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[Oriole85]

I'm glad they didn't swap out McManaman with the American dude for this game.

Pretty sure the only way Taylor Twellman was appearing in this game is if the US was in the Final.

[Dupin]

How did he miss that?  He wasn't even on target.

[Oriole85]

How often is the Final match at night? Seems like it's during the day.

[DJ MC]

Clockwise from top left: Dave Zirin (The Nation), Dan Shaughnessy (The Boston Globe), Joe Roth (Seattle Sounders founder), Darren Rovell (ESPN)

[DJ MC]

How often is the Final match at night? Seems like it's during the day.

 

They tend to put it when it is most convenient for the largest audience. So it's 4:00 local time in Rio, which is early evening in western Europe and Africa and early-to-mid afternoon in the Americas.

[DJ MC]

Correction for Ian Darke (who I know is following along the World Cup thread on BSL during the broadcast): there have been six Cup finals in extra time, now seven, including four of the last six overall. Two have gone to a shootout, 1994 and 2006.

[Oriole85]

They tend to put it when it is most convenient for the largest audience. So it's 4:00 local time in Rio, which is early evening in western Europe and Africa and early-to-mid afternoon in the Americas.

Well that makes sense, doesn't really answer the question though.

[Oriole85]

@ndavis_28 @awfulannouncing who knew there could be 3 halves of something

 

[bnickle]

One time Argentina. Let's go.

[DJ MC]

Well that makes sense, doesn't really answer the question though.

 

Well, why don't YOU look it up?

 

I'm going through right now. Assuming Wikipedia has the same format for all of its World Cup articles (all game times local), it appears that the late evening/night finals look like:

 

2010: 8:30 p.m. (South Africa)

2006: 8:00 p.m. (Germany)

2002: 8:00 p.m. (Japan)

1998: 9:00 p.m. (France)

1990: 8:00 p.m. (Italy)

1982: 8:00 p.m. (Spain)

 

EDIT: That appears to be it. Up until the 80s, most Cup finals were held in the mid-afternoon local time, with some starting as late as 5:30 p.m. and as early as 12:00 p.m.

[Oriole85]

Well, why don't YOU look it up?

 

I'm going through right now. Assuming Wikipedia has the same format for all of its World Cup articles (all game times local), it appears that the late evening/night finals look like:

 

2010: 8:30 p.m. (South Africa)

2006: 8:00 p.m. (Germany)

2002: 8:00 p.m. (Japan)

1998: 9:00 p.m. (France)

1990: 8:00 p.m. (Italy)

1982: 8:00 p.m. (Spain)

 

I'll keep checking...

You don't have to, just one of those, if you know off the top of your head. Pretty safe to say my train of thought was wrong here -- atleast with recent WCs.

[DJ MC]

You don't have to, just one of those, if you know off the top of your head. Pretty safe to say my train of thought was wrong here -- atleast with recent WCs.

 

I was curious, too

 

Like I said, it seems like they try and put it where it is best for the largest TV audience. So it ends up in the mid-afternoon when in the Americas and in the late evening in Europe and Asia.

[DJ MC]

Goal Germany!

[Dupin]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!

 

Awesome.

[DJ MC]

Wow. What a shot, too.

 

That's the guy that was brought on for Klose.

[Dupin]

Let's park the bus.

[bnickle]

Horrible. The absolute worst team that could win.

[Dupin]

Horrible. The absolute worst team that could win.

 

I think I found you a new avatar bro:

 

[Oriole85]

Horrible. The absolute worst team that could win.

Is LeBron a German fan? Seriously though, what's your reason for rooting against them?

[DJ MC]

Germany would be the first European team to win a Cup held in the Americas. No New World team has ever won in the Old World.