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Post by TheGlove on Jun 14, 2018 6:03:03 GMT -8
Heart: Iceland (it's in my genes and they'd be an epic underdog story)
Mind: Die Mannschaft (also in my genes and they are the King until proven otherwise)
Others I'll be watching and rooting for due to family ties: Australia and Argentina
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Post by messi on Jun 14, 2018 6:15:58 GMT -8
Argentina or Brazil. I don't see an UEFA team taking this one.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jun 14, 2018 6:56:24 GMT -8
Always cheer for the Three Lions. Watching 18-year-old Michael Owen's goal against Argentina in the 1998 Cup made me an England fan forever. And my ancestry is English.
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Post by kersting13 on Jun 14, 2018 8:01:45 GMT -8
I won't really be paying any attention.
I think the Netherlands wears orange? I think I rooted for them one year because of the orange.
Ancestry is German/English, so maybe them?
It won't matter to me, one way or the other.
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Post by seastape on Jun 14, 2018 8:05:41 GMT -8
Head: Germany. Backups: Brazil and Spain.
Heart: Argentina. I have always liked Argentina and the only explanation that I have is that I used to play and win with them a lot on a FIFA Sega video game in the early 90s. Plus, I always root for the Western Hemisphere in the World Cup (and most international competitions). Backups: Costa Rica, Mexico.
Teams in particular I'll root against: Germany, Brazil (again, I don't know why), Russia (is there any sport, or anything else, that they don't cheat at?), Saudi Arabia. |
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Post by beavs6 on Jun 14, 2018 8:22:59 GMT -8
Croatia!!!!!!!!!
or Germany. Only because I get to sit in a German pub(are they called that) for their match against S Korea.
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Post by TheGlove on Jun 14, 2018 8:45:12 GMT -8
I won't really be paying any attention. I think the Netherlands wears orange? I think I rooted for them one year because of the orange. Ancestry is German/English, so maybe them? It won't matter to me, one way or the other. I guarantee that the Netherlands will go undefeated this World Cup. |
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Post by TheGlove on Jun 14, 2018 8:48:30 GMT -8
Head: Germany. Backups: Brazil and Spain.
Heart: Argentina. I have always liked Argentina and the only explanation that I have is that I used to play and win with them a lot on a FIFA Sega video game in the early 90s. Plus, I always root for the Western Hemisphere in the World Cup (and most international competitions). Backups: Costa Rica, Mexico.
Teams in particular I'll root against: Germany, Brazil (again, I don't know why), Russia (is there any sport, or anything else, that they don't cheat at?), Saudi Arabia. Russia takes Saudi Arabia in the opening match. It's 3-0 in the 88th minute. |
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Post by kersting13 on Jun 14, 2018 9:10:15 GMT -8
I won't really be paying any attention. I think the Netherlands wears orange? I think I rooted for them one year because of the orange. Ancestry is German/English, so maybe them? It won't matter to me, one way or the other. I guarantee that the Netherlands will go undefeated this World Cup. Hey, shouldn't I get points for knowing Netherlands is orange, even if I didn't know they aren't in the tournament. |
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Post by TheGlove on Jun 14, 2018 10:07:37 GMT -8
Head: Germany. Backups: Brazil and Spain.
Heart: Argentina. I have always liked Argentina and the only explanation that I have is that I used to play and win with them a lot on a FIFA Sega video game in the early 90s. Plus, I always root for the Western Hemisphere in the World Cup (and most international competitions). Backups: Costa Rica, Mexico.
Teams in particular I'll root against: Germany, Brazil (again, I don't know why), Russia (is there any sport, or anything else, that they don't cheat at?), Saudi Arabia. Russia takes Saudi Arabia in the opening match. It's 3-0 in the 88th minute. 5-0 final |
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Post by TheGlove on Jun 14, 2018 10:13:47 GMT -8
I guarantee that the Netherlands will go undefeated this World Cup. Hey, shouldn't I get points for knowing Netherlands is orange, even if I didn't know they aren't in the tournament. Well...they are in Orange for all their national team sports unless they are in red, white and blue. Orange= Dutch Royal family color Red, white, blue = the colors on their flag.   |
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Post by irimi on Jun 19, 2018 19:51:16 GMT -8
I got Japan! Go Samurai Blue! But somehow the Japanese men’s soccer team just can’t compete like the ladies’. They won a big match against Colombia today—first Asian team ever to defeat a South American team.
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Post by mbabeav on Jun 21, 2018 14:31:29 GMT -8
I really don't care - the only reason I even have an awareness of what is going on is because Fox paid a zillion dollars for the US broadcast rights, and then the US team biffed it and failed to qualify. So now if I want to listen to local sports radio, I have to listen to fox hosts talking about almost nothing but soccer and trying to sound excited when Iceland ties Germany or Argentina has a epic fail or whatever. They are desperate to have the tournament over so they can go back to talking about themselves and their past lives as second string college punters and who might have been involved in the latest kneeling incident.
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Post by messi on Jun 27, 2018 10:42:24 GMT -8
Croatia!!!!!!!!! or Germany. Only because I get to sit in a German pub(are they called that) for their match against S Korea. I'm sure this went well |
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Post by beavs6 on Jun 27, 2018 14:39:10 GMT -8
LOL. We actually got to go to a private affair at a local brewery. About half the 40-50 people German, the other half not. 2-3 non German nor real soccer fans made a lot of noise after the 1st goal. Very quiet after the second. After the game, change of plans. Instead of going out to the city square, lets go rest before CWS time.
Can I quietly whisper **(go croatia)?
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