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Japan looking dangerous early.

I will give the caveat that it ain't hard to look like a genius when you're going up against an idiot like Berhalter. We essentially played right into Van Gaal's strategy. We have a shallow team whose main guys have played almost every minute of every game and are exhausted. The Dutch have a strong defense and really like to counterattack. So did we play conservatively, disciplined, and let our guys not wear themselves out and not allow the Dutch to kill us on the counterattack? Fuck no! We went balls to the wall, got completely out of shape, and let the Dutch do exactly what the fuck they wanted to do. Played right into their hands. But hey, GGG says we dominated and it was just a bad break here and there that cost us the game so I guess we should all be thrilled with getting bounced in the Ro16 yet again. Also, someone needs to let GGG know that this ain't the group stage. You somehow managed to not play super attacking football against a highly talented English squad with way more play makers than the Dutch and you held them to a draw. You could have done the same thing in this game and had a chance to, ya know, win on penalty kicks.

Donovan and Lalas already carrying water for GGG saying that "consistency" is what we need with the USMNT. No, fellas, what we need is a coach who knows how to put the best players on the field, put them in a position to succeed, and adjust to the other team's gameplan instead of letting them cross easy balls into the box to wide open guys.

From complete dogshit to just shit?

Bye Gregg. I'd say it's been fun, but it hasn't.

Hope for all of 2 minutes, lol.

Complete fluke of a goal. But I'll take it!

Well, at least we've got a top tier keeper.

I still absolutely do not understand the decision to not bring Pepi. Bring the kid and get him some experience. Same baffling decision making with not playing Gio.

Yeah. Absolutely no bench depth. Players still don't have the ability to quickly handle the ball and move it on. They still have trouble creating chances. When they do create chances, they can't finish. Our set pieces are beyond awful as well. And then on top of all that, the coach fucking sucks. We're still a big step down from the top-tier squads. And it's a BIG step.

Goddamn Weston. Dude is absolutely unable to shoot the ball anywhere but into the fucking stands.

Did I mention this WC was fucking nuts? Cause it's fucking nuts.

And to think, people claim soccer is boring.

We still have 20 minutes left in this clown show!

LUL. Nevermind.

Spain and Germany both out. This is beyond wild. Gives me hope our boys can shock the world too and make a run in the knockouts.

Mein Gott!

Goddamn, Navas doesn't even need to be in goal. The post is doing the work all by itself.

Where's Miroslav Klose when you need him? He'd have buried 4 of these chances by now.

I remember when Muller was a fucking killer in front of goal. Just didn't miss. Time is a cruel, heartless bitch.

This WC is on another level, man. Just what the actual fuck.

Wild.

Problem for us is that our bench sucks. And whoever you sub on late in the game has to take the penalty kicks. So our legit talent, if they want to be part of the penalty shootout, will have to play the full 90 minutes AND the 30 minutes of extra time.

Thank fucking goodness that shit is over with. GGG still sucks huge donkey dick. If we don't see Gio against the Netherlands, he should be hanged from the tallest tree we can find.

Exactly my point. Luckily this ref is actually legit.