Yesterday (June 20) my friend Mike Swinhart and I played our own World Cup on FIFA 2004. We refused to end games in a tie so it was 3 points for a win, 2 points for a shootout win, and 1 point for a shootout/overtime loss. We played 2 minute halves and attempted to play with all the teams available in this year's actual world cup, however many teams were missing.
Mike knocked out my two underdog teams Switzerland and Australia (Fear the Roo) in the quarterfinals. I then got revenge in the Semifinals using Brazil to beat USA and using Uruguay to upset his heavily-favored and beloved Italy, both in shootouts after 0-0 ties. I then defeated Italy with the USA to win third place. Thinking it would be a breeze with the heavily favored Brazil...Mike got the last laugh beating them with Uruguay in a shootout 4-1, after another 0-0 regulation tie. Sounds like Akron... But wow, Uruguay wins it all...they are like a 3 star team on the game.
We then played a grudge match to see who would win between what we feel should of been the actual world cup final: Italy vs. Brazil. Which also happen to be the last two world cup winners. I defeated Italy with Brazil 1-0 in double overtime.6 Hours after we began we finished. The results are below...some groups only had two teams on the game and thus automatically advanced. Some groups had 3...so it was easier to advance two. Finally, one group had 4 teams and we actually got to play that like the real World Cup first round. What a great way to spend my Saturday! It was awesome!
Here are the results:
(J) = Jared
(M) = Mike
Group A:
Scores
Mexico (J) 2, Uruguay (M) 0
France (J) 1, Mexico (M) 0, OT
Uruguay (J) 2, France (M) 1
Standings W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
1. Mexico 1-1-0 1 0 4 2
2. Uruguay 1-1-0 0 0 3 2
3. France 1-1-0 0 0 3 2
Group B:
South Korea (M) 0, Greece (J) 0, F/SO
Nigeria (J) 0, Argentina (M) 0, F/SO 4-3
Argentina (J) 0, Greece (M) 0, F/SO 3-1
South Korea (J) 2, Nigeria (M) 0
Argentina (J) 4, South Korea (M) 0
Greece (J) 0, Nigeria (M) 0, F/ SO 4-3
Standings W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Argentina 1-0-2 1 1 6 4
South Korea 1-1-1 0 1 5 2
Greece 0-0-3 2 1 4 0
Nigeria 0-1-2 1 1 3 0
Group C:
USA (J) 3, England (M) 0
USA (M) 0, Slovenia (J) 0, F/SO 3-2
England (J) 1, Slovenia (M) 0
Standings W-L-T OTL SOW Pts Goals
1. USA 1-0-1 0 1 5 3
2. England 1-1-0 0 0 3 1
3. Slovenia 0-1-1 1 0 1 0
Group D:
Australia (J) 3, Germany (M) 0
Standings W-L-T OTL SOW Pts Goals
1. Australia 1-0-0 0 0 3 3
2. Germany 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Group E:
Denmark (J) 2, Cameroon (M)
Standings W-L-T OTL SOW Pts Goals
Denmark 1-0-0 0 0 3 2
Cameroon 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Group F:
Scores:
Italy (M) 1, Paraguay (J) 0
Standings W-L-T OTL SOW Pts Goals
Italy 1-0-0 0 0 3 1
Paraguay 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Group G:
Scores:
Brazil (J) 2, Portugal (M) 0
Standings W-L-T OTL SOW Pts Goals
Brazil 1-0-0 0 0 3 2
Portugal 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Group H:
Scores:
Switzerland (J) 3, Spain (M) 0
Standings W-L-T OTL SOW Pts Goals
Switzerland 1-0-0 0 0 3 3
Spain 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Second Round
49. Mexico (M) 2, S. Korea (J) 1, F/SO 3-2
50. USA (J) 2, Germany (M) 1, F/SO 3-2
51. Australia (J) 1, England (M) 0
52. Uruguay (J) 1, Argentina (M) 0
53. Paraguay (J) 2, Denmark (M) 0
54. Brazil (J) 1, Spain (M) 0
55. Italy (M) 1, Cameroon (J) 0, F/SO 6-5
56. Switzerland (J) 1, Portugal (M) 0
Quarterfinals
57. Brazil (J) 2, Paraguay (M) 0
58. USA (J) 2, Mexico (M) 1, F/OT
59. Uruguay (M) 1, Australia (J) 0, F/SO
60. Italy (M) 1, Switzerland (J) 0
Semifinals
61. Brazil (J) 1, USA (M) 0, F/SO 4-3
62. Uruguay (J) 1, Italy (M) 0, F/SO 5-3
Third Place
USA (J) 1, Italy (M) 0
World Cup Final
Uruguay (M) 1, Brazil (J) 0, F/SO 4-1
GRUDGE MATCH:
Brazil (J) 1, Italy (M) 0, F/2OT
STANDINGS:
Pre-Tournament
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 11-1-5 14-3 2 3 41 25
Mike 1-11-5 3-14 4 2 11 2
Entire Tourney w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 8-1-7 11-5 4 3 34 14
Mike 1-8-7 5-11 4 4 15 5
Entire Day w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 20-2-12 26-8 6 6 78 40
Mike 2-20-12 8-26 9 6 27 7
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By ROUND:
Second Round w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 5-0-3 6-2 2 1 19 9
Mike 0-5-3 2-6 1 2 5 3
Quarterfinals w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 2-1-1 2-2 1 0 7 4
Mike 1-2-1 2-2 1 1 6 2
Semifinals w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 0-0-2 2-0 0 2 4 0
Mike 0-0-2 0-2 2 0 2 0
Final w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Mike 0-0-1 1-0 0 1 2 0
Jared 0-0-1 0-1 1 0 1 0
Third Place w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 1-0-0 1-0 0 0 3 1
Mike 0-1-0 0-1 0 0 0 0
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Grudge Match w/ & w/out ties
Standings W-L-T W-L OTL SOW Pts Goals
Jared 1-0-0 1-0 0 0 3 1
Mike 0-1-0 0-1 1 0 1 0
