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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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We have more pure athletes playing soccer. We, clearly, in no ****ing way, are making progress at playing the game any better...
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07-02-2014, 10:55 AM | #648 |
Would an idiot do that?
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Yeah, there's no need to fluff egos after a loss, but the whole 'failure isn't an option' is kind of dumb.... I mean, the other team thinks that, too. A healthy fear of failure is good, but making it such a terrible, terrible thing holds people back. Tip your cap and move forward.
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2. Rankings are shit, have been for a while. 3. Between their speed on offense, their touch in the midfield, the stoutness of their defense, and Lukaku in their pocket, they were going to dominate in all likelihood. It wasn't the US failing, it was the US meeting a premiere team firing on all cylinders. The US wearing them down into extra time is probably the most effective probing of their Achilles heel to date.
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It's just a matter of time before the U.S. wins a World Cup.
I am guessing it will be within the next 20 years, too. |
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For the amount of attention we pay and resources we devote to soccer in America compared to other places we are fighting way out of our weight class. And you're pissed that Mickey Ward didn't beat the shit out of Mike Tyson in his prime.
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I'm not ecstatic about the result, I'm not even happy with it, but game appreciates game, and I recognize that it was a matter of Belgium beat us, not we shit on our own shoes. Further, that final 15 minutes was the best sustained offensive pressure the US has ever exhibited. That actually was some Netherlands, Germany, Brazil level shit. We had to wear them the **** out to get there, but we got there.
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