~~~~~ The OFFICIAL World Cup 2010 Thread ~~~~~

[SPATCH]

The World Cup Schedule (Group Play)

US v England: Saturday, June 12 at 1:30 pm CST on ABC
US v Slovenia: Friday, June 18 at 9:00 am CST on ESPN
US v Algeria: Wednesday, June 23 at 9:00 am CST on ESPN


Group C rankings

England - FIFA Ranking: 8 SPI: 3
Slovenia - FIFA Ranking: 25 SPI: 35
Algeria - FIFA Ranking: 30 SPI: 64
United States - FIFA Ranking: 14 SPI: 15

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

The cadence is poetry Howard [slight pause] gratefully claims it [pause] distribution [pause] brilliant, . . . then it builds from there.

For all the gushing over the Spanish guy's nonstop motor and eternal GOOOOOALLLL'S, I'll take the English reserve transformed to excitement at truly exciting moments over it in a heartbeat.

I thought he said GRACEFULLY.

One thing I love about the WC (and soccer as a whole) is that the announcers do not seem to hide their excitement. They are as swept up in the moment as anyone. Can you think of another sport where this happens to the same extent?

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

The cadence is poetry Howard [slight pause] gratefully claims it [pause] distribution [pause] brilliant, . . . then it builds from there.

For all the gushing over the Spanish guy's nonstop motor and eternal GOOOOOALLLL'S, I'll take the English reserve transformed to excitement at truly exciting moments over it in a heartbeat.

They are both brilliant. I love the Mexican announcer because he's become the voice of soccer and he's a classic but he's always like that. I loved the British announcer because even though he's English and being paid by ESPN he seemed GENUINELY caught up in the moment and enjoying every second of it.

[DJay23]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I thought he said GRACEFULLY.

One thing I love about the WC (and soccer as a whole) is that the announcers do not seem to hide their excitement. They are as swept up in the moment as anyone. Can you think of another sport where this happens to the same extent?

NCAA Tournament.

Gus Johnson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB2KOhEceNM

Most home town College football and basketball announcers are that way too.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I thought he said GRACEFULLY.

One thing I love about the WC (and soccer as a whole) is that the announcers do not seem to hide their excitement. They are as swept up in the moment as anyone. Can you think of another sport where this happens to the same extent?

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...y+claims+it%22

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

[DJay23]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

The cadence is poetry Howard [slight pause] gratefully claims it [pause] distribution [pause] brilliant, . . . then it builds from there.

For all the gushing over the Spanish guy's nonstop motor and eternal GOOOOOALLLL'S, I'll take the English reserve transformed to excitement at truly exciting moments over it in a heartbeat.

I love how here in the US, we like having a Brit do our soccer play by play. Americans just don't sound right, at least on play by play.

I wonder if these British fellas we have doing our games are big names in the UK for soccer announcing or if they are the Ian Eagles of their country. I would think it would be a pretty big honor to announce the games for your home country, especially when you invented the sport.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DJay23

I love how here in the US, we like having a Brit do our soccer play by play. Americans just don't sound right, at least on play by play.

I wonder if these British fellas we have doing our games are big names in the UK for soccer announcing or if they are the Ian Eagles of their country. I would think it would be a pretty big honor to announce the games for your home country, especially when you invented the sport.

Ian Darke is pretty much THE VOICE of EPL, has been [with some detours, mainly boxing] since it started. Actually, he was 2nd in command early on, but the main voice on MNF [British EPL version].

[Buck]

I think we had Martin Tyler for the first game against England. I know he is big.

[DJay23]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Ian Darke is pretty much THE VOICE of EPL, has been [with some detours, mainly boxing] since it started. Actually, he was 2nd in command early on, but the main voice on MNF [British EPL version].

Interesting, I wonder if ESPN backed a truck up to his door to do the gig, or if he wanted to broadcast to America.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Buck

I think we had Martin Tyler for the first game against England. I know he is big.

He's who Ian was SoC to.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DJay23

Interesting, I wonder if ESPN backed a truck up to his door to do the gig, or if he wanted to broadcast to America.

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/201...ifa-world-cup/

Darke, interviewed about the call.

http://onthedlpodcast.com/2010/06/dl...greatest-goal/

And Buck, he DOES say GO GO USA!!!

Originally Posted by Ian Darke

DL: Let's talk about that one line because there is some debate here as to whether or not you say, "goal goal USA" or "go go USA." I thought just based on your accent and how you were saying it, you said "goal" we just didn't hear the "L" at the end.
Darke: I think it got lost in all the noise and emotion. I think what I said was "go go USA" because it just came out, like I said before, it is somehow instinctively what came out.

Also clears up another small mystery for me

Originally Posted by Ian Darke

DL: What I found most interesting about the call is after you do the play-by-play and the ball is in, you sort of let the moment breathe. John Harkes started to react and started to give his analysts and then just stopped, and you picked up and finished. And I felt that maybe Harkes had been overwhelmed by the emotion, being a former player for the United States side, that you sort of jumped in and gave him a lifeline there. Is that what happened?
Darke: No, it isn't. No, it isn't. I'll tell you exactly what happened. John was pretty emotional, but he's a great professional broadcaster too, now. He wouldn't have dried up, certainly not at a moment like that. The first thing is we tried to let the moment breathe and not talk all over it, the celebrations, just let people absorb the atmosphere.
At that time, the other game had finished and they were joining us. I was getting instructions from the producer to welcome people from ESPN2. I'll admit, that message in all the hullabaloo, did get a bit garbled, understandably. So he told John to hold up a minute while I did that. I think I said something somewhere over the replay, "if you're just joining us…" I'll defend John, he didn't dry up, but was he emotional? You bet.

I remember thinking 'if you're just joining us. ? . ? Are you effing KIDDING me!!!'

[Buck]

Lineup vs Ghana: Howard; Cherundolo, DeMerit, Bocanegra, Bornstein; Donovan, Bradley, Clark, Dempsey; Altidore, Findley #USMNT

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/201...ifa-world-cup/

Darke, interviewed about the call.

http://onthedlpodcast.com/2010/06/dl...greatest-goal/

And Buck, he DOES say GO GO USA!!!

Awesome. I love that guy.

[CHENZ A!]

Originally Posted by Shag

Weren't you just there?

Couple weeks was the last time. I put on for my city and my country. This shit is wild.
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[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by CHENZ A!

Couple weeks was the last time. I put on for my city and my country. This shit is wild.
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He was commenting on your double post, as was I with much more wit and verve.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by Buck

I think we had Martin Tyler for the first game against England. I know he is big.

I LOVE his voice but he does not get excited so the same play by play of Donovan's goal would not have sounded as sweet.