Quote :

"30 shots on goal for brazil... 7 for US... i think the US is reading the NC State american football playbook."

and chuck amato is coaching...so many holding penalties...

[Edited on June 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM. Reason : -]

6/28/2009 3:58:31 PM

Howard keeping us in this game.


We are handing them the ball in the midfield...our passing game is non existent.

6/28/2009 4:00:56 PM

we've had posession for like what, 2 minutes total this half or something?? i mean fuck, after so many chances they're gonna put another in the back of the net

6/28/2009 4:01:14 PM

Will someone show Gooch how the offside rule works?

6/28/2009 4:01:18 PM

Will someone show Gooch how the offside rule works?

6/28/2009 4:01:18 PM

We really need a sub. We're starting to look exhausted.

6/28/2009 4:01:52 PM

Quote :

"after so many chances they're gonna put another in the back of the net"

they'd better, otherwise it won't even count

6/28/2009 4:02:30 PM

saw that coming

6/28/2009 4:03:14 PM

jesus christ. too much standing around and watching

6/28/2009 4:03:30 PM

yep.

6/28/2009 4:03:31 PM

so has there been a minute in the 2nd half where we haven't looked like shit?

6/28/2009 4:03:48 PM

of course... if we can hold on to a tie and send it to penalties I like our chances but that's a long way away.

6/28/2009 4:04:13 PM

This feels like NC State basketball vs Duke...we play well for 35 minutes and then forget that there's 5 left to play

6/28/2009 4:04:39 PM

Altidore out for Kliestjian? Really? Are you trying to hand them to game Bradley?

6/28/2009 4:04:52 PM

This sig etting painful to watch, we've even lost our first touch now. Not looking good.

6/28/2009 4:04:54 PM

Took Bradley too long to sub. Feilhaber was obviously tired when he started fouling. Altidore and Davies are tired from chasing down balls all game long. Donovan has lost his top gear. A sub into the midfield earlier might have saved that goal from happening.

6/28/2009 4:07:14 PM

glad they got robbed of that goal earlier keeps us in the game..

6/28/2009 4:08:15 PM

They're stacking Kaka and Robinho on the left side.

6/28/2009 4:12:15 PM

Penalties are the best shot at this point... hold tight.

[Edited on June 28, 2009 at 4:12 PM. Reason : what fucking minute are we in???]

6/28/2009 4:12:15 PM

I actually really like the Bornstein sub on the left side of midfield. He'll have legs for the rest of the game and he's got a defensive mentality.

WOWOWOW. Great play by Demerit right there.

6/28/2009 4:13:27 PM

we've had more intercepted passes than jay davis and daniel evans combined

6/28/2009 4:13:29 PM

and there we go..

[Edited on June 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM. Reason : and the country of brazil explodes.]

6/28/2009 4:13:46 PM

fail

6/28/2009 4:13:52 PM

fuck this shit

6/28/2009 4:14:09 PM

Someone jumped off the post like a jackass. That should have been blocked.

6/28/2009 4:14:10 PM

wow.

6/28/2009 4:14:30 PM

DEMPSEY

6/28/2009 4:14:53 PM

This half has been disgusting. We came out asleep and all we got for our effort was a nightmare.

6/28/2009 4:15:00 PM

6/28/2009 4:15:51 PM

lets pull the keeper for the man advantage

6/28/2009 4:16:05 PM

Quote :

"we've had more intercepted passes than jay davis and daniel evans combined"

truth

6/28/2009 4:16:34 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xm1XErUvXo

6/28/2009 4:17:19 PM

This is like a herb sendek team... get up early and play really soft to hold on

I know nothing about soccer, but repeatedly, the US has given the wide ball for the easy corner and tons and tons of opportunities for BRA. It could easily br 5-2 with a correct call and some better BRA balls.

6/28/2009 4:17:45 PM

If this is the way they go down, no shame in this

uhhhhhhhhhhh, yeah right

6/28/2009 4:18:21 PM

Conor Casey stone feet...

6/28/2009 4:18:42 PM

2 minute drill

6/28/2009 4:18:51 PM

We're doing more attacking now than we did all half. WHERE THE FUCK WAS THIS?

6/28/2009 4:19:50 PM

it is a lot better to go out like this than the way it was looking going into the Ethiopia game, that's for sure

6/28/2009 4:20:07 PM

oh well, it was a nice run

6/28/2009 4:20:45 PM

and that's the 2nd half in a nutshell...head the last chance out of bounds on our end

6/28/2009 4:22:30 PM

ok, all other teams can at least make a run in stoppage time... not the US

6/28/2009 4:22:52 PM

I don't know much about soccer but why didn't the us "pull out all the stops" down 1 in stoppage time it seemed like they weren't taking any risks and still had most of their players near their own goal ready to defend instead of attacking the ball. In football you blitz in that situation, in basketball you press, trap and foul, in baseball you pinch hit and in hockey you empty the net. Is there nothing like that in soccer or did the US just give up?

6/28/2009 4:26:31 PM

you know more about soccer than you think

6/28/2009 4:28:10 PM

Just saw the replay of the 3rd goal off the corner kick.. Somebody didn't pull off the far post, they were never on it to begin with. That is something they teach you in rec league. Great experience for the US and pretty pleased with how we showed after the first couple games.

6/28/2009 4:29:04 PM

I think if we'd had Bradley for this game we would have pulled it out. Like they said our depth just wasn't there. We should have subbed some people out around minute 60 but in reality we didn't have anyone to go into center midfield that is in good form. Edu would have been good to have there. Mastroeni would have been good. It was obvious Feilhaber was out of gas though. He should have been subbed out 15 minutes earlier.

6/28/2009 4:36:30 PM

awesome for howard to get the golden glove...really played great

dempsey gets the bronze ball...man he's really broken up

[Edited on June 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM. Reason : .]

6/28/2009 4:39:08 PM

What is bronze ball for? Goals scored?

6/28/2009 4:42:01 PM

3rd MVP

6/28/2009 4:42:33 PM

Wow. Seeing Brazil up there makes me feel terrible. We so should have won this game.

6/28/2009 4:46:11 PM

this is so disappointing in so many ways....forget how we got to the final, we were there and we were winning and in it...then halftime comes...

im sure bradley says ok, odds are against them, lets just try to sit back like we did against spain...except this time it bit them...

guys, dont forget there were a couple chances in the 2nd half for us, dempsey's shot, davies almost dribbing through everyone and couple others i cant remember

the better team won

6/28/2009 5:12:02 PM