World Cup

[Karen]

I, like Amy, think soccer/futball is more fun to play than watch. And I am a bad player, and haven't played in many years. I don't like "American football" either.

Baseball any day! Go Red Sox! Basketball used to be fun to watch, when I was a kid and the Celtics had a great team ... And hockey is cool - I mean, most people couldn't skate and handle a stick at the same time, what hockey players manage, at high speed on sktes without toe picks, is simply amazing!

[Anita Cholaine]

I wanted Paraguay to win, but I knew it was imposible, since their team isn't very good. England didn't do it very well, though... They will need to play MUCH better if they want to take the cup home!

[Kirsten]

Has anyone here watched Trinidad & Tobago : Sweden?

No goals, but an exciting match!

Anita, will you watch Argentina : Ivory Coast tonight? It will start in an hour...

Kirsten

[RICHARD]

The Cup Of Life (The Official Song of the World Cup, France '98)


The cup of life
This is the one
Now is the time
Don't ever stop
Push it along
Gotta be strong
Push it along
Right to the top

Como Cain y Abel
Es un partido cruel
Tienes que pelear
Por una estrella
Consigue con honor
La copa del amor
Para sobrevivir y luchar por ella
Luchar por ella (YEAH)
Do you really want it... (YEAH)


(Like Cain and Abel
It's a cruel game
You have to fight
For that star
Get it with honor
The cup of love
To survive and fight for her
Fight for her!)


CHORUS 1:
Here we go! Allez, allez, allez!
Go, go go! Allez, allez, allez!
Arriba va! El mundo esta de pie
Go, Go, Gol!! Allez, allez, allez!

La vida es
Competicion
Hay que sonar
Ser campeon
La copa es
La bendicion
La ganaras
Go, Go, Go!

(life is a competition
You have to dream
Of being a champion
The cup is the goal
You'll win it, Go GO, GO!)


And when you feel the heat
The world is at your feet
No one can hold you down
If you really want it
Just steal your destiny
Right from the hands of fate
Reach for the cup of life
'Cause your name is on it
Do you really want it...(YEAH)
Do you really want it...(YEAH)

CHORUS 2:
Tu y yo! Allez, allez, allez!
Go, go ,go! Allez, allez, allez!
Tonight's the night we're
gonna celebrate
The cup of life!!! Allez, allez, allez!

Not a Ricky Martin Fan but I thought this song was really neat.

[shihtzulover850]

GO ARGENTINA!!

Everybody is like football crazy here, and it's so contagious!

PS: Argentina plays againt Ivory Coast this Saturday

congrats argentina just won. Just finished watching it!

[shihtzulover850]

Has anyone here watched Trinidad & Tobago : Sweden?

No goals, but an exciting match!

Kirsten

yeah I watched it. It was exciting!

[Anita Cholaine]

Argentina won, 2-1!!!! It was a really good match...

I'm really happy about the Trinidad & Tobago-Sweden result too!

[Cataholic]

Good stuff Giselle!!! I am 47 years old and when I was 10 years old a fella came to our school and organized a Soccer match between our grade school and several other local ones. He said that soccer was the "world's sport" and that we Americans were just catching the craze, but before "we all graduated from High School", Soccer would be EVEN BIGGER than the Super Bowl.

Well Giselle, I guess you probably already know the end to that story! LOL!!! It ends about the same way as the "everything will be metric" by the year 1980! If Soccer were simply "naturally" exciting and one couldn't help catch the fever, it would have flourished in the U.S. by now, despite any resistance or "trying to be different" efforts on anyone's part. I guess I am just one of the 249 Million in America who do enjoy baseball (Yes, we baseball lovers agree that it is a slow game - but from one who played it their entire life - from LL through College - we know that there are a lot more psychological games being played than what the camera captures), football and basketball.

I think the last 3o years have shown us that Soccer will not take root and that Hockey will only be a secondary distraction!!! Just poking yer soccer bone!

Bob's Dad...uh, what rock are you living under? I am 40, began playing at 5, played at college, for a nationally ranked (NAIA, at the time) college, and I am here to tell you- soccer is and has been the most growing sports we have. You seem to forget that baseball and football have been around forEVER, and in comparison, soccer is much more ahead of the game then you might think. Football and baseball have an advantage- lots of old people attend/support the game, and our country is a bit elder heavy at the moment.

Seriously, I would just tell you, like others have told me when I state how boring football is, "Its just because you can't understand the game that you don't find it interesting. No, really. You just don't understand."

[BOBS DAD]

Bob's Dad...uh, what rock are you living under? I am 40, began playing at 5, played at college, for a nationally ranked (NAIA, at the time) college, and I am here to tell you- soccer is and has been the most growing sports we have.

Seriously, I would just tell you, like others have told me when I state how boring football is, "Its just because you can't understand the game that you don't find it interesting. No, really. You just don't understand."

ROCK??? ROCK??? I don't live under no stinkin' rock!!! In vernacular my Uncle Nick used to use. Everything was "stinkin". LOL!!!

40 - yer just a pup! Soccer and Soccer fans like yourself have been saying that for 50 years, but yet soccer continues to be relegated to a tertiary sport. Soccer leagues are comprised of a few good athletes (like yourself), kids who can't play anything else, those that need exercise and sissy boys!!! Soccer is for Soccer Moms and much like Ice Cream - it's most enjoyed by women and small children!

[Karen]

Go Argentina! Go Sweden - get yer thick heads together, guys, and remember the goal is to score next time! (But I am (secretly) happy that the game was a tie, just because T&T is such an underdog and played well.)

[Giselle]

Well, I find it kind of sad that none of the "surprise teams" of previous World Cups or European Championships - like Turkey, Greece, or Denmark - has made it to the tournament. They were so much fun to watch. I wonder which team from a so-called "small" country will surprise us this year: maybe Trinidad & Tobago, or Ivory Coast? We'll see.

Kirsten

Well, I was quite surprised with the Ivory Coast today. They played very nicely, IMO, considering that today was their FIRST appearance at the World Cup. Not to mention, they were up against a heavily competitive nation (Argentina is to soccer as America is to American football), and they performed very nicely. The goalie left a little more to be desired, but what more can you expect from an African nation ruled by civil unrest and warfare? I thought it was a noble effort. 2:1 ain't bad

Bob's Dad, we'll just have to disagree and I'll have to agree with Cataholic here. Soccer is an amazing sport and if you don't enjoy it, I guess you just don't understand it, LOL. I remember the sports narrator commenting about how Pélé inspired Nigeria to cease fire for 48 hours just to let him play. Now, you tell me what other sport can do that?

[DJFyrewolf36]

Has anyone here watched Trinidad & Tobago : Sweden?

No goals, but an exciting match!

Anita, will you watch Argentina : Ivory Coast tonight? It will start in an hour...

Kirsten

I checked the highlights online not too long ago. I'm suprised that Trinidad/Tobago held the Sweedes to 0. I think if any small team goes far, it will be them. They seem to have a lot of determination!

Oh BTW, Go Sweeden!

[ChrisH]

My Son Loves Football... Or As We Yanks Call It, Soccer. His Favorite Team Is "liverpool"???

I Myself, As Is With Most Americans Can't Get Into It. Honestly, No Disrespect - But I Find Soccer Incredibly Boring. Now Before You Get All Insulted, You Should Know That I Find Hockey To Be Equally Uninteresting. Yawwhhhn!!!

Not Enough Scoring. A Lot Of Cheering - Hard To Understand What All The Cheering And Fuss Is For - Nothing Really Happening And Definitely No Scoring. Same With Hockey - They Cheer When Players "merely Shoot The Puck".

Sooo... My Son Mick Will Be All About The World Cup. And When I See Him Again, I'll Ask One Of America's Few Real Soccer Fanatics Who's Going To Bring It Home!!!

Well, I can't totally agree with you, especially as a Brit, but I have to admit I am so bored with this 'World Cup fever' that surrounds me. TV, radio, advertising - if they can connect anything with England & the cup, even in the tiniest way, they will.
My late husband was a great sports fan, loved football. As does my son - Liverpool is his team - and I know he will glued to the box watching whenever he gets the chance, even my 10 year old grandaughter likes it! As for me, well, there are some compensations in living alone.
Don't get me wrong, I wish England well, and if they get in the final I will be watching and cheering them on along with everyone else.

p.s. To this day my son swears he remembers watching England win the cup in '66 even though he was only three and a half at the time!

[BOBS DAD]

p.s. To this day my son swears he remembers watching England win the cup in '66 even though he was only three and a half at the time!

That is sooo cute Chris.... I know the feeling!!! GO ENGLAND!!!! LOL

[shihtzulover850]

right now i am watching iran and mexico battle it out good game