OT: World Cup

[KennyBanyeah]

Those were probably the two best chances of the game for the US.

It got them through, but they looked terrible today.

Germany is probably the best team in the tournament. The US will be in tough against Belgium (if that's who they end up playing) but they won't be facing a team of Germany's caliber next round.

 

[dash]

So, CONCACAF has USA, Mexico, and Costa Rica advancing to the knockout stage (Honduras, as expected, heading home). That's pretty darn good.

 

[SLY]

Belgium, here we come.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Maybe it's time we called in that favor from Belgium for that whole World War 2 ass kicking we delivered on their behalf. #Merica

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Germany is probably the best team in the tournament. The US will be in tough against Belgium (if that's who they end up playing) but they won't be facing a team of Germany's caliber next round.

Absolutely, they were expected to win and did. My point is only that the way the US played won't be good enough to get them any further. Germany easily could have put up 3 or 4 in this game. And scores aside (though obviously that's all that really matter), I think Portugal played better against Germany than the US did. The Germans were just finishing their chances that day.

 

[CalamityX11]

Bright side... USA is now on the side of the bracket with less fearful teams to face...

 

[elocomotive]

USA moving on!!!

Kind of amazed that we drew the group of death, lost our best scorer, mostly played our B-game, and are somehow moving on to the elimination round... but we'll take it!

Also, Bradley - come on, dude. Learn to trap a fucking soccer ball.

#missinglandon

 

[elocomotive]

Bright side... USA is now on the side of the bracket with less fearful teams to face...

Agree, though Argentina is downright scary. I look forward to the challenge after we beat Belgium.

 

[kramer1]

I'm here to bitch about Bradley. What a bum.

 

[elocomotive]

Time to think about using the goal in the bank.

 

[elocomotive]

Gonzalez has saved the USA's bacon several times today...

He played an outstanding game. Kudos, Gonzalez.

 

[elocomotive]

I'm here to bitch about Bradley. What a bum.

It deserves it's own thread at this point. At the bar I was at, some dude next to me goes...
"How come that bald guy doesn't run like a normal person."

lol.

 

[elocomotive]

Absolutely, they were expected to win and did. My point is only that the way the US played won't be good enough to get them any further. Germany easily could have put up 3 or 4 in this game. And scores aside (though obviously that's all that really matter), I think Portugal played better against Germany than the US did. The Germans were just finishing their chances that day.

That does something of a disservice to the quality of our goalie and the quality of our defense. They played REALLY well today and even though they had a few scoring chances, the defense really limited Germany's opportunities and we didn't have a lot of close calls given how much Germany dominated possession.

 

[mattola]

 

[elocomotive]

Brilliant!

 

[elocomotive]

USA WINS!! (well, sort of)

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

That does something of a disservice to the quality of our goalie and the quality of our defense. They played REALLY well today and even though they had a few scoring chances, the defense really limited Germany's opportunities and we didn't have a lot of close calls given how much Germany dominated possession.

Howard played well, I will grant that, but I felt like the D was very shaky again. They made some nice recoveries to clear balls away at the last minute, but it was their own fault they needed to make those plays in the first place.

It's like the goalie who has to make tons of crazy saves because he's always getting out of position.

 

[Jared]

So happy to see the US go through, even though my bracket is pretty much screwed.

Belgium will be tough, but you never know. Having Jozy back would really help. And keeping Cameron on the bench will help, too. Gonzalez was really good today.

On a side note, it nice to see two teams play without writhing on the ground in agony with each contact. Mexico, Honduras, Greece, Ecuador, Spain, and mostly Italy can all suck it. (Or bite it, if they are playing Uraguay)

 

[elocomotive]

Howard played well, I will grant that, but I felt like the D was very shaky again. They made some nice recoveries to clear balls away at the last minute, but it was their own fault they needed to make those plays in the first place.

It's like the goalie who has to make tons of crazy saves because he's always getting out of position.

I think Howard had about 3 solid saves. The rest were pretty pedestrian. We can disagree, but I think when you play a team as good and dangerous as Germany they are GOING to get their opportunities, and we did a good job making the right play at the right time and keeping them from having a high number of really quality chances. I think the defense was excellent and has definitely been our strength. We're moving on... and it's certainly not the offense that's making that happen.

 

[Jared]

I think Howard had about 3 solid saves. The rest were pretty pedestrian. We can disagree, but I think when you play a team as good and dangerous as Germany they are GOING to get their opportunities, and we did a good job making the right play at the right time and keeping them from having a high number of really quality chances. I think the defense was excellent and has definitely been our strength. We're moving on... and it's certainly not the offense that's making that happen.

Sort of agree.

I think the defense was really good today and fantastic against Ghana. But they were horrifyingly bad against Portugal.