Brazil (Brasil!) Wins UCSF World Cup Poll
UCSF soccer fans have chosen Brasil as the likely 2006 World Cup champion in a totally unscientific sampling of ucsf.edu readers. England was the runner up.
Here are the final tallies for the top teams, with apologies to the lone vote-getters such as France, Mexico, Italy and Iran. But then it could have been worse: 13 teams failed to win a single vote. Among them were Paraguay, Poland and Sweden.
Some final thoughts from readers: Alex Statsyuk: "Brazil will win as usual." Karen Schulze: "I think this year we will have a surprise winner, Serbia Montenegro." Diane Latawiec: "Have just been in England watching their last two games against Hungary and Jamaica. We seem to getting a solid looking team with everyone doing their job superbly." Roy Chang (from UC Irvine): "Four words…Dae Han Meen Gook! Korea for the win!" Po-Lin: "Okay, wishful thinking..but England has a great team this time." Henry Drerup: "Germany has the best draw, home field advantage and talent." Vahram Massehian: 'They [Brazil] play the beautiful game beautifully, joga bonita!" Mary Bur: "It's Brasil! With an S! We gonna clean your clock! Susana Atwood: "Because Brasil are the champs" Steve Falbo: "The Dutch are just consistently amazing." Kenny Tan: "They [England] have a solid backbone of defense.." Eric Giannoni: "Where is the World Cup mania? Where are the giant screens so that we can watch the games live like the rest of the world???" Elika Derakshandeh: "Cause it's my home team!!!! Doodoo doodoo doo, IRAN!!! Barb Moore: "I love Spain and Spanish food." Georgina Lopez: "The Brazilians always plays with a passion for the sport that makes them hard to beat." Nathan Granillo: "One word, Ronaldinho!"
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Brasil 18 England 9 Germany 6 Korea 5 USA 4 |
Here are the final tallies for the top teams, with apologies to the lone vote-getters such as France, Mexico, Italy and Iran. But then it could have been worse: 13 teams failed to win a single vote. Among them were Paraguay, Poland and Sweden.
Some final thoughts from readers: Alex Statsyuk: "Brazil will win as usual." Karen Schulze: "I think this year we will have a surprise winner, Serbia Montenegro." Diane Latawiec: "Have just been in England watching their last two games against Hungary and Jamaica. We seem to getting a solid looking team with everyone doing their job superbly." Roy Chang (from UC Irvine): "Four words…Dae Han Meen Gook! Korea for the win!" Po-Lin: "Okay, wishful thinking..but England has a great team this time." Henry Drerup: "Germany has the best draw, home field advantage and talent." Vahram Massehian: 'They [Brazil] play the beautiful game beautifully, joga bonita!" Mary Bur: "It's Brasil! With an S! We gonna clean your clock! Susana Atwood: "Because Brasil are the champs" Steve Falbo: "The Dutch are just consistently amazing." Kenny Tan: "They [England] have a solid backbone of defense.." Eric Giannoni: "Where is the World Cup mania? Where are the giant screens so that we can watch the games live like the rest of the world???" Elika Derakshandeh: "Cause it's my home team!!!! Doodoo doodoo doo, IRAN!!! Barb Moore: "I love Spain and Spanish food." Georgina Lopez: "The Brazilians always plays with a passion for the sport that makes them hard to beat." Nathan Granillo: "One word, Ronaldinho!"