**Official USA vs Germany World Cup Match Thread**
 

USA vs Germany | Recife | Group G | 11 CT | ESPN

This is the big one.

If the United States ties or wins they advance to the knock out stage of the World Cup. There are also scenarios that are not that outlandish that let them move on if they lose but **** those scenarios.

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Jurgen is happy to help get you out of work.

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Are you going to get to watch it?

I am telecommuting today from home because, well, 'Merica.

Yea I am lucky to have a pretty flexible job time wise. Will be at Johnnys Tavern downtown with a bunch of friends.

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In. Work for the first 1/2 hr followed by a 2hr lunch break so gonna catch most of it.

I had a meeting for today at 12:30 that got cancelled due to "unforseen circumstances and schedule conflicts" by EVERYONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND IT :D

Nice. Great to see shit like this.

:thumb:

There's no way I'm missing it

That rules!

Apparently the rain out there is insane.

Means it's harder to get any offense going. Would be such a shame to have a scoreless tie. ;)

"Kick those Nazi asses. Do it for those who died 70 years ago, storming the beaches of Normandy..."

I'd say something like that, if I were the coach of the USMNT... although, most of them are foreigners, so it wouldn't have that big of an impression, I suppose.

Especially if you were the German coach of the USMNT

Heh the coach is German and many players have German ties.

I believe that retread win!
I believe that retread win!
I believe that retread win!

Bwhahaa... I thought his name sounded Nazi-ish. LMAO

As if those players didn't already make you look stupd enough you are doubling down.

All the sports radio this AM was talking about postponing the game...:#

I doubt it. But who knows. Not a lot of precedent for it.

Grant Wahl is at the stadium and reports it is in decent shape no flooding.

Well, good.

GAME ON KRAUTS!:cuss:

I have to work but I'm going to slack off at my computer for two hours.

@JeffreyCarlisle: FIFA official tells me that as things stand now, game is set to be played as scheduled. #usmnt

So, does a slick wet field favor either team?

Might make Bradley look like an equal.

conditions should favor a draw...which is excellent for us

So we make it to the next round with a win or a draw, right? And even if we lose we could get in, depending on tie-breakers?

Correct...if we lose the most likely way we dont advance is if Ghana wins they have the best chance of beating us in goal difference

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Pretty cool illustration of our goals thus far.


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It's gonna be WET!!! I BELIEVE!!!!

Extremely nervous. This German lineup is ridiculous.

Gonna enjoy the game with no expectations. They blew their wad in typical Chiefs fashion the other day...

The rest is Meh now...

The hulkster! That was awesome.

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USA USA USA

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The sucky thing is that Germany really has nothing to lose. It would take a whole lot for Germany not to make it to the next round, and that means they can play to try and score.

Will ESPN be streaming this?

I hope we don't see that Portugal goal replayed for eternity. Advance USA

Seeing the German lineup is scary, Schweinsteiger and Podolski and Muller, they have some great, great players. But we seem to show up against everyone so far.

Univision is. But I'm sneaking out of work in a few to go watch it at a bar (boss is in a meeting until 12 so I just have to pretend I left right before 12).

Gut instinct tells me Germany wins. But when I watched them play last game I thought they looked very beatable.

Whoa dude! Don't step to far out on that limb.

Ghana gets $3 million to play in the world cup? How much does the USA players receive?

That looked dangerous

Hope that gets you to it or close. You have to log in with your cable/dish ect info.

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/channel/espn/#

Sweet, that'll work, thanks.

Germany looks like a way better team than the other two teams we played.

Ghana hit the crossbar.

...And of course ESPN is down.

We're gonna get rocked.

univision is the only good link I've found

Yep...

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Ref shouldve played advantage; card him later.

so much for the "playing for a nil-nil draw" idea.....Germany looks like they're 100% out for blood

JFC we are so outclassed in this match....


Germany came out to ass rap this team...

Heh. Ass rap.

Heh.

I don't know shit about soccer but the Germans look like the Yankees and we are AA team. Going to be tough.

Nice tackle by Gonzalez

Germany looks like Denver, USA looks like the Chiefs...

in the all-whites nonetheless

Well played...

Thats it! It's those damn all white uniforms jinx.

What was that about an attack on an official?

Zusi just a bit off....dang

Bradley fail again.

looks like we are defending well against what looks like the best team I've ever seen play soccer. Their passing is amazing.

The problem (IMO) BRC is that you can only play that level of defense for so long.....sooner or later the dam will break

I'm hoping that we can somehow get to halftime scoreless and both teams say to heck with it and play for a scoreless draw in the second half

Thanks ref.

Oh lord

Damn

Damn...Jones just got whomped by the ref

It would be a miracle to beat these guys. Anyone watching this game can see that we are not anywhere close to being as talented as them.

But the most talented team doesn't win every game.

Portugal up 1-0. Own goal by Ghana!

If either team is trying to win this they're not trying very ****ing hard...

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