World Cup, NCAA Style (Final Four)

so far I am in the minority on both picks. that actually gives me confidence. or would if this were real....

I've been picking a Spain-Argentina final for the past two Cups. Needless to day, my WC brackets have been miserable failures.

Brazil and Argentina to advance. Sorry.

Spain invades Andorra. FIFA bans them from real and virtual tournaments. USA (loser to Spain) is elevated to the semi-finals. With Sylvester Stallone and a naturalized Michael Caine, USA defeats the Brazilians to set up a final in Paris against the Germans.

note to self: brush up on pop references to soccer by renting some soccer movies that were made in this century.

Stallone disqualified due to drug-testing. Caine forced to the bench as teammates complain they can no longer understand his cockney accent.

Team USA, however, manages to send the game to penalty kicks on 1-1 tie. USA wins it's first Cup, when Germany's best player, Werner Roth (couldn't they have found a better player?), remembers he's actually American and deliberately misses
the crucial penalty kick.

note to self: brush up on pop references to soccer by renting some soccer movies that were made in this century.

Posted by: I-270Exit1 | March 30, 2009 11:55 AM

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Don't forget Pele.

And let's try to add Goal, Fever Pitch, Game of Their Lives, Mean Machine, and A Shot at Glory in there somewhere.

Bend It Like Beckham would need a lot of help, though. Something to do with Landon, maybe?

As long as we're brushing up:

"Game of their Lives" was renamed to 'The Miracle match' for DVD release. Which is really the most important version since A) we can't go back in time to 2005 to see it in the theater and B) You really wouldn't see this in the theater anyway, would you? Would You? (Unless you have your own blog on Bigsoccer, spamming the soccer insider relentlessly with your links)...

This is garbage! I can see both being tight matches, but germany losing 3-1?!? There's an obvious bias for such a ridiculous margin (I bet you all had pitt and louisville in the finals too).

I'll take my pleasure in the real thing when maradona and company quietly exit in the round of 16 at South Africa.

There's an obvious bias for such a ridiculous margin (I bet you all had pitt and louisville in the finals too).

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I'm trying to figure out what kind of "obvious bias" the Dude is alluding to....

Argentina/Germany could really go either way. Both can score in bunches