Hat tip to OneLove FC for posting this to their facebook feed:
And h/t to CultFootball’s resident sociologist, Simon Weffer, for posting this one in his facebook feed:
Which one do people like better?
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“The World’s Reaction to Landon Donovan’s Game Winning Goal”
Tommy was early with the awesome video from the Lincoln Neb bar. I forwarded the link to Tommy’s post to my brother, who just emailed back with the link to the following compilation (which includes some of the Lincoln footage)
Damn these internets work fast!
Group SummariesVideo
Group E Summary – Netherland/Denmark/Cameroon/Japan
Group E Fixtures, Results & Standings:
- Mon June 14 (Day 4): Netherlands 2, Denmark 0
- Mon June 14 (Day 4): Japan 1, Cameroon 0
- Sat June 19 (Day 9): Netherlands ?, Japan ?
- Sat June 19 (Day 9): Denmark ?, Cameroon ?
- Thurs June 24 (Day 14): Netherlands v Cameroon
- Thurs June 24 (Day 14): Japan v Denmark
Video highlights below.
Group SummariesVideo
Group F Summary – Italy/Slovakia/Paraguay/New Zealand
Group F fixtures & results:
- Mon June 14 (Day 4): Italy 1, Paraguay 1
- Tues June 15 (Day 5) : Slovakia 1, New Zealand 1
- Sun June 20 (Day 10): Slovakia v Paraguay
- Sun June 20 (Day 10): Italy v New Zealand
- Thurs June 24 (Day 14): Slovakia v Italy
- Thurs June 24 (Day 14): Paraguay v New Zealand
Video highlights of completed matches below.
Group SummariesVideo
Group G Summary – Brazil/Portugal/Ivory Coast/North Korea
Group G fixtures, results & standings:
- Tues June 15 (Day 5): Ivory Coast 0, Portugal 0
- Tues June 15 (Day 5): Brazil 2, North Korea 1
- Sun June 20 (Day 10): Brazil v Ivory Coast
- Mon June 21 (Day 11): Portugal v North Korea
- Fri June 25 (Day 15): Brazil v Portugal
- Fri June 25 (Day 15): Ivory Coast v North Korea
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Points |
 Brazil |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Côte d’Ivoire |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Portugal |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Korea DPR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Video highlights of completed matches below.
Group SummariesVideo
Group H Summary – Spain/Chile/Switzerland/Honduras
Group H fixtures, results & standings:
- Wed June 16 (Day 6): Switzerland 1, Spain 0
- Wed June 16 (Day 6): Chile 1, Honduras 0
- Sun June 21 (Day 11): Chile v Switzerland
- Sun June 21 (Day 11): Spain v Honduras
- Fri June 25 (Day 15): Chile v Spain
- Fri June 25 (Day 15): Switzerland v Honduras
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Points |
 Chile |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Switzerland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Honduras |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Video highlights of completed matches below.
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Joy in Huskerville
Video of crowd in Lincoln, Nebraska — ground zero of cornfed football America — watching Landon’s goal. You can tell exactly what’s going on in the sequence of play by the crowd’s reaction. Wonderful.
Group SummariesVideo
Group D – Match Summaries/Video Highlights – Germany/Ghana/Serbia/Australia
Scenario Analysis:
Here’s who advances in each of the 9 possible outcomes of this afternoon’s 2 matches:
| GER win/GHA loss | GER/GHA draw | GER loss/GHA win | |
| SRB win/AUS loss | GER & SRB | SRB & ? | GHA & SRB |
| SRB/AUS draw | GER & ? | GHA & ? | GHA & SRB |
| SRB loss/AUS win | GER & GHA | GER & GHA | GHA & ? |
Lots of ? marks, indicating cases where two teams finish with the same number of points, in which case it goes to the tiebreaker based on total goals (scored?).
Group D fixtures & results:
- Sun June 13 (Day 3): Ghana 1, Serbia 0
- Sun June 13 (Day 3): Germany 4, Australia 0
- Fri June 18 (Day 8): Serbia 1, Germany 0
- Sat June 19 (Day 9): Ghana ?, Serbia ?
- Wed June 23 (Day 13): Ghana v Germany
- Wed June 23 (Day 13): Serbia v Australia
Standings:
| Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Points |
 Ghana |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
 Serbia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Australia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Video highlights and match summaries below.