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Get through the qualifying stages to the finals in Germany (Germany is in Europe BTWKenHigg said:I wasn't aware there was some kind of tournament going on, much less that the U.S. was participating...
What does a country have to do to qualify?
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wold cupColinEssex said:
foot- oh...that soccer stuff. Sure! I watch that all the time... after the Super Bowl and when I can't find golf on the TV...or watch grass grow
I didn't know they had a game yesterday. Crap.ColinEssex said:
As I understand it, our team was (surprisingly) ranked fifth in the world. So what's the deal?
I guess, as usual, it's up to our women to make us look good.
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Yes, oddly enough the USA was ranked higher than Italy.Kraj said:
Italy got through to the last 16
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KenHigg said:I wasn't aware there was some kind of tournament going on, much less that the U.S. was participating...
That's why it's called the WORLD cup, it means that teams from all over the world participate, not just two countries
I guess we should stop letting Europeans and Australians compete in the America's Cup, then....Rich said:That's why it's called the WORLD cup, it means that teams from all over the world participate, not just two countries
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the world rankings are based on a your results and the usa are in a regional group for qualifying (or confederation as fifa calls them - concacaf) that is a touch lightweight compared to european/african groups. that is why *cough* good european teams such as scotland have a lowly rating of 61st
fifa world rankings
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Well I do so hate to be pedantic but, the Americas cup is named after the first boat to win the race and has nothing to do with the American continentKraj said:
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Now you're being silly, the world cup is actually called the Jules Rimme trophy, it's become known as the world cup because teams from all around the World participate, not just one or two.Kraj said:So, then... the first winner of the World cup was the World?
The World series is so named because America thinks it is the World and of course American networks thought they could flog the garbage to the World
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Rich said:Now you're being silly, the world cup is actually called the Jules Rimme trophy, it's become known as the world cup because teams from all around the World participate, not just one or two.
The World series is so named because America thinks it is the World and of course American networks thought they could flog the garbage to the World
Rich, you must have a sad existence. To go on and on, many different times, about something that has next to no value. So what if it's called the World Series. Is it really that big a deal to you or is it just another thing that America and Americans get your goat on?
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Rich said:
According to Wikipedia, it's called the FIFA World Cup Trophy. The Jules Rimet Trophy was last awarded in 1970 to Brazil.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy
Yes, I am.Rich said:
Funny, I couldn't find the reference anywhere that explained that was the origin. I'd love to see yours.Rich said:The World series is so named because America thinks it is the World and of course American networks thought they could flog the garbage to the World
I did however find this on Wikipedia: "At the time the term was first used (1857), baseball at the major league level was only played in the United States." Therefore, the World Series did, in fact, represent all the professional baseball players in the entire world at the time. I might also point out that it was named long before network television (or radio) was invented.
Second, if you care to browse this list, you'll see that the vast majority of competitions known as the "World whatever" are not representative of a wide variety of nations in the world, and most are played almost exclusively by European competitors. Or perhaps you'd like to explain how the World Cricket Cup (played by Britain, Australia and New Zealand) is representative of the international community in a way that the World Series is not?
So do you think you can give this "World Series" b.s. a rest, please?
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If memory serves me right it was changed because under the original rules if anyone won it at least three times it would become theirsMatty said:
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I'm very happy with my enlightened existence thank you and if I'm wrong I'll answer to god and nobody else, oops silly me, that was an American speech.
Hell it's rubbing off
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Rich said:I'm very happy with my enlightened existence thank you and if I'm wrong I'll answer to god and nobody else, oops silly me, that was an American speech.
Hell it's rubbing off
Good to see we're rubbing off on ya. Heck you might even start to believe in a heaven. Hold on, that's right one of the Brits icons sang something like "imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try." Guess that one won't rub off.
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Kraj said:
I know of no cricket tournament known as the world cricket cup. I do know that South Africa, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, ShriLanka, Australia, New Zealand and England (that's not Britain by the way, it's not a British game
) all participate.Oops silly me, I missed a few Nations off the list, add
Zimbawe, Canada, Kenya, Ireland, The UAE, The Netherlands, Namibia, East Africa
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