2010 FIFA World Cup Match Venue

At night it will appear as if the additional tiers of seating are hovering above the existing stadium bowl.


A roof will be added above the floating tiers.

Before: http://www.rustenburg.gov.za/uploads/existing%20stadium%2001.jpg
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Thats pretty weird, you'd think there would be a more elegant solution.

Hey Mo, outstanding set of posts (I'll not bother responding to each). Some amazing venues on the way, once again my mouth is watering for my 2010 vacation!

I absolutely love the 'floating' seats (above), I know cover is required, and being added, but I think that will damage the illusion - I'd like to see them leave it off that part of the ground!

the floating tiers are tacky and can be an eyesore to look at.

the floating tiers are tacky and can be an eyesore to look at.

sometimes architecture is a matter of opinion.
To have an 8000 capacity additional tier only supported by what looks like steel trusses is pretty cool. I can imagine the temporary seating used for the London 2012 Olympic stadium would not be too different except it would actually be temporary. With this stadiumwe're talking concrete tiers in mid-air. Not elegant at all..but then again its prob not meant to be.

Mmabatho Stadium in Mafikeng , South Africa

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this is a vry ugly stadium. I wish they would built a new one instead.

uh the pictures of the Mmabatho Stadium got nothing to do with the 2010 Bafokeng Stadium, just showing the ppl that we got another stadium with similar type of seating arrangements.

ohh, situation is worse than...

copying another ugly stadium is a big mistake.

I dont think its ugly, I think its quite a bold design & moves away from the standard bland bowl. There will be a roof over the stands, so no worries about people getting over tanned or wet.

Mo I think we need to start a poll, take peoples views on whether the design is ugly or good, most of us in the SA threads tend to like it, lets see what the international audience seem to think.

Floating tiers can be beautiful, I love the end stands at the Stade Gerland in Lyon (the sidelines are really boring and don't fit cohesively at all, but the end stands are amazing), or the San Nicola in Bari, those are very elegant, but this just seems to be thrown on with out much thought of it in context to the greater design. I don't know where to start with the Mmabatho Stadium, its unique, but in my opinion ugly as sin, and the sightlines are crap.

Woo.. That Mmabatho Stadium is the Weirdest and ugliest stadium Ever...

Behind schedule

The smallest of the world cup stadium upgrade projects is behind. Its quite funny. They need to spend about R30 million over 13 months when Cape Town is spending about R100 million every month.

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Construction of North West 2010 stadium delayed
November 01, 2007, 06:15

As preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are underway countrywide, contractors at the Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng stadium in the North West acknowledge that they are behind schedule. Construction work has not started at the stadium.

They are faced with a shortage of skilled manpower, as well as pressing deadlines. Contractors say the delay in the appointment of a community liaison officer for this project is cause for concern. But they are confident that the stadium will be ready by December 2008.

Work to renovate the Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng stadium and bring it up to the FIFA required standards was scheduled to start two months ago.
Contractors are blaming the delays on contracts and paper work that has not yet been finalised.

Skills shortage
"What we are trying to do is to identify the areas that we have skills shortages in and try to train people as quickly as we can, giving them crash courses and apprenticeships,” said contracts manager Trevor Dillon.

"So the real work has not started yet, we've got a lot of work to do, it is a very tight programme, we have got basically 13 months in order to complete over R20 million worth of work,” he said.

Local authorities have expressed concern over the delays, and are trying to assist where possible.

Kebareng Bogopane of the Rustenburg LocaL municipality says: "We are applying more pressure and we are supervising them. We visit them on a daily basis to make sure of the progress that is taking place here at Phokeng.

Chairperson of the Sports Portfolio Committee, Backos Mahlangu, says: "What we need is to make sure that the employers address the needs of the people, they don't just take people and exploit them, but also the workers they must make sure they don't make unreasonable demands because they know that this 2010".

On completion of the project, the current stadium capacity of 39 000 will be increased to 45 000.

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Am I saying something very strange when I say I like this stadium as it is?

The colour of the seats. The blue sky, the green grass... Feels like Jamaica!
Seriously, it has a nice ambiance.
Just dig the atletictrack out... Throw a little ´Stade de France´ system in, keep it round and there you have a nice 40 000 seat stadium.

Am I saying something very strange when I say I like this stadium as it is?

The colour of the seats. The blue sky, the green grass... Feels like Jamaica!
Seriously, it has a nice ambiance.
Just dig the atletictrack out... Throw a little ´Stade de France´ system in, keep it round and there you have a nice 40 000 seat stadium.

The Stade de France system costs money. But it is a good point since a rugby team and soccer team will now use this stadium as their home venue.

The Stade de France system costs money. But it is a good point since a rugby team and soccer team will now use this stadium as their home venue.

Is there need for an atletics track?
Otherwise just dig it out.

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Home of Platinum Stars right?

Home of Platinum Stars right?

and Black Leopards Rugby team

I like the stadium the way it is now. The "after" pictures are worse than the before pictures. The floating tiers look quite ugly. The stadium is perfectly fine now, they shouldn't touch it...

I assume that additional tier would look similar to this.

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What's the progress?

I like the current roof and color of the seats.
I think it looks much better now then in the future.

Royal Bafokeng Stadium could be complete October 2008


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Royal Bafokeng Stadium could be complete October 2008


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Is that still the case?

There have been delays. It is schedule to host matches early 2009 and has to be ready for those too. For the latest Jan 2009.

updates?

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Nice!

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thanx to Mo rush

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update

Fifa visit

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This is the one WC2010 stadium i don't really like at all. The rest are :okay:

Well we dont like the town either! would have been great if a new stadium was built in South Africas garden of eden golf capital GEORGE!

I don't like to say it, however this stadium is really fucked up. I'd like apologize if I've insulted someone by these words. ;)

Any webcams

mm it is rather,it just looks incomplete!they should have just added a little more on either side of new stands like this...

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Did the goverment run out of money after funding all the other stadiums? ;)

Well it was an existing stadium thats getting a very minor upgrade ( a few 100 million ) to comply with Fifa standerds . We're not going through a recession ( growth estimated between 3.5% and 5% for this year and next year ) nor are our banks anywhere close to bankrupt and the government still has R10 billion in reserve money for 2010 and that R40 billion it decided not to spend this year because Minister Trevor Manual saw these bad times coming ( mentioned in budget speech in the beginning of the year ).

It's just a huge letdown this stadium when you look at all of the others, which are impressive to say the least.

Well .... Greenpoint Cape Town , Soccercity Johannesburg , Moses Mabhida Durban = Spectacular Iconic. Nelson Mandela Port Elizabeth , Mbombela Nelspruit = Impressive . Bloemfontein stadium , Peter Mokaba Polokwane , Coca Cola Park Johannesburg = Good but a lil bit average . Loftus Pretoria ( Tshwane ) , Royal Bafokeng Rustenberg = average and bland.

Ill say that thats a good mix with the worst stadium defenately this one because of the running track allthough Durbans stadium also has one.

Did the goverment run out of money after funding all the other stadiums? ;)

No, unlike London that settles for bland our cities went through a rigorous process in terms of funding. Government only allocated funds it thought was needed based on what city's presented. It becomes more complex because government also selected the stadiums to be used for the FIFA World Cup.

In fact, Green Point was given the go ahead by government along with funds and not the city.

Many cities reviewed the design and carried out value engineering to reduce costs and only upon sufficient proof that funds are needed does gvt increase the allocation of funds. (usually when Cape Town moans the other host cities come on board).

This thread also can be moved in "complete section".

I want to say a logistic thing about this stadium. It is too difficult for foreign fans to reach, seeing by google earth. Too far from turistic route and from biggest cities (except Johannesburg). :ohno:

About the stadium my vote is 5. It is an anonymouse new stadium.

This one, from my point view, is the only stadium not for a WC. Other 9 stadiums are well for a WC, but this one no.

This thread also can be moved in "complete section".

I want to say a logistic thing about this stadium. It is too difficult for foreign fans to reach, seeing by google earth. Too far from turistic route and from biggest cities (except Johannesburg). :ohno:

It has hosted big events before e.g. Tri Nations Rugby and with improvements will be ok.

Any pics of the completed stadium?

Any pics of the completed stadium?

see the South Africa section for pics. feel free to transfer them over here.

In the newest pics of the SA section its still quite a bit away from completion.

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Roof looks quite interesting, looking forward to see it completed.

Those are older pics sorry, thats why the title was earlier "construction". The venue is ready.

Early Feb

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Progress update:

- Stadium structure: 100% (Stand, Roof, Turnstiles, Sky boxes)
- Renovations: 100% (Seats, Sky boxes, Pitch etc.)
- External works: 99% (Paving, road works, landscaping)

Seating:

Upper Tier: 21,669
Lower Tier: 16,841
New Tier: 5,516

Funding/Cost: $47.3m USD

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Final touches: End Feb 2009

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Final touches: End Feb 2009

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Final touches: End Feb 2009

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All Done:cheers:
Jerome Valcke and Irvin Khoza lay a brick in the opening of Royal Bafokeng Stadium.
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Ahead of kickoff.
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Well one has to be the ugliest and this is the one in a superb WC bid by the way. Realy liked the stadium in original state though.
Hounestly it lookes better then I thought it would be on forehand.

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Too bad for England...they're gonna have to play us and their Stage 2 match here.

Yep :( I think it's probably got a lot to do with its proximity to our training complex though.

Yep :( I think it's probably got a lot to do with its proximity to our training complex though.

Nah. Just luck of the draw.

Still pisses me off that, for the scond World Cup running, England will play most of their matches at the lesser stadiums.

By contrast, the Dutch get three games at the three biggest stadiums.

Bad planning by FIFA.

^^ Oh. I was afraid someone would correct me on that.

Is it bad planning or do FIFA do it on purpose though. Given his idiocy on so many levels, Sepp Blatter strikes me as just the kind of man who believes whole-heartedly in the incorrect stereotypes made about our fans...

^^ Oh. I was afraid someone would correct me on that.

Is it bad planning or do FIFA do it on purpose though. Given his idiocy on so many levels, Sepp Blatter strikes me as just the kind of man who believes whole-heartedly in the incorrect stereotypes made about our fans...

I think it's just bad planning.

Even South Africa have to play two of their group games at relatively small stadiums - Loftus Versfield and Bloemfontein - in addition to Soccer City. Surely the home team should be playing games at Durban and Cape Town? Not just because of the bigger capacity but also because that would mean an equitable geographical spread for their games. By playing one game in Jo'burg and one in Pretoria, it means that SA's games are concentrated in a relatively small area, rather than being spread around the country.

And FIFA predetermined that SA would be in Group A before they made the draw. So no excuses.

Back to the issue of capacity, some teams, like New Zealand, won't get any games at the bigger stadiums.

So it's even more of a nonsense that the Dutch will get one group game at each of the big three stadiums, followed by a likely round of 16 game at Durban again.

Too bad for England...they're gonna have to play us and their Stage 2 match here.

That's assuming we beat you and that we finish top of the group. ;)

Neither are a foregone conclusion!

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So it's even more of a nonsense that the Dutch will get one group game at each of the big three stadiums, followed by a likely round of 16 game at Durban again.

The Dutch of all teams! :lol:

England 1:1 USA

Attendance: 38,646

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LOL some high school football games in the US get better attendance!

LOL some high school football games in the US get better attendance!

Good for them. Now do you want to compare home viewers?

What an horrible stadium :(

I agree. This stadium is a joke and does not belong in a world cup. Watching the match yesterday I kept thinking that a game like this deserves a better venue. Not a dinky little track stadium

the attendence was 44,000 check the bbc website,get ur facts right.

You couldn't really tell on TV. It looked as massive as any other.

Attendence was 38,646 according to FIFA, the BBC had better get their facts right. This probably is the worst stadium for this world cup but that is almost entirely due to the athletics track around the field.

LOL some high school football games in the US get better attendance!

the low attendance, was because of the small capacity of this venue, this game generated 150,000 + tickets orders to FIFA but only a few lucky fans made it.

LOL some high school football games in the US get better attendance!

That stadium was packed...you can "lol" till you go blue in the face. I really dont understand people who go out of their way to be negative

I agree. This stadium is a joke and does not belong in a world cup. Watching the match yesterday I kept thinking that a game like this deserves a better venue. Not a dinky little track stadium

Have you made a single positive comment about this world cup? If you hate it so much, change the channel and go masturbate...fool

Have you made a single positive comment about this world cup? If you hate it so much, change the channel and go masturbate...fool

It's a forum about stadiums. It doesn't have to be all sunshine and lollipops. The other 9 stadiums are excellent but if you actually read you'll see there are plenty of people here who agree with me that bafokeng isn't up to snuff.. The rest of the stadiums are excellent and that's part of the reason this one stands out.

Royal is an excellent stadium. The atmosphere is great (mostly at afternoon).

Love or hate the venue

1. It was an existing venue
2. Renovations for FIFA compliance were funded by the community
3. It is community owned
4. Its new roof is simple and elegant.

Good for them. Now do you want to compare home viewers?

The only "home viewers" you should be concerned about are IOC members who are watching these events and noting the distracting vuvuzela noise and the attendance figures.

LOL some high school football games in the US get better attendance!

:lol: Wow, you're smart aren't you. Funnily enough those high school football games you refer to are being played at stadiums with a higher capacity! :nuts:

the low attendance, was because of the small capacity of this venue, this game generated 150,000 + tickets orders to FIFA but only a few lucky fans made it.

...So they put it in the smallest stadium in the competition, whilst South Korea v Greece, Slovenia v Algeria and Holland v Denmark fail to sell-out in a bigger stadiums. FIFA = joke.

:lol: Wow, you're smart aren't you. Funnily enough those high school football games you refer to are being played at stadiums with a higher capacity! :nuts:

And you know this how????

:nuts: This game sold out - no more people would fit in the stadium so games with higher attendances must have been played in stadiums with higher capacities.

Pretty basic stuff surely!

:nuts: This game sold out - no more people would fit in the stadium so games with higher attendances must have been played in stadiums with higher capacities.

Pretty basic stuff surely!

My hometown high school rivals play in a stadium designed for no more than 32,000 yet have drawn over 35,000 fans. So no, you don't know what you're talking about.

My hometown high school rivals play in a stadium designed for no more than 32,000 yet have drawn over 35,000 fans. So no, you don't know what you're talking about.

Your initial post insinuated that the attendance number was unimpressive which is total BS since there were 150,000 ticket requests for the game. That's the point

Your initial post insinuated that the attendance number was unimpressive which is total BS since there were 150,000 ticket requests for the game. That's the point

It was unimpressive since the stadium only holds that many people. Over 20 million people watched that game in the UK alone and it was sited in a stadium fit for high school football games. THAT'S the point.

It was unimpressive since the stadium only holds that many people. Over 20 million people watched that game in the UK alone and it was sited in a stadium fit for high school football games. THAT'S the point.

You obviously have not seen FIFA requirements for WC venues.

The design is not glamorous.It seats 45,000 only BUT

the world cup draw is not based on picking larger venues for more high profile matches. It doesnt work that way.

You obviously have not seen FIFA requirements for WC venues.

The design is not glamorous.It seats 45,000 only BUT

the world cup draw is not based on picking larger venues for more high profile matches. It doesnt work that way.

then they either need to change that system or burden the host countries with building every stadium to similar size. ( I think FIFA needs to change that system to maximize gate revenue for the host )

It was unimpressive since the stadium only holds that many people. Over 20 million people watched that game in the UK alone and it was sited in a stadium fit for high school football games. THAT'S the point.

Go back and read your own post. You dissed "attendance" rather than capacity. That's why you touched a nerve. Nobody disagrees that the stadium is small. If that's what you meant then that's what you should have written in the first place.

Go back and read your own post. You dissed "attendance" rather than capacity. That's why you touched a nerve. Nobody disagrees that the stadium is small. If that's what you meant then that's what you should have written in the first place.

38,646 in a stadium with a capacity of 45,000 for a game with a huge global audience. I rest my case. But if you think it was the greatest attendance story of all time, enjoy yourself.

PS: I also read this post from you: "I agree. This stadium is a joke and does not belong in a world cup. Watching the match yesterday I kept thinking that a game like this deserves a better venue. Not a dinky little track stadium"

...So they put it in the smallest stadium in the competition, whilst South Korea v Greece, Slovenia v Algeria and Holland v Denmark fail to sell-out in a bigger stadiums. FIFA = joke.

This surely needs to be looked at before 2014.

38,646 in a stadium with a capacity of 45,000 for a game with a huge global audience. I rest my case. But if you think it was the greatest attendance story of all time, enjoy yourself.

PS: I also read this post from you: "I agree. This stadium is a joke and does not belong in a world cup. Watching the match yesterday I kept thinking that a game like this deserves a better venue. Not a dinky little track stadium"

yup and my last point also mentioned that I agree with you on the size of the stadium if you actually read it. The stadium is small and dinky. I don't disagree. that's not the point.

The fact there was 150,000 ticket requests and all of the tickets sold seems to be lost on you. Some of the tickets went unused while 110,000 others who wanted tickets weren't able to get them. That's a FIFA problem, not a lack of interest in attending.

My hometown high school rivals play in a stadium designed for no more than 32,000 yet have drawn over 35,000 fans. So no, you don't know what you're talking about.

What's your point?

Your high school can pack more people in than it's capacity is supposed to hold. That's dangerous.

This game sold out, but for whatever reason, the crowd was not allowed to be the 45,000 capacity. Perhaps this capacity is quoted as after the WC. Who knows.

But I agree the stadium was totally inadequate for the game it was hosting. We all agree with that.

But I agree the stadium was totally inadequate for the game it was hosting. We all agree with that.


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Whoever claims that Orlando stadium should have been used is dumb. Considering holds 3 thousand less people and there are already two stadiums in Joburb and one in soweto section of joburg.

And all the pictures you see on tv are from the crappy side of the stadium, if you look at the other end it is beautiful. JYDA is jealous because Canada will never host a world cup with their 20 000 national stadium BMO field hahahahahaha!!! So Canada wont make the world cup again hahahahaha!!

:lol: Wow, you're smart aren't you. Funnily enough those high school football games you refer to are being played at stadiums with a higher capacity! :nuts:



...So they put it in the smallest stadium in the competition, whilst South Korea v Greece, Slovenia v Algeria and Holland v Denmark fail to sell-out in a bigger stadiums. FIFA = joke.


yes is a joke, also thousands of mexican fans couldnd get tickets because the game is also in this venue. FIFA should do something about games location.

Because, the Brasil, England, Mexico, Argentina, the home team, or some other popular team, should be at the bigger stadiums.

Whoever claims that Orlando stadium should have been used is dumb. Considering holds 3 thousand less people and there are already two stadiums in Joburb and one in soweto section of joburg.

And all the pictures you see on tv are from the crappy side of the stadium, if you look at the other end it is beautiful. JYDA is jealous because Canada will never host a world cup with their 20 000 national stadium BMO field hahahahahaha!!! So Canada wont make the world cup again hahahahaha!!

Why do you keep bringing up BMO Field? Besides the fact we have 40-60 thousand seat stadiums across the country that has nothing to do with this topic. Besides, you're Jamaican! Your team is just as bad as ours and your stadiums even worse.

Back on topic

FIFA is sh!t organization, thinking of a large number of people who couldn't get ticktes to the games and seeing empty seats makes me sick. Such a large company had people standing in queues for more than 8 hours while their system is down. My colleagues decided to quit after several attempts of purchasing tickets failed. Even here on SSC guys were complaining about the system being down and not getting tickets.

is so obvious to use the larger venues, for your big events. Shame on FIFA with this policy that is taking revenue from the host country.

Its like if Wimbledon decides to put Federer or Nadal at court 12 with a few hundred seats, and let the 50th ranked player vs the 35th play at Centre Court.

Or if UEFA puts the Champions League final on a 20,000 stadium.

This is a case for....

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FIFA ARE RELEASING TICKETS FOR SOLD OUT GAMES TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MATCH!!!! WHAT IS THEIR PROBLEM :bash:

FIFA are the biggest idiots ever!!!!!!!

This shouldn't even come as much of a surprise - Sepp Blatter must be one of the thickest men in existance so goodness only knows what all of his sub-ordinates are like!

New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia

Attendance: 23,871

New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia

Attendance: 23,871

that's not much :ohno:

It's a damn shame that they had England-USA in this dump of a stadium. Compared to the amazing stadiums in this World Cup this one should be the host of the Slovenia-Algeria and Paraguay-New Zealand, not high profile games.

that's not much :ohno:

Dude both country has only 4 to 5million population and Football aren't big in NZ:bash:

It's a damn shame that they had England-USA in this dump of a stadium. Compared to the amazing stadiums in this World Cup this one should be the host of the Slovenia-Algeria and Paraguay-New Zealand, not high profile games.

Believe me, no one is more annoyed at it being hosted in a small stadium than potential South African ticket holders :ohno: Stupid FIFA regulations.

The match between New Zealand and Slovakia is one of the most poorly-attended matches in World Cup history.

And I have noticed that on FIFA's official website the capacity has been reduced to its original capacity of 38,646. This might have been a technical error.

The match between New Zealand and Slovakia is one of the most poorly-attended matches in World Cup history.

And I have noticed that on FIFA's official website the capacity has been reduced to its original capacity of 38,646. This might have been a technical error.

I am not sure but I think that one of the FIFA'S demand for a Stadium in World Cup is a minimal capacity of 40k. So, how this stadium has been reduced to 38,646 k ???

I think they meant overall 40k+ including media, vip, etc. The capacity mentioned on FIFA.com is only the seats available to public. Can anyone confirm?

Ghana 1-1 Australia

Attendance: 34,812

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Ghana 1-1 Australia

Attendance: 34,812

Great game and atmosphere. This stadium is so gorgeous. It fits perfectly with its surroundings.

Ghana 1-1 Australia

Attendance: 34,812

Thanks for keeping updates :)

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Mexico 0-1 Uruguay

Attendance: 33,425

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So many seats covered :ohno:

Why they didn't covered the track with green like in WC 2002 (Oita, Shizuoka, Myagi, Busan, Yokohama ...) ? Imagine Durban stadium with a track ? It will not be the same. Rustenberg will be also different.

The render will be better.

Too bad for England...they're gonna have to play us and their Stage 2 match here.

That's assuming we beat you and that we finish top of the group. ;)

Neither are a foregone conclusion!
http://ultimatesportsboards.com/forums/img/smilies/doh.gif I spoke too soon!

^^ :lol: But I wouldn't complain about your draw, Rustenburg or not! :)

^^ :lol: But I wouldn't complain about your draw, Rustenburg or not! :)
I dunno, Ghana's one tough egg to crack.

I want for the US to make it to quarters, but am sad that it'd have to come at the expense of my favorite African nation.

I dunno, Ghana's one tough egg to crack.

Guess what I'm saying is you could have it so much worse!

Denmark 1-3 Japan

Attendance: 27,967

I'm sure there are a lot of england fans who bought tickets ahead of time assuming they'd be playing here tomorrow. If there's a lot of empty seats tomorrow this could be a big reason for it.

Guess what I'm saying is you could have it so much worse!
Yeah, we want no part of Germany -- not just yet, at least.

England have the raw talent to take them on, provided they can play as a cohesive unit rather than a collective of mercenaries.

Ugh this stadium is a dump, but the field looks great. Why is there a knockout game here?

Was wondering that myself, the one Nelspruit and Polokwane seem mutch better, and slightly larger.

Also why on earth start Ricardo Clark, worst decision Bradley has made since he took over the national team.

Also why on earth start Ricardo Clark, worst decision Bradley has made since he took over the national team.

Continually playing the speedy but talentless Robbie Findley has to be up there as well

Continually playing the speedy but talentless Robbie Findley has to be up there as well

Yeah no kidding.

Bradley must go.

Time to get Klinsmann.

Word

Is getting to the Ro16 not good enough for the US?

I wouldn't guarantee the MLS is even in the top 16 leagues around the world.

USA 1-2 Ghana (AET)

Attendance: 34,976

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Is getting to the Ro16 not good enough for the US?

I wouldn't guarantee the MLS is even in the top 16 leagues around the world.

Not really, not with the way the bracket lined up, given the chance to make up for 2006. We have won at this stage before and there was something of an expectation that they would make the quarterfinals given the draw. And if it weren't for tactical incompotence they would have.

Also the majority of the roster plays in Europe, so the relative strength of the MLS seems like kind of a non issue (also they might be a top 16 league these days).

Is getting to the Ro16 not good enough for the US?

I wouldn't guarantee the MLS is even in the top 16 leagues around the world.
It probably isn't, but many of our best footballers play for European clubs.

Sure, Bradley's scored some big victories but has also*made some questionable tactical and personnel decisions that could have potentially cost us matches in some cases and embarrasingly lost them in some others.

well done Rustenburg...heard no complaints from any teams from there...especially the big mature ones.