USA vs Slovenia is up today. I will be live blogging it here at MLD. US should get a win. Everyone says a tie is alright, but it is not. A tie really puts a lot of pressure on the United States in their last game against Algeria. Not only must they beat Algeria, but they would have to win BIG.

Anyway, in terms of lineups: Jose Torres is in, Ricardo Clark is out. Torres is smaller, faster, and more offensive minded. Only issue with him versus Clark is that Torres is small going against a bigger Slovenia side. Slovenia should be too slow to keep up with him.

One more thing: I hope Hercules Gomez gets in the game later. He has been solid lately and brings life off the bench.

Check out other World Cup coverage on My Latest Distraction before the game.

LIVE coverage begins here:

Read more of this article »

As the second games in the round robin start up there should be more goals.  Hopefully the nightmare of the first week is now over.

June 17, 2010

GROUP B

Argentina 4 – 1 South Korea

Read more of this article »

Thankfully, June 16, 2010 will be considered “The Day the World Cup Became Interesting.”  First, Chile, though only winning 1-0, is the most exciting non-Brazil/Germany/Spain team in the tournament. They play three strikers, which means they are always pushing to score. They are like the Phoenix Suns of soccer, if that is possible.  Second, Spain lost. More on that later.  Third, Uruguay scored three goals in one game.  That was fun to watch.

We start: Read more of this article »

So maybe this has been the worst World Cup ever. How many ties can there be before people just stop caring?  Well, that depends. I do not know if anyone cares at this point. I guess people will pay attention to the US game on Friday against Slovenia, but nobody will actually watch it. Friday at 10am is not the best time for a soccer game.

To the games:

Read more of this article »

Saturday and Sunday’s World Cup games are in the books, six games with five winners.

June 12, 2010

So with Group A all knotted up at a boring one point, Saturday brought us something we were lacking:  A winner.

GROUP B – FIFA Rankings (#)

South Korea (47), Argentina (7), Nigeria (21), Greece (13)

South Korea 2 – 0 Greece

I’ll make sure I post the FIFA rankings for the first week of play, but after that… well, they don’t mean anything. Greece was dismantled and humbled by South Korea. Read more of this article »