World Cup Bracket Predictor

[landshark44]

I set up a little contest where my family can go in and predict the results of the upcoming world cup. Any of you guys are welcome to join in.......

Except for Phillynac. He knows way too much about soccer, and is a beast picking winners in tournaments....

http://games.espn.go.com/bpredictor/en-us/frontpage

league is Duchat, password is 1972

GO USA

[Hobbits]

In. The US has a pretty favorable group - should be fun!

[azjoe]

Cool...

Joined and submitted a bracket.

[W24olfpack]

In

Cannot wait until Sat. My son's club is hosting a party for the match at a local restuarant as a fundraiser.

Go USA (please guys, play some defense this time).

[landshark44]

Cool, glad to have you guys aboard. Very much looking forward to the tournament.....

[Hobbits]

Everyone has played a game now... So far been impressed with:

Germany
Ghana
Chile

[SamsonDenver]

Hmmm ... just seeing this.

I'm watching the games on my DVR, so I'm a bit behind. Just watched Brazil's first game, and firing up Spain's game now.

I thought Brazil looked very good against N.Korea. Not much a test, but they played a solid game and struck late to get a couple of goals.

Portugal against Uruguay didn't look as good. And of course and as usual, the English aren't nearly as good as they think they are.

Netherlands looks better than they have in awhile.

If you are picking brackets out of the pools, that Brazil-Portugal group seems like a key one. Most likely, whoever finishes 2nd gets Spain in the first knockout round. With the way they did the draw, its fascinating how 1-2-3 in the world all ended up in this same bunch. The group stages and that first knockout round will combine to knock one of the top 3 out before the Qtrs.

GD differential between US and England might be key in the next couple of games. Winner of the group gets 2nd in the Germany group. On paper, that was Serbia, but maybe its Ghana. Then, the groups paired with that in the bracket don't look strong at all. An underachieving French team in the Qtrs? Whoever wins that group gets a fighting chance at a semi-final game as that's the weakest part of the bracket.

Whoever is 2nd in that group gets Germany, and is then in the same side of the bracket as Italy, Spain and Brazil/Portugal. Definitely better to win the group. And if US and England both win out, that will come down to goal differentials. Its run up the score time in that group if you can do it.

[landshark44]

Aregentina looks very good....

[W24olfpack]

Center refs....

Not looking so good.

[Hobbits]

Center refs....

Not looking so good.

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[W24olfpack]

I think we saw Landon Donovan turn into a man this game.

What a second half.

The goal. I'm gonna take this ball down. Kick it as hard as I can at your freaking HEAD. You wanna piece of me? Huh?

WHAT a finish. IMHO that's the goal of the tournament so far. Not just the technical skill. The freaking STATEment.

Never really seen a F-U in soccer, but that was for DAMN sure one of them.

Well played #10.

[landshark44]

I think we saw Landon Donovan turn into a man this game.

What a second half.

The goal. I'm gonna take this ball down. Kick it as hard as I can at your freaking HEAD. You wanna piece of me? Huh?

WHAT a finish. IMHO that's the goal of the tournament so far. Not just the technical skill. The freaking STATEment.

Never really seen a F-U in soccer, but that was for DAMN sure one of them.

Well played #10.

very well said.....

[phillynac]

World Cup

Can I pick all 0-0 ties? I know I would win easy. I missed the World Cup games this morning so I though to myself, "how can I get my fix of a bunch of guys running around with no goals being scored?" So, I figured it out and went up to my local gym and watched some people run on a treadmill for a couple of hours. With the occassional hot girl on the treadmill it turned out to be 10 times more exiting. Thanks for the invite Scotty, but I think I will be watching my grass grow that week.

[Hobbits]

Well just about everyone has two games in now. Class of the field clearly South American now. Brazil, Argentina, Uruguary, Chile, and Paraguay all look good.

[Flasch]

how the F did I miss this thread til today!