CroatianSports.com has teamed up with St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles to co-host a watch party for the opening game of the 2014 World Cup featuring Croatia vs. Brazil. The match takes place on Thursday, June 12th with a 1PM kickoff time, however, we encourage all to come an hour early. Croatians and friends of all ages are welcome. We expect a capacity audience so please RSVP on our Facebook page.
The game will be shown in Croatian in the main hall via projector. The bar will be open and čevape will be on the grill. There is no cover charge. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ante@CroatianSports.com.
VATRENI: Los Angeles will be in full force!
Bih has a good team you guys can bitch about it all you want and I do think we are better than croatia this time around.. so what we admitted you guys were better than us when you were. Why is that so hard for you guys. Plus there is croats that play for bih toģo. Ha you guys hate way too much
Bih has a good team you guys can bitch about it all you want and I do think we are better than croatia this time around.. so what we admitted you guys were better than us when you were. Why is that so hard for you guys. Plus there is croats that play for bih too. Ha you guys hate way too much
@not again,
That’s the spirit!
Mi Hrvati…… mi hrvati….. mi hrvati……….. mi hrvati…….. mi hrvati……
Your right my dude. Ajmo Hrvatska ! No need for negativity almost game time!!
@not again,
We’re all hrvati here. We’re all on the same team.
Yes, Niko Kovac is coming after the game. haha.
LoL. Who’s Paul? Paul Newman. So is Niko coming?
@Not again,
Whats up Paul
WoW
Gonna be a good game regardless where it’s seen
@not again,
who are you talking to?
Also, we are CroatianSports.com.
3 Meats! Jadan brate! Mexican people? What is wrong with Mexicans? They have the same religion as Croatians, and culture! So you are talking crap about #Mexicans. So kvartuk and croatian soccer report are prejudiced against Mexicans. So if a Mexican want to rent a hall they say no cuz there Mexican. WoW croatian soccer report is prejudiced against mexico!! Wow I’ll say it again. Kvartuks crew don’t like people cuz there ethnicity. Wow. Come watch the soccer game at croatian hall. Everyone welcome. If you Mexican you are more then welcome. Not sure about croatian soccer report unless my interpretation was wrong! Not much to say they’re renting two Mexicans!!! WoW!! I have pic of comment if he erases I will repost. Gonna post that comment on all the Mexican forms got around South Bay Area. Wow! They are prejudiced against Mexicans
Street Art
@not-again I guess you missed the part where I said it was being held a croatian catholic church.
I don’t know whats more croatian than that (if you are playing the croatian card). Except for maybe the 100% beef (is it beef) cevapi at the croatian hall run street party. Maybe if people would donate they would put some lamb in them. Or maybe they would continue renting it out to mexicans every weekend.
Street art when you at? Getting new tips for the spray cans?!!
Contact Niko yet? Coming?
@prdurabo steal my money? It’s called donations to help the hall live on get a clue buddy! Must have no chromosomes and you must be half Serbian!
@not-again
it’s at a croatian catholic church, and there is no cover. Go watch at cro hall and have them steal money from you. You must have an extra chromosome.
Niko coming?
Mr Street art!
@not again,
you are all alone here my friend
Must be like mexico national team no sex till after cup. Stay on east coast and keep mouth shut idiot!
Ziva istina complete idiot!!!!
Are we really arguing about a watch party. Don’t we have more important issues to worry about. For instance, are we convinced STD Corluka will be allowed into Brazil considering his medical history?
I appreciate the kind words. Watch party Cro hall San Pedro! Where it has been watched since day one!
@not again,
Ok, I guess you want to ask all the questions. Tom, we look forward to your comments the next time we have a viewing party
Is there a height limit for the watch party?
@not again,
why are you so against Ante? What did he do to you?
“Mr. Street Art” I like that. However, I can’t take credit for that. Frane Sosic is the street art man.
Take my girlfriend? Ante I was under the impression he had a vagina is he bi or something. I must of been falsely informed on that one thanks for the correction Mr. Street Art.
@Not again,
Did Ante take your girl or something?
We are not taking $$ from croatian hall. People can go wherever they want.
Mr Street art. Taking away from the croatian hall. Since day one all the games been watched at the hall. Now you trying to pull people away for your own personal profits. Hey little boy ante. Where is niko? Why ain’t niko coming? He hurt. He can come. Or maybe u didn’t see him when u drive to airport cuz u couldn’t see over the steering wheel. Maybe idk. #streetArt
@tom / not again,
dude, why the hate?
@denis is that street art? #wetbakart
The graffiti man!
@not again,
Yup, big bucks from St Anthony’s.
show me the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I see that same LA writing on pacific. All the graffiti. Ziva istina is right. Just google la gang graffiti and u will see
These knuckleheads again. Forming yet another watch party outside their hometown and taking money away from croatian hall. For their own personal profit! Go to croatian hall and watch this event. don’t support them and their profits. All they want to do is make money. Lames are taking from Cro hall. Hey little boy ante is Kranjčar coming lol
Sammir nije Damirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtNz8caOz6U
song of the day right there with all this new Sammir talk
for those that haven’t heard this, prepare to lose a brain cell or two
@Croatia vs Antwerp
Very true.
Everyone is talking Mexico, but Cameroon is just as big a threat. Doesn’t help that they have a German coach.
I said it before… If Cameroon shocks Mexico in that first game with a win, that Manaus game will shave YEARS off of everybody’s lives here.
I pray that those two tie each other in that first match.
Sammir has no business playing for us!
send me via paypal
if Croatia wins World Cup 2014
as your grateful !!
Ziva-Sorry son,I had to rush away earlier.Dont want to split hairs too much,but it would have been far wiser to say something previously like”if they get ahead of us in the rankings,they will think they are better than us,but a screwy ranking system means nothing to me”rather than-
“Pretty soon the Mujos will be able to say they have the best team of all the former Yugo republics”
You know what I mean,just trying to help son,unless of course,you were trying to provoke with your first comment.Atleast you are being pretty clear now.
I’ll be in zadar July 6th, what are the chances we are still playing?
I hope BiH crush Mexico like 4 or 5 – nil.
Get them rattled going into the WC.
Cico give it up buddy… Bog i Palacinke
90 + Min. NOT 85 ! Bog !!
Front them
Those FIFA rankings are so screwy. You can be in the World Cup and lose your here games and fall in the rankings, but a team not in the WC will play a handful of friendlies and move up.. I know there is a strength of opponent and tourney coefficient to it, but it is strange. The rankings only exist so a corporate sponsor can from them.
Sinko,You are always on tatas mind.Its a big job raising you.
Back in July Croatia was inconsistent, we still have a lot to prove while BiH was consistent!
Mexico plays more games in the US than they do in Mexico. The turnout in the US for their games are sellouts or near sellouts in the NFL stadiums. It’s all about the money for their savez.
If Cro were to ever come to the US, Mexico would be the logical opponent because they are the only country that could fill a stadium.
Um, yeah…….I was basing that on the mujos moving ahead of us in the rankings. I am sure that is what they would have been thinking if and when they moved ahead of us in the rankings.
But, thanks again for having Ziva Isitna on the mind.
On July 4 at 7,23am Ziva says”Pretty soon the Mujos will be able to say they have the best national side of all the Yugo republics”
-Son,I didnt waste much time looking for this,took about a minute.You were either trying to be provacative at that point or you change your mind a lot ,or both.
Of course,its time for smoke and mirrors again as you begin to wiggle your way arond.
So lemme get this straight, Mexico is playing 3 competitive teams all within a 6 day period. With all three matches taking place in different parts of the USA. The Mexican FA must really be hungry for dollars, lol.
I can see them easily losing all 3 games and going into a panic. And the last game is on 6/6 against Portugal in Texas. By then Croatia will already be in Brazil acclimatizing.
I think Cameroon is the real competitor for 2nd place here. Don’t underestimate these guys…
How about my Broadway Blueshirts, momci?!? East Champs and onto the Finals! What a season!
WE WANT THE CUP!!!!
Relax, I was just being a twat.
I never said BIH was at our level. We are better, but I thought they would get by us in the rankings because they were in an easier group for the WC and I said it at the time Strucnjak Stimac was our coach. With him gone, I no longer feel hat way.
Plus, just because one team has a higher FIFA ranking doesn’t mean they are better than a team that is ranked lower.
Geez, Mexico is playing some serious competition.
Ecuador, Bosna, and Portugal (three World Cup teams) all within a 6 day period.
Can’t be too good for morale if they lose all three, lol.
They are playing at Soldier Field. I thought that it was too narrow for international games.
I can see why they want to play BiH, but IMHO BiH is not at our level, despite what Ziva might say about rankings.
Does a bear shit in the woods ?
That will be a great scouting report for us.
Although BiH as Swiss cheese defense.
http://sport.ie.msn.com/football-world-cup-2014/mexico-v-bosnia-herzegovina/1649177
Anyone going to watch BiH vs Mexico?
Dugo vremena proslo od javljanja. Sretno na svjetskom! Poslusajte ovu pjesmu Ante Cash
vatreni
Finally @ Sv. Ante! I will be there. Bravo Decki this is much closer to my hood
@Slavonac-I would have to be friggin Nostradamus to read more in to this one.I understand about Sammir,I dont want him there,but will of course cheer like mad if he scores and then call him a dumbass.
What I dont get is Zivas comment from a few days back that if Eduardo scores,he would be subdued as he is not a Croat.
What gives?? this is a double comment considering he just stated that he would chher the loudest in the stadium for Sammir.
PS-If Mexico manage to beat us,dont hide from your in laws, wish them luck and tell them proudly that we are just over 4million!
Step dad- I think you have to read more into what Ziva says…on one hand he’d prefer Sammir doesn’t play, fair comment…on the other, for Croatia’s sake, he will cheer if he scores!
@Ziva-Ranko,I know it can be tough getting your medication balance quite right,but what gives??
The other day you said that if Eduardo scores,you will be happy,but not joyous as he is not a Croat.
Today you say that you hope Sammir gets injured,but if he scores ,you will be the person cheering the loudest!
Are the voices telling you various things??You are certainly an enigma wrapped up in a conundrum at the moment.
I hate the prick…
Another good article from index, this time with Goran Juric.
http://www.index.hr/mobile/clanak.aspx?category=sport&id=750372
here are some of the Cameroon players after their game today…they celebrated at Ziva’s favorite place:
https://vine.co/v/hB3b1iUAMvX
Poglavnik- me too…I love the guy!
last year Simic was here doing a soccer school and I asked him about Dudu…he told me Dudu is the epitome of a “great soul”…”a true professional and a very loved person”! everybody in Croatia love and respect him!
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=5/news=eduardo-if-only-i-had-the-chance-to-sing-both-anthems-2345408.html?cid=newsletter_en_20140529_newsid
My favourite Brazilian!
We can say what we want on here and go on about how we dont want foreigners on our national team etc etc. Guess what? I wish that all our players last names were croatian and they all spoke the language and were born in croatia and sang the anthem and i would go on but you get the point. Im just ready to start the damn thing and although Im against Sammir in our sacred jersey, I care about the team and grb way too much to worry about one bit part player ruining it. Half the french team is black and theyre not in africa. Half the german team is displaced turks. Everyone just zip it and AJMO!!!
LOL….I hear ya.
Ziva- you know I am married to a Mexican …for the record white…Spanish decent…her entire family…HUGE family know absolutely shit about soccer, they all cheer for the same team in Mexico (Rayados) and every single one of them has marked the day of the game on their calendar! I have remained silent about my predictions, I don’t want to be a mouthpiece and then lose….so I have been praying to God to help us on that day. If we win…there will be hell to pay for them…I’ve been harassed by her uncles, cousins and even her Goddamn neighbors…I need revenge…I have money on this, bottles of loza and 3 cabrito’s…anything will help me except us losing….so if by chance, Sammir scores the winning goal…I will personally be grateful to him!
@ Ziva hhaa funny i hope he gets alkohol poising and is banned lol.
the way i see it the back 4 need to play like at euro 2012 and Perisic/Rebic need to be surprises and Kovacic Rakitic Modric need to be on A games for us to go to round of 16. and the Strikers need to take chances oher wise its 3 and done and look to rebuild for 2016 new blood and ideas.
I hope Sammit tears his ACL if he gets a minute of playing time. But, I’ll also admit that if he scores I’ll be the loudest person in the stadium cheering the goal.
@slavonac……Mexico is a puzzling side to me. Go back two and three years ago and their immediate future was very bright. Their national side looked very good and their youth teams were getting very good results. Their Olympic Team looked impressive. And then everything went to hell during qualifying for them. Tough team to read.
as much as I hate to see it I have to accept it…he’s the one guy I don’t like…he was disruptive at Dinamo and I just can’t stand reading stories of guys visiting the police station on a regular basis…at least twice that I can recall!
@ Slavonac my point was Kovac calls Sammir its ok If Stimac did it would be diff. Also you are right with all the people with cro putovnice he is one of the better ones available.
Chupe- how is that surprising?
Kovac has a certain amount of players he can call to training camp, he has the responsibility to field the best team…apparently Sammir has done well. I am not suggesting anything here, but if we look at all the players available with a Croatian passport, he was one of them.
I think Bubnjic Cop Pasalic and either Brozovic/Mocinic/Vukojevic will get cut if badelj falls out Brozovic and Mocinic will go.
Sammir it was a year ago on 7.6 that he got booed 1-0 loss to scots and now hes going to Brazil. WOW.
Here’s a question:
If Badelj does drop out, and Kovač is allowed to replace him… Who would you want him to take?
If Cameroon beats Mexico in that first game against them, our game against Cameroon in Manaus will be nerve-wracking.
We’ve never lost our second game in any tournament (even though we’ve played a lot of powerhouses there). I don’t expect a Cameroonian surprise. But it’ll still be a brutal game in those conditions.
Wont judge Kovac until the 3 games and 2016Q, But the players that dropped from injury only Kranjcar is a blow to me and maybe if badelj goes out, but i think he still need to call others to team instead the ones he did,but idemo dalje.
“uruguay looked like shit in 2010 qualifiers and needed the playoff to get in and they went on to the semis.” – remember Croatia ’98
I think Mexico are passionate and know how to rise to the occasion…I find that Italy are the same…they are united regardless of how good or shitty the team may look to outsiders. I just don’t know about Mexico’s key players… their style of play….everytime I’ve watched dos Santos play for them he looks fantastic, same with Chicharito…Salcido and a few others…but I didn’t watch qualifying…Canada doesn’t show Mexico unless its against the US.
qualifying is behind us all right now…we can’t look back, they may have ironed out their issues, who knows?
I read they have defensive challenges and that in their midfield, they lack another defensive player….their attack can be good but hasn’t been as of late…other than against New Zealand!
@Slavonac……The Mexican league is best in the region, but that aint saying much. MLS appears to be closing the gap each year, but the Mexican league still is better.
I’m basing my opinions on Mexico from their qualifying campaign…….they give up goals on the counter and their forwards are shit. Can’t finish at all. To me they play at a fast pace, but it looks very disorganized at times. They played a lot of long balls from the back, which never made sense to me since they usually had the skill and technical advantage. I guess some of that can be attributed to having 4 coaches in the last year. There is a chance Rafa Marquez may start for them. I would love to see that from a Croatian perspective. i don’t think he has anything left and he was stealing checks a few years ago from the NY Red Bulls.
That said, Mexico always finds a way to get out of the group stage. Some will say they barely qualified and needed to get in via the playoff with New Zealand. True, but uruguay looked like shit in 2010 qualifiers and needed the playoff to get in and they went on to the semis.
But, I think we go ahead of them this year. I think we finish in second place.
He’ll bring an injured Badelj, then drop him and call up Grégory Sertich!!!
Sertich scores a hat trick against Brazil, and the server that hosts Croatiansports.com crashes.
Officially booked my flight to attend this event. The stars are coming out for this one….
intetresting…Kovac can take Badelj to Brazil full-well knowing he may never play BUT, while in Brazil he can still change Badelj before the tourney starts…I wonder if any countries abuse this system?
Ziva- I guess you might see more Mexicans that will be going to the world cup than I do, I never watch MLS, other than maybe Vancouver….are they a good side in your opinion? I’ve watched a few games while I was in Mexico, the soccer is not bad…I only know some of their players…maybe 5 or 6…they are all good…what are you thoughts about Mexico vs Croatia…strengths vs weaknesses?
I’m disappointed to see our “sporty” competitive eater never came out with how he’s raising money for the floods. Still in a food coma or what?
And of course will be missing out on this! Finally decki, doing something at Sv. Ante! Cestitam!
As for that Vatreni sign, I’ve always loved it. Yes, it is grafitti but it’s very LA and has a local touch. Personally, I like it and it would be cool if you guys could ever implement the Dodger LA symbol (love the color too). However, a note of warning: always protect that transparent because it’s your trofej. You don’t want anybody stealing it in a fight or anything. Last thing you want is it in the enemy’s hands being burned.
@slavonac……..yeah, those goal were bad. Mexico is playing 4 friendlies leading up to the World Cup. They still cant score.
As for the tats……man, I’ll never understand why people decide to get dirty, dried ink on visible parts of the body.
Ernest the only place left selling it online that I know of is
http://webshop.ferivico.hr/dresovi-i-hlacice/hns.html
looks mlike badelj out for the world cup. ruptured abductor.
Does anyone have a good link on where to get the black polo all the coaches are wearing? Thanks in advance.
Ziva- this one is for you!
http://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/nogomet/reprezentacije/pripreme-hrvatske-reprezentacije-nakon-kopacki-evo-i-tetovaza—338090.html
hahahaha…..OH MY GOD!
I just watched the goals from the Mexico game played last night…the Israeli goalie should consider playing badminton…the first 2 goals were 100% his fault!
am I late to the party…not sure if this was already discussed:
”Sammir je vrlo kvalitetno odradio pripreme, pozitivno sam iznenađen njegovim pristupom, radom i ponašanjem, a svi znamo da zna igrati na vrlo visokoj razini. Kranjčarova mu je ozljeda otvorila priliku, a on ju je prihvatio. Ako Bog da sreće i zdravlja bit će s nama. Evo otkrio sam jednog putnika”, rekao je Kovač i nastavio:
Kovac is a Nobel-winning chemistry professor in comparison to Strucnjak Stimac.
Best thing that ever took place with the repka were the fans turning their back and not attending matches, the two losses to Scotland and the loss to Belgium. Remember, a little short-term pain for long-term gain can be a good thing.
In all seriousness though I like reading things like this …
http://www.index.hr/mobile/clanak.aspx?category=sport&id=749236
What a contrast from neznalica Stimac. Now, who knows whether or not these measures will translate into success on the field but I like what I am hearing and seeing so far from Kovac.
I don’t doubt that….just the sign looks like graffiti writing with how LA is written.
I always applauded the guys who take the big oversized banners on road trips. Hoping to see a few in Brazil.
the guys that made the sign are awesome! its nice to see young people from outside of Croatia being patriotic…awesome!
I guess Kovac could throw in rebic / vida for pk’s
: p
I believe so … I guess Olic could take it, but he missed vs Chelsea in the ucl final too. Any other blonde or bald guys we could throw in there for pk’s?
@majstore
Didn’t both Modrić and Rakitić miss their penalties in Euro 2008?
it looks like Mexican graffiti.
Ps. Ziva, Mexican gang signs lol?
Svasta.
Read
Eurosport.com: The Rio Report: Science genius Hawking: Blondies take best penalties, England will not win World Cup
http://yhoo.it/1tTmUao
IMO it’s official, we need either Modric or Rakitic taking our pk’s. Failing that Schildy will be a decent option
: p
‘Nemam problema sa Sammirom, samo sam bio ljut kada me Štimac otpisao…’ well looks like i was right on it with this one, he just had himself a cry and wanted to save face, there is your hero ladies and gentlemen, so how do you feel knowing your “hero” is just a big ol cry baby? Denis i recall you did laud him a bit for his stance, what do you think of this situation?
“Pranjić koji će u Brazilu igrati na deficitarnoj poziciji lijevog beka” this is bad news we would have more chance with Jarni coming out of retirement. 😀
Some would argue that now isnt the time to experiment with a different player, but its not the time to go back to a failed experiment. Of course it could just be that Niko is throwing it out there that Pranjic is the man and he has entirely different plans for the position.
That is called back peddling by Pranjic.
http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/pranjic–ta-izjava-je-izvucena-iz-kontesta–dobar-sam-s-brazilcom—-/1194946/
Pranjic and Sammir. nema problema
@Ziva,
You’re way off on the “Mexican gang style”. For one, it would take you a minute or so to figure out what was written. Second, most of the letters are written backwards or in a weird font style. Lastly, the underlining after the “s” gives it a San Pedro feel to it. Overall, I was happy with it.
Ziva,
Knew I could expect u to reply with some bullshit!! The banner…really?
Ante, sucks u guys are always on the west coast. All I know is were gunna be getting wild in scorpios here in NY! Ajmo hrvatska.
uhhhhh yeh…we live in LA. we’re also gonna set up a taco cart and margarita bar next to the cevape and rakija.
I know I get a lot of shit thrown my way for being negative (jebiga, istina boli). But, that banner looks like it belongs to a bunch of Mexican gangs with the style used for the LA part.