Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 USA vs Portugal Mon 23 June, 05:00 am Bangkok time GMT+7 - Match Thread Venue: Arena Amazonia, Manaus Group Stage: Group G Take part in the pre-match build up, match discussion, goals and more with Thaivisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 The best possible outcome of the Germany/Ghana match has come true for the USA. They might have a good chance to move on the knockout stage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 When I was 12, I went to an American school for the 1st time, as I had been schooled in Europe prior to that. During PE (physical education) class, we went to play soccer for the first and only time. As I had been in Europe, it had been 2nd nature. But all the American boys I played with - didn't have a clue (there weren't any immigrants in my school, only black or white 'home boys'). Every time a boy got the ball, he immediately kicked it as hard as he could in the direction of the goal. I pleaded with the PE instructor to teach the boys basic things like 'pass the ball' or 'dribble the ball' ...but the coach just smiled and shrugged his shoulders, like; 'I don't know squat.' That was 1964, and the US has come a looooong way since then, thanks mightily to immigrants, but also to sons and daughters of those 'home boys' who, at the time, couldn't play soccer any better than Nepalese can surf. Go USA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 When I was 12, I went to an American school for the 1st time, as I had been schooled in Europe prior to that. During PE (physical education) class, we went to play soccer for the first and only time. As I had been in Europe, it had been 2nd nature. But all the American boys I played with - didn't have a clue (there weren't any immigrants in my school, only black or white 'home boys'). Every time a boy got the ball, he immediately kicked it as hard as he could in the direction of the goal. I pleaded with the PE instructor to teach the boys basic things like 'pass the ball' or 'dribble the ball' ...but the coach just smiled and shrugged his shoulders, like; 'I don't know squat.' That was 1964, and the US has come a looooong way since then, thanks mightily to immigrants, but also to sons and daughters of those 'home boys' who, at the time, couldn't play soccer any better than Nepalese can surf. Go USA! Perhaps even show the Brits how a game can be won.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Looks like "soccer" is beginning to have an impact in the land of the free. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2660120/USA-win-Ghana-hits-page-States-Jurgen-Klinsmanns-team-flying-World-Cup-start.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Looks like "soccer" is beginning to have an impact in the land of the free. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2660120/USA-win-Ghana-hits-page-States-Jurgen-Klinsmanns-team-flying-World-Cup-start.html that URL is blocked on my computer. Thai gov't lettering on a green background. why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Portugal is one ahead, early on. Still watching now at six am in Pai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Did anyone watching on True Channel 668 hear any of the 1st half commentary ? I could hear the voices but only just and it sounded like someone mumbling. Have no idea where the problem was but the 2nd half is back to normal sond level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Looks like "soccer" is beginning to have an impact in the land of the free. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2660120/USA-win-Ghana-hits-page-States-Jurgen-Klinsmanns-team-flying-World-Cup-start.html that URL is blocked on my computer. Thai gov't lettering on a green background. why? I will be careful with this but the Daily Mail was blocked after reporting on the activities a very, very important Thai in the south of England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camelot Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Did anyone watching on True Channel 668 hear any of the 1st half commentary ? I could hear the voices but only just and it sounded like someone mumbling. Have no idea where the problem was but the 2nd half is back to normal sond level. I had the same problem in some of the early matches. Switched to Ch 99 and the English-language commentary was loud and clear. Never had a problem with Ch 99. It's not HD but the picture is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Did anyone watching on True Channel 668 hear any of the 1st half commentary ? I could hear the voices but only just and it sounded like someone mumbling. Have no idea where the problem was but the 2nd half is back to normal sond level. Same thing here with first half sound. 1-1 GO USA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Did anyone watching on True Channel 668 hear any of the 1st half commentary ? I could hear the voices but only just and it sounded like someone mumbling. Have no idea where the problem was but the 2nd half is back to normal sond level. I had the same problem in some of the early matches. Switched to Ch 99 and the English-language commentary was loud and clear. Never had a problem with Ch 99. It's not HD but the picture is excellent. Thanks for reminder about Ch 99 as i regret to admit forgot all about it. So used to wanting HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) GOAL !!!!! USA 2 Portugal 1 Sent from my Lenovo S820_ROW using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Edited June 22, 2014 by Jingthing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsokolowski Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 2-1 USA in the 86th minute. Go USA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Live coverage en Espanol on Univision internet. Sent from my Lenovo S820_ROW using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackArtemis Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 JFC, I shut the stream down right there.... 2-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotheruser Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 UGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackArtemis Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Gonna go for a run to get the adrenaline out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Wow, what a finish by Ronaldo. But a 2-2 draw still works for USA to advance likely. Edited June 22, 2014 by keemapoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 We'll take it! Sent from my Lenovo S820_ROW using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 First entire game of soccer I watched. I have to admit....exciting/not bad at all. I guess I been out of the USA too long, starting to think like a Brit/Aussie sports fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Half way....going to eat breakfast. We are in Pai, so need to find an early morning special for the last half of the game. Should be good eating, and a good game. Edited June 23, 2014 by slipperylobster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Half way....going to eat breakfast. We are in Pai, so need to find an early morning special for the last half of the game. Should be good eating, and a good game. breakfast at 5.45 I have to make do with a pork pie and a can of cider.make that 2 pork pies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Tie is not bad at all.... Lol .....lost track of the time....thought it was not finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 (edited) Interesting situation in Group G. Portugal and Ghana must both win their final game but a draw between Germany and German legend Jurgen Klinnsman's USA would ensure both of those two qualify regardless. Anyone care to bet on a cagey nil-nil? Edited June 23, 2014 by bigbamboo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 When I was 12, I went to an American school for the 1st time, as I had been schooled in Europe prior to that. During PE (physical education) class, we went to play soccer for the first and only time. As I had been in Europe, it had been 2nd nature. But all the American boys I played with - didn't have a clue (there weren't any immigrants in my school, only black or white 'home boys'). Every time a boy got the ball, he immediately kicked it as hard as he could in the direction of the goal. I pleaded with the PE instructor to teach the boys basic things like 'pass the ball' or 'dribble the ball' ...but the coach just smiled and shrugged his shoulders, like; 'I don't know squat.' That was 1964, and the US has come a looooong way since then, thanks mightily to immigrants, but also to sons and daughters of those 'home boys' who, at the time, couldn't play soccer any better than Nepalese can surf. Go USA! Within the next 20 or 30 years the USA will be a major force in international football, right up there with the very best in my opinion. The structure and ideas that Klinsmann is now implementing will stand them in good stead for years to come. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 O.K. I saw the match and how it ended. What I want to know is how this affects the chances of the U.S.A. going on to the next stage? Can somebody do the "what-ifs" for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keemapoot Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 The U.S. could lose to Germany and still advance if Ghana and Portugal play to a draw. If either Ghana or Portugal wins and the U.S. loses, the Americans would have four points in the standings, the same as the winner of that match. The Americans would then have to win a tiebreaker against that team. Here are the FIFA tiebreakers in the order they come into play:- Goal differential (Germany 4, US 1, Ghana -1, Portugal -4)- Goals scored (Germany 6, US 4, Ghana 3, Portugal 2)- Head to head result (The US beat Ghana, but drew against Portugal) - Drawing of lots (A random drawing, but this would only come into play with a blowout Portugal win and/or a blowout U.S loss considering the goal differential between the two teams is now a total of five goals.) So, put simply, Americans should be rooting for Portugal if there has to be a winner because the spread in goal differential (1 to -4) is so great that it's unlikely Portugal would make it up to bring goals scored into play (a category that the U.S also leads 4 to 2 over Portugal). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 The US team is looking rather good for going on to the next level, even if it loses to Germany. Even if Ghana wins, they'll have 4 points each, US goes through, because it beat Ghana earlier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45Mustang Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 When I was 12, I went to an American school for the 1st time, as I had been schooled in Europe prior to that. During PE (physical education) class, we went to play soccer for the first and only time. As I had been in Europe, it had been 2nd nature. But all the American boys I played with - didn't have a clue (there weren't any immigrants in my school, only black or white 'home boys'). Every time a boy got the ball, he immediately kicked it as hard as he could in the direction of the goal. I pleaded with the PE instructor to teach the boys basic things like 'pass the ball' or 'dribble the ball' ...but the coach just smiled and shrugged his shoulders, like; 'I don't know squat.' That was 1964, and the US has come a looooong way since then, thanks mightily to immigrants, but also to sons and daughters of those 'home boys' who, at the time, couldn't play soccer any better than Nepalese can surf. Go USA! Within the next 20 or 30 years the USA will be a major force in international football, right up there with the very best in my opinion. The structure and ideas that Klinsmann is now implementing will stand them in good stead for years to come. Agree. Q. What's the difference between England squad, USA squad, Klinsmann and Hodgson? A. US have more talented players. Yeah. Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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