by Ty Davison | Jun 23, 2006 | Sports
Given the almost 70-30 possession advantage that Brazil enjoyed throughout the game, it’s almost hard to believe that Japan led 1-0. True, they ultimately succumbed to Brazil’s superior talent in a one-sided 4-1 affair, but they did as well as could be...
by Ty Davison | Jun 22, 2006 | Sports
While Italy took out the Czech Republic 2-0, the USA floundered badly in its game with Ghana. An uncharacteristic mistake by Claudio Reyna led to the first breakaway goal. The US evened it on a nice play by Beasley and good finish from Dempsey. Horrible call nets the...
by Ty Davison | Jun 21, 2006 | Sports
Despite ending in a 0-0 tie, the Argentina v. Netherlands game was a fairly good one. Netherlands came out playing their possession game, but all the dangerous chances went Argentina’s way. I didn’t blog the game. You can read a recap here. Argentina wins...
by Ty Davison | Jun 21, 2006 | Sports
Portugal comes out with high pressure and gets a nice goal in the first 10 minutes. Mexico commits a grievous and unnecessary handball in the box for a PK, giving Portugal a 2-0 lead. Mexico scores on a pretty header to cut the lead to 2-1. Mexico misses (badly) the...
by Ty Davison | Jun 20, 2006 | Sports
England finally ups their level of play and we get a good one against Sweden. Horrible to see Michael Owen carted off in the first couple minutes. Hope it’s not the torn ACL it looked like. First goal from England was a superb shot from outside the box. Simply...
