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Posted: 6/27/2016 7:42 PM
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My facebook post says it all:

http://tinyurl.com/zb32n3n

Go ICELAND!
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Posted: 6/28/2016 12:20 AM
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I was told that people without Facebook accounts could not follow the link I posted, so here's a cut and paste of it, minus the Iceland flag:

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Iceland 2, England 1

As my son just succinctly put it my motherland just beat my fatherland. I was rooting for the motherland! Some of the interesting post-game comments by analysts:

"A small country of giants."
"Fewer registered soccer players than the US State of Rhode Island."
"One of the greatest upsets in the history of sports on this planet."
"Biggest upset in football history."

GO ICELAND beat France!

[For those who don't know, my mother was Icelandic and my father had a mixed European background with a lot of English in the mix.]

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Perhaps, Ryan, could post an Icelandic flag for me in this thread! :-)
Last Edited: 6/28/2016 12:21:48 AM by OhioCatFan
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Posted: 6/28/2016 1:39 AM
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Less politically extreme people may prefer LeBron leading the Cavs over Oakland to Cleveland's first title in 52 years after being down 0-2 and 1-3 to a team with the best regular season record in NBA history, with a clinching seventh game win on the road.


PARTY AT NAPOLI'S



Please learn the diff between football and futbol.
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Posted: 6/28/2016 10:47 AM
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In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
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Posted: 6/28/2016 11:24 AM
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Monroe Slavin wrote:expand_more
Less politically extreme people may prefer LeBron leading the Cavs over Oakland to Cleveland's first title in 52 years after being down 0-2 and 1-3 to a team with the best regular season record in NBA history, with a clinching seventh game win on the road.


PARTY AT NAPOLI'S


Please learn the diff between football and futbol.
Lebron and the Cavs win is so last week's news. ;)


Football - a game played with the feet. Seems accurate to me.
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Posted: 6/28/2016 1:21 PM
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Hate to be a party pooper as I enjoyed Iceland's win as much as anyone..but the biggest upset in football happened a few months before with Leicester City winning the Premier League.

Iceland is ranked 34th in the world...3 spots behind the USA. They're not a name brand, but they're not a bad team by any means.
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Posted: 6/28/2016 3:29 PM
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MariettaCatFanatic wrote:expand_more
Hate to be a party pooper as I enjoyed Iceland's win as much as anyone..but the biggest upset in football happened a few months before with Leicester City winning the Premier League.

Iceland is ranked 34th in the world...3 spots behind the USA. They're not a name brand, but they're not a bad team by any means.
I admittedly know little about soccer but I wondered if it was really as surprising as it was being made out to be. I knew Iceland tied Portugal, which was a pretty big deal.
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Leicester City was absurd. There just isn't anything you can compare it to. It'd almost be like a D-2 school coming up to D-1 then winning the national championship that year. Crazy.

But Iceland's win IS a massive, massive upset IMO. They are a solid team, but that isn't a game anyone would think they win.

Overall, soccer is a sport where I think upsets are much more likely than a sport like football. Kinda like Hockey, I think a undermatched team in soccer can play a style tactically that allows them to be competitive against teams that are much, much better than them.

In football, if you massively outmatched physically, tactics can't really keep you in it.
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Leicester City was absurd. There just isn't anything you can compare it to. It'd almost be like a D-2 school coming up to D-1 then winning the national championship that year. Crazy.

But Iceland's win IS a massive, massive upset IMO. They are a solid team, but that isn't a game anyone would think they win.

Overall, soccer is a sport where I think upsets are much more likely than a sport like football. Kinda like Hockey, I think a undermatched team in soccer can play a style tactically that allows them to be competitive against teams that are much, much better than them.

In football, if you massively outmatched physically, tactics can't really keep you in it.
Sidenote... For as frustrated as I am at times by US Soccer, our men's national team has the key piece to potentially be competitive against better teams... That piece is an elite goalie. PACK THE BOX!
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Posted: 6/28/2016 10:13 PM
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The Optimist wrote:expand_more
Leicester City was absurd. There just isn't anything you can compare it to. It'd almost be like a D-2 school coming up to D-1 then winning the national championship that year. Crazy.

But Iceland's win IS a massive, massive upset IMO. They are a solid team, but that isn't a game anyone would think they win.

Overall, soccer is a sport where I think upsets are much more likely than a sport like football. Kinda like Hockey, I think a undermatched team in soccer can play a style tactically that allows them to be competitive against teams that are much, much better than them.

In football, if you massively outmatched physically, tactics can't really keep you in it.
Sidenote... For as frustrated as I am at times by US Soccer, our men's national team has the key piece to potentially be competitive against better teams... That piece is an elite goalie. PACK THE BOX!
As a big "football" fan, I'm not sure I'm sold on Mr. Guzan nearly as much as I've been sold on past, truly elite goal keepers. Names like Friedel, Keller, and Howard have started for top teams in Europe. But, I do hope I'm proven wrong, because an elite keeper is a definite advantage. Elite keepers made the difference for Chile, and Iceland both this week.
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Posted: 6/29/2016 4:05 PM
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In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
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Posted: 6/29/2016 6:11 PM
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Pataskala wrote:expand_more
In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
+1 Keep 'em rolling! :-)
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Posted: 6/30/2016 9:33 AM
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The Optimist wrote:expand_more
Sidenote... For as frustrated as I am at times by US Soccer, our men's national team has the key piece to potentially be competitive against better teams... That piece is an elite goalie. PACK THE BOX!

Isn't the key piece Germans with one American parent?

Things are looking up. American futbol fans have not seen the likes of this ever:

Pulisic (Borussia Dortmand -- as a teenager !)
Wood (Hamburg)
Yedlin (Sunderland via Tottenham)
Brooks (Hertha)
Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Zelalem (Arsenal)
Miazga (Chelsea)
Hyndman (Fulham)
Green (Bayern Munich)
and the list goes on....
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Ohio69 wrote:expand_more
Sidenote... For as frustrated as I am at times by US Soccer, our men's national team has the key piece to potentially be competitive against better teams... That piece is an elite goalie. PACK THE BOX!

Isn't the key piece Germans with one American parent?

Things are looking up. American futbol fans have not seen the likes of this ever:

Pulisic (Borussia Dortmand -- as a teenager !)
Wood (Hamburg)
Yedlin (Sunderland via Tottenham)
Brooks (Hertha)
Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Zelalem (Arsenal)
Miazga (Chelsea)
Hyndman (Fulham)
Green (Bayern Munich)
and the list goes on....
It is key, and it's key because every other country in the world does the same sort of thing. See former Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva - plays for Croatia, born in Brazil.
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OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
+1 Keep 'em rolling! :-)
The Chanticleers win the CWS! Somewhere, Mel Allen is saying "How about that!"
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Pataskala wrote:expand_more
In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
+1 Keep 'em rolling! :-)
The Chanticleers win the CWS! Somewhere, Mel Allen is saying "How about that!"


The signs of the pending Parousia continue . . . Cubs pennant coming up . . . OHIO MACC on the horizon . . . earthquakes in diverse places . . . OHIO basketball in Final Four . . . Fake Monroe and Real Monroe merge personalities . . .
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Pataskala wrote:expand_more
In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
+1 Keep 'em rolling! :-)
The Chanticleers win the CWS! Somewhere, Mel Allen is saying "How about that!"


Love the Mel Allen reference. Nicely done!
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OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
+1 Keep 'em rolling! :-)
The Chanticleers win the CWS! Somewhere, Mel Allen is saying "How about that!"


The signs of the pending Parousia continue . . . Cubs pennant coming up . . . OHIO MACC on the horizon . . . earthquakes in diverse places . . . OHIO basketball in Final Four . . . Fake Monroe and Real Monroe merge personalities . . .

The Cleveland Indians - the Cleveland Indians?? - have won 13 in a row! And in June went 22-6!
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PARTY AT NAPOLI'S
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In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
+1 Keep 'em rolling! :-)
The Chanticleers win the CWS! Somewhere, Mel Allen is saying "How about that!"


The signs of the pending Parousia continue . . . Cubs pennant coming up . . . OHIO MACC on the horizon . . . earthquakes in diverse places . . . OHIO basketball in Final Four . . . Fake Monroe and Real Monroe merge personalities . . .

The Cleveland Indians - the Cleveland Indians?? - have won 13 in a row! And in June went 22-6!
Indians and Cubs in the World Series . . . Cubs win! ;-)
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OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
In England they call it football not fútbol. Iceland beat England not Spain, Italy, etc. Loved the Cavs win, as I said in your "That" thread in the basketball forum. Room in my heart to love both.

Go Iceland beat France. Game on ESPN2, Sunday at 3:00, pregame at 2:30.

Hey, this must be the year OHIO MACCs and pulls the upset of Tennessee.

So far we have:

Cavs win NBA title
Iceland beats England

Coming up we have:

Cubs winning National League pennant
OHIO winning MACC

Then we have:

The Parousia
I hope we can add Coastal Carolina beating Arizona for the CWS tonight.
+1 Keep 'em rolling! :-)
The Chanticleers win the CWS! Somewhere, Mel Allen is saying "How about that!"


The signs of the pending Parousia continue . . . Cubs pennant coming up . . . OHIO MACC on the horizon . . . earthquakes in diverse places . . . OHIO basketball in Final Four . . . Fake Monroe and Real Monroe merge personalities . . .

The Cleveland Indians - the Cleveland Indians?? - have won 13 in a row! And in June went 22-6!
Indians and Cubs in the World Series . . . Cubs win! ;-)
augh! don't jinx it! (gotta go kill another goat)
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Indians and Cubs in the World Series . . . Cubs win! ;-)
augh! don't jinx it! (gotta go kill another goat)
Being mean to goats is what got you into this predicament to begin with.
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Throw in Wales over Belgium.
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Indians and Cubs in the World Series . . . Cubs win! ;-)
augh! don't jinx it! (gotta go kill another goat)
Being mean to goats is what got you into this predicament to begin with.
Being nice to goats for the past 71 years has not worked that well. It seems that a change of course is in order.
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Indians and Cubs in the World Series . . . Cubs win! ;-)
augh! don't jinx it! (gotta go kill another goat)
Being mean to goats is what got you into this predicament to begin with.
Being nice to goats for the past 71 years has not worked that well. It seems that a change of course is in order.
You know, I can't argue with that logic.
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