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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I wouldn't assume England are through. If T&T steals a goal and England lose, then all bets are off. Even if England tie, they would likely need a result against Sweden to advance.
England need to quit dithering and put the facking onion in the bag!
What is going on with this England team? It's flabbergasting!
Only 5 out of their 19 shots have been on goal.
On a brighter note for Britain (notice it's "England" if English players are involved and "Britain" if players from other nations of Britain are involved), the clubhouse leader and only man under par at the US Open is --- Monty!!
Not a sign of midfield game, no one-twos...just long shots from the center circle into the one-on-one defense. Very uninspired. TnT can do this.
Well, to be fair Defoe was not even a regular starter for Tottenham. He was a little disappointing this past year compared to Mido and Keane.
That said, he would have been a better choice than a raw teenager.
Shades of 1950 versus the US.
Route One football, as they say.
England has always lacked imagination. This is VERY embarrassing. Underwhelming.
About time!
Crouch has been gash tonight, but fair play to the big man.
83' GOAL 21 CROUCH Peter (ENG)
CROUCHY YOU BEAUTY!
T&T was the FOURTH placed qualifier from CONCACAF who had to win a playoff to qualify.
This is about as embarassing as France's 1-0 defeat at the hands of its former colony Senegal in 2002.
Hmm looks like that Crouch guy finally scored (according to yahoo gamecast).
Looks like England will escape.
Crouch made up for his earlier mistakes now.
Their B team dominated our A team last year in Chicago.
About time!
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