Posted on 06/15/2006 5:42:49 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
Starting off the day will be Real Salt Lake's Douglas Sequeira and his Costa Rican teammates, who play Ecuador at 8:55 a.m. ET in Hamburg (ESPN2). The ticos showed pluck in their Group A opener against Germany on Friday, making a game of it by scoring twice against the hosts before falling 4-2. The Central Americans will need to have more players get involved in the attack against Ecuador, as Paulo Wanchope provided their only offense. The Ecuadorians got a huge weight off their shoulders by downing Poland 2-0 in their group play opener Friday. Previously, the side had been maligned for its inability to win away from the high altitude of their home ground in Quito, but that changed as Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado each scored to upset the favored Poles. An Ecuador victory will guarantee they and Germany advance from Group A to the round-of-16.
Trinidad & Tobago looking to play giant-killer against England in the day's marquee matchup. The sides meet at 11:55 a.m. ET in Nuremberg in a match that will air live on ESPN2. The "Soca Warriors" made their World Cup debut Saturday, pulling off a surprising scoreless draw against Sweden in Group B play despite playing a man down for most of the second half.
The last match of the day comes at 2:55 p.m. ET in Berlin (ESPN) as Paraguay and Sweden meet. The Paraguayans were lackluster in their match against England and must get more out of their attack to have a shot to advance to the knockout phase. The Swedes had equal difficulty finding the net against Trinidad & Tobago; strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrik Larsson will hope to be on target this time around.
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Can't wait for tomorrow!
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The MLS article forgot about the Trinidad forward who plays in MLS...
I'll be rolling tape on England/Trinidad today, as I work.
I can't wait for the England match. They are my second team behind the US. As it looks like we might well bomb out of the tournament early, my hopes are resting with them.
Another great day. I salute my friends here who will be embracing this day with joy.
Today T&T will embrace the English and Wayne's minutes against them with aplomb.
They may even applaud if he gets a goal.
What great sportsmanship they have.
Ecuador vs. Costa Rica, Hamburg, LIVE on ESPN2 in 3 minutes!!!!!
For the US we are looking for respect. Ghana did great against Italy with their performance. Just hoping we can do the same.
TV schedule: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tv/listing?cc=5901
We need more than respect. We need a win. We still would have had a shot had it been 1-0 against the Czechs. 3-0 is horrible to us in the goal differential department.
Go England and Sweden!
GO Sweden???
Pfoy!! Blasphemy!
Paraguayan Power! :-)
3-0 is horrible to us in the goal differential department.
I recall a survey done some time ago that said Swedish men prefer Norwegian women.
GD will only matter if we end up with 4 points, as then it's possible another team in the group will have 4.
GD might also matter if we have 6 points (everyone beats Ghana, the remaining games are split), but that's unlikely.
As a practical matter, Team USA needs two wins to go through.
It about kills our chances of slipping by with four points.
Apparently, English men disagree.
TV blondes drive Becks mad
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/articles/22874382?source=Evening%20Standard
:-)
Arena is Italy fan: see link from my favorite English Language Calcio site:
http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jun15f.html
England better have their good stuff today.
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