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We were not inferior against Italy, that's for sure. Most people said we were the better team.

He was playing for a team called Borussia Dortmund, a team which is hardly suited for a profesional to play at his utmost ability. Rosicky is a world class talent and in professional enviornment he will flourish. His performances for the Czech Republic illustrate that.

If they win it all.

Nedved suffers knee scare Thursday 8 June, 2006 Juventus ace Pavel Nedved is an injury concern for the Czech Republic after he picked up a knock in training today. The former European Footballer of the Year accidentally clashed with teammate David Rozehnal which resulted in him pulling out of...

Baros is much better for his National Team than at the club level for some reason. He never really found a home at Liverpool and has not really lived up to his potential in England, however for the Czechs he's quite a threat. He won the Golden Boot at Euro 2004 afterall.. True, however I...

Supposedly Milan Baros is going to miss the first match against my country, so that is certainly good news. Without Baros they don't have much speed up top and speed is what scares me the most when I look at Onyewu and Pope at the back. The battle between Onyewu and Koller will be quite...

I don't know if we will see two major disapointments, however I would not be surprised if both the US and Ghana reach the next round. It might be a little weird considering this tournament is in Europe, however stranger things have happened. The Czechs do not have a World Cup in them, in my...

I don't know what a midfield specialist is, however you do seem to be losing it. :D

Eddie Lewis is a left wing specialist and could perhaps fill the left-back role as Bruce experimented with him there several times and he excelled. Lewis also has a good left peg and is a good crosser of the ball. The real midfield specialist for us is Reyna who is the link between the defense...

Maybe, but we still have a bunch of great soccer brains coming through the ranks and still many years to come. Freddy Adu is simply too young and has not performed well enough to be included in the squad over anybody for that matter. While he is talented he has not yet lived up to...

Convey is probably the slight of stature blond you saw striking free kicks. He's decent striking a dead ball and has a very accurate left peg. If he gets the start for Bruce he will be sharing the free kicks with Donovan most likely. I think Bruce is a great coach. He may not be very much...

I don't exactly know what Bruce will decide to field obviously, however I'm fairly convinced he will field the usual 4-3-1-2 against the Czechs and Italy and also field Beasley because he has the experiance. I hope, however, that Beasley will not be included at the expense of Convey who is on...

Beasley anxious to get the nod June 5, 2006 USA midfielder DaMarcus Beasley admits to being frustrated at not knowing whether he will be in coach Bruce Arena's starting eleven for the World Cup. The 24-year-old starting in 13 out of the 18 qualifiers and scored four goals. But coach Bruce...

Like I said, one more offtopic post within this thread would be warned, and you indeed keep going on about me. So keep it up and you'll be following your little friend stickyicky out the door. Hell, your IP address matches that of another member, and we'll see what the verdict is on that...

Friedel retired from international football and that's why Hahnemann is in the side as well.

And you are better off at a Zlatan forum.

Personally, I hope Italy chokes just as usual and Totti receives a red card for fondling Landon Donovan, thus seeing them lose to the United States and failing to progress. Because I seriously do not care what happens to Italy. So, we're even.

How frequently do the two favorites from such a difficult group go through to the next round? Not very often, and we have seen a lot of upsets over the past few World Cups to know that some favorites will CHOKE when faced with fairly good opposition in the group stage. The top sides in this...