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*** Official USA vs Belgium World Cup Game Thread ***
USA vs Belgium | 3PM CT | ESPN | Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil
Knock out stage. Trying to make the jump from the 16 teams to 8 teams where the winner of this game will play the winner of Argentina vs Switzerland. No ties...someone has to advance. Detailed preview here via Shinguardian. |
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07-01-2014, 04:34 PM | #511 |
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Here come the moral victory speeches from ESPN.
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07-01-2014, 04:34 PM | #512 |
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Jurgen Klinsmann needs to be the coach for at least the next 2 world cups, he's done more than enough to let him have the team for 8 years.
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07-01-2014, 04:34 PM | #513 |
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07-01-2014, 04:34 PM | #514 |
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Not me. Only time I give a crap is during the World Cup.
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07-01-2014, 04:34 PM | #515 |
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Well damn.
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07-01-2014, 04:36 PM | #516 |
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Took a while for the Belgian defense to wear out.
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Pretty much...
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07-01-2014, 04:38 PM | #518 |
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I'll admit that the last 30 minutes I watched was exciting, but in no way does it appear that the U.S. is close to being serious contenders for a World Cup. At the end of the day, they were still 1-2-1 in the tournament.
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07-01-2014, 04:39 PM | #519 |
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Here's the moral victory: we just saw what Klinsmann can do in a World Cup. Our best talents are still young, save Timmy and Clint Dempsey, and a showing like this only encourages young players to continue pursuing soccer.
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Don't know how anyone could be upset with this showing at the WC.
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B) We were seconds away from being 2-1-2. Would that change your opinion?
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The players who played the best are young.
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This was GB the year Aaron Rodgers went down.
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07-01-2014, 04:41 PM | #524 |
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Yeah, that's ****ing crazy to think we even got to the Rd of 16 without Altidore
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07-01-2014, 04:42 PM | #525 |
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Thank you Tim Howard for not allowing us to get completely ****ing embarrassed. Too bad such an incredible performance gets wasted.
The other shame of this is that Belgium was beatable, and showed it. Sadly, we wait until the last 14 minutes to apply any pressure. Play with more emotion and urgency earlier, and you might have had a different result. Here's to another cocktease in Russia in 2018. |
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