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[B-Dubs]

So ESPN just reported that Altidore's back training with the rest of the team, only good news.

 

[Fox318]

So ESPN just reported that Altidore's back training with the rest of the team, only good news.

Supersub for the game?

 

[B-Dubs]

Supersub for the game?

Unless he's further along than Klinsmann is letting on, yea he's probably coming on at the half or coming off at the half.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I dunno about anyone else but I'd like to see Wondo get the start tomorrow.

As a Quakes fan I have to ask, why?

 

[Heretic]

should i change my avatar? Tintin is belgan

Absolutely.

 

[Osorio]

As a Quakes fan I have to ask, why?

Cuz he has solid movement and I'm tired of seeing Dempsey isolated up front by himself. Regardless of his perceived quality, his movement can be a nightmare for centerbacks.

There's also the advantage of being acclimated to playing in that temperature and humidity.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I miss Boston...

Eddie Andelman @EddieAndelman · 2h

the 19 million who watched the world cup clearly illustrates the vast number of illegals within the borders of U.S. A.

Eddie Andelman @EddieAndelman · 2h

Y government should not be allowed to run anything. VA health, botched casino for mass. MBTA deficit, Post Office losses, Obama care costs

Eddie Andelman @EddieAndelman · 20h

which would U rather do watch a soccer game or a WNBA game? eat French or Chinese food at midnight? carry a rosin bag or a handkerchief?



https://twitter.com/EddieAndelman


Eddie Andelman is an American sports radio talk show host. He has worked over 40 years in sports talk radio in Boston and has appeared on over 100 sports stations all over the country.

 

[Heretic]

I miss Boston...

Did he delete some?

 

[xbhaskarx]

^ looks like it... what's funny is there are plenty of illegal immigrants in the Boston area, but they're mostly Irish who come over on tourist visas so no one cares.


ABC: How Teddy Goalsevelt Became the Ultimate Team USA Super-Fan

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Teddy Goalsevelt is such an awesome character and the guy behind him seems like an awesome person as well

 

[Fox318]

Teddy's Amazon trip almost killed him though.

 

[Clydefrog]

I almost got hit by a bus in Manaus

 

[xbhaskarx]

Waffle House is boycotting Belgian waffles for the USMNT


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ1MQXRJ4s8

 

[Dartastic]

I almost got hit by a bus in Manaus

Congrats on not getting hit by a bus. D:

 

[Cornballer]

- Jeff Carlisle: How the U.S. will deploy Jozy Altidore

 

[Clydefrog]

Level of nervousness is currently hovering around foolish, almost nonsensical. oh my god guys I want this ride to continue after tomorrow

 

[Mully]

Level of nervousness is currently hovering around foolish, almost nonsensical. oh my god guys I want this ride to continue after tomorrow

Hey how do buy tickets for the WC, and then how do you buy them for elimination games?

 

[Clydefrog]

Hey how do buy tickets for the WC, and then how do you buy them for elimination games?

Many ways. Pre-tournament, you sign up for the tickets you want and hope FIFA allocates it to you based on their random lottery. Otherwise, you buy them ASAP during a ticket window. I think there were like 3 or 4 times FIFA had ticket windows this year. Elimination games are the same as group games... you just buy the ticket hoping your team makes it to that game.

during the tournament, you just get it however you can through third parties.

 

[Meier]

http://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/483749892095873026/photo/1

On my phone so it's hard to embed. Flavio and Ricky.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Here you go:

Edit: VIDEO

 

[ActStriker]

I'm starting to get nervous.... Will definitely cut out of work early tomorrow and most likely go to the watch party at Boston City Hall Plaza.

I believe!

I miss Boston...

Didn't even realize he was still around.

 

[Clydefrog]

I'm gonna be stuck watching it with coworkers. They're probably going to witness me crying.

 

[lastflowers]

I'm not sleeping tonight

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Jozy Altidore ‏@JozyAltidore 1h
Getting physically and mentally prepared for Tuesday's match. Thanks for all your support. I am #allin or nothing.

Jozy to start, go 90 minutes, and score a brace.

He said he's all in, I'm all in too.

USA USA USA

 

[NoRéN]

Despite being confident of USA beating Belgium tomorrow, I'm getting awfully nervous.

3-1

Bradley
Dempsey
Altidore

 

[smokeandmirrors]

I'm not as nervous as I was before

which means i'll be a fucking wreck tomorrow leading up

also it's great to hear good news on the Jozy front

 

[ZZMitch]

Gunna have to listen to the first half on the radio at work and then in the car... should be home just in time for the second half kickoff!

 

[NoRéN]

I'm gonna be stuck watching it with coworkers. They're probably going to witness me crying.

sweet sweet tears of joy

 

[The Culture Vulture]

"You know what Belgium is famous for? Chocolates and child abuse....and they only invented the chocolates to get at the kids."

In Bruges

 

[NYCmetsfan]

We can beat belgium if we play to our ability. If I'm nervous its about whether we will play like we can.

 

[xbhaskarx]

CNN: How America won the 2014 World Cup

Yahoo: U.S. becoming fan favorite of other World Cup team nations

Don't tell the World Cup thread...

NY Times: Growth and Breadth in U.S. Interest in World Cup

Soccer in America: Plenty of growth, plenty more to go

The Atlantic (Peter Beinart): Ann Coulter Is Right to Fear the World Cup

BBC: Why USA fans are relentlessly upbeat

In other words - Americans are too ignorant to know any better. Most US fans don't quite understand the game, or the long history. That makes it easy to hope for the best even when the odds are stacked against you.

groan

 

[NYCmetsfan]

CNN: How America won the 2014 World Cup

Yahoo: U.S. becoming fan favorite of other World Cup team nations

Don't tell the World Cup thread...

NY Times: Growth and Breadth in U.S. Interest in World Cup


The Atlantic (Peter Beinart): Ann Coulter Is Right to Fear the World Cup

Since then, interest in the games has spread west and south, following the pattern of television watchers, with one striking standout: Celebration, Fla., the community developed by the Walt Disney Co. near Disney World. Vividly demonstrating the broader interest in soccer, the city of 7,427 residents has had the highest percentage of “World Cup” searches of any place in the country, according to Google. New York City ranked first in 2010.

Did the author not do a simple google search? Orlando city plays in celebration this season and have had games during the cup. The stadium seats like 5000 and i'm guessing google records their searches has coming from there. Its really stupid to claim that for them.

 

[Cornballer]

- Brian Straus: Belgium a dynamic test for USA amid high expectations, golden generation

 

[xbhaskarx]

Do they play Kool and the Gang in the Disney stadium after wins

 

[jamesinclair]

If the US losses I hope they go out like Algeria.

Competence and passion until the very last second.

 

[xbhaskarx]

7 Differences Between The TV Version Of The World Cup And The Novel

Spoiler

spoilers

 

[Avon Barksdale]

Why doesn't Nike make XXXL kits?

 

[NoRéN]

We can beat belgium if we play to our ability. If I'm nervous its about whether we will play like we can.

As long as everyone else continues their good form, Dempsey plays like he did against Ghana and Bradley plays like he had been playing for Toronto, win!

I'm willing to bet good money that it's not only a win but a win by at least 2 goals. I can feel it.

Quarters finals just like 2002!

 

[Clydefrog]

*pukes*

 

[Heretic]

Game Day, fellow Americans!

 

[xbhaskarx]

A sobering look at our post-1990 World Cup record against European teams, so many missed opportunities...

It's safe to say that the United States has solidified itself in the middle class of national teams. We legitimately float between the teens and the low 20s. Right on the edge of the Round of 16 is probably a fair picture of where we belong.

For reasons I've discussed elsewhere, we're not likely to drop from where we are. The better question is whether or not we can climb higher? I'm not sure any given World Cup knockout game can be taken as a referendum on the state of U.S. soccer. To be honest, Mexico were the better side in Jeonju in 2002, but we were clinical in front of goal. Likewise, we outplayed Germany a week later in Ulsan, but lost. Individual games are a bad metric.

A better metric would be consistently beating better teams.

Since returning from our 40 year World Cup exile, here is the U.S. record against teams from Europe:

1990 Czechoslavakia - 1-5 Loss
1990 Italy - 0-1 Loss
1990 Austria - 1-2 Loss
1994 Switzerland - 1-1 Tie
1994 Romania - 0-1 Loss
1998 Germany - 0-2 Loss
1998 Yugoslavia - 0-1 Loss
2002 Portugal - 3-2 Win
2002 Poland - 1-3 Loss
2002 Germany - 0-1 Loss
2006 Czech Republic 0-3 Loss
2006 Italy - 1-1 Tie
2010 England - 1-1 Tie
2010 Slovenia - 2-2 Tie
2014 Portugal - 2-2 Tie
2014 Germany - 0-1 Loss

10 Losses, 5 Ties, only 1 Win.

We've scored 12 goals and shipped 29. Yes, that's a -17 goal differential in 16 games.

We've played and not won 8 games against European teams since we beat Portugal. 0-4-4 is a bad record no matter how you slice it. If the United States wants to talk about being a seeded team or be taken as anything more than a trap game by their opponents, we can start by beating Belgium. Not on penalties, not after extra time, but just going out and winning the game. In the long run, history records the scoreline. More goals for the U.S. than for Belgium is what we're looking for.

In the long run it doesn't matter that Landon Donovan stayed home or Jozy Altidore and Vincent Kompany got hurt. The history above is scorelines. There's no asterisks or footnotes talking about Torsten Frings, Koman Coulibaly, or Daniele De Rossi. There are only scorelines and totals. Zero wins in 8 games, one in 16.

If we want to own the future, we need to begin now. No excuses, just wins. Belgium awaits.

On a positive note the last five games haven't been so bad...

 

[timetokill]

Yahoo: U.S. becoming fan favorite of other World Cup team nations

Love it:

"We like your mental state," said a slightly inebriated German fan called Jorg (but who insisted on being referred to as George) at Recife airport on Friday. "[Americans] are likeable and friendly and your football [team] is the same. There are no, how do you say, villains. Americans have been the most fun to hang out with. And drink with. Good luck to you."

GO USA

 

[Linius]

A sobering look at our post-1990 World Cup record against European teams, so many missed opportunities...



On a positive note the last five games haven't been so bad...

So basically Portugal almost fucked up for Europe twice huh?

Wish you all the best of luck, but I just really want to see a Belgium - Netherlands semi happen so I can't root for the USA

 

[ActStriker]

I BELIEVE!

 

[Delicious Waffles]

I'm pumped. This afternoon can't come soon enough.

 

[lush]

Had a dream where I checked my phone and we had won 5-1. Bodes well. Took today off, think I might solo a bar today for the game.

 

[NH Apache]

I've go the freaking shakes. WHen should we know lineup? around 2 est?

 

[methodman]

SO HYPED!!

 

[Esch]

Not nervous.We can absolutely do this.

Gonna go to work.

Gonna get that fresh cut.

Gonna roll home just in time to watch the USMNT stunt.

 

[Cornballer]

I've go the freaking shakes. WHen should we know lineup? around 2 est?

They typically release it an hour before kickoff.