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Eliminated in the Suite 16.
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With talent like Jones, Yedlin, and Green, you just roll the ball out there and see what happens
Michael Bradley is the Jensen of US soccer -
We're too small of a country to attract the top athletes of the world.
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Klinsman does it the right way
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The US was never good. Every time they win a few games (in this case 1 game out of 4), dipshits pretend they are good. They are horrible and have always been horrible.
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RoadDawg55 said:
The US was never good. Every time they win a few games (in this case 1 game out of 4), dipshits pretend like they are good. They are horrible and have always been horrible.
If it wasn't for the US goalie going on a Dominic Hasek in his prime type of run, they would have been laughed out of Brazil a week ago.
The US defense left the 2008-20.... Cougs D and pretty much any Nick Holt coached D shaking their heads after those performances. -
HRYKsalemcoog said:RoadDawg55 said:The US was never good. Every time they win a few games (in this case 1 game out of 4), dipshits pretend like they are good. They are horrible and have always been horrible.
If it wasn't for the US goalie going on a Dominic Hasek in his prime type of run, they would have been laughed out of Brazil a week ago.
The US defense left the 2008-20.... Cougs D and pretty much any Nick Holt coached D shaking their heads after those performances.
Tim Howard is a man amongst fags.
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So for those of you who want to fire Klinnsman, who do you want to replace him with? Please choose my retort from the choices below
A) _________________ would never come here
____________________ is unproven at this level
C) ____________________ hasn't proven he can win outside of ___________
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Yeah, but did you guys see those true freshmen? Wait until klinsmann gets his guys in there, 2018 is going to be special!
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We can all agree, he just needs more time ...
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You can't expect top athletes to want to come here when there are so many better options.UWerentThereMan said:We're too small of a country to attract the top athletes of the world.
I hate this board after a soccer loss. Why can't you just be happy we got to the sweet 16 at all by going 1-2-1?
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Just wait until Yalalem, Yedlin, and Green are tanned, rested, and ready to rumble.
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The problem isn't really Klinsman (although there are probably better coaches). They were 31st in time of possession (or whatever the faggy Euro term for it is). That's just not okay. Belgium got off way more shots and had way more opportunities, and so did Germany, and Portugal to an extent.
Kids aren't really developed and trained the same way as they are in Europe. Even the select teams here are probably a few notches below the equivalent in Italy, Spain, Germany etc. I saw all this self-congratulatory "Yay! We tried hard and lost to a better team" bullshit on social media. Jesus. I'm a fucking American. I want to do better than the round of 16. It was an accomplishment in the 90s. Now it's expected. Get to the semis. -
Disagree with RoadDawg. While USA was terrible, it no longer is. Its basically average but adjust for the huge population and thats below average. USA was terrible in the 70s 80s and 90s but now they've made it to the round of 16 three of the last 4 cups. They are better than Mexico and England now. They are better but they aren't competing with the worlds best consistently for another 10-20 years.
As far as this one, it was Howard & Klinsman who made the difference. Otherwise USA would be way below average. Almost every move Klinsman made worked out well and Howard was great and is one of the worlds best goalies.
The media coverage is clueless though, making it like this was some great run. In 2002 the US should have beat Germany in the quarterfinals. Germany ended up losing in the title game. German players and coaches all said after the game, US was the better team. US dominated possession and had tons of great shots but Germany's goalie, the player of the tournament stifled them. He was like Howard was today but even better. Had US won, they would have beat Korea and made the finals. That was the potential cinderella run. 50-50 chance we might see something like that chance again in our lifetime. -
Where are all of those people who were critical of Klinsman's pre-tournament comments about our chances to win the entire thing?
We try hard, have a few good players, and are improving. But there's still a ways to go between us and the top teams in the world. -
I have no fucking clue what you guys are talking about.
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US is a generation away from competing regularly with the big boys, but they did better than anyone expected going into the tournament. Klinsman did a phenomenal job with the players he had.
And hey, they finished in the top 16 which is higher than UW basketball or football has done in a long, long time. Guess I'll get to watch Brazil-Germany and Holland-Argentina next week down in Brazil. -
Losing in the round of 16 is still horrible.
Comparing the US to Mexico and England is like comparing Washington to Georgia Tech and Minnesota. -
If you think you could do better then put on a XS jersey and a faggy pair of shorts and flop your way to the elite 8.TierbsHsotBoobs said:Losing in the round of 16 is still horrible.
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I've been hearing the US team is improving for the last 20 years but the fact is that's not true. USA has been around the 15ish team in the world for a good dozen years. This 2014 team was not as good as some of the past teams. The best player still plays in freaking Seattle, that should tell you all you need to know. The gap still exists and i havent heard of a crop of young prodigies that would make me think its gonna change soon.
For a country with such a large population and more registered players than countries like Spain, France, Holland, Portugal, England, the performance is actually below average, like Chest said. They need more time indeed. A lot more time. -
So. . . . "go coogs?"salemcoog said:RoadDawg55 said:The US was never good. Every time they win a few games (in this case 1 game out of 4), dipshits pretend like they are good. They are horrible and have always been horrible.
If it wasn't for the US goalie going on a Dominic Hasek in his prime type of run, they would have been laughed out of Brazil a week ago.
The US defense left the 2008-20.... Cougs D and pretty much any Nick Holt coached D shaking their heads after those performances.
I heard a bunch of idiots yelling it at the bar before the game (for whatever reason), and you are taking the torch?
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Tim Howard doesn't play in Seattle, nuff said on thatThe_Undertaker said:I've been hearing the US team is improving for the last 20 years but the fact is that's not true. USA has been around the 15ish team in the world for a good dozen years. This 2014 team was not as good as some of the past teams. The best player still plays in freaking Seattle, that should tell you all you need to know. The gap still exists and i havent heard of a crop of young prodigies that would make me think its gonna change soon.
For a country with such a large population and more registered players than countries like Spain, France, Holland, Portugal, England, the performance is actually below average, like Chest said. They need more time indeed. A lot more time.
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Fuckin' A.
The team was 1-2-1 ...
That's shitty by even Sark standards. -
This.topdawgnc said:Fuckin' A.
The team was 1-2-1 ...
That's shitty by even Sark standards. -
After the first game we were playing with house money
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You have no idea the damage Steve Sampson did.topdawgnc said:Fuckin' A.
The team was 1-2-1 ...
That's shitty by even Sark standards.
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I'm glad the US is out of the World Cup so you idiots with no knowledge of soccer can go back to ignoring it.
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oh shit #dreckfest is trending.TheGlove said:I'm glad the US is out of the World Cup so you idiots with no knowledge of soccer can go back to ignoring it.
#dreckfest
i keep clicking that but its not working. staff is the site working as intended?
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#modsUWerentThereMan said:
oh shit #dreckfest is trending.TheGlove said:I'm glad the US is out of the World Cup so you idiots with no knowledge of soccer can go back to ignoring it.
#dreckfest
i keep clicking that but its not working. staff is the site working as intended?
#devs
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#diaff
#onmygrind
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The US has no playmakers. Belgium has guys in the midfield and at forward that play in the top leagues in the world. They created chance after chance, blowing past defenders while dribbling. The US doesn't have one guy that can create like that, and they never have. They could have won if Wondo or whatever the fuck his name is hit the goal at the end of regulation, but Belgium destroyed the US. The US was lucky it wasn't 5-1. Until the US has a couple of top 50 players that play for the top European teams, they will never do shit.
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Yeah it reminded me of the game where Ty almost beat USC even though they outgaines us by like 300 yards.RoadDawg55 said:The US has no playmakers. Belgium has guys in the midfield and at forward that play in the top leagues in the world. They created chance after chance, blowing past defenders while dribbling. The US doesn't have one guy that can create like that, and they never have. They could have won if Wondo or whatever the fuck his name is hit the goal at the end of regulation, but Belgium destroyed the US. The US was lucky it wasn't 5-1. Until the US has a couple of top 50 players that play for the top European teams, they will never do shit.
