WE MADE IT YALL

6/26/2014 1:53:32 PM

if you don't like Murica advancing then you can git out

USA USA USA

6/26/2014 1:53:45 PM

#breathe

6/26/2014 1:54:13 PM

lol at Johnny Swank

6/26/2014 1:54:21 PM

6/26/2014 1:54:42 PM

Quote :

"Again, get rid of this silly system they have now and got to single elimination let any other proper sport. Done. Depending on how many goals are scored in another game is just ridiculous, and is one more reason why soccer will never be taken seriously in the US."

Nah

College football has had NO tournament, baseball, NBA, and NHL play series. Your logic doesn't hold. Most exciting sports tournament for me.


[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 1:59 PM. Reason : ]

6/26/2014 1:55:23 PM

^^haha, I love that character

did we win?

6/26/2014 1:56:31 PM

Next game: 7/1 4 pm vs Belgium (likely)

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 1:58 PM. Reason : ;]

6/26/2014 1:58:11 PM

Honorary American!

6/26/2014 1:58:16 PM

Quote :

" Depending on how many goals are scored in another game is just ridiculous"

And what tiebreaker scenario would you propose?

6/26/2014 1:58:44 PM

I don't think you can blame a team for using the rules to it's advantage and you've always got to have tiebreakers for pool play formats in any sport.

But I do think it's a fair criticism of soccer in many facets that it provides massive incentives toward settling, stalling, and drawing as opposed to going for the win, the score, attack, etc.

6/26/2014 1:59:52 PM

nah

6/26/2014 2:01:29 PM

Lol at a single elimination bracket. I mean really? How do yo determine seedings and matchups?

6/26/2014 2:07:54 PM

female coworker: its pretty impressive that Ronaldo can play in this kind of weather without his foundation smearing

6/26/2014 2:09:06 PM

It's not like the entire tournament is based on points, it's just a way to determine the field of 16 teams. Single elimination from here on

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 2:10 PM. Reason : .]

6/26/2014 2:10:31 PM

Quote :

"Lol at a single elimination bracket. I mean really? How do yo determine seedings and matchups?"

no kidding... you think FIFA is corrupt in choosing the site of the cup, I can't imagine how bad it would be if they seeded the teams like a selection committee.

6/26/2014 2:10:32 PM

If a NFL team loses in Week 17 they backed in to the playoffs!!!!!! Week 17 is the only week that matters!!!

Is how stupid some of America is right now.

6/26/2014 2:11:01 PM

I thought State's basketball team made terrible careless passes then I watched some of this game

6/26/2014 2:15:32 PM

People hear tournament and think NCAA basketball when really it's a 3 game regular season with half the teams going to the playoffs. Casual fans here would understand that better than group stage and knockout round.

6/26/2014 2:17:48 PM

Johnny Swank has too much mad going on to look into it closely

6/26/2014 2:19:18 PM

I would be cool of the knockout rounds were home/away aggregates, but that would be too elaborate to pull off.

6/26/2014 2:22:37 PM

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"Someone answer me this. Can anyone name another sport where a team can win only 1 out of 3 games and still advance? Soccer is a joke, and the US should have some self-respect and sit out the next round if they back themselves in. "

worst poster of the day or troll?. Teams with losing records have made the playoffs in professional baseball, hockey, basketball AND football and you're going to complain about a team making the 2nd round in a tournament where they went 1-1-1 in one of the toughest groups?

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 2:25 PM. Reason : ]

6/26/2014 2:24:31 PM

In NASCAR you can technically win a championship without winning a race

But relax soccer fans. Your sport routinely has games end in ties. Some people are going to think that's unacceptable.

6/26/2014 2:25:45 PM

yep. understood, but someone coming in here and posting that nonsense is the same person that would be annoyed if someone came into a baseball thread and said "omg worst sport ever. someone can lose 70 games in a season and still make the playoffs!".

6/26/2014 2:28:50 PM

^^I thought new NASCAR rules were setup now that you can only be in the "Chase" if you win a race in the regular season?

6/26/2014 2:36:44 PM

that just guarantees a spot; someone applied the new Cup rules to last season and Jr would have won the Championship, and he didn't win any races last year, so the new rules allow for a non-winner to be Champion

6/26/2014 2:41:06 PM

Belgium resting a lot. Go Korea and Algeria!!

6/26/2014 2:45:50 PM

Trollin', yo. Soccer is still boring as hell though, and this tie nonsense drives me bonkers. Tack on an extra 5 minutes and have at it.

'muerican

6/26/2014 2:50:00 PM

The loudest roar in Buffalo Wild Wings was the second Portugal goal. lol! You could tell neither team in the US game was trying to push it too much and let the other teams catch them.

6/26/2014 2:51:49 PM

THIS. IS. MURICA!!!










(where we give up a winning opportunity with 15 seconds left and advancing to 2rd round with only 1 win)

6/26/2014 3:19:26 PM

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/06/25/coulter-growing-interest-soccer-sign-nations-moral-decay/11372137/

LOL

6/26/2014 3:38:55 PM

Oh to be paid to troll.... if only.

6/26/2014 3:43:43 PM

You starts with "soccer mom" and ends with bitching about the "metric system". lol.

6/26/2014 3:52:43 PM

https://vine.co/v/Mt0p7zExWHZ

ban him for 4 months. Unacceptable

6/26/2014 4:54:24 PM

holy shit what was he thinking there

6/26/2014 5:22:00 PM

Great day!

6/26/2014 5:26:10 PM

Korea sucks.

Really all of Asia sucked..

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 5:35 PM. Reason : how the fuck did this clown car even make the tourney. how do they get more teams than CONCACAF???]

6/26/2014 5:28:42 PM

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"http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/06/25/coulter-growing-interest-soccer-sign-nations-moral-decay/11372137/ LOL"

Did someone really write this? I mean if this was an Onion article I would say it's funny but not believable enough.

6/26/2014 6:18:11 PM

Did we win?

I forgot to watch.

Alright, we lost! And we're still in the World Cup!

How are the game times gonna work out? Will there be opportunities to drink at odd hours and stay up 'til dawn?

[Edited on June 26, 2014 at 6:51 PM. Reason : ?]

6/26/2014 6:48:08 PM

Anne Coulter is a well-documented republitroll

6/26/2014 6:48:21 PM

We did it! USA! Ok so we looked pretty bad in our actual game and if we play like that again we are done... But we did it! Now to make the next step and keep it going. Belgium is beatable but its gonna take the Portugal performance minus the last second fail.

6/26/2014 7:25:29 PM

^ I don't think we looked bad really. I think we had a careful and measured approach that was tailored to the match. You have to realize the US was also extremely tired after all that traveling and playing in Manaus. Compared to the US the Germans were relatively fresh if you ask me. I think the intensity and focus of the first two matches was missing but it was understandable.

This is probably the only time I will agree with Lalas but Klinsmann did have three very different approaches and all three were enough to get the result we needed. Today wasn't the best but we have played an elite team and I would say played much better than we played against Ghana.

Two big things I will point out and this isn't an excuse, Altidore and Bradely. Bradley needs to get it together quick. 3 dross match's if you ask me. Altidore is also a big miss for us. I think those two playing well and on the pitch and this team gets 3 points against Portugal and draws tonight.

6/26/2014 7:39:07 PM

I'm really happy being on the opposite side of the bracket as Brazil and Germany. We're also avoiding Netherlands until the semis. Probably the best spot we could have ended up in honestly in terms of having a chance to advance.

6/26/2014 7:41:55 PM

6/26/2014 7:59:40 PM

I mean the defense wasn't bad but we have got to generate more possession and chances. 0 goals doesn't win you too many games in the knockout rounds. I have hope we can get our groove back now that the pressure is off though. We need Bradley to find his form Badley that seems to be the missing piece.

6/26/2014 8:12:22 PM

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"I mean the defense wasn't bad but we have got to generate more possession and chances. 0 goals doesn't win you too many games in the knockout rounds. I have hope we can get our groove back now that the pressure is off though. We need Bradley to find his form Badley that seems to be the missing piece."

I think they'll be fine on offense again. They scored 2 goals in both games that were played before Germany. Dempsey said afterwards they were playing for the draw. Germany didn't look to be their normal selves either. Both teams were cool with turning off the offense and maybe getting lucky like Germany did. As long as they didn't get destroyed like Spain did in their first game both teams knew they were probably moving on.

6/26/2014 10:30:36 PM

Cant imagine our guys going up against messi.

6/27/2014 4:20:18 AM

Di Maria and Lavezzii scare me more from a tactical standpoint. Kun Aguero is out rest of WC though..

Obviously in a one-on-one situation Messi is ridiculous though.

6/27/2014 7:26:35 AM

Haha youre trying way too hard ,NYM. I'm going to go out on a limb and state Messi scares Jurgen more from a tactical standpoint.

[Edited on June 27, 2014 at 8:15 AM. Reason : ]

6/27/2014 8:07:01 AM

Fair. All I mean is two of their biggest three strengths is our major weakness. We've been burnt on the flanks time and again. Messi is obviously the scariest thing in the World Cup.

6/27/2014 8:16:38 AM