2022: The World Cup Thread

[DeadMan]

How about not getting cheap cards on the sideline that look very close to being reds?

 

[kella]

holy fuck these refs are a bit confused

 

[DeadMan]

Are these CONCACAF refs?

 

[DeadMan]

Holy shit, that was an awesome finish.

 

[Wolfman21]

Wales playing the prevent defense...i recognize this

 

[kella]

possibly the coolest finish I've ever seen this team make in a game that matters

 

[kella]

Are these CONCACAF refs?

all Qatari lol. Might as well be.

 

[ZackMills]

U.S. soccer fans are so weird. Some of these costumes they wear...

 

[Brick]

nice flop

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[adchester]

Wtf is this USA team. Dominating possession? Converting scoring chances?

This isn't our BRAND

 

[kella]

U.S. soccer fans are so weird. Some of these costumes they wear...

world cup focused dudes are weird

name names @fried rice

 

[silverwheels]

 

[DeadMan]

That was almost a perfect half. Still worried the game could flip on a Bale counter, but we are dominating Wales so far.

 

[bruin228]

Wales looks awful, truly shocking for a “country” with more sheep than people

Definitely going to give up some cheesy Bale goal, though

 

[hayvis]

That was almost a perfect half. Still worried the game could flip on a Bale counter, but we are dominating Wales so far.

Bale and Ramsay are in accelerating decline. Probably decent enough players only a year ago and now toilet.

 

[Southpaw]

Not this shit again

 

[kella]

Not Bale, this big mong forward they subbed in is gonna get it

we look immediately gassed. JFC

 

[adchester]

Wtf is this USA team. Dominating possession? Converting scoring chances?

This isn't our BRAND

Ahhh this is more ON BRAND

 

[adchester]

TEFLON on

 

[hayvis]

 

[pavel]

oh no we suck again

 

[DeadMan]

That was almost saved. Damn.

 

[Wolfman21]

US was playing prevent...i recognize this

 

[kella]

 

[kella]

I would have put $5,000 on this mid game +370 for a draw if I could have

That being said with 9 minutes and counting of stoppage there may be another goal

 

[Wolfman21]

lmao...this same dude has gone down 3 times in the last 5 minutes cramping up and they just give him a juice pack and throw him back in there. what in the fuck

 

[kella]

hold onto your butts on Friday, Saka is going to score 6 on us

 

[doh]

Haji Wright, Jordan Morris on... Gio Reyna stays on the bench.

Fuck Gregg. Dumb fuck manager.

 

[DeadMan]

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You're not wrong, but we've also never finished with 2 points in a World Cup...

 

[Skeeter]

So that felt like a loss. Was that a favorable result based on expectations doe?

 

[fried rice]

It was a great sign when Morris’s introduction highlighted his college career and multiple torn knee ligaments at 28.

 

[Brick]

did the US manager lose his luggage he looks like a complete bum. nice shirt assface.

 

[adchester]

Same old USA, maybe we'll make it out of the group because Iran is trash, but at best we are getting rolled in the Rd of 16 again.


At least the 1st half was nice.

 

[kella]

Iran isn't trash, and there's a non-zero chance we play them and both of us are chasing a win and/or piling up goals to get into the last spot on GD or something

 

[kella]

I mean their govt is Trash for sure tho

 

[silverwheels]

This why I never have expectations for this team.

 

[Brick]

hey guys chin up we are gonna have a daily wire incel chud shoot up soft targets any hour now. wales doesnt have that.

 

[ZackMills]

Why can't we just force a well populated state to outlaw all sports but soccer so we can send better athletes to these competitions?

 

[digs]

if I were PRESIDENT OF THE US I would force ALL SEC FOOTBALL AFWETES to become SOCCER

 

[silverwheels]

 

[bruin228]

I mean their govt is Trash for sure tho

Huh sounds familiar

 

[ZackMills]

It is really interesting to observe at the youth level as a parent of a 10 year old. I'm sure it varies by region, but at Lenny's school all the best athletes play football in the fall, then mostly lacrosse (with some baseball) in the spring. Most play basketball in the winter. Soccer is for the kids with parents that just want their kid to play an organized sport, value their child's brain health (Lenny), or are a first or second generation immigrant (also Lenny). If you want to get out of the terrible youth athletes playing rec, you need to spend $2k a year (not including uniforms, gas to drive an hour away to play, hotel stays, etc.) to play against good competition. So broken.

 

[BasinBictory]

It is really interesting to observe at the youth level as a parent of a 10 year old. I'm sure it varies by region, but at Lenny's school all the best athletes play football in the fall, then mostly lacrosse (with some baseball) in the spring. Most play basketball in the winter. Soccer is for the kids with parents that just want their kid to play an organized sport, value their child's brain health (Lenny), or are a first or second generation immigrant (also Lenny). If you want to get out of the terrible youth athletes playing rec, you need to spend $2k a year (not including uniforms, gas to drive an hour away to play, hotel stays, etc.) to play against good competition. So broken.

Anecdotally as the parent of two kids who play soccer - yes, I have seen very, very few elite level atholetes playing in ANY soccer game I've witnessed in person (and my older son played premier and ECNL level, so not exactly BUMS) and the ones I did see were almost invariably immigrant kids from Europe or the West Indies. Native-born Murrican kids who possess elite athleticism nearly always gravitate to footbaw, basketball, and baseball. (Haven't met any hockey kids here in CA, but I'm sure in the cold regions, they'll play that) Soccer is a distant 5th or 6th when it comes to getting players.

 

[CJ_24]

Qatar says they hate gays but the audience is a huge sausage fest

Really makes you think

 

[goblue96]

Same old USA, maybe we'll make it out of the group because Iran is trash, but at best we are getting rolled in the Rd of 16 again.


At least the 1st half was nice.

Likely play the Dutch in the Round of 16. Their knockout round abilities are shaky at best.

That said, Virgil will curb stomp Sergent or whatever twink we have playing center forward that day.

 

[Brick]

 

[Brick]

can't we just ship matt walsh and all them incel chuds on a container ship over there then?

 

[BasinBictory]

can't we just ship matt walsh and all them incel chuds on a container ship over there then?

Pretty sure Matt Walsh will make up an order of matching shirts that look like this:

 

[Irishman]

To me it kinda look like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man to me to me.

 

[bruin]

Cackled like Jason Whitlock in my wife beater when Greg put in Jordan Morris.

 

[adchester]

Argentina lol