Bush Wishes Team USA Luck, Team USA Routed - 06-13-06
June 13 - The USA started the 2006 World Cup the way betting experts predicted they would, by being outplayed and ultimately dismantled by a potent Czech Republic team, and odds are they are headed home early from Germany in 2006.
Even a message of good luck from embattled president George W Bush could not spare team USA from a humiliating defeat, that despite fielding players from Fullham, Standard Leige, and even Reading.
Here is some World Cup betting advice you can take to the bank and present as legal tender: the United States will be eliminated in this group. If you're a betting man you might want to go further and speculate that they will leave with a maximum of 1 point. They are way behind Italy and have to play well against Ghana to earn a point. That despite having star players from Major League Soccer.
There is money to be made betting on the World Cup, and specifically in the USA's remaining group games. Italy will beat them on Saturday barring a complete meltdown, so be sure to take a little bit of the Azzuri at your favorite online sportsbook.
The fact that ESPN insists on flashing the stat that the USA is the #5 ranked team in the world is proof that there are millions of misguided people out there. A more accurate ranking would place the USA in the low 20s, certainly behind the 16 teams that will qualify here and until they prove otherwise behind other early casualties like Ghana as well.
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