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The US started this tournament in the top 14 teams according to the FIFA classification...

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 06:54:45 AM EST
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they are frequently up around the top ten, this goes a way towards showing that the figures aren't just being fiddled to up the profile of the sport in the US as some have assumed.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 07:35:23 AM EST
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They're in South Africa because they are North America champions, which means they're better than Mexico.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 07:51:46 AM EST
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In fairness, that's because we stole all the good Latino players.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 07:57:44 AM EST
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Self-deprecation is unamerican :P

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 08:00:35 AM EST
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Not true. At least not in the South. It's the most common form there.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 08:08:24 AM EST
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Still, those figures are troublesome: some teams tend to be up and then underperform in tournaments. Prime exhibit: the Czech team.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 04:24:54 PM EST
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Spain was exhibit A until the last European cup.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 25th, 2009 at 05:05:41 PM EST
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