# 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 10, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677 "2010-06-10T17:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 62
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1221 "2010-06-23T15:49:38Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > It’s looking more and more like the US got jobbed out of 4 points and the knockout round. This is absolute horseshit. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1222 "2010-06-23T15:49:52Z")
**England not through!!!** **GO USA!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1223 "2010-06-23T15:50:10Z")
USA top the group as it stands. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1224 "2010-06-23T15:50:18Z")
Holy shit. Have to say, USA deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1225 "2010-06-23T15:50:19Z")
Thank the Gods of all the various religions (just in case) that England held on there!! GET IN THERE!! Also, just switched over to see USA have scored, nice one fellas, see you in the next round!! ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1226 "2010-06-23T15:50:53Z")
Come on Ghana! ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1227 "2010-06-23T15:50:54Z")
My wife’s quote after the US goal: “Thank God! Maybe I’ll get laid tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1228 "2010-06-23T15:51:20Z")
Nevermind. England through. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1229 "2010-06-23T15:51:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **England not through!!!** > > **GO USA!!!** England are through… ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1230 "2010-06-23T15:51:34Z")
🆒🙂 WE DID IT! ESPN is saying we lead Group C! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1231 "2010-06-23T15:52:52Z")
Has the USA ever won their group before? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1232 "2010-06-23T15:53:12Z")
The only thing more stunning than the win was the bullshit that made it this dramatic. Where’s Al Michaels when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1233 "2010-06-23T15:54:01Z")
See? see what a beautiful thing a World Cup is?, forgo your false religions and come worship in the altar of this strange, illogical, infuriating, exasperating, and utterly emotionally devastating game! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1234 "2010-06-23T15:54:09Z")
I’m so glad to see the USA finally get the win - they deserved it. Have to feel sorry for Slovenia - as the final whistle went, they were still going through… Edit: also, is it just me, or did that bring the SDMB down for a minute or so? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1235 "2010-06-23T15:54:15Z")
GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL! U.S.A. up 1-0, Donovan scored. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1236 "2010-06-23T15:54:32Z")
“I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. We beat the Algerians!” Doesn’t have the same ring. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1237 "2010-06-23T15:54:46Z")
I haven’t cried like this since the end of _Good Will Hunting_. I think I’ve scared every neighbor I have. I haven’t seen Morty the cat around anywhere, the coward. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1238 "2010-06-23T15:54:54Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > The only thing more stunning than the win was the bullshit that made it this dramatic. > > Where’s Al Michaels when you need him? No kidding. It should have been 2-0. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1239 "2010-06-23T15:55:00Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Has the USA ever won their group before? Apparently yes: 1930. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/1240 "2010-06-23T15:57:00Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > No kidding. It should have been 2-0. Yeah the ref just wanted to scupper my correct score predictions from a couple of pages upthread. I would have been 2 for 2! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677.md?page=63)