USA National Soccer (M & W) Thread

[silverwheels]

Stick to hockey, NERDS

 

[BearDownUofA]

 

[kella]

not sure what his body was doing here. looked like the QWOP browser game

 

[DeadMan]

Huh? Donovan was fucking incredible at penalties. Of all the things to bitch about with Landycakes … penalties?

Quick look up says he was 51/56 for penalties on his career. Missed once with the USMNT.

 

[Karl Hungus]

Huh? Donovan was fucking incredible at penalties. Of all the things to bitch about with Landycakes … penalties?

Quick look up says he was 51/56 for penalties on his career. Missed once with the USMNT.

Counterpoint:

 

[BearDownUofA]

 

[bruin]

Coals are on.

LFG

 

[bruin]

CADE CADE CADE CADE

 

[kella]

lmao

 

[kella]

I don't want to see Roldan or Morris on a roster ever again. Conscript someone from the USWNT before that.

 

[silverwheels]

 

[adchester]

Review of the atmosphere from a coworker who attended the game:

"Felt like a golf match with the occasional wave and some random drums"

 

[bruin228]

SAD!

 

[kella]

Morgan is washed. all hail RODMAN

 

[kella]

this team has no ideas. Just launching aimless long balls. Is Bruce arena secretly coaching them?

 

[goblue96]

this team has no ideas. Just launching aimless long balls. Is Bruce arena secretly coaching them?

Set piece goal! Arena corching confirmed.

 

[adchester]

That was a pretty corner

 

[silverwheels]

They definitely don't have the same tenacity they had under Ellis.

 

[silverwheels]

This corch sucks. You get like 10 subs now. Use them.

 

[goblue96]

We need moar HARD WORK WORK

 

[kella]

this is baffling.

 

[kella]

that guy when someone asks him why he only used 1 sub

 

[Skeeter]

Actually bet the Netherlands +400 on this one. Was a good value bet. Almost hit

 

[bruin228]

Treason is a capital offense

 

[bruin]

Mercy were mid. Portugal deserved to advance. Morgan can’t move and we have no midfield attackers at all.

 

[BearDownUofA]

Fire Vlatko.

 

[BearDownUofA]

Seriously, just fire his ass already. Get it over with. We all know that this team isn't making the semi-finals so this'll be the worst finish ever at a World Cup for the WNT. He's going to be the fall guy for the failure. Might as well just do it now and stop the bleeding ahead of time.

 

[DeadMan]

I just looked at the path for the US. God damn. Sweden, then likely Japan, and then probably the Netherlands again in the semis. Woof.

 

[silverwheels]

I just looked at the path for the US. God damn. Sweden, then likely Japan, and then probably the Netherlands again in the semis. Woof.

Don't think they get past Sweden. Also how did Germany and Brazil not advance.

 

[BearDownUofA]

Also how did Germany and Brazil not advance.

Because they finished the group stage with fewer points than the teams that finished second in their respective groups. Duh.

 

[BearDownUofA]

The US looks a lot better.

 

[goblue96]

Do they?

 

[BearDownUofA]

Do they?

Yes. If they played like they did against Portugal, the Sweden game never goes to extra time.

In any case, that wasn't in but nothing can change that. Fuck you, Vlatko.

 

[silverwheels]

Earliest exit ever. The world is catching up but that's still inexcusable. What a shitty corch.

 

[goblue96]

How little faith does the Corch have in the outfield players when the GK is the 6th shooter in PKs.

 

[kella]

Filling a roster with aging stars and bringing younger exciting players along and leaving them on the bench, then crashing out in the first knockout game? Feels so familiar...

Give Vlatko the USMNT jerb!

 

[Wolfman21]

 

[Skeeter]

She was awful the whole tournament and looked like a blueberry.

 

[jamesnathan]

I have only seen the highlights, but the US had a lot of good chance. Sweden's goal keep earned it today, for sure.

Leaving the young players on the bench plus not even inviting one of the leadings scorers in the NWSL in Ashley Hatch shouldn't surprise anyone when the team struggles to score.

Even though the US had chances, I'm glad they lost this badly because if they had advanced and lost later, leadership might think they were still OK. But going out like this hopefully leads to the changes needed so this team can return to dominance.

 

[CJ_24]

 

[bruin228]

She was awful the whole tournament and looked like a blueberry.

 

[Dr. Shats Basoon]

today is the day Drumpf became presidential

 

[Skeeter]

He was so close....

 

[bruin]

Filling a roster with aging stars and bringing younger exciting players along and leaving them on the bench, then crashing out in the first knockout game? Feels so familiar...

Give Vlatko the USMNT jerb!

Pretty much. The lack of fire and desire all tournament was eye opening. The Japans would’ve smoked us anyway. Pugh, Sanchez, Rodman, Williams gotta lead the way forward.

 

[kella]

ridiculous they didn't even bring Hatch. The federation put marketing dollars in front of success on the field lol

 

[BearDownUofA]

The lack of fire and desire all tournament was eye opening.

Until the Sweden match. They looked like a completely different team against Sweden and if they had played that well in the group stage, they would've beaten Vietnam by more, probably would've beaten the Netherlands and would've beaten Portugal.

The fact that Vlatko waited until the 119th minute to use two subs, presumably both for the penalty kicks (thus causing both to be cold for the shootout) and then didn't even use one of those substitutes for his first five shooters shows that the guy is just totally devoid of proper tactics.

Fire his ass. Hand Emma Hayes a blank check.

 

[bruin228]

 

[kella]

i don't want to alarm you but the USWNT looks 50x better now that it's not the world cup

ohmygodhuh.gif

 

[BearDownUofA]

Well, uh, if the Emma Hayes hire is for real, USSF has started to turn things around after Vlatko shit the bed.

 

[ZackMills]