Just for info :
1st round
USA 3 : Portugal 2
South Korea 1 : USA 1
Poland 3 : USA 1
2nd round
Mexico 0 : USA 2
Quarter Finals
Germany 1 : USA 0
A very good run for USA in this World Cup, I must say.
It was a great game. Brazil won it for a record 5th time, and to think they actually had problems qualifying for it.
This World Cup also saw a couple of countries not known for their football catching up with the other traditional football countries, like Senegal, Turkey, Korea, and USA.
All in all, this World Cup will be best remembered as a World Cup of upsets. Who would have thought that the defending champion, France, got kicked out during the first round, without having a single point, without scoring a single goal? It will also be remembered as a World Cup of controversies. Korea's path to the semi finals were filled with dubious referee decisions, so much so that one of the referee who was officiating the match between Italy and Korea, which the Koreans won eventually, was rumoured to be a target of the Italian mafia.
Looking forward to World Cup 2006 in Germany!
I would like to put in my thanks too. Since I didn't have CNN on TV here in Singapore, the next place I turned to for news was the internet, and Slashdot was the only news site I could get to.
Thanks a lot Slashdot, for not only providing news for nerds, stuff that matters but also a valuable service.
- WJ (no.sig)
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Just for info : 1st round USA 3 : Portugal 2 South Korea 1 : USA 1 Poland 3 : USA 1 2nd round Mexico 0 : USA 2 Quarter Finals Germany 1 : USA 0 A very good run for USA in this World Cup, I must say.
It was a great game. Brazil won it for a record 5th time, and to think they actually had problems qualifying for it. This World Cup also saw a couple of countries not known for their football catching up with the other traditional football countries, like Senegal, Turkey, Korea, and USA. All in all, this World Cup will be best remembered as a World Cup of upsets. Who would have thought that the defending champion, France, got kicked out during the first round, without having a single point, without scoring a single goal? It will also be remembered as a World Cup of controversies. Korea's path to the semi finals were filled with dubious referee decisions, so much so that one of the referee who was officiating the match between Italy and Korea, which the Koreans won eventually, was rumoured to be a target of the Italian mafia. Looking forward to World Cup 2006 in Germany!
I would like to put in my thanks too. Since I didn't have CNN on TV here in Singapore, the next place I turned to for news was the internet, and Slashdot was the only news site I could get to. Thanks a lot Slashdot, for not only providing news for nerds, stuff that matters but also a valuable service. - WJ (no .sig)