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World Cup Grudge Match

Revisit our US vs. UK World Cup Grudge Match and find out which team reigned supreme!

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orld Cup fever begins two days early here at GameSpot! Although the real 2006 World Cup doesn't start until Friday, June 9, we're getting a head start on the month-long sporting festivities with another live event broadcast: The 2006 GameSpot World Cup. Of course, it wouldn't be a World Cup without some international flavor, which is why we're pitting two editors from GameSpot's San Francisco headquarters against the battle-hardened GameSpot UK crew in jolly old England! Four editors playing EA Sports' 2006 FIFA World Cup for Xbox 360, with play-by-play commentary provided by Rich Gallup and noted soccer football expert Jeff Gerstmann, and it's all happening LIVE. Will the upstart American crew teach the UK hooligans a thing or two about the beautiful game or will GameSpot UK provide their American rivals with a footy beatdown, bangers and mash-style? Tune in on Wednesday, June 7 at noon PDT (8 p.m. in London) to see it all go down LIVE!

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Name: Brian Ekberg
Nickname: Goofyfoot B
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 220
Blood Type: O positive
Position: Defensive Center (5th grade), Bench Warmer (6th grade on)
Favorite Soccer Team: Arsenal
Favorite Soccer Moment: Brandy Chastain's sports bra
Best Soccer Movie: Victory
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Name: Justin Calvert
Nickname: Edward Betchley
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 175
Blood Type: Red, White and Blue
Position: Right Wing
Favorite Soccer Team: Bolton Wanderers
Favorite Soccer Moment: Germany 1 - England 5
Best Soccer Movie: Shaolin Soccer
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Name: Guy Cocker
Nickname: El Duderino
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 160
Blood Type: Unknown
Position: In the club bar
Favorite Football Team: Blackburn Rovers
Favorite Football Moment: Reviewing FIFA without once using the word ‘soccer'
Best Football Movie: Shaolin Soccer
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Name: Phil Elliott
Nickname: Goal Machine
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 190
Blood Type: Football fever flows through my veins...
Position: Centre Midfield, controlling the park.
Favorite Football Team: Spurs.
Favorite Football Moment: England lifting the World Cup this year...
Best Football Movie: There are any that are good?

Vital Stats

No Caption Provided 2006 FIFA World Cup
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada
Release Date: Apr 24, 2006 (more)
We Say
8.2
You Say
8.2
(545 votes)
Rank: 108 of 28,623
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Rank on X360: 17 of 273
Player Reviews: 40
Wish Lists: 260
Collections: 384
Now Playing: 205
Tracking: 650

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