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American Soccer |OT| Life, liberty and the pursuit of the beautiful game
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Cornballer
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Feels good, man.
ActStriker
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I can't believe this actually happened.
And we did it without a full strength team, our Gold Cup squad should be even better.
perfectchaos007
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I want to see Mr. Wood's goal on youtube plz
OceanicAir
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Quite incredible. Beating The Netherlands and Germany back-to-back in their respective countries in the span of a week! Really need to get tickets for the friendly against Guatemala!
Cornballer
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.Paul Carr said:
Pristine_Condition
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Need the Univision gol calls...
Standouts for me today:
Brad Evans was amazing out there today. He really played well defensively and on the attack. That pass to Wood was amazing. The vision and touch.
Bradley is playing god tier football right now. I cannot say enough about what he is bringing to the team in terms of skill, tenacity, and in leadership.
Morris immediately on and playing well as soon as he comes off the bench in every game he's played at this level. Really looking forward to watching him play.
Yedlin made some dumb mistakes, but his speed and ability to get around defenders to cross and to eliminate attacks is just so gooooood.
Mix and Wood obviously.
Brad Evans was amazing out there today. He really played well defensively and on the attack. That pass to Wood was amazing. The vision and touch.
Bradley is playing god tier football right now. I cannot say enough about what he is bringing to the team in terms of skill, tenacity, and in leadership.
Morris immediately on and playing well as soon as he comes off the bench in every game he's played at this level. Really looking forward to watching him play.
Yedlin made some dumb mistakes, but his speed and ability to get around defenders to cross and to eliminate attacks is just so gooooood.
Mix and Wood obviously.
Cornballer
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Expected goals for the game. Pretty even:
The Chosen One
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Took down FIFA, forced out Blatter, beat the Netherlands in the Netherlands, beat Germany in Germany.
Quite a month for the US.
Taking down FIFA has banked us some serious good soccer Karma.
Grover Cleveland
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So in the span of a week+...
The senior men's team beat Holland in Amsterdam and Germany in Cologne
The senior women's team beat Australia 3-1
The U23 men's team backdoored their way into a third place finish at the Toulon Tournament
The U20 men's team advanced to the round of 8 in the U20 World Cup
The FBI got Sepp Blatter kicked out of football
John Oliver chugged Bud Light Lime
So yeah...the US basically owns the game at this point
The senior men's team beat Holland in Amsterdam and Germany in Cologne
The senior women's team beat Australia 3-1
The U23 men's team backdoored their way into a third place finish at the Toulon Tournament
The U20 men's team advanced to the round of 8 in the U20 World Cup
The FBI got Sepp Blatter kicked out of football
John Oliver chugged Bud Light Lime
So yeah...the US basically owns the game at this point
Pristine_Condition
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Spain '09?
Cornballer
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Neutral ground game in South Africa
victreeb3l
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Wow Bobby Wood :O
Pristine_Condition
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Still a "road" game.
Bradley is amazing.
He needs a 99 Stamina stat and 85 dribbling stat in the next FIFA
I still can't believe he almost scored off of that corner. If the goalie hadn't saved it my head would have exploded from the sheer awesomeness.
ActStriker
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Neutral site games don't count for that kind of statistic.
Cornballer
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Carr is defining a road game as playing on another team's field in their country. Neutral field games such as the Confed Cup, World Cup, etc... aren't what he's looking at.
Pristine_Condition
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That's a pretty dumb statistic then.
smokeandmirrors
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If you would have told me that the US would beat the Netherlands and the Germans I wouldn't have believed you. Definitely feel a lot better about the Gold Cup now.
The team is coming together and doesn't lose their heads when they are down. The first 35 minutes or so weren't great but what a hell of a turn around.
I need me a Mix and Bradley USMNT jersey.
The team is coming together and doesn't lose their heads when they are down. The first 35 minutes or so weren't great but what a hell of a turn around.
I need me a Mix and Bradley USMNT jersey.
ActStriker
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Being able to win games in the other team's home is kinda important
Pristine_Condition
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OK. Please explain it to me.
How is it not a dumb statistic -- taking neutral site games out of the picture -- considering we're talking about national teams play, and the ultimate goal of national teams is to win the World Cup, which is almost always going to be a neutral site situation?
The Culture Vulture
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Do you think it easier or even the same to beat Mexico in Mexico versus beating them in Norway? It doesn't discount wins on a neutral ground it just isn't in the parameters of that statistic. It certainly isn't a dumb stat...very enlightening.
It's just pointing out that in the 20 years prior to him, we won 6 road games in Europe (and Israel I guess?) compared to the 6 we've won under him in the last 5 years. It's certainly a bit "easier" to win a neutral site game than it is to win an away game. You're far more likely to see a crowd that is much less one-sided in a neutral site game and neither side has a decided advantage as far as knowing the pitch intimately, etc.
Never thought I'd see a single day/week/month where the US dominates the sport of Soccer...even if for a moment.
Awesome
Edit** Oh, and thanks Facebook !@$!@#!@#!@%$!!
I planned on watching this game tonight without knowing what happened. It pops up on my feed out of nowhere.
Awesome
Edit** Oh, and thanks Facebook !@$!@#!@#!@%$!!
I planned on watching this game tonight without knowing what happened. It pops up on my feed out of nowhere.
Auron_Kale
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Managed to catch the latter part of the second half of the US Germany game during lunch and Wood's goal was awesome, if a bit ugly looking. The initial camera angle initially made it look like it had no chance but the subsequent ones made the goal look like money.
Can't wait to see the ladies take on Sweden on Friday so hopefully our good fortune continues to roll.
Can't wait to see the ladies take on Sweden on Friday so hopefully our good fortune continues to roll.
Because beating an opponent in their country is friggin' hard. There's no other sport where home field/court/ice etc matter more than in soccer. It overwhelmingly favors the home team. If you can beat a quality opponent on the road, it bodes well for the team not being intimidated in neutral site tournaments.
Ugly? That quick spin leave by Morris made the defender miss the ball, and Wood's turn seemed pretty sleek.
diffusionx
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thank you based Klinsmann
Cornballer
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- Straus for SI: Resilient USA makes Klinsmann's scheduling pay off in Germany upset
- ESPNFC: Bradley key as U.S. stun Germany
- ESPNFC: Bradley offsets shaky U.S. defense in victory vs. Germany (player ratings)
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- MLS Analyst: USMNT beat Germany 2-1 and solidify their identity in the process
- ESPNFC: Bradley key as U.S. stun Germany
- ESPNFC: Bradley offsets shaky U.S. defense in victory vs. Germany (player ratings)
EDIT:
- MLS Analyst: USMNT beat Germany 2-1 and solidify their identity in the process
Auron_Kale
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I was talking about the ball, not the players lol.
The movement on the ball itself looked like it didn't have enough momentum to go in with the initial camera angle (I actually thought the ball took a weird flop before it went in). When they showed the replay of the goal from other angles, you could tell the ball had more than enough speed going in.
smokeandmirrors
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At any rate Klinsy seems to be adjusting much better lately which is good to see. When did Berti Vogts come on? I wonder how much of the current run is due to him being here
Delicious Waffles
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