Someone please translate Soccer for me.
- Thread starter GlassOnion
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lol...not even close to the final yet...
We won our group today..WOOO it was AMAZING...I think my heart is still racing! Had we not won, we would not have moved on...but now we are on the top (we tied England in "points"...but the tie breaker for that is goals scored...and we scored more!)
Anyways...right now there are 8 groups of 4 (we were Group C). Each team within the group plays each other once (so each team plays 3 games). For a win, a team gets 3 points, a tie, they get 1 pt. (that is how we tied england in points)
Anyhoo...from there, the top 2 teams in each group move on...so we are now down to 16 teams. And this is just single game knockout. I dunno which group plays which, but the winner of one group plays the runner up of another group.
Then its quarterfinals, semi finals...finals.
I;m guessing by injury time, you mean the time they add once the 90 minutes is up? In soccer, the clock never stops...so that extra time is determined by the ref & it is to make up for time lost due to injuries/subs/other stuff
Its soooo much fun to watch...even if you dont understand the rules completely!!!!
We won our group today..WOOO it was AMAZING...I think my heart is still racing! Had we not won, we would not have moved on...but now we are on the top (we tied England in "points"...but the tie breaker for that is goals scored...and we scored more!)
Anyways...right now there are 8 groups of 4 (we were Group C). Each team within the group plays each other once (so each team plays 3 games). For a win, a team gets 3 points, a tie, they get 1 pt. (that is how we tied england in points)
Anyhoo...from there, the top 2 teams in each group move on...so we are now down to 16 teams. And this is just single game knockout. I dunno which group plays which, but the winner of one group plays the runner up of another group.
Then its quarterfinals, semi finals...finals.
I;m guessing by injury time, you mean the time they add once the 90 minutes is up? In soccer, the clock never stops...so that extra time is determined by the ref & it is to make up for time lost due to injuries/subs/other stuff
Its soooo much fun to watch...even if you dont understand the rules completely!!!!
For the first time in, I believe, 80 years, the US made it past the first round... and the winning goal was scored in the 91st minute- which means the game was a nail-biter.
Dreeza's got it.
Each "pool" is 4 teams. You play every other team in your pool, and the top 2/4 advance into a single elimination tournament. The top teams are determined as follows:
# Points (Win = 3, Tie = 1, Loss = 0)
Goal Differential (# scored minus # allowed)
# Goals scored
# Goals scored against
Coin Toss
Going into today, the US had 2 points, since they had tied England and Slovenia. England also had 2 points (2 ties), Slovenia had 4 points (win/tie) and Algeria had 1 (Loss/tie). We were playing Algeria, and England was playing Slovenia. In order to be in the top 2, we needed one of the following situations to occur:
1) The US won (This would have given us 5 points. Since only England OR Slovenia could get more than that, we would be guaranteed to go on)
2) The US tied, and Slovenia won (This would give us 3 points, and Slovenia 7 points, but England and Algeria would have 2 each)
3) The US tied, and England/Slovenia tied. Slovenia would have taken the pool, and England/US would be tied at 3 points each. It would have boiled down to # of goals, since 3 ties means there would be a net 0 goal differential for both teams.
Because we won, the pool ended up like this:
1) US - 5 points
2) England - 5 points
3) Slovenia - 4 points
4) Algeria - 1 point
Since the US and England both have 5 points, you have to go to the next item in the list - goal differential. Both are +1. Next, goals scored. The US scored 4, and England only scored 2. Therefore, the US won the group, and England is second.
Now it gets simple. A 16 team single elimination tournament is seeded where the #1 from Group A plays the #2 from Group B, and #2 from A plays #1 from B. Winners advance, losers go home.
I LOVE WORLD CUP!
(PS - Go Germany!)
Each "pool" is 4 teams. You play every other team in your pool, and the top 2/4 advance into a single elimination tournament. The top teams are determined as follows:
# Points (Win = 3, Tie = 1, Loss = 0)
Goal Differential (# scored minus # allowed)
# Goals scored
# Goals scored against
Coin Toss
Going into today, the US had 2 points, since they had tied England and Slovenia. England also had 2 points (2 ties), Slovenia had 4 points (win/tie) and Algeria had 1 (Loss/tie). We were playing Algeria, and England was playing Slovenia. In order to be in the top 2, we needed one of the following situations to occur:
1) The US won (This would have given us 5 points. Since only England OR Slovenia could get more than that, we would be guaranteed to go on)
2) The US tied, and Slovenia won (This would give us 3 points, and Slovenia 7 points, but England and Algeria would have 2 each)
3) The US tied, and England/Slovenia tied. Slovenia would have taken the pool, and England/US would be tied at 3 points each. It would have boiled down to # of goals, since 3 ties means there would be a net 0 goal differential for both teams.
Because we won, the pool ended up like this:
1) US - 5 points
2) England - 5 points
3) Slovenia - 4 points
4) Algeria - 1 point
Since the US and England both have 5 points, you have to go to the next item in the list - goal differential. Both are +1. Next, goals scored. The US scored 4, and England only scored 2. Therefore, the US won the group, and England is second.
Now it gets simple. A 16 team single elimination tournament is seeded where the #1 from Group A plays the #2 from Group B, and #2 from A plays #1 from B. Winners advance, losers go home.
I LOVE WORLD CUP!
(PS - Go Germany!)
Eh, not really. That's why I don't like soccer. I don't get when you get red cards, yellow cards, green cards, multi colored cards, and whatever other colors they want to make up. I don't get why they allow players to fake injuries. I don't get a lot of the blatantly wrong calls they make. None of it makes any sense.
You don't have to like it, but don't make up crap to justify your opinion.
Red card = flagrant foul. Intentionally harming another player, intentional handball to stop a goal, etc
Yellow card = less severe. Rough housing to get the tackle, slide tackling and missing the ball, handball that wasn't blocking a goal, etc
There are no other color cards. 2 yellows = red, and red = you miss the rest of the game (and the next one).
You aren't allowed to fake injuries. I've seen several yellows given out this tournament for faking injuries, or over-exaggerating falls. Sure, some of them get by (they do the same nonsense in basketball!) but the refs are only human.
There have been several really bad calls this cup--but that's part of the game. There are no instant replays, no people in the upper box making the calls...it's human error, and it's bound to happen. Personally, I really enjoy the fact that there's no stopping every 5 minutes to argue over calls. Once the ref blows his whistle, that's it!
Red card = flagrant foul. Intentionally harming another player, intentional handball to stop a goal, etc
Yellow card = less severe. Rough housing to get the tackle, slide tackling and missing the ball, handball that wasn't blocking a goal, etc
There are no other color cards. 2 yellows = red, and red = you miss the rest of the game (and the next one).
You aren't allowed to fake injuries. I've seen several yellows given out this tournament for faking injuries, or over-exaggerating falls. Sure, some of them get by (they do the same nonsense in basketball!) but the refs are only human.
There have been several really bad calls this cup--but that's part of the game. There are no instant replays, no people in the upper box making the calls...it's human error, and it's bound to happen. Personally, I really enjoy the fact that there's no stopping every 5 minutes to argue over calls. Once the ref blows his whistle, that's it!
It was tongue in cheek. I thought the green and multicolored card bit would give it away. Evidently no.
There's tons of people just randomly falling down trying to act injured and get the other team carded (or whatever the penalty is). It's all over the internet.
Oooh....And just how much is the 'post' part of that?
There's tons of people just randomly falling down trying to act injured and get the other team carded (or whatever the penalty is). It's all over the internet.
Oooh....And just how much is the 'post' part of that?
