Who's watching the World Cup?
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Not at all. Sports books were setting the narrative but this was always going to be an uphill battle playing against veteran European Football players. We just ain't there yet unfortunately.
Final score: 4-1
Congrats to Belgium on a well-deserved victory.
Proud of the USA team for getting this far. We'll be back.....
Congrats to Belgium on a well-deserved victory.
Proud of the USA team for getting this far. We'll be back.....
That was a great moment for Tillman. Turned out to be our only highlight tonight.
Just a disaster of a match. I think Dest had money placed against us.
You can't win if you don't score. How many shots on goal did Balogun and Pulisic have?
I haven't seen the stats but I'm guessing Belgium had twice as many shots as we did. I think they had 6 or 7 in the first 10 minutes of the match.
I haven't seen the stats but I'm guessing Belgium had twice as many shots as we did. I think they had 6 or 7 in the first 10 minutes of the match.
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Belgium had 15 shots, 7 shots on goal.
US had 7 shots, 2 shots on goal.
1) Unlike the other games USMNT played in this year's World Cup, they did not look confident playing against Belgium last night - at any point. Belgium looked fired up/ready for what USMNT was going to do. Despite the recent success, the USMNT (like Mexico and Canada) had a ceiling, and it was clear last night that they reached it. Belgium is probably on their last run w/their "Golden Generation" that has underperformed relative to expectation. The USMNT play last night was clearly "off", sloppy, not confident, etc. Belgium played a role in that most definitely, and I'm not sure the red card controversy helped the USMNT at all. Also, it seemed a lot of the offensive progress was funneling through Pulisic on the wing. Two of Belgium's goals started when the backline flipped the field on the USMNT. It was as if the USMNT made it easier for Belgium defensively by funneling all of their offensive action through Pulisic.
2) Regardless of the truth of Trump's inclusion into the penalty review process after the Bosnia game, it is clear that the USMNT did not invite that controversy. Balogun, Pochettino, et al., have been professional, and seemed (to me) to have moved on to prepare for the game. As an quasi-related point, wherever Trump has included himself in a major sporting event, he's been a massive distraction, and his inclusion never helped his intended team of choice. The NYT reported the WH called FIFA to review it, but later NYT reporting seemed to suggest that Trump's thumb on the scale was a lot smaller than publicly believed.
3) This is the first time the USMNT team and its collective playing experience matched a manager that had the relevant experience to elevate the team. Previously, the USMNT limited itself to a park-the-bus mentality and the coaching reflected that, or the USMNT playing experience was gaining more in the European sphere but the coaching couldn't handle that. I hope Pochettino chooses to stay w/the USMNT. I'm not naive to assume that he will, but I do hope for that development.
2) Regardless of the truth of Trump's inclusion into the penalty review process after the Bosnia game, it is clear that the USMNT did not invite that controversy. Balogun, Pochettino, et al., have been professional, and seemed (to me) to have moved on to prepare for the game. As an quasi-related point, wherever Trump has included himself in a major sporting event, he's been a massive distraction, and his inclusion never helped his intended team of choice. The NYT reported the WH called FIFA to review it, but later NYT reporting seemed to suggest that Trump's thumb on the scale was a lot smaller than publicly believed.
3) This is the first time the USMNT team and its collective playing experience matched a manager that had the relevant experience to elevate the team. Previously, the USMNT limited itself to a park-the-bus mentality and the coaching reflected that, or the USMNT playing experience was gaining more in the European sphere but the coaching couldn't handle that. I hope Pochettino chooses to stay w/the USMNT. I'm not naive to assume that he will, but I do hope for that development.
I hope Poch will stay. He might, but I suspect he will be offered a top club and will be tempted to go. I think he ultimately enjoyed working with these guys.
I have enjoyed watching the team and the amazing crowd support. The WC's being here will do a great deal for our soccer going forward. I am proud of Poch and proud to see the team play with passion and grit. We have some talented youngsters coming up. Onward and upward!
I have enjoyed watching the team and the amazing crowd support. The WC's being here will do a great deal for our soccer going forward. I am proud of Poch and proud to see the team play with passion and grit. We have some talented youngsters coming up. Onward and upward!
We were schooled by a veteran team playing with a chip on their shoulders. We could only get past a team like that if they are overlooking us and that just was not the case. US Soccer has a long way to go and a match like that reveals just how far we are behind. Spain more than likely will dominate Belgium.
For the first time in a World Cup since I've been alive, we had multiple players on the field capable of playing with the best players in the world. After all, several of them do that - with good success - as their day jobs.
However, what we saw last night was a team that didn't actually believe they were good enough to win.
Were they a good enough team to win? Maybe, but we'll never know. Rather than coming out against the best competition they faced in the tournament and playing their best game, they played their worst - full of mental mistakes they weren't making in other games...
However, what we saw last night was a team that didn't actually believe they were good enough to win.
Were they a good enough team to win? Maybe, but we'll never know. Rather than coming out against the best competition they faced in the tournament and playing their best game, they played their worst - full of mental mistakes they weren't making in other games...
Taking that goal away from Egypt might be the most controversial VAR decision yet. I get the explanation - a foul leading to a change of possession that leads to a goal - but that has always been applied for goals scored almost immediately after the foul, usually when the foul occurs near the goal.
That goal just got disallowed by VAR because an Egyptian defender stepped on an Argentinian's pinky toe over 100 yards away from the goal...
That goal just got disallowed by VAR because an Egyptian defender stepped on an Argentinian's pinky toe over 100 yards away from the goal...
Nice post. I think this coach did a great job but certainly gone to other opportunities. Onward and Upward, love it!
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