Embarrasing show by the Americans.

When in reality we know the US have progressed so far up the rankings because the quality of opposition in their qualifying confederation is below that of other confederations

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Most real US fans know that ranking system is rubbish and have known we are clearly not #5, and many other teams are frankly out of whack as well....we're probably ranked that high because Coca-Cola sponsers the thing, and of course, thats one of those big, bad, hated American companies.

Oh well, we're finished, time to pull for Mexico (yes, I like both teams). \m/

ShiftyPowers said:

And then he wasn't careful. Yes, i'm absolutely in a terrible mood right now, but that doesn't change much of what I'm saying.

There has never been anything proven about blacks being better athletes. Never. Is it a coincidence? Well, yeah it probably is. You won't get lashed out at here on SG, but if you posted this on another forum I go to you would be blasted as a racist by just about everyone. There are athletic freaks of both colors and the average white guy or asian guy is just as athletic as the average black guy.

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You say nothing is proven, but look at the 100 meter and 200 meter races, black guys have always been dominant in those races in atheltics, coincidence?, maybe.

So what? Just because a white guy hasn't dominated sprinting for awhile doesn't mean one can't. It just means that there aren't any white guys with the natural ability to be a world class sprinter that actually put forth the effort. But something like the mile run is pretty even.

one should take into consideration that the US national team suck. don't expect so much of a crappy team next time and you won't be so dissapointed. Not trying to be an a** here, just stating the facts.

ShiftyPowers said:

So what? Just because a white guy hasn't dominated sprinting for awhile doesn't mean one can't. It just means that there aren't any white guys with the natural ability to be a world class sprinter that actually put forth the effort. But something like the mile run is pretty even.

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"The theory has it that the blacks possess fast-twitch fibres in their muscles that give them speed," says Dr Teh Kong Chuan, director of the Singapore Sports Council's Sports Medicine and Sports Science Division.

No doubt, numerous factors -- genetic, psychological, cultural and financial -- go into the making of a super sprinter, but the right genes may be the most critical.

The fibres within most human skeletal muscles are close to evenly divided between fast-twitch fibres, which contract very rapidly, and slow-twitch fibres, which don't contract as quickly but generate energy much more efficiently.

Super sprinters, therefore, have an unusual abundance of fast-twitch fibres which give them explosive power, while the legs of marathon runners might contain up to 90 per cent slow-twitch fibres that give them endurance for longer aerobic activities.



coincidence that 40 black men have run the 100m under 10 sec and no white man has? come on...

Just curious...got a URL for this? It's a theory, but I'd like to read about whether the theory has actually been tested.

I'm leaning towards the psychological factors more on this one. But that could just be because I have a psych degree. Biases everywhere!

Virgo said:

"The theory has it that the blacks possess fast-twitch fibres in their muscles that give them speed," says Dr Teh Kong Chuan, director of the Singapore Sports Council's Sports Medicine and Sports Science Division.

No doubt, numerous factors -- genetic, psychological, cultural and financial -- go into the making of a super sprinter, but the right genes may be the most critical.

The fibres within most human skeletal muscles are close to evenly divided between fast-twitch fibres, which contract very rapidly, and slow-twitch fibres, which don't contract as quickly but generate energy much more efficiently.

Super sprinters, therefore, have an unusual abundance of fast-twitch fibres which give them explosive power, while the legs of marathon runners might contain up to 90 per cent slow-twitch fibres that give them endurance for longer aerobic activities.



coincidence that 40 black men have run the 100m under 10 sec and no white man has? come on...

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Google is your friend, search fast twitch fibres or muscles

There's even a book about it: "Taboo: Why black athletes dominate sports and why we're afraid to talk about it"

nird said:

one should take into consideration that the US national team suck. don't expect so much of a crappy team next time and you won't be so dissapointed. Not trying to be an a** here, just stating the facts.

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This team doesn't suck. This team is capable of much, much better play than what they showed today. They showed absolutely no heart and intensity. That's what you hate to see. Look at how Trinidad & Tobago were able to hold Sweden to a 0-0 tie. If we had played with even a fraction of the passion T&T played with, we wouldn't have made it so easy for the Czechs.

Titanic said:

remember that after this world cup even if we do poorly we're still Americans, and the people in the rest of the world still aren't. That always perks me right up.

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and you guys wonder why people have a go at the US in every chance they get

lmfao all the americans are mad they were expecting to beat czech republic

get the f*ck out of here

you'll be luckly to beat ghana after I saw them play today

world rankings don't mean sh*t US always sucked, you just got extremely lucky last time... I just can't wait till they are out so the ESPN commentators will once and for all finally shut the f*ck up and not talk about their gay team and the cocksucker coach cause that's all they ever do, "ohh in 1840 bulgaria lost their opening game 3-0 but they still won the group" SHUT THE F*CK UP lmfao

lol!!!

this thread was so unnecessary

Your not helping bringing serenity here mika.

*serenity now* lol

The US were unlucky they got a tough group. Yeah, it's not the concacaf and you might get beat by better teams. Sh*t happens. I don't know why FIFA put them 5th in the world and people expect a lot from them. They're still a good team but they played a super Czech team.
Something must be wrong with the team also because you could see that Arena didn't care.

From now on, if you have a problem with your team, discuss it in it's own thread. Thanks!