USA v Portugal

They sure are known for that. They are also great tournament players so maybe you are right there. Good night lusitans.......

 

Lol, the instant jinx two nights in a row.

That no 2 was really lazy.

 

Unorthodox technique, but it counts for Clint Dempsey 2-1 Yanks.

 

They are relying on the most egotistical player the world have maybe ever seen. They never stood a chance mate.

 

Unbelievable goal, 2-2 with 30 sec left!

 

Shait!

 

So Ghana has to win by more than one and the yanks lose and Ghana are through. Portugal also has to win big, it should be a cracker but the other game will be a bore draw.

I hope both games are on the BBC as ITV have already picked three wrong games on their main channel.

 

Good player but.....well you know what I'm going to say.

 

Now that's an idea - he's certainly developed a competitive USA side.

 

I wouldn't mind. Though I'm not sure he would be a good fit, very unconventional and I can't see him succeding with all his changes in England. We're talking Feng Shui and Buddha statues around the place, how do think that would work in West London?


And he's settled in California and on a very long term project with team USA. Not sure he'll ever move away from America.

 

Based on this run, I sure hope he never leaves.

 

Had the pleasure of watching this in a bar in Indianapolis last night. I'm very impressed with the interest being shown over here, and the fact that over 150,000 tickets for games have been sold to US buyers, second only to Brazil. OK some geographical advantages, but not bad for a country supposedly with no interest and understanding in the sport. Doubtless a few of these sales will be for followers of Mexico and other teams though. We come in 5th with 38,000 tickets, better than any other European country, behind Argentina, Colombia and, brilliantly, Australia. Nice one Aussies, 40,000 tickets sold.

Less impressed with the ESPN TV coverage though. All suits and Steve McManaman as an expert. Makes ITV look good.

 

100% agree.

There's a lot of passion and knowledge about football in the US, probably 50% of customers in the bar I work in have a European team they follow, and quite a few of them have heard of QPR, and know we're back in the Premier League.

Also, yes. ESPN's coverage is almost as bad as the Olympic coverage.

 

Here in Canada the CBC WC coverage is great and so far they have broadcast every match, except this week there are now two matches per 1:00pm & 5:00pm time-slots, so today they have selected Netherlands v Chile @ 1:00pm. Our Atlantic Canada time-zone (AST) is also the same as most of the Brazil venues.

 

Are they showing Brazil or the match that matters?

ITV have 3 games where they are showing the wrong match on their main channel just because involves a big team even though its meaningless, Brazil England and Argentina IIRC.

 

Both matches appear on this CBC World Cup schedule, but suspect one of them will be picked up by their affiliate ABC.

Here is the complete English-language broadcast schedule. All CBC and ABC broadcasts are preceded by a 30 minute pregame show. Since most of Brazil is in the Atlantic Time Zone (ET + 1 hr), those are the times listed here.

Group A

Thursday 6/12, 5:00pm – Brazil vs. Croatia – CBC (John Helm)
Friday 6/13, 1:00pm – Mexico vs. Cameroon – CBC
Tuesday 6/17, 4:00pm – Brazil vs. Mexico – CBC
Wednesday 6/18, 7:00pm – Cameroon vs. Croatia – CBC (Dan O’Hagan)
Monday 6/23, 5:00pm – Croatia vs. Mexico – CBC/SN
Monday 6/23, 5:00pm – Cameroon vs. Brazil – CBC/SN

Group B

Friday 6/13, 4:00pm – Spain vs. Holland – CBC
Friday 6/13, 7:00pm – Chile vs. Australia – CBC (Dan O’Hagan)
Wednesday 6/18, 1:00pm – Australia vs. Holland – CBC
Wednesday 6/18, 4:00pm – Spain vs. Chile – CBC
Monday 6/23, 1:00pm – Holland vs. Chile – CBC/SN
Monday 6/23, 1:00pm – Australia vs. Spain – CBC/SN (Dan O’Hagan)

Group C

Saturday 6/14, 1:00pm – Colombia vs. Greece – CBC/ABC (Adrian Healey & Taylor Twellman)
Saturday 6/14, 10:00pm – Cote d’Ivorie vs. Japan – CBC (Gary Bloom)
Thursday 6/19, 1:00pm – Colombia vs. Cote d’Ivorie – CBC
Thursday 6/19, 7:00pm – Japan vs. Greece – CBC (Gary Bloom)
Tuesday 6/24, 5:00pm – Greece vs. Cote d’Ivorie – CBC/SN
Tuesday 6/24, 5:00pm – Japan vs. Colombia – CBC/SN (Kevin Keatings)

Group D

Saturday 6/14, 4:00pm – Uruguay vs. Costa Rica – CBC/ABC (Jon Champion & Stewart Robson)
Saturday 6/14, 7:00pm – England vs. Italy – CBC (Kevin Keatings)
Thursday 6/19, 4:00pm – Uruguay vs. England – CBC
Friday 6/20, 1:00pm – Italy vs. Costa Rica – CBC
Tuesday 6/24, 1:00pm – Italy vs. Uruguay – CBC/SN (Gary Bloom)
Tuesday 6/24, 1:00pm – Costa Rica vs. England – CBC/SN

Group E

Sunday 6/15, 1:00pm – Switzerland vs. Ecuador – CBC/ABC (Adrian Healey & Alejandro Moreno)
Sunday 6/15, 4:00pm – France vs. Honduras – CBC (John Roder)/ABC (Daniel Mann & Kasey Keller)
Friday 6/20, 4:00pm – Switzerland vs. France – CBC
Friday 6/20, 7:00pm – Honduras vs. Ecuador – CBC (Kevin Keatings)
Wednesday 6/25, 5:00pm – Ecuador vs. France – CBC/SN
Wednesday 6/25, 5:00pm – Hondruas vs. Switzerland – CBC/SN (Dan O’Hagan)

Group F

Sunday 6/15, 7:00pm – Argentina vs. Bosnia – CBC
Monday 6/16, 4:00pm – Iran vs. Nigeria – CBC (Dan O’Hagan)
Saturday 6/21, 1:00pm – Argentina vs. Iran – CBC
Saturday 6/21, 7:00pm – Nigeria vs. Bosnia – CBC (Dan O’Hagan)
Wednesday 6/25, 1:00pm – Nigeria vs. Argentina – CBC/SN
Wednesday 6/25, 1:00pm – Bosnia vs. Iran – CBC/SN

Group G

Monday 6/16, 1:00pm – Germany vs. Portugal – CBC
Monday 6/16, 7:00pm – Ghana vs. United States – CBC (Gary Bloom)
Saturday 6/21, 4:00pm – Germany vs. Ghana – CBC
Sunday 6/22, 7:00pm – United States vs. Portugal – CBC (Kevin Keatings)
Thursday 6/26, 1:00pm – United States vs. Germany – CBC/SN (Gary Bloom)
Thursday 6/26, 1:00pm – Portugal vs. Ghana – CBC/SN

Group H

Tuesday 6/17, 1:00pm – Belgium vs. Algeria – CBC
Tuesday 6/17, 7:00pm – Russia vs. Korea – CBC (Kevin Keatings)
Sunday 6/22, 1:00pm – Belgium vs. Russia – CBC (Gary Bloom)/ABC
Sunday 6/22, 4:00pm – Korea vs. Algeria – CBC/ABC
Thursday 6/26, 5:00pm – Korea vs. Belgium – CBC/SN
Thursday 6/26, 5:00pm – Algeria vs. Russia – CBC/SN (Kevin Keatings)

Knockout Phase

Saturday 6/28, 1:00pm – A1 vs. B2 – CBC/ABC
Saturday 6/28, 5:00pm – C1 vs. D2 – CBC/ABC
Sunday 6/29, 1:00pm – B1 vs. A2 – CBC
Sunday 6/29, 5:00pm – D1 vs. C2 – CBC
Monday 6/30, 1:00pm – E1 vs. F2 – CBC
Monday 6/30, 5:00pm – G1 vs. H2 – CBC
Tuesday 7/1, 1:00pm – F1 vs. E2 – CBC
Tuesday 7/1, 5:00pm – H1 vs. G2 – CBC
Friday 7/4, 1:00pm – Quarterfinal #1 – CBC
Friday 7/4, 5:00pm – Quarterfinal #2 – CBC
Saturday 7/5, 1:00pm – Quarterfinal #3 – CBC/ABC
Saturday 7/5, 5:00pm – Quarterfinal #4 – CBC
Tuesday 7/8, 5:00pm – Semifinal #1 – CBC
Wednesday 7/9, 5:00pm – Semifinal #2 – CBC
Saturday 7/12, 5:00pm – Third Place Match – CBC
Sunday 7/13, 4:00pm – Championship Final – CBC/ABC