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[v1lla21]

There's no fucking defense at all. Chile playing great counter attack.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Dueñas needs to gtfo. Lozano has had an awful tournament apart from his goal too.

 

[perfectchaos007]

USA USA USA

USA is the crown jewel of CONCACAF once again. And we are like #40 in the world. woohoo! We'll be a 1 bid league for FIFA soon lol

 

[Verano]

Mexico is gonna lose by more than twice considering now that their confidence is shot unless Osorio rallies them up, change tactics, and actually have them function as a team.

 

[Altazor]

Out best match so far. Some great stuff from Alexis and Vidal... shame that the latter will miss the next match if we advance

 

[SilentRacoon]

Bye Mexico, they won't magically do better for the second half, and Chile impressive offense chemistry won't magically stop penetrating Mexico defense like butter.

 

[CMojicaAce]

I'd be pissed if I bought tickets to this match right about now.

 

[Mestizo]

What's happened with Ochoa

 

[mozfan12]

It's what every one was saying. We got lucky with Jamaica, and Uruguay when they could not score their chances. Even the friendly against Chile just a month ago showed how frail we were on defense. It was bound to happen.

 

[jabuseika]

This is pretty much done, it'll take a miracle to come back from two down.

 

[Dinokill]

USA el papa de la concacaf.

 

[Nemesis121]

Playing some Street Fighter come back to see Chile beating Mexico, what happen to the mighty Mexico?

 

[Tragicomedy]

what's up with Mexico, GAF said they are decent?

Mexico really hasn't been a soccer powerhouse for almost two decades. Since 2000, the USA has 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 draws against Mexico. Unless you consider the US a world power on the pitch, then you definitely cannot consider Mexico one.

Chile are the defending Copa America champs, and really just a superb team. Tons of talent at midfield and striker.

 

[The Chosen One]

RIP Mexico

 

[v1lla21]

Tecatito should fuck off.

 

[Corronchilejano]

Bye Mexico, they won't magically do better for the second half, and Chile impressive offense chemistry won't magically stop penetrating Mexico defense like butter.

It's still possible to turn the game around.

 

[hwy_61]

Too much hype for chichamrito...that's never a good thing, to put all your eggs in the single player basket

 

[PhaZZe]

jizzz so fucking hype with my family...
Vamos chile conchetumare.

 

[Dinokill]

Mexico really hasn't been a soccer powerhouse for almost two decades. Since 2000, the USA has 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 draws against Mexico. Unless you consider the US a world power on the pitch, then you definitely cannot consider Mexico one.

Chile are the defending Copa America champs, and really just a superb team. Tons of talent at midfield and striker.

Mexico has never been a powerhouse.

 

[CMojicaAce]

Unless the defense wakes up, Mexico will lose 3 or 4-0 tbh.

 

[godhandiscen]

Mexico really hasn't been a soccer powerhouse for almost two decades. Since 2000, the USA has 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 draws against Mexico. Unless you consider the US a world power on the pitch, then you definitely cannot consider Mexico one.

Chile are the defending Copa America champs, and really just a superb team. Tons of talent at midfield and striker.

QFT

Mexico is relatively good, but Chile has some world class stars. I don't understand how Univision dare saying Mexico were favorites coming into this match.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

if this keeps up, USA is gonna have to defend CONCACAF's honor alone

 

[Oveja Negra]

It's still possible to turn the game around.

Yeah, México players have the stamina to be pressing until it ends.

Chile needs to stay 100% focused just like in this first half.

 

[MANUELF]

QFT

Mexico is relatively good, but Chile has some world class stars. I don't understand how Univision dare saying Mexico were favorites coming into this match.

Because we were but Chile is playing their best match this tournament

 

[v1lla21]

México can come back from a 2-0. They've done it before.

 

[Altazor]

QFT

Mexico is relatively good, but Chile has some world class stars. I don't understand how Univision dare saying Mexico were favorites coming into this match.

probably 'cause our current form - bad during the friendlies before the Copa, then horrible against Argentina and Bolivia (!) and only decent against a very diminished Panama side.

It's not that we don't have great players (we do), it's just that we weren't clicking at all. Thankfully we turned up this time. Let's finish this, guys! Vamos Chile conchatumare!

 

[criesofthepast]

Estamos cagados in the semi final without Vidal but oh well. Worry about that after.

 

[Black_Red]

I'm so sad about Vidal, he didn't deserve that yellow, It was clear he was playing really safe to avoid a card (when you compare him with his normal playstyle).

Also, this is really a different team without Orellana on the field

Estamos cagados in the semi final without Vidal but oh well. Worry about that after.

Yeah, it will be hard to beat Colombia's defense without Vidal (looking at our last match against them (1-1) ).

 

[Regulus Tera]

What's happened with Ochoa

The goals haven't been Ochoa's fault tbh

 

[Clydefrog]

Chile has activated beast mode. That was absolute domination first half.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Who is the female commentator? In 2 seconds she already sounds a lot better than Kate Margraff.

 

[The Chosen One]

We'll send you a postcard from the Semi-finals.

Sincerely Yours,
- USA

 

[NHarmonic.]

Gary we love you <3

 

[dr3upmushroom]

What's happened with Ochoa

His CBs are fucking up.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Mexico really hasn't been a soccer powerhouse for almost two decades. Since 2000, the USA has 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 draws against Mexico. Unless you consider the US a world power on the pitch, then you definitely cannot consider Mexico one.

Mexico has never been a powerhouse. Let's not try to paint Mexico on the decline either.

 

[Altazor]

Gary we love you <3

we really do <3

 

[godhandiscen]

Because we were but Chile is playing their best match this tournament

How were you favorites after drawing against Venezuela which is the second to last team in South America in the current qualifiers? The victory against Uruguay was misleading. Uruguay without Suarez never jelled this tournament, which was proven after they also fell against Venezuela. Today Venezuela got routed by Argentina.

 

[DominoKid]

Mexico really hasn't been a soccer powerhouse for almost two decades. Since 2000, the USA has 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 draws against Mexico. Unless you consider the US a world power on the pitch, then you definitely cannot consider Mexico one.

Chile are the defending Copa America champs, and really just a superb team. Tons of talent at midfield and striker.

yeah i was very surprised the Fox Sports crew all picked Mexico. well not Lalas. he's a fucking idiot so i wasn't surprised.

 

[Deleted member 13414]

Osorio why didnt you bring in Gallito Vazquez? Please dont put in Rafa put in Guillet please.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Mexico has never been a powerhouse.

That's crazy talk. Unless you're super young, you have to remember some of their accomplishments. They made it twice to the Quarterfinals in the World Cup. They are ten time CONCACAF champions. Runners up twice in Copa America. They've won a Confederation Cup. Hell, they won the gold medal in the last Olympics.

Mexico is consistently in the mix. I would argue that their glory days are in the past, but they were certainly a regional powerhouse.

QFT

Mexico is relatively good, but Chile has some world class stars. I don't understand how Univision dare saying Mexico were favorites coming into this match.

There's nobody on el Tri that can play at the same level as Sanchez or Vidal.

 

[MANUELF]

Mexico has never been a powerhouse. Let's not try to paint Mexico on the decline either.

Maybe not but we are pretty much a sure thing for top 16 in the world cup

 

[Clydefrog]

The way Chile is playing, they'd have beaten Argentina.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Mexico really hasn't been a soccer powerhouse for almost two decades. Since 2000, the USA has 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 draws against Mexico. Unless you consider the US a world power on the pitch, then you definitely cannot consider Mexico one.

Chile are the defending Copa America champs, and really just a superb team. Tons of talent at midfield and striker.

Unless you were referring to Mexico being the CONCACAF undisputed powerhouse then no, you're wrong. Mexico has never been a soccer powerhouse. We're consistently mediocre.

Since the 1994 WC we've classified to the second round of all SIX world cups since then and in all six we've been defeated in the same place: Round of 16. Not even Spain is that consistent since they went from winning in 2010 to falling in the 2014 group stage, lol.

We're consistent in our mediocrity.

 

[Regulus Tera]

That's crazy talk. Unless you're super young, you have to remember some of their accomplishments. They made it twice to the Quarterfinals in the World Cup. They are ten time CONCACAF champions. Runners up twice in Copa America. They've won a Confederation Cup. Hell, they won the gold medal in the last Olympics.

Mexico is consistently in the mix. I would argue that their glory days are in the past, but they were certainly a regional powerhouse.

You are seriously underselling the term "powerhouse" in there. Tons of teams make the qfs consistently, and some have even reached the semis that I wouldn't label them as such.

And I would disagree that Mexico's best days are behind, especially when we have a ton of young players who have been winning silverware in their respective categories.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Maybe not but we are pretty much a sure thing for top 16 in the world cup

Sure. But Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal are among the top 10 or 15 players in the world. No one on Mexico is even close to that.

 

[mozfan12]

Man, really fucking getting tired of Osorio and his shit even before this. Rotating half of the squad, changing players from their standard role, in a tournament is just idiotic and haphazard.

 

[gutshot]

Mexico isn't a bad team. They are still better than the US, in my opinion.

It's just Chile is really, really good. Second best team in CONMEBOL and that is no slight since the top team is the best in the world ATM.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

The way Chile is playing, they'd have beaten Argentina.

Arg was playing eithout Messi, both these goals are more due to weak defending rather than world class scoring.

 

[jabuseika]

Mexico really hasn't been a soccer powerhouse for almost two decades. Since 2000, the USA has 13 wins, 6 losses, and 5 draws against Mexico. Unless you consider the US a world power on the pitch, then you definitely cannot consider Mexico one.

Chile are the defending Copa America champs, and really just a superb team. Tons of talent at midfield and striker.

Lol gtfo, no one's ever said Mexico was a power house.

 

[Nemesis121]

That ref blind?