What is Wrong with People???

Seriously? Why do people insist that Cristiano Ronaldo is so hot (or as one of my collegues at KCAL says, "The hottest man on the planet.")?

I mean, sure, he may be somewhat more attractive than the average joe...maybe. But don't people know that guy is a tremendous douche turd? The man has no loyalty whatsoever and will go to any team that will give him the most money. This year's winner is Real Madrid...ew. I don't even think he would be loyal to his country of Portugal if another country were to give him money and gifts. I also can't think of anyone more self-involved. The guy totally knows that everyone thinks he's the shizznit and acts accordingly: douche-like. Have you seen his twitter account? All he does is posts pictures of himself!

And don't even get me started on how he plays. With all the flopping, the cheeky back heel passes that are completely unnessecary and the selfish execution of free kicks, the guy is just a selfish bastard. Case in point: his game yesterday against SPAIN. There were several times where he was actually fouled but didn't get the call because the referee was certain that Ronaldo had flopped. Why? Because he does it all the damn time! Why would this be any different? And what would he do when he didn't get a call? He would sit on the ground and pout like a three-year-old. Yeah...that's definitely sexy. I also don't understand how Portugal could name this primadonna their squad's captain. I mean, I can't think of anyone more selfish than him or someone that cares less about the collective result. I've said it many times before and I will forever say it again...the man is a douche.

Ronaldo...doucheeeeeeee

I feel like if people knew all this stuff about their "demi-god" Ronaldo, they would find him much, much, much less attractive. And now I have said my piece.

We Really Only Have Ourselves to Blame

I'm not going to lie, I am disappointed that the US couldn't sprinkle some more heroic fairy dust on themselves to beat Ghana, but they still put on a worthy display of tenacity and guts. Yet, I can't help but think that our inability to make it to the World Cup quarterfinals is all on us and us alone.

Part of the blame (if not most of it) should be placed on the shoulders of Coach Bob Bradley. It was certainly a head-scratcher that he decided to start Ricardo Clark instead of Maurice Edu, considering Edu played so well against Algeria. Also, if my recent memory serves me right, it was Clark's fault that Gerrard nailed his early goal when we faced England. And you know what happened today, Clark effed up again to allow Ghana to go up 1-0 in just the 5th minute. Good call on that one, Coach! Then, Clark committed an idiotic foul that granted him a yellow card, and Bradley finally subbed him off in the 30th minute...about 30 minutes too late if you ask me. And who did he sub Clark for? Edu! If he had started Edu in the first place, that would have saved him a substitution later in the match, which would have helped since we went into extra time.

Then Bradley also decided to start Findley up front instead of a Edson Buddle or Herculez Gomez, both who played well in the last game. Naturally, Findley couldn't get it together on the attack and he was subbed at half time for Feilhaber, who ended up playing very well! Another substitution squandered by the complete dumb-assness of Bradley.

Speaking of Bradley, let's turn some blame to his son, Michael. Now, he certainly wasn't the only American that couldn't convert a scoring opportunity in this game, but he definitely had the most quality chance. What it is that coaches tell kids when they start playing soccer at the age of four? Look to where you are shooting/passing the ball. Did Michael do that when he was one-on-one with the keeper and had about five yards of space? Uh...no, he didn't. Instead of looking up for a split second and knowing where the keeper was so he could shot around him, he didn't look and hit the ball one-time right to the keeper. That could have been our second goal and our ticket to the quarterfinals. But I guess you can try in another four years, Mikey.

And last but not least, what is up with the US's inability to keep the other team from scoring first and in the opening minutes of the game. It happened against England, Slovenia and Ghana twice (if you count both first half of regular time and first half of extra time). We managed to right ourselves three out of the four times, but the last time we just left ourselves without enough time to get an equalizer. Well...we are nothing if not consistent with the allowing of early-game goals, but it's something that really needs to stop if we want to continue and advance in these world-class tournaments.

All these in-game and coaching mistakes shouldn't take away the fact that quality run in an extremely difficult tournament. Despite making it to the quarterfinals like we did in 2002, our performance in this 2010 World Cup could give the US the push it needed to really respect the sport of soccer with the kind of respect it deserves, a sh*t-ton of it.

My favorites SPAIN are still in the tournament, but they have a tough match in Portugal this Tuesday. Best believe that I will be anxious out of my mind until then. And go Germany...and Argentina!!!