tshile Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Destino said: Acosta with the best yellow card. Saved a goal. That was the consensus over in my office too. Tired of the World Cup hype and a team that can’t get out of group play this is going to come down to who scores more goals against Iran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Man, that 2nd half was not fun to watch. We got muscled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Could come down to getting points in the next 2. This is such a USMNT result... but we have been more disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 A tie or win vs. England would be huge. Probably not gonna happen but you never know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86 Snyder Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 That was an incredibly stupid penalty to take. He’s got his back to the goal, you don’t need to force a play on the ball there. I get he’s dangerous with the ball on his foot for a quick turn and shot but you can’t take such a huge risk in that spot. There’s no chance you’re tackling that ball cleanly. Just really, really stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Our youth showed. Think we will play England tough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Warhead36 said: We've been in total control and should blow this team out 2 hours ago, Renegade7 said: Please don't give me hope or jinx this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 They play to play. Did we want Wales to quit at halftime? Not happy with result but if they do well they will deserve to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 11/13/2022 at 6:27 PM, Long n Left said: How about the story line of the world’s largest sporting event being given to a homicidal, human rights abusing nation, that bribed FIFA officials to get the bid. Sportswashing of the highest order by a regime of horror. How about the thousands of deaths of poor non-Qataris that were coerced by the promise of more money than they’ve ever seen, only to be forced to work mad hours to build the stadiums and infrastructure, and live in squalor. I love the game of footy, and pray that my beloved Oranje May one day win The Cup, but I’m having massive misgivings about watching this. I probably will, but only the Dutch and USA matches. US journalist Grant Wahl says he was detained in Qatar for rainbow shirt US soccer journalist Grant Wahl says he was detained by security staff after he wore a rainbow shirt to USA’s World Cup opener against Wales. Wahl, who works for CBS Sports and writes a popular Substack column, wore the shirt as a show of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community to the game at Qatar’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar. However, he said a security guard told him the shirt was not allowed. Wahl said his phone was “forcibly ripped” from his hands by a guard as he tweeted about the incident. He said he was then detained for 25 minutes and told to remove his shirt, which a member of security staff said was “political”. He was also asked if he was from the UK. Wahl says he told a New York Times journalist who was passing by what had happened and he was detained too before being let go shortly afterwards. “Then a security commander approached me,” Wahl wrote in his Substack column. “He said they were letting me through and apologized. We shook hands. One of the security guards told me they were just trying to protect me from fans inside who could harm me for wearing the shirt … A Fifa rep later apologized to me as well. “But the entire episode left me wondering: What’s it like for ordinary Qataris who might wear a rainbow shirt when the world isn’t watching here? What’s that like?” Wahl said he was subsequently allowed to wear the shirt in the stadium. A Wales LGBTQ+ supporters group said some of its members were forbidden from wearing rainbow hats at the same game. Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Re watched USMNT 2nd half. They had their chances there but also couldn't finish. Frustration with officials went beyond just the yellows.. missed handballs... fouls on follow thru (our man got caught a few minutes before the goal) and the constant shin kicking of Pulisic. I think they had 8 or so good chances in the entire game but couldn't create in the final third. There were some good runs we did not take advantage of. I thought Aronsson was going to score off the cutback cross to him... and US kept on just swinging it into the defenders. Wales was able to push then away from the central area of the attacking zone. Watching them play I would have preferred a lineup that had Reyna over Sarggent. What's the point of holding back Gio? I would like to see Gio in there because I am not sold on Sarggent. But who knows. Do not want to see so many crosses against England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Very surprising result early this morning as Saudi Arabia is up 2-1 on Argentina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Do Itch Big Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Good good. **** are gentian fake as goat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOSKINS_08 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Dr. Do Itch Big said: Good good. **** are gentian fake as goat. Someone was up early taking advantage of drinking early because **** it, it’s the World Cup 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Darnit!!! I looked at all the matches and decided when to wake up early (west coast). This one didn't rate. How can this happen? Argentina is FIFA top 4. Wow. Looks like Saudi has had a proper training and they played an immense high line defense with keeper out to minimize Argentina chances. A fantastic upset!!! First of the tournament. Argentina is under pressure now. Not atypical given their World Cup history... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Holy god. Saudi Arabia was like +1000 to win, more than that I remember looking at the odds. What a joke Argentina is in the World Cup, they always choke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 This is why you never predict Argentina to do anything in the World Cup. They're like the Cowboys of international futbol. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 KSA could turn out to be a darling of the tournament. They are very well coached. They could also end up getting smashed by Mexico and Poland. Dennark with also a disappointing result against Tunisia. When then tournament expands are we getting bigger groups? Because I do think there is more random wackiness in a smaller group... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 A made penalty during a game is important but not terribly exciting. A stopped penalty on the other hand, sends the crowd into an absolute frenzy! Looked like mexicos keeper offered a convincing fake, and it worked. Amazing play. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 He’s 47 years old if I heard the announcers correctly? hell of a save I know it’s 0-0 but it’s been a great game World Cup should always be thanksgiving week. Between being off 3 days and it being fine to take 2+ hour lunch breaks to drink beer and eat wings because it’s just a slow week, it’s perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I wish I knew a single ****ing think about international soccer i can’t pull the trigger on any bets except to bet against USA cause we’re in the business of over promising and under delivering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Memo Ochoa is a scurge to US and has been around FOREVER. He is 37. Great player and goalie and he saves them multiple goals a game. I don't know why he never made it big in Europe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) World Cup chaos: England, US fans face ticket issues What a bunch of amateurs, can't handle ticketing, paying people to go to the stadiums (fleeing at halftime), ..... Edited November 22, 2022 by FrFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Socerroos up on France 1-0!! 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balki1867 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 I watched the 'Redeem Team' documentary on Netflix (about the 2008 US Olympic Men's Basketball team) a couple of weeks ago, and one of the things that stood out to me was that for some of the mid-tier countries the US played, the talent pool was so small that kids with high potential are identified very young and play together/against each for over a decade before they take the floor together as an Olympic team. The US team had magnitudes better talent but far less chemistry- and even that had to be forced given that international basketball was ultimately a sideshow for those players. It seemed similar with the Saudi Arabia vs Argentina game this morning. Those guys mostly play in the Saudi domestic league but have magnitudes of time on the pitch together compared to the Argentinian players. I only watched the last ~30 minutes but their performance seemed far from a fluke given some of the chances they stopped. Granted, the World Cup actually is a major event, compared to Olympic basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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