[soccer_maniac]

[stainlessbanner]

first!

[soccer_maniac]

World Cup Ping!

[Mount Athos]

I'm pulling for argentina to win, because that would enrage the soccer fans of the world more than anything

[Tomalama]

And I should care because...???

[VanShuyten]

Which quarterback has the best arm? I'm not familiar with either team. Is this the game where they have the "silly midden"?

[AGreatPer]

My son and I tried out the new seamless ball tonight for the first time. I was in goal and he would shoot.

Holly buckets. He made it spin in any direction he wanted. He made it knuckle.

This ball is scary. No wonder kickers love it and goalies don't.

But at about $130 each I will no be ordering it for the Club his year.

It is truly seamless.

[CyberSpartacus]

Soccer - The sport invented by wussies for wussies.

[The_Republican]

What time is the game for West Coast Residents?

[goldstategop]

My predictions: Germany and Italy advance to the next round.

[stefan10]

jesus i am so nervous.

Five hours to work until the preparation for the match starts.

Argentina is really very good. This will be a very very tough thing to win for germany.
I really like the way argentina plays very well organized good technical skills and good fighting spirit and will.


We really need the best performance of the last years to win this match.

[redpoll]

I'm here in South Africa with the family. Lamb chops on the braii, beer in the cooler, lawn chairs as everyone but myself complains that 68 degrees F is cold. I'm learning to like soccer. Or beer and chops, take your choice.

[Petronski]

I'm glad FRA-BRA is on Saturday so it gets no interference from such mundane trivialities as working for a living. Sadly, I will be missing at least GER-ARG.

[FReepaholic]

Anybody been watching Drew Carey's coverage of the Cup on the Travel Channel?

Drew Carey's Sporting Adventures World Cup 2006

Lot of neat "behind the scenes" stuff.

[rvoitier]

Claudia Fahrner, employee of a Munich nail salon, displays her nails June 28, 2006, which are painted with the colours of the national flags of the soccer teams which have qualified for the World Cup 2006 quarterfinal. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)

[kabar]

Go Germany!!! All the way to the finals. This is the marquee matchup of the tournament. Can the German defense stop the ball handling skills and speed of the Argentines? Can the Argentines stop the physical, attacking German offense, which is strong in the air and on the ground. Great matchup.

[Aquinasfan]

Here's a list of the top 20 soccer players of all time. Some pre-game fodder...

20) Gabriel (Omar) Batistuta
19) Zbigniew Boniek Poland Years Played: 1974 - 1988
18) Zico (Artur Antunes Coimbra) Brazil Years Played: 1973 - 1994
17) Roberto Baggio Italy Years Played: 1982 - 2004
16) Peter Schmeichel Denmark Years Played: 1984 - 2003
15) Ruud Gullit Holland Years Played: 1979 - 1997
14) Lothar Matthaus Germany Years Played: 1979 - 2000
13) Marco van Basten Holland Years Played: 1981 - 1993
12) Michel Platini France Years Played: 1972 - 1987
11) Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima) Brazil Years Played: 1993 - Present
10) Alfredo Di Stefano (Alfredo Di Stefano Laulhe) Argentina Years Played: 1943 - 1966
9) Ferenc Puskas Hungary Years Played: 1943 - 1966
8) Stanley Matthews England Years Played: 1932 - 1965
7) Bobby Charlton England Years Played: 1956 - 1974
6) Eusebio (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira) Portugal Years Played: 1961 - 1978
5) Johan Cruyff Holland Years Played: 1964 - 1984
4) Lev Yashin Russia Years Played: 1951 - 1970
3) Franz Beckenbauer Germany Years Played: 1964 - 1982
2) Diego Maradona Argentina Years Played: 1976 - 1996
1)Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) Brazil Years Played: 1956 - 1977

Maradona never did it for me, but there you go.

[Churchillspirit]

Good first half.

I'm cheering for Argentina in this one.

[DoctorMichael]

http://www.garbage.net/images/nice_goals.jpg

[Aquinasfan]

I hope the Ukraine beats Italy 50-0.

I hate soccer weasels.

[Cronos]

And Germany win!!!! Huzzah!!! What a match -- Juergen Klinsmann's boys really kept their nerve. What about Miroslav klose's double-header off Borowski? Or Ballack recovering from a limp to net the penalty! Woooo!!! What a match. Germany deserved to win!!! Deutschland!!