[kenberman]

ok, it's becoming clear you won't be convinced on this one. I'll play anyway...

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1. It was a reason why Mexico was a seeded team and the US wasn't.

[/ QUOTE ] duh, yes. but tell me why the poor skill and play of the 1998 team will negatively effect the skill and play of the 2006 team.


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. Yes, the USA qualified after the Round Robin Stage - but barely

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ok, I guess barely doesn't count

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The Portugal victory was ok, but if they played today Portugal would be favourites

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which may or may not be true, and either way, is meaningless

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But Germany is not what it used to be

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they were good enough to make the finals

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Sure USA has improved but if you think you are worth your number 8 ranking in the world - Then you must think think the world only exist in Columbus, Portland and Salt Lake City.

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who cares if we are #8 or #9 or #15? your original point was that we are a laughingstock, which I think I've proven to be ridiculous

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2002 was a much better performance. But I reckon the time zone of Asia helped.

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rrrright. b/c the USA is much closer to Asia than Europe? much more likely is that the time zone change put Americas teams and European teams on equal ground

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This time in Europe lets see which teams are drawn out of the hat Dec. 9th.

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um, ok