<p>I’m excited for Saturday’s game and so thought I’d start a thread.</p>
<p>[World</a> Cup 2010: Official USA World Cup Roster Named - Goal.com](<a href=“World Cup 2010: Official USA World Cup Roster Named | Goal.com US”>World Cup 2010: Official USA World Cup Roster Named | Goal.com US)</p>
<p>Yeah. I’m excited, too. But also for tomorrows games.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and this, too: <a href=“http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2010/06/07/1963797/goalcommentary-an-american-response[/url]”>http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2010/06/07/1963797/goalcommentary-an-american-response</a></p>
<p>We’re excited also. Unfortunately our hometown favorite, Brian Ching, didn’t make the squad this time, but we’ll be cheering on the US and hopefully seeing Stuart Holden get some playing time!</p>
<p>I’m excited for this. I’ll be rooting for the US and Spain, the countries of origin for our family. Supposedly all the matches will be live on ESPN/ABC and Univision.</p>
<p>poetgrl, we just go from one sport to the next, don’t we!</p>
<p>Yes, Gloworm…we are both having a very good couple of months for sports.</p>
<p>While we are big Real Madrid fans in the house, Cassius is the house fave, (D is a keeper)…but, I’m always wanting to see the footwork when the Brazillians come onto the field like magicians.</p>
<p>^ You mean Casillas</p>
<p>Yes. I mean Casillas. I’m just as likely to mis-spell an American name, too, though. Spellcheck is my friend. ;)</p>
<p>DS is a HUGE soccer fan. He can’t wait for this to start. Me…I just haven’t warmed to it but I’ll try to watch a game or two…certainly the US game on Saturday. </p>
<p>A side note. DS has a collection of authentic soccer jerseys that he loves to wear. We’re out with him and his GF at a local bar deli. The guy a few tables over says " I can’t believe your shirt says KaKa on the back" (pronounced not like the player name of course). He was kind of drunk…and obviously clueless. LOL.</p>
<p>I think Brazil always has to be considered. They are the only country to have won the championship outside their continent. Regarding Casillas, I think he has shown a chink in his armor over the last year, but Spain has two good backup goalies if needed. They certainly are the best looking team (I mean cute/handsome), IMO.</p>
<p>Last World Cup we were leaving Italy and ended up spending an involunatary night in London, just as the first games were being played. It was good for my kids to see the enormous interest in the games over there.</p>
<p>My son is having 12 friends spend the night Friday. They are going to play FIFA on x-box 360, watch “Goal” and then get up and watch the World Cup Sat. morning. My son’s only complaint is that his soccer coach is cancelling practice until after the World Cup because he doesn’t want to miss anything… He’s even taking a week off of work during it.</p>
<p>We’re headed to a WC-watching party on Saturday. And our host also has taken a week off of work.</p>
<p>Ds2 is a soccer player and has a lot of jerseys, including an Italian one he was wearing yesterday. We’re Hispanic, and yesterday at the grocery store he said, “All these Mexicans are looking at me like I’m a traitor!” lol</p>
<p>YDS,</p>
<p>I don’t know if you get ESPNDeportes in your house, but they were just having a huge argument over who will win tomorrow between SA and Mexico. I felt sorry for the guy who thinks M won’t win. We’ll see.</p>
<p>Yeah, when d was younger and wore jersey’s we were in the best italian restaurant in the area nd the waiter was from Perugia, which happened to be the jersey she was wearing that day. We ended up getting our dinner for free and every time we came in after, they would shout Perugia! and bring us appetizers we didn’t order.</p>
<p>D thinks Portugal will win, no matter who she loves best. </p>
<p>It’s all great soccer, though.</p>
<p>We have no cable, live on espn360.com.</p>
<p>ETA: Today he’s wearing Argentina.</p>
<p>^lol same here</p>
<p>Go Argentina!</p>
<p>I love watching Messi play. It’s the coach (Maradona) that get son my nerves.</p>
<p>Portugal has CR9.</p>
<p>My D’s fav is Fernando Torres.</p>
<p>There is a reason why Rochester is called Soccer Town, USA. Downtown there are a number of restaurants and bars (one an authentic British pub) that will be open for every game, even the ones starting at 7:30AM our time. I am moving my work schedule around to see as many as possible (so glad I have a football fan as a boss!!).</p>
<p>I have a feeling that at least one of the final four will be totally unexpected, like Bulgaria was the year World Cup was in the US.</p>
<p>I must admit that other than the US I have no true soccer allegiance. I usually just root for the team with the cutest boys. :D</p>
<p>Well, </p>
<p>Since the USA is not supposed to be in the FF, I’ll hope it’s us.</p>