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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Are they members of the Bikini Team?
It should be based off what you did ti qualify, not how you played 8 effing years ago.
That's kinda gay but OK
That last pic is just so wrong.
Oh right, thought you meant there shouldn't be any at all.
Yeah, FIFA's ranking and seeding systems are a little strange.
Actually they are just good friends.
You just wish you were in the middle
Actually not. I already have to deal with a wife, an ex-wife and a college Sophomore daughter. The last thing I need is any more women to deal with.
I was just listening to the XM Radio World Cup feed, and they said that the US Soccer Team was moved to a US Military Base from their Hamburg camp...
http://sport.monstersandcritics.com/worldcup2006/news/article_1172896.php/Five_stars_no_more_US_team_move_to_military_base
Cheers.
BTW:
Did anyone see how Crouch tugged the hair of the T&T defender before the goal?
Nice very very very nice. Another reason to eliminate Arab Muslim immigration to Sweden and Scandinavia
Thanks :)
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