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It's that time of every four years again when they have this thing like the Olympics but just for one sport. It's exciting, though, and really popular to watch, especially since there's not much else going on sports-wise in mid-June for a month. Most Americans don't follow world soccer too closely, though, so cuppycup decided he would field questions on the day before the first match game.
If you have any World Cup questions, I changed my Twitter name so fire away.
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@jimmygards pitch is when the referee or goalie rolls the soccer ball onto the field of play.
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
@cuppycup @jimmygards a kit is like a tent and some supplies for when the game goes into all those overtimes and no one can leave the field
— GBH_Rush (@DrNorrisCamacho) June 11, 2014
.@rlag09 no, but Spain wants Bama regardless
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/spadilly">@spadilly</a> Nigel, Ridgewell, and Arthur</p>— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) <a href="https://twitter.com/cuppycup/statuses/476751612397252608">June 11, 2014</a></blockquote>
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.@jimmygards the FIFA chant is not spelled out. It’s a volley chant. FIGH FA FIGH FA
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@clinker03 they call flags cards in soccer. Yellow is 5 yards and red is 15. Offsides is when an offensive player does something exciting.
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@fostokes science has shown the shape of the earth is not perfectly flat so straight lines can appear to have curvature like in baseball.
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@clinker03 the clock actually serves no game purpose in soccer. It is just a display of current Greenwich Mean Time.
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@stringsays like in the TV show Hell’s Kitchen the losing team gets to take some of the best players from the winning team at the end
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@Brad_Hope best part of the game IMO. If you commit more than 2 penalties the opposing team gets a free kick to the nads
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@west_colton unfortunately the US did not make the tournament
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@jimmygards the scarf tradition started because most soccer fans also enjoy Harry Potter
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@rqtek86 play never stops in soccer until it gets dark or a team scores a goal
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@SWRTWrightBlan @fostokes Mack Brown projected Johnny as a left quarter defenceman in soccer
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@kujo30 the official drink of the World Cup is San Pellegrino, named after the greatest player of all time.
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@TheBenCrook put it this way, Europe is gonna be up in South America like Pizzaro
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@DrNorrisCamacho there are cheerleaders in soccer but they call themselves hipsters
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
.@rqtek86 bicycle kicks are still popular but much of Europe is moving to Vespa kicks
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
ROLLTIDE
Alabama RT @abforbes93: @cuppycup who is the Alabama of soccer?
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 11, 2014
And we'd be remiss as bloggin' guys if we didn't force comparisons.
Which Simpsons character? RT @DrNorrisCamacho: Which Game of Thrones character is your country in the World Cup MY AWKWARDLY FORCED COLUMN
— World cuppycup (@cuppycup) June 10, 2014
We hope you enjoy the World Cup and Twitter over the next few weeks!