[doug from upland]

How confused are you in this scenario? Did I miss something or did they originally give 4 minutes stoppage time and then add another minute?

[RIghtwardHo]

I gotta tell ya. That was a GREAT game. My entire neighborhood here in Pasadena was crazy. People on decks watching and screaming. It was a blast.

[M-cubed]

The thing i like about soccer is that it’s not played on camels......YET!

[dfwgator]

We are in big trouble.

Both Ghana and Germany are playing with an extra day’s rest.

We saw what playing in Manaus took out of Italy and England.

Assuming Ghana and Germany win, the only way we make it out is if both teams win by 1 goal. If either wins by more than that, we’re out.

And even then it comes down to goals scored.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Did I miss something or did they originally give 4 minutes stoppage time and then add another minute?

There was a substitution right as stoppage time began and the referee added time for it onto the original four minutes.

As for advancing, not allowing a free header when you're playing with THREE center backs in the last half minute of added time is a great way to start. Don't really care if they drew the fourth-ranked team in the world. This one feels like a loss.

[Jonty30]

1. Get some real soccer players, instead of the current weekend warriors. :)

[doug from upland]

Besides often not having enough points scored, the really screwed up thing about soccer is the timekeeping. In this age of technology, why can’t they have the official time for all to see? When there is delayed action on the field, the ref stops his watch and it is there up on the board for all to see. Then they actually play 90 minutes and everyone is going to know exactly when it ends.

[Durus]

It’s soccer...

[Vermont Lt]

This will certainly replace the NFL.

[cherry]

yes...they originally said 4 minutes then 5 but it was after 5 minutes when the other team scored.....what a system...

[bramps]

I’d rather be US than Ghana right now.

[Huskrrrr]

One thing I love about soccer is play is not stopped every 5 minutes for a DANG commercial. Just halftime.

[higgmeister]

Sorry Doug, I am very confused, you lost me at the word Soccer. You could have said Hockey and it is the same thing.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Any system that allows team A to advance over Team B, when both have the same record yet Team B beat team A, is screwed up. Then again, it’s soccer.

[Wyatt's Torch]

[Retired Greyhound]

I’m sure it was originally 4 minutes and they added a 5th.

Socialism is whimsical.