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~~~~~ The OFFICIAL World Cup 2010 Thread ~~~~~ (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=228878)

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Originally Posted by the Talking Can (Post 6831950)

cameroon defender gets clowned

denmark 2-1

Nice strike by the Denmark forward and Cameroon can't hit anything on goal. If they do it has no pace. Tons of opportunities not results.

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Originally Posted by Stinger (Post 6831953)

Nice strike by the Denmark forward and Cameroon can't hit anything on goal. If they do it has no pace. Tons of opportunities not results.

For you non-*soccer fanatics like me, here is a public service announcement from an epiphany I just had.

To me, the word "strike" has been bothering me in all the *soccer coverage for the World Cup. Like above, "Nice strike by such and such", or the "54th minutes strike", to my non-*soccer brain I was thinking of a strike like a pass in *football, or a swing in baseball, and I was picturing the only connection with the word strike as in the impact of their foot hitting the ball on the shot, and that being the "strike".

My realization is that instead of a strike as in the impact, it is a strike as in an attack. So back to the other examples, instead of a pass, it would be the entire offensive play, and instead of a swing it would be the entire at bat. For *soccer, a strike isn't just the kicking of the ball at the goal, it was the series of events that led up to and included the shot of the ball on goal.

I can rest easier now, and accept the use of this word more readily now having realized this, and I hope my explanation here can help some of you as well.

This concludes my public service announcement.

*All uses of the word "soccer" and "football" in this annoucement were completely and totally intentional and use in the hopes that someone mutters under their breath or outrights shakes their fist at the audacity that I called football football and soccer soccer.

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Originally Posted by allen_kcCard (Post 6831968)

*All uses of the word "soccer" and "football" in this annoucement were completely and totally intentional and use in the hopes that someone mutters under their breath or outrights shakes their fist at the audacity that I called football football and soccer soccer.

Eh, "soccer" is what we call "football" in the States (and a few other places). It's the term I use when I discuss the game and the one that breeds the least confusion.

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Originally Posted by Silock (Post 6831848)

Try and register at fbtz.com

There's a forum with a shitload of torrents for everything. I use it to get the Arsenal games that aren't shown on FSC.

Damn, closed registration.

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Originally Posted by the Talking Can (Post 6831935)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...e-worldcup2010

ROFL

doubt an american paper would print that

Allez vous vous baisent le fils d'une prostituée

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Originally Posted by allen_kcCard (Post 6831968)

A "strike" is just a shot towards the goal. Simple as that.

Nice score by Paraguay. Up 1 - 0 on Slovakia
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Paraguay up 1-0 over slovakia

You don't say?
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Diving appears to be the name of this game.
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2 - 0 Paraguay. All but assured to go through now.
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Wednesday can't come soon enough.
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The ref from the US game is in the Italy game but he's an assistant.
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Holy shit New Zealand leading Italy 1-0.
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