse than us.

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We should have won 3-2 today, but those goddamn offsides calls...

Whatever. England, France, and Spain all fail. It looks like Germany's beginning to dominate Europe again (wait, that didn't come out right...)

Germany was crushed by Servia lately. The only ones doing a good job are Argentina and the Netherlands. This is a crappy World Cup. And England-Algeria was the most boring game EVER! Except for this moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hpSGaEBju8 You're right, USA should've won, Slovenia gave it all away.

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The only ones doing a good job are Argentina and the Netherlands.

Uh, did you see Brazil absolutely demolish the Ivory Coast yesterday? Some of the stuff Brazil was doing was absolutely unbelievable.

I hope Argentina plays Brazil at some point, what a match that will be...

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Woo, 1-0!! We're through to the next round!! Congrats to America too, for being the top of our group.

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Knew we'd get through somehow! Laughing out loud Yeah well done to America who overall played better but its annoying how one more goal would have do it Sad

Still, can't wait to destroy the Germans! Crazy

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Heh..then the Argies... Commence nationwide jokes about the war and Falklands war in 3...2..1...

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This world cup has been like the war(s) really:

Italy left early, America came in and were strong late on, England are fighting it out with Germany and France din't even put up a fight and got destroyed Tongue

And then of course the quarter finals will be like the Falklands War. Its a shame there's no Iraq or Afghanistan for the Final! Laughing out loud

Sorry if this offends anyone. Its just meant as a joke.

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Wow, Italy just failed. But shhh!!!! Nobody tells Gabry.

Can you believe that both, campion and sub-champion are already out of the world and are last in their respective groups?
I really thought this cup would be for Europe, but seems I wo¿ill have to take the dust off my Argentina shirt, my blood boils just at the thought. Stupid Argentinians.

Anyway I'm impressed by the performance of the americans in the World Cup. 7 out of the 8 qualifiers are already advancing to the next round. Most of them even first.

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Bring it on Ghana! And I hope Chile beats Brazil, otherwise there's no way we'll win our side of the bracket.

But boy, what a final Brazil vs. Argentina would be...

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And so, there goes our worst World cup defeat ever.... That disallowed goal made me so angry, but in the end, 4-1 isn't very disputable....

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not really sure why, but i've been completely uninterested with the games this year.

maybe i'll watch the final later

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Yeah, that disallowed goal was ridiculous. In a way, I guess it's a relief that it didn't determine the outcome of the game. That would have been heartbreaking indeed.

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I think I might support Argentina from now on I guess? I don't know, who else is left in?

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That disallowed goal made me so angry, but in the end, 4-1 isn't very disputable....

Uh, please please PLEASE don't talk about disallowed goals to a United States fan, thank you...

Well, I think Ghana wins the Oscar for Best Actor this year. That overtime period was absolutely ridiculous, there were so many fake injuries on Ghana's side it was unbelievable.

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In the end though Ghana were better than the USA. They deserved to win IMO.

And England were just useless. Wayne Rooney is absolutely appalling. To me he looks injured/overweight as he's so slow. The disallowed goal was ridiculous though. Despite not changing the ultimate outcome, it was definitely important because, at 2-2, I think we'd have played more confidently. I reckon we'd still have narrowly lost though Sad

I'm now rooting for Ghana and japan as they're underdogs but still have a good chance of doing well Smile

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In the end though Ghana were better than the USA. They deserved to win IMO.

Not at all, they just spent the whole game killing clock by kicking the ball around and faking injuries. I actually recall an "injury" right after the extra time goal in which a Ghana player cried out in pain for 5 minutes, was put ON A STRETCHER, carried off the field, and once off the field, got up unassisted and walked back to the bench with a smile on his face. The way they won that game wasn't through skill, it was through one mistake by Tim Howard and the rest of the time behaving like a bunch of childish pussies.

That being said, there were plenty of moments for the US to win the game in regulation. When Auditore (sorry, Alditore Wink ) missed that goal from the seat of his pants with no one in the goal I was heartbroken. And then there was that white guy (his name eludes me right now) who had the ball 1v1 with Ghana's keeper and instead of kicking it up or to the side like the Ghana's striker did, he instead kicked it right to the keeper and lost the chance to score. That was really the only offensive mistake the US made during the game. Ghana did not in ANY sense deserve to win that game.

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