and it'll help if Portugal beats Ghana by only one or two or at least draws with them...Go Portugal!!!

Honestly, before the World Cup started, the USA would've been happy with a win and a tie for their first two games.

Hope for a draw between Ghana and Portugal...fingers crossed...

So you're a leg man now?

Anybody else having difficulty understanding the British announcers and analysts? It was tough to understand them during the Holland vs Chilly match.

30 seconds fewer in "extra time" and we win the game.

Just like I'll watch curling or the long jump during the Olympics.

But the fact remains that Soccer is a Chump game. The players would rather use deceit than skill to win a game. Which is a shame, because there are some great athletes playing the sport.

I hate flopping in looking for the penalty as well. I'm just sad that it's crept in the basketball and football.

But in those sports it rarely decides a game.

In soccer, a false infraction in the first 10 minutes can very likely decide the game.

So I see why the gutless players do it. I don't understand why the seemingly good players do it. And I certainly can't understand why the league isn't doing anything about it.

There are a load of closeted soccer fans. People mock what they don't understand.

Netherlands basically gets a bye vs. Mexico. Chile & Netherlands could be good. The Dutch players are use to playing better competition. Notso much for the Chileans.

Need to get some soccer time tomorrow.

If they would instant replay Offsides and Goal/No Goal calls, and add an additional ref, there would be a better game and more fans.

Flopping does make me nut. Until he gets a couple yellow's and an ejection, Ajen Robben will continue to flip around like a spastic punk rocker. He's the worst.

As I said, it's a shame it has spread to the nba. But this **** is nothing new in any sport.

On my college team I had a striker from Malaysia (Bada) who was the master of getting away with the intentional hand ball. He'd screen the ref with his body act like he was trapping with his chest then used both arms to drop the ball to his feet. He didn't need to, he was Awsome. We just got bored sometimes lol. His favorite was when he could turn his back to the field and do it towards the opposing fans. They always freaked out.

Meh. Athletes are aholes in general I guess.

Deceiving the other team is not the same as deceiving the refs.

I'm only mildly surprised you can't see the difference.

Soccer is the ONLY sport where the fans ridicule non-fans.

I like the NFL. If someone doesn't? meh.

Can't watch NHL Hockey? OK.

The NBA sucks? Well, OK. The NBA does suck.

But soccer fans? If you don't like soccer, it is YOU who have the issue.

YOU obviously don't understand!!

Thou doth protest too much.

You couldn't be more wrong.

The refs job isn't to define intent. Interference is interference. You may not have meant to hold him, or to step out of bounds or to drop the ball or to smack Sir Tom in the face. But if you do any of these things it's a penalty.

Probably 50% of all passes thrown over 30 yards are intended to draw a penalty.

A hail mary pass is NOTHING without the threat of a holding or interference on the play.

This isn't about deceiving the ref.

It's about getting the call if the infraction occurs.

Belichick didn't want to fool the ref. He wanted to get the player to make a stupid mistake.

I am beginning to understand the depth of your hatred for belichick. You'll argue points that bear zero facts to support your stance, simply because it's against him.