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>>>Did well to even qualify for the tournament? It doesn't seem like a great miracle to me that the fifth ranked team in the world makes a field of 32. In retrospect that #5 ranking may have been a bit high but that was where the U.S. team was ranked when the World Cup field was announced.
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>>Didn't mean to ruffle feathers but I meant that a country not known for its footy should do so well, even to get ranked. Look at how ell Oz is doing, and their game is "Aussie Rules" football (where they wear skimpy shorts and pick the ball up".
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>That's a different game, isn't it? I thought it was closer to rugby or American football than the game being played in the World Cup.

That's what I mean, Yes it is like rugby, or gealic football, I guess. The point is you and they, as essentially non-footy nations did so well to get to the finals.

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>>Running with the WC at the mo' are Budweisser ads where "dumn" US presenters are lampooned, describing the match in gridiron fashion. The thrust of the campaign is "You do the football - leave the beer to us"
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>Which would also be a mistake, wouldn't it? ;-) I certainly agree with you about the relative merits of American and English beer.

lol. Yes, if it were the Czeck Budweiser, Budwar then they might have had a point :-)
Bud is "the official beer" of the World Cup. I doubt you'll get many England or German fans over there supping it in the bars.