Jeff Carlisle: Thanks for joining us everyone.

JemeleHill: Good night, all. Very entertaining.

Chris Jones: Have a good night everybody. I have to... go.

Jeff Carlisle: The Dutch will face the winner of tomorrow's semifinal between Germany and Spain.

JemeleHill: Thank you, Adam.

Jeff Carlisle: There's a scuffle on the field, but it's finally broken up.

ESPN Stats and Info: The Netherlands advance to the World Cup Final for the first time since 1978.

Chris Jones: Check to see how much cash is in that referee's pocket.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Uruguayans want to have a scuffle about it, being very poor losers.

Luke Cyphers: Uruguay with chances in the box in final seconds, but Kuyt clears the most dangerous one.

Jeff Carlisle: Scramble in the box finally cleared. FULL TIME!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: It's all over! For the first time since 1978 the Dutch have made it to a World Cup final!!!

Chris Jones: If Uruguay score here... Blow the whistle, dude.

Jeff Carlisle: Yellow card issued by the ref. Any second now.

Jeff Carlisle: Wait hold on. It's not over yet.

Luke Cyphers: Nope. Not yet.

Chris Jones: Why did they take off Forlan. I hope he was hurt.

Jeff Carlisle: FULL TIME!

Jeff Carlisle: Uruguay shot by Arevalo blocked.

Luke Cyphers: Still chance for PKs

Chris Jones: This finish was more exciting than I anticipated.

Jeff Carlisle: Uruguay piling on the pressure.

Jeff Carlisle: Uruguay throw-in is cleared. 40 seconds left.

Jeff Carlisle: Maxi Pereira! Uruguay slides a free kick to Pereira who cuts in and curls it home with a left-footed shot.

Luke Cyphers: Bet they wish Forlan was still on.

Jeff Carlisle: GOAL! URUGUAY!

Chris Jones: My curry still hot
Deboned chicken in my guts
Waiting to escape

Jeff Carlisle: Van Bommel hobbles off with what looks like a rib injury. Seems okay.

Luke Cyphers: Elia, open in the box. Doesn't shoot.

ESPN Stats and Info: The Netherlands will become the 5th team to make 3 appearances in the World Cup Final and the only one of those without a title thus far.

Chris Jones: Now the Dutch have a chance to win this.

Jeff Carlisle: Robben off for Eljero Elia.

Luke Cyphers: Robben comes off for Elia and isn't even complaining.

Jeff Carlisle: Cavani with a rare header but is offside anyway.

Luke Cyphers: Dutch still in a hurry. Like Chris' curry.

Jeff Carlisle: Van Der Vaart tries his luck from distance, but it's hit straight at Muslera.

Chris Jones: Maybe it's time for you to re-examine your life, Ray.

ESPN Stats and Info: If the Dutch hold on to win, it will be the first time since 1934 & 1938 that there has not been a South American team in two straight Finals. It will also assure that a European team wins the World Cup not on European soil for the first time in history.

Jeff Carlisle: van Marwijk reacts with disbelief at Robben's miss. He must have had the over.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The spotlight scares him.

Chris Jones: Not anymore, it's not.

JemeleHill: I think Chris was getting frightened

Luke Cyphers: Three way!

Jeff Carlisle: I'm here. I'll take over. Robben was through on a clear breakaway, but shoots tamely at Muslera.

Chris Jones: Robben runs the ball clear down the field... and right into the keeper's hands.

Luke Cyphers: Okay. I'll do it.
Robben just chokes on a sure goal.

Chris Jones: Jeff? Luke?

Chris Jones: Um, Leander? I'm in a curry house in Durban.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Speaking of waving the white flag, I'll leave the very capable Chris Jones to take over play-by-play here, so I can crack on with my grades.

Chris Jones: Somewhere, Luis Suarez sheds a single tear.

Chris Jones: Yep, that's done.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sebastian Fernandez on for Forlan.

Jeff Carlisle: Wow. Forlan off. If that's not waving the white flag I don't know what is.

ESPN Stats and Info: This match marks the first time the Netherlands has EVER scored more than two goals in a knockout stage game.

Chris Jones: Not in this curry house, Luke.

Luke Cyphers: So maybe they think they're in Europe.

Luke Cyphers: But the weather here feels like Europe.

Chris Jones: Looking good for Europe to win its first WC outside of, um, Europe.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sneijder flips the ball back to Robben, who had set up the attack, after the latter ran into the box but he can't get that final strike on it.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sebastian Abreu, who has come on for Uruguay, takes a spill at the edge of the box but gets a call only against him.

Luke Cyphers: I don't think it was a humane killing of that run.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A bad touch euthanizes his run.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben with loads of space on the right.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: He slid through on Caceres.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Boulahrouz gets a yellow.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben sent van Persie into space, who found Sneijder in front of an open goal, but van Persie was offsides.

ESPN Stats and Info: The last time a team scored three in a World Cup semifinal was 1982. West Germany and France tied 3-3. (West Germany advanced on PKs)

Luke Cyphers: Dutch fan's gettin' louda. Like gouda.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Like your belly?

Chris Jones: Uruguay looked plenty in this game and then... Pffffffffffft.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Attendance: 62479.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: And jut then did Pereira send a cross over to Forlan, which was only just headed away.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Oh, jeez, Statsie, that's what you said about Brazil.

Luke Cyphers: Great cross. Kuyt's had his usual hard-working, productive game.

Jeff Carlisle: Funny, I don't think the Dutch have played all that well, just well enough.

Chris Jones: I think I saw Leander in the giant pile of Dutch players...

ESPN Stats and Info: The Dutch have NEVER lost at the World Cup when going up two goals.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The uncatchable Robben even faked out his teammates on the celebration, running the other way at the last moment.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The cross was from Kuyt!

Chris Jones: Don't count your predictions until they're... hatched?

Jeff Carlisle: Yes, I am the Amazing Kreskin.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Heads it in off the post on a cross!!!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: 3-1!!!!!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Bommel heads away a Caceres cross.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Meanwhile a Forlan free kick floats into the hands of Stekelenburg at the other end.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: It definitely deflected off Pereira after Sneijder's shot. It may or may not have touched van Persie's boot on the way.

Chris Jones: Yes, ball was deflected and then I think van Persie whiffed on it. Sneijder's goal.

Jeff Carlisle: Ball took a clear deflection off Maxi Pereira.

Luke Cyphers: Or dummied? I think Van Persie will say dummied.

Jeff Carlisle: Looked to me like Van Persie fanned on it.

Chris Jones: I'm not sure van Persie touched that actually.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Borderline offside, but I think it was a good goal.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch passed it back and forth not far from goal until finally it went into van Persie on a shot from Sneijder and slipped off his foot and in!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: HOLLAND!!!!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: 2-1!!!!!

Luke Cyphers: Yes.

Chris Jones: Very nice save. That rebound had to be a goal, though.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Persie brought it down in the box, played it to van der Vaart, whose low hard shot was saved after which Robben had a crack at it but sent his effort over.

JemeleHill: No, I just have a picture petting lion cubs

Leander Schaerlaeckens: It's observations like that that earn Cyphers the big bucks.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Come on, man. You've got to have that.

Jeff Carlisle: Pretty solid keeping that time.

Luke Cyphers: Forlan can ably direct a ball with his foot.

Chris Jones: Still hating on Stekelenburg, Leander?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: An outstretched Stekelenburg saves it at the near post!

Luke Cyphers: Not a foul at all, really

Jeff Carlisle: Diego time.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Caceres's foot had collided with van Bommel's, but for some reason it was van Bommel's fault.

Chris Jones: That was a cheap foul.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Uruguay now with a free kick from 23 or so yards.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A splendid cross from Forlan lands in Pereira's feet, but Boulahrouz stopped him.

Chris Jones: My stomach feels very hard.

JemeleHill: Go White...just for the heckuv it

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Netherlands had 56 percent of possession in the first half, we're just learning.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van der Vaart's cross is headed away.

Luke Cyphers: Nice bit of possession, that.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch are still zipping it around outside the Uruguayan box and now win a corner.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Kuyt leaves a van Persie cross to Sneijder, but he got the shot all wrong.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Write about soccer for ESPN. Raise a family. Everything I would otherwise. Our is a beautiful occupation, and this is a beautiful game. But it's only soccer in the end.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: More like the properly pronounced guerilla.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben just now cut inside and played a bad ball to Sneijder.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A nice attack by Uruguay sees Forlan head it backwards onto goal, but Stekelenburg grabs it comfortably.

Luke Cyphers: On that Robben run, our colleague Diego Zorrilla notes that Caceres kept Robben outside, on his right foot, preventing a shot from this deadly left foot.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van der Vaart goes on a run but as he tries to shoot he is tackled. No call.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Heitinga commits a foul on the corner.

Jeff Carlisle: Great help by Arevalo after Caceres was skinned by Robben.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben twists a defender into the wind and wins a corner when the second man, Pereira plays it out.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: 't Was a thing of beauty, Statsie.

ESPN Stats and Info: The Van Bronckhorst strike in the 18th minute covered some 42 yards at an average speed of 58 mph and found the far post just 1.5 seconds after leaving the Dutchman's left foot.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Kuyt with space on the right but his cross found only blue.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Stekelenburg fists it away.

Chris Jones: Sound that just came out of John Brewin: ROAOSODKSODSOOOOOOOOOOOO

Jeff Carlisle: The Dutch have not looked sharp on the ball this half. Lots of shanked passes from short range.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The momentum seems to be drifting ever so slowly towards Uruguay.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Corner to Uruguay.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: On that note...

Chris Jones: Extra time anyone?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Kuyt tries to dribble and discovers why he never dribbles.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Don't question my alliteration.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Mathijsen heads it wide from 15 yards.

Luke Cyphers: Twiddles?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Persie twiddles and twirls and is pulled to the ground for a Dutch free kick.

Jeff Carlisle: I must say, Uruguay's center backs have looked pretty decent in this game.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A ball into the box by Victorino is snapped up by Stekelenburg after Mathijsen shielded off Cavani.

Luke Cyphers: Terrible corner.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: It sails past the second post.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van der Vaart will take it.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Excellent combination between Robben and Sneijder on the right leads to a Dutch corner.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Forlan's corner is headed away. A foul had been commited anyway. Dutch ball.

Luke Cyphers: Lucky.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Terrible back ball by Boulahrouz got intercepted by Cavani, who eventually shot at an empty goal, but van Bronckhorst was there to head it away.

Chris Jones: Anybody have some milk of magnesia?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben gets a chance to run at goal, plays it off, after which the Dutch lose it.

Luke Cyphers: Uruguay's mids working hard to disrupt Sneijder & Co. Tracking back like crazy.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Jones, give Brewin a big hit and a kiss on the cheek for me.

Chris Jones: John Brewin: "Well, I'm definitely supporting Uruguay now."

Jeff Carlisle: Alvaro Pereira dropping back from midfield to help Caceres on Robben.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sneijder gets the ball back after another dubious move by Caceres but his shot is miles off.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Persie has a chance to combine himself into space with Sneijder but goofs up the initial pass.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Nice ball from Kuyt to liberate van Bronckhorst. The cross is headed away in front of van Persie.

Luke Cyphers: That sub could create a rip in the space-time continuum.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sneijder gets mowed down by Perez. No call.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: He doesn't, Mike. That's why it was funny. Anyway, we're pretending I didn't say that.

Jeff Carlisle: The Dutch banking on their greater skill to carry the day. Van Bommel will have a lot of work to do though.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: That's an attacking midfielder on for an attacking midfielder posing as a defensive midfielder.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Yup.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I think de Zeeuw.

Jeff Carlisle: Interesting, Van Der Vaart on for De Zeeuw.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: But whoever for?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Yup, van der Vaart will come on.

Chris Jones: Stop covering my colon live, Leander.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Some refs too.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The tunnel hurls out a pile of orange stuff.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Jones on the other hand...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: For the record: Brewin is not fat.

Chris Jones: Just got ice cream... Can't feel legs...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Tell Brewin he's a lovely fella and that I miss him too.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Nothing.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: What?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I didn't say that.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Tell Brewin he's lucky he has 150 pounds on me.

Chris Jones: Leander -- John Brewin says he has 2-1 Uruguay...

Jeff Carlisle: So is my 3-1 Netherlands scoreline. I think the Dutch relaxed a bit after their goal, thinking it would be easy. They need to pick up the intensity a notch.

Luke Cyphers: My dumb PKs prediction is still in play, too.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'm still feeling good about my 2-1 for the Netherlands prediction.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Waterscales are big in the Netherlands.

ESPN Stats and Info: Diego Forlán's goal was his 5th career World Cup goal and first against a non-African side.

Chris Jones: I think I'm starting to trip...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I think van der Vaart is warming up here. For who he would come on I know not.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Even trains have to take turns sometimes.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Although a rail is not always...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: And a laser, you will note, is straight.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: You're assuming that heading to his right was the right thing to do.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sorry, Brennon, but you could lay a waterscale next to that shot. It was perfectly straight.

Chris Jones: Ze goggles... Zey do nothing.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Did you not hear the expletive leaving my mouth after Stekelenburg let that ball in? I'm trying real hard to keep it in check.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Not to be confused with jingoism.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: In the replay, van Bronckhorst's shot was straight as an arrow. No Jabulani-ism on the one whatsoever.

Chris Jones: Are you sitting next to Leander? This could get good.

Luke Cyphers: Look at the teammates, Chris. He's really killed. I know, Suarez, yeah, yeah...

Chris Jones: Better than Villa, Luke?

Luke Cyphers: I'd say Uruguay's feeling great, Jeff, much better than Chris right now. They've got the best individual player in the tournament (there I said it) and have injected doubt into the Netherlands. Strange how the Dutch just dropped off and didn't mind giving Uruguay space in the attacking third.

JemeleHill: Thanks, Susie :)

Jeff Carlisle: I still think Caceres looks a little suspect at left back for Uruguay. I'm surprised the Dutch, Robben in particular, haven't run at him more.

Chris Jones: Glad I'm wearing flip flops. Some sweat can escape from my feet.

Jeff Carlisle: Uruguay has to feel pretty good about that half. The Dutch had most of the possession, but Uruguay looked dangerous enough going forward. Good fightback by La Celeste.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Here come thr men with the sticks again, ready to poke the field some more.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Strange call.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben had just found some space on the right.

Chris Jones: So's my curry.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Half-time as the Dutch are mid-attack!

Chris Jones: Curry so tasty, but so hot...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Kuyt wasn't offside either. Van Persie was though.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sneijder deposits a lovely cross on top of Kuyt's head, but he was offside. His diving header was wide anyway.

Chris Jones: It's time to take off my shirt.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben almost gets into the clear at the edge of the box, but he loses the ball when it gets tangled between some legs.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: This game, meanwhile, is crawling towards half-time, with two minutes of added time announced.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: They didn't panic against Brazil. They might not now either. Might.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I've watched Stekeleburg at Ajax for years. His aren't safe hands.

Chris Jones: Yes, Luke, this is that part.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: He made a good save against Brazil, but also nearly let a cross in when he didn't get in front of it properly and Kuyt had to head it behind. People forget about that one.

Luke Cyphers: Leander, is this the part where the Dutch start screaming at each other?

Chris Jones: Um, Leander. Stekelenburg has played very well...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The free kick sails into Stekelenburg's hands at the near post.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Stekelenburg is no van der Sar and never was in danger of being one.

Chris Jones: Forlan is a good player, Captain Obvious.

JemeleHill: tigers love cinammon.

Luke Cyphers: Gimme for Forlan, no?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Free kick to Uruguay now from 28 or so yards and a 30 degree angle.

Jeff Carlisle: The keeper just took a half step to his right.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Total Jabulani goal.

Jeff Carlisle: Stekelenburg looked to still be moving when Forlan hit the shot and that killed him, along with the velocity on the shot.

Luke Cyphers: Dutch decide they may need to play soccer again.

Chris Jones: I thought that was a mistake by Stekeleburg there, but on the replay, I'm not so sure. That was a strike.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'd call that one 70 percent quality of the shot, 30 percent bad goalkeeping.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Forlan's shot from 30 or so yards swerved and skidded off Stekelenburg's hand and into the net.

Luke Cyphers: That might be the strike of the tournament. Given the situation.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Forlan from a distance and Stekelenburg lets it slip!!!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Uruguay!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: GOAL!!!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: As I type that, another Dutch break sees Kuyt take a shot from the top of the box which is saved fairly easily by Muslera.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Persie got the ball on the right, played it off to Sneijder on the left, who combined well with Kuyt but ultimately lost it. That was the first bit of Dutch attacking in some time.

Chris Jones: Sweating...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben almost breaks out. But not quite.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Forlan beats his man, Heitinga, to a cross from Pareira but it's over and wide.

Chris Jones: Wow. That has some zip.

Luke Cyphers: Dutch not really looking to counter.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: That would be Boulahrouz, by the way.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Canibal clears one on a bicycle kick.

Chris Jones: My curry just got here!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Just for the record, I'm not on the comments today.

Jeff Carlisle: That was a wasted opportunity by Cavani. His decision-making was way too slow there.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A long shot from Pereira hobbles innocently to Stekelenburg.

Chris Jones: I know one player doesn't make a team, but I think Uruguay is really missing Suarez.

Luke Cyphers: And Forlan still can't get any service.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: It looked dangerous.

ESPN Stats and Info: Entering the match, the Netherlands was leading this World Cup with three goals scored from outside the 18-yard box. The lead has now been extended to four.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A slip-up in Dutch defense allows Cavani to advance but he can't connect with a teammate.

Chris Jones: It's the world's shortest show.

JemeleHill: Leander, for sure. Classic looks.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Forlan has been much influential than in his last games, the difference being that he has to play as an advanced forward now, rather than a deep playmaker.

Luke Cyphers: Dutch D has done well taking Forlan out of the match so far.

JemeleHill: We'll consider serious offers after the World Cup

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Another dangerous ball into the Dutch box is cleared by Boulahrouz, who read the play.

Chris Jones: There was some contact, but not a foul. Not a penalty, for sure.

Luke Cyphers: Cavani needs lessons from Robben.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Lots of boos, no card, no foul.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Pareira keeps the ball from hopping out and sends in a cross to Cavani, who runs into a man and drops like he was shot.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben is played the ball in the box with only a last man and a goalkeeper to beat, but he was shielded off it well by Caceres.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: De Zeeuw looks ready to come back on.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Play has resumed.

JemeleHill: Ronaldo, let him play for Team USA

Leander Schaerlaeckens: There's a very fine line between an honest attempt at a bicycle kick and dangerous play.

Chris Jones: He's Dutch, not English, Luke.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Caceres gets a yellow.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: De Zeeuw, who has taken a knock or two before, walks off.

Jeff Carlisle: De Zeeuw is bleeding, he'll need to come off momentarily I'm thinking.

Luke Cyphers: They're counting his teeth.

JemeleHill: 1 win, 3 showdowns. 1 early exit.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Caceres attempted a bicycle kick that got de Zeeuw right in the face.

JemeleHill: Have you seen Leander's last name?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Uh-oh, de Zeeuw needs a stretcher. The Dutch are already down a holding midfielder with de Jong injured.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Caceres appears to clock de Zeeuw on a header. Scuffle ensues.

Chris Jones: Gee Will, you don't say.

Chris Jones: Stekelenburg against Brazil has to be up there, GoalieFan. Save of the tournament for me.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Corner to Uruguay here. Forlan to take it.

JemeleHill: You are wrong, Jose. I've done it several times. You've apparently missed them.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: They really aren't as gung-ho about attacking as they once were. Then again, they're also not leaving tournaments prematurely as they were...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch have slowed the pace down.

JemeleHill: Maybe it's because you can't spell my name?

ESPN Stats and Info: The Netherlands is 18-2-3 all-time at the World Cup when scoring the first goal of the match. The last time the Dutch lost after scoring the opening goal was in 1978 against Scotland.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: You're just jealous because Canada has never scored at a World Cup.

Chris Jones: Dutchy von Dutchalot.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: This was a much better goal in terms of skill. No goalkeeper was out of position or wrong-footed on this one.

Chris Jones: Let's not forget Villa's goal against... who was that again?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Boulahrouz looking, erm, interesting on a bouncing ball there.

Chris Jones: That was a great goal, South Africa.

Luke Cyphers: A bit of acting by the thespian Robben. Not his best, though.

Chris Jones: I'll throw Tevez's second goal against Mexico into the debate... And Forlan's free kick against Ghana.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A cross by Robben is cleared after which Pereira takes the slouchy little winger out and gets a yellow.

Luke Cyphers: Robben and Kuyt switched sides again. Uruguay really under pressure.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Muslera bats it away.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A second corner after the first is headed away just in front of the line.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben plays van Persie into space in the box! But he came up just short. Corner to the Dutch.

Chris Jones: Better than David Villa's own 40 yarder, anyway.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: False! All I said was "OOOOOOOOH!!!"

Chris Jones: So... that must enter the goal of the tournament discussion, I'm thinking.

Luke Cyphers: Just nice, easy possession, simple passes, and then WHAAAM!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Stupendous goal!

Chris Jones: That was a great shot. Keeper was slow to react but I'm not sure he was ever getting to that.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Bronchorst took a perposterous shot from some 40 yards from the left side of the field with his beloved left foot which just rose ever so gently before nestling into the top right corner!

Jeff Carlisle: Went in off the post.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch crown prince and princes celebrate! As do thousandss of others in orange!

JemeleHill: Gonna be more than that.

Jeff Carlisle: That came out of nothing.

Luke Cyphers: That's called a wonder strike, I believe.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Netherlands!!!!!!!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Bronckhorst with a splendid goal!!!

ESPN Stats and Info: The Dutch are averaging 10.0 chances created per match, their lowest in a World Cup since the stat was first tracked in 1966. However, they are averaging a goal ever 5.6 chances created, their best total since 1966 and second at this World Cup behind Germany (5.2).

Leander Schaerlaeckens: GOAL!!!!!!!!

JemeleHill: 3 E's, not 4.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Persie tricked and turned his way into the box, but he had nobody to serve it up to.

Luke Cyphers: Perez is playing on the right side. They must be scared of Kuyt. So Kuyt pinching in some. And now he's switched to the right side. Interesting.

JemeleHill: Only if you spell my name with three E's

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch tap-tap-tap it around.

Chris Jones: The Oranje look a little too orange for me tonight. I prefer the black shorts.

JemeleHill: I am. Superman II, one of the greatest movies ever. Considering i'm posting comments, if you work in Anchorman, Superman II or Stepbrothers into actual soccer commentary...it's gonna get posted

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch on the break.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Perez tries to cut inside but he's choked off by two defenders.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'm gonna start taking offense in a minute.

Luke Cyphers: Getting ahead of themselves, as usual.

Chris Jones: That seems premature.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch fans are singing about being champions.

Luke Cyphers: Especially not a good idea with Forlan around.

Chris Jones: That was very close.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch are relying heavily on their offside trap. Never a very safe approach.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: At the other end, Forlan is offside.

Luke Cyphers: Nice own-save by Van Persie.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sneijder with a lovely move after Robben won a throw-in, juking past a man. His shot was blocked though.

JemeleHill: Yes. Kneel before Zod.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Kuyt with another acceleration on the left, winning a throw-in.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: And now Cavani is offside.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Uruguay tried to break out byt Cavani wasn't on the same page as the passer.

Luke Cyphers: The Dutch touch looks in full force tonight. Kuyt and Robben have already created some danger.

Chris Jones: You know, those high balls are terrifying for a keeper. So much time to think about messing it up.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Kuyt sends a cross in to Robben but his header was blocked.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Caceres's ball was intercepted by van Bronckhorst, who played it to Kuyt, whose nice combination with Sneijder notw has the Dutch in possession.

JemeleHill: Chris, you are quite warm. Just ask the Ugandan.

JemeleHill: CJ is not fat, BTW. But it's sort of funny.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Free kick to Uruguay from the half-way line.

Chris Jones: I prefer to think of myself as insulated.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Did you just call Chris fat???

ESPN Stats and Info: Uruguay has not won in in the last 13 World Cup finals games against European opposition (six draws, seven losses) with its last success over a European side coming in 1970 with a victory over the Soviet Union 1-0 in a quarter-final.

JemeleHill: For some reason, Chris Jones' chubbiness has become a joke to you people. I'm merely facilitating the interest.

Chris Jones: I haven't posted any of these comments, by the way. Thanks Jemele.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Uruguay is taking more of the game than I'd expected thus far. They're not in it for the penalties for the moment.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The Dutch in possession.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Another long ball by Heitinga is headed town by van Persie but he loses it. On the break, Pareira attempts to lob Stekeleburg from almost 50 yards, but it sails over.

JemeleHill: Oh, and if you want to join the Chris Jones-is-not-welcome-in-Paraguay-Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Jones-ESPN-NOT-WELCOME-in-Paraguay/141739439174195

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Caceres has a considerable pedigree at the club level though.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Heitinga's long ball over the ground finds van Persie, but his touch is off.

Luke Cyphers: Kuyt had a great chance at that early goal. Jabulani'd it a tad.

Jeff Carlisle: As predicted, the Dutch are testing the Uruguayan left back, Caceres, early. This is his first game of the World Cup.

JemeleHill: Oh yeah, Chris, I joined the Facebook page that basically promised to kill you.

Chris Jones: That is such a Canadian retort.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Robben with some room out on the right. His cross was blocked. It eventually made it to Kuyt at the second post after a second cross was punched away by Muslera but his shot went just over.

Chris Jones: I predicted a 2-0 win for the Dutch tonight.

ESPN Stats and Info: The two sides' only previous meeting in the World Cup came in 1974 when the Dutch won 2-0 in a group game, with Jonny Rep netting both goals.

JemeleHill: No sir, you'll have these jokes and LIKE IT

JemeleHill: We'll let Da Weef handle that one, Luke

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A subsequent cross was sent from offside position.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Forlan get some room on the left but he was tackled well by Mathijsen, who cleared it too.

Luke Cyphers: Everyone wants to get into Chris' pants.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I think it's been longer than that.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: HO-LLAND... HO-LLAND, chant the orange-clad.

JemeleHill: A personal plea: Can we make fun of Chris' pants again? That was fun.

Chris Jones: Sometimes I think I'm funnier than I am. So, about Uruguay and the Netherlands...

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Van Bommel with a solid, if clean, early tackle.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: And off they kick.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Uruguay to kick off.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: We're about set to get this game going.

JemeleHill: And here is Chris' follow-up column, a mailbag of epic proportions http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story/_/id/5355910/ce/us/chris-jones-takes-special-delivery-paraguay?cc=3888&ver=us

ESPN Stats and Info: Getting an early goal and into halftime with a lead might be a key in tonight's match. Neither side has EVER lost at the World Cup when leading at halftime. Netherlands 14-0-2, Uruguay 10-0-1.

JemeleHill: Here is the original open letter to Paraguay from Chris http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story/_/id/5352727/ce/us/chris-jones-open-letter-paraguay?cc=3888&ver=us

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'll do it.

Jeff Carlisle: Chris, I have your back among the Twitterati.

Chris Jones: Someone with more technological savvy than me might. Did I mention I'm in a curry house in Durban?

Chris Jones: Thanks Steve. We stand alone, my friend.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Chris. Suarez: Hero or Villain?

Chris Jones: I'm only talking about the teams playing tonight, Jemele. Ever again.

JemeleHill: Chris, might I say I am so impressed that your follow-up column, which should be entitled: I still hate Paraguayan soccer, has 700+ comments. I happy that I can deny knowing you at some point for my own public safety

Chris Jones: They always do.

Chris Jones: From a curry house in Durban.

Chris Jones: Hopefully we're on.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Anthems!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: The stadium has colored nice and orange.

Luke Cyphers: Never had a draw, Stats? And there won't be one tonight.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: A few nice crisp flags are making their wayu out to the field.

Jeff Carlisle: What if a goalkeeper hauls down a forward on a breakaway? Is he cheating if the he's ejected and the forward misses the pk? This could go on forever.

ESPN Stats and Info: Uruguay and Netherlands have met on four occasions before tonight's match, with Uruguay winning three times and the Dutch just once.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: That's another point entirely, Umfrid. Suarez was punished by the rules currently governing the game, so you can't complain about it.

JemeleHill: Gyan's brother: I agree. It just worked out this way.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: GameCasting passers by.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'll be touring small-town malls very soon.

Jeff Carlisle: Also, look at the foul that led to it. Fucile was whistled for a phantom foul. The Soccer Gods were merely correcting a wrong.

JemeleHill: If Gyan makes that shot, no one is complaining. Think people are bothered by the fact that a bad play was, weirdly, rewarded. I just don't think Suarez intended it that way.

JemeleHill: Word, Leander.

Jeff Carlisle: True that.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: It was a handball, he got a red and a penalty was awarded. The rules of the game were obeyed.

JemeleHill: Besides, what Suarez did was equivalent of putting a someone at the free-throw line. In that situation, Gyan HAS TO make that shot. Period.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: People are bombarding this to the equivalent of taking steroids.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: He didn't break any rules. He knew he'd get a red card and thought it worth the chance that the penalty would be missed. And he got it right.

Jeff Carlisle: Suarez got caught didn't he?

JemeleHill: If you think in .5 seconds he had time to pre-plan this, you're crazy. He didn't.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: That makes it three heros, no villains and one Luke Cyphers.

JemeleHill: I say, hero.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Jemele, Suarez: Hero or Villain?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Noteworthy fact: after the teams finished warming up, a bunch of dudes in white suits started poking the field with sticks, but only on the half where the Dutch had been warming up.

JemeleHill: Leander was born in 1984? I'm sharpening my knives.

Luke Cyphers: Cool. Damp. Verging on Candlestick Park cold, but not there yet.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: As cold as an English darter.

Luke Cyphers: I wonder who my second childhood heroes will be?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I never saw him play in his heyday. My childhood heroes were more van Basten, Bergkamp, Litmanen and Zidane.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Well tell you about our night as soon as you've weighed in on the Luis Suarez: Hero or Villain debate!

Jeff Carlisle: So?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I was born in 1984, Jeff...

Jeff Carlisle: Leander, you should know that Ruud Krol is providing in-studio commentary for SuperSport. Was he a hero of yours?

JemeleHill: Jemele Hill checking in. How's everyone tonight?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Do be sure to check out Jeff's preview to this game here.

Jeff Carlisle: Supposedly Gargano is partnering Arevalo in the center of Uruguay's midfield. Given how effective Perez has been there, I'll believe it when I see it.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Translation: "Mom, I'm sitting over here."

Jeff Carlisle: La Celeste as well.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: By the way, I'm seeing a banner hanging from one of the rings saying "Mama, ik zit hier.:

Luke Cyphers: Los Charruas.

Luke Cyphers: I've always believed in abstinence-only education.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: That makes it 2-0 to Hero, and one abstinence.

Luke Cyphers: I don't want entire countries angry with me. I've learned from Jones.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Don't avoid the question, Luke.

Luke Cyphers: Hero? Villain?
Semifinalist. Goudat for guts?

Jeff Carlisle: Hero.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Hero.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Here goes.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: This will be the moment E True Hollywood Story pinpoints as the beginning of the end for GameCast's run.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: This might split our team of commentators right to the core.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Make a gutteral G, then go OW-da.

Luke Cyphers: Actually, it's pronounced, "howda," so that pun doesn't work. Try again.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Never.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Yeah I said it.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Cheddar sucks!

Luke Cyphers: Only if it were gouda.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Yes, tides be damned.

Luke Cyphers: Uruguay deserves a ton of credit, Carol. They've gotten the most out of their lineup all tournament. Perez and Arevalo, and Jeff's fave, Lugano, have been outstanding. And Forlan speaks for himself.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Silence fell...

Luke Cyphers: I agree, Harry. But aren't you dead?

Jeff Carlisle: My vision is getting blurry. I actually had it right.

Jeff Carlisle: Make that Lugano*

Jeff Carlisle: Lugan is a huge loss. Not only was he the captain, but he was the glue that kept that defense together.

Jeff Carlisle: Lugano hurt his knee in the quarterfinal against Ghana. He hobbled off after about 38 minutes of that game. Obviously, he was not able to recover in time. Godin is back in the center of the Uruguayan defense after missing the quarterfinal.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: For Uruguay, Jorge Fucile and Luis Suarez are suspended. Nicolas Lodeiro is injured.

For the Netherlands, Gregory van der Wiel and Nigel de Jong are suspended.

Jeff Carlisle: Just a few Nathan. Fucile and of course Suarez for Uruguay. De Jong and Van Der Wiel for the Dutch.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Ladies and gentlemen, I have been out-Dutched.

Luke Cyphers: I think, when pressed at about 11 pm the other night, I said the Dutch would win on PKs. Just because I've had PKs on my mind. So why not?

Jeff Carlisle: According to the tactical lineup on the television, Uruguay are indeed going 4-4-2, with Cavani partnering Forlan up top.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Pick for a winner, score, motivation and blood type please, Luke.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Luke is here!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I don't know that they could have adequately replaced Suarez without changing formations. I think even more than other times they'll try to capitalize on quick break-aways, and for that to work, you need plenty of men behind the ball to protect yourself.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Only when I'm dehydrated.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Of Orange is the last name of the royal family. Hence orange as the national color.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: When done properly, there sits a very thin orange banner atop the Dutch flag on the pole.

Jeff Carlisle: So Leander, how big a loss is De Jong for the Dutch?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'm calling it a 2-1 to the Netherlands.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Sitting up here in beautiful Green Point Stadium in Cape Town by the way, it's quite a sight to see the alternating sections of baby blue and orange cheer for the players running out for their warm-ups.

Jeff Carlisle: Even though objectivity for Leander is impossible on this day, I concur. I'm on record as picking the Netherlands to win, 3-1.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: But I think even objectively, Oranje has to be favorite here.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'm a little conflicted here. I was born in the Netherlands and although I could never live anywhere but the U.S., I still hold the team dear to me heart. I spent much of my living rooting for it after all.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Letter-writing campaigns. Get 'em started, folks.

Jeff Carlisle: Perhaps we should give Uruguay a cigarette.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Ehm, thanks?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: What is with this innate desire to be first?

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Oh, thank God. I'm no longer alone and allowed to ramble at will.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: It's just that the kind of burst of brainpower he is expected to deliver can only be summoned for a few hours at a time. To keep it up for longer would cause brain splatterations.

Jeff Carlisle: Greetings everyone. Jeff Carlisle here, jealous of Leander that he is in beautiful Cape Town, and I'm not.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Save your questioned addressed to Statsie for a little while longer. He'll be here, not to worry.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'm not quite understanding what you're on about, FIRST, but sure.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: As are we, Charlie. As are we.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: I'll be joined by a treasure trove of fellow soccer writers who have all met the golden standard or better.

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Thanks for joining us for today's live coverage of the first semifinal of the 2010 World Cup between the Netherlands and Uruguay!

Leander Schaerlaeckens: Good afternoon, everybody!