fat greasy puto posted:

nationality, citizenship, language spoken? we don't care. get your kicks in the land of opportunity, on the united states mens national team

Fag Boy Jim posted:

USMNT will get a result against Portugal. Mark it down.

tetsman posted:

they'll lose 69-0 with Ronaldo scoring all the goals and Jozy eating poo poo on the ground

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Let's be realistic here. This Ghana team is inferior to the one in 2010. Read what the people who know are saying about it: they have more solid players, but they're all in midfield and attack. Their defense is a couple of notches below the one in 2010. And they can only field 4 or 5 mids. A better pool, with a worse distribution of talent, translates into a weaker team.

And we took the stronger 2010 Ghana to extra time. When our LB was Bornstein, a Chivas USA player. By comparison, now our LB is going to be either Johnson, or Beasley. Both from teams MUCH superior to Chivas USA.

I want this thought to sink in, and sink in well: Ghana 2010 > Ghana 2014, and USA 2010 < USA 2014. And we took them to extra-time in 2010. And we're supposed to have superior coaching this time around. Expecting a good result versus Ghana this time around is not irrational.

Now Portugal. They needed a play-off to qualify because they are a one-man team. Portugal 2014 is the _definition_ of a one-man team. Ronaldo doesn't show versus Sweden, they wouldn't be in Brazil. Portugal in 2002 had better players in more positions than this one. And they didn't even need a play-off, they qualified straight away. 2002 Portugal didn't lose a single match in the qualifying games! And guess who was in their group: NETHERLANDS! In 2002, Portugal beat Netherlands in the Netherlands, to win their group. This time they couldn't beat ISRAEL at home! Let that sink in, please.

This time around, Portugal is full of wingers and attacking mids. in 2002, they had Milan's Rui Costa and Benfica's Petit as the heart of their midfield. The guys who impose the rhythm, the guys at the root of creativity in their team. The guys who couldn't stop JOB (Ajax bencher) and Earnie Stewart (in NEC, one of the worst Eredivisie teams back then) from making passes to McBride and Donovan. Rui Costa and Petit, two guys head and shoulders above Caetano Veloso and Raul Meireles, the guys Portugal has now!

And we beat that Portuguese team that DANCED around the Dutch in their very own De Kuip stadium, and who were favored to make a run to at least semis in 2002. We beat them, with a team that was significantly WEAKER than what we have now. Our super-sub was Cobi Jones, a Galaxy player. A 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy player, back when the MLS was much weaker. Once again, let this sink: 2002 Portugal = 2014 Portugal, USA 2002 < USA 2010. And we beat them. With coaching that many here consider inferior: Bruce Arena.

Why aren't we expecting to get out of group? Why are we starting to say it's irrational to even expect it?

Barry Shitpeas posted:

Strikers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Di8QT98Zk
Clint Dempsey
Captain of the team. Also known as "the Deuce", and was great for Fulhamerica!

Fag Boy Jim posted:

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Pissflaps posted:

Can't see USMNT doing very well this world cup. They have no history. No pedigree.

No class.

Mr. Mambold posted:

Unlike UKMNT who have a long history of choking and a pedigree of failure. As for class, well, Rooney? Ha Ha Blanche.

Total Meatlove posted:

An entire write up that ignores ronaldo it's amazing

Pissflaps posted:

We actually invented the game and have won a world cup? And there is no UKMNT we decided we wanted to play separately. We can do that because it's our game.

Bogan Krkic posted:

He was ok to good for Fulham

url posted:

I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think he was either very close to, or equalled the success of Brian McBride for us.
I can't hate on the guy, he could have left Fulham alot sooner for a better pay-check I think.

url posted:

I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think he was either very close to, or equalled the success of Brian McBride for us.
I can't hate on the guy, he could have left Fulham alot sooner for a better pay-check I think.

Fag Boy Jim posted:

Rui Costa and Petit, two guys head and shoulders above Caetano Veloso and Raul Meireles, the guys Portugal has now!

Real Name Grover posted:

Hell, I was interested enough to look

Clint Dempsey: 184 appearances, 50 goals
Brian McBride: 140 appearances, 33 goals

Other:
Carlos Bocanegra: 116 appearances, 8 goals
Eddie Johnson: 19 appearances, 0 goals

Bogan Krkic posted:

Jozy is better than fat Ronaldo

Bogan Krkic posted:

I agree he could have left sooner, and he always put in a shift but he was and is too limited technically to play a proper role in a good team that isn't just full of midtable grafters and journeymen. I like his rapping though

Real Name Grover posted:

Hell, I was interested enough to look

Clint Dempsey: 184 appearances, 50 goals
Brian McBride: 140 appearances, 33 goals

Other:
Carlos Bocanegra: 116 appearances, 8 goals
Eddie Johnson: 19 appearances, 0 goals

Dunban posted:

at being fat

Mean Bean Machine posted:

lmao who the gently caress is Caetano Veloso, americans are so f*cking retarded

Mr. Mambold posted:

That 'game' has been played for 3000 years

vaginal culture posted:

If your team won something before you were born it doesn't count. Anyone who says otherwise is a desperate failure of a failtard. If England did in fact win a world cup in the days before blacks were allowed to play (Haven't confirmed it myself) only really old people can be happy about it.

vaginal culture posted:

If your team won something before you were born it doesn't count. Anyone who says otherwise is a desperate failure of a failtard. If England did in fact win a world cup in the days before blacks were allowed to play (Haven't confirmed it myself) only really old people can be happy about it.

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CALL: You can't stop us
REPEAT: You ca'ot us