Originally Posted By dagobert Finally the day has come and the 2014 FIFA World Cup starts today. I know Football or Soccer (like you call it) isn't that popular in the US, but is anyone here interested in it or is even going to watch the games? Which country do you think will win the World Cup? I think it will either be Brazil, Spain or Germany. Until now no European team has won the World Cup in South America, maybe this will change this year. Today's game is Brazil vs Croatia. My bet is on Brazil.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Only wondering if this will have an affect on the crowds at WDW... For some reason I do not like to watch the sport but do like to listen to the "news", interviews, commentary on the radio. I think it has something to do with growing up listening to baseball on the radio all the time ( St.Louis Cardinals) before television capitalized/commercialized all sports. I hope you keep us updated as it progresses over the next few weeks.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I definitely interested and am going to try to watch as many games as possible. I'm thinking a final four of Germany, Brazil, Spain and Argentina with Argentina over Germany in the final. And if things break as they're believed to Argentina could play Portugal in the quarterfinals. Ronaldo v Messi, with perhaps Messi pulling ahead in who's the best player in the world.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I definitely interested and am going to try to watch as many games as possible. I'm thinking a final four of Germany, Brazil, Spain and Argentina with Argentina over Germany in the final. And if things break as they're believed to Argentina could play Portugal in the quarterfinals. Ronaldo v Messi, with perhaps Messi pulling ahead in who's the best player in the world.<<< I try to watch as many games as possible too, but unfortunately many games are in the middle of the night over here. Although Germany is also on my list for the best teams, I doubt that they will make it into the final. As for the best player, I think Ronaldo deserves to be the best player this year, at least when it comes to the Champions League and the Spanish Championship.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I think Ronaldo is the best player right now. And if he carries Portugal, it would cement him as the best. If Argentina wins, that would carry a lot of weight in Messi's corner.
Originally Posted By dagobert What a surprise and what a fantastic game. Spain had no chance against The Netherlands.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I didn't get a chance to see the game but as they said in Anchorman, that esclated really quickly. I mean that got out of hand really fast.
Originally Posted By dagobert I think it wasn't that bad. The referee made some mistakes, but overall it was fair. The Mexico - Cameroon game on the other hand was very out of hand.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo Quite a nice start to the WC (my dad is from Holland, so they're the first team I ever had a rooting interest in). HUP HOLLAND!
Originally Posted By u k fan I'll be watching England this evening. I'll watch all of the England games and then decide from there what else to watch. I have Portugal in a sweepstake so I'm also rooting for them!!!
Originally Posted By dagobert I think that England will win. By the way it's still strange that the UK has the chance to send four different teams to the World Cup or to the European Championship.
Originally Posted By u k fan Well, we were both wrong, but it could easily have been a different result. Technically, the UK is made up of 4 small countries so it depends on the set up for each sport. For football, each country has their own leagues (though you do find Welsh teams in the English leagues) and this carries through to the national teams as well. We did have a Great British team for the olympics!!!
Originally Posted By velo it really was an off night for England - I believe they had more shots on goal but just couldn't get the ball where it should go. Looking forward to Germany v Portugal!
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Great win by the US. I honestly hoped they could maybe get a tie in one of these games.
Originally Posted By dagobert Germany vs Portugal was a great game, but I expected Portugal to be better. They had no chance against Germany. I didn't see the US game, but a successful team will help to make soccer more popular in the US.
Originally Posted By dagobert Now after Spain being eliminated, I think Germany will win the World Cup.
Originally Posted By fkurucz I'm hoping for a Dark Horse, say Chile or Mexico. The lack of coverage in the USA is disheartening. Most people are unaware that there is a World Cup being played. Even worse, many regard the sport as "effeminate" and not a "manly" sport (like concussion ball). The coverage is better than before, but the sport remains invisible to most Americans.
