USMNT 2021

[Braff Zacklin 13,655]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Point here and I'm disappointed. A good manager figures this out and shithouses 3 out of it. 

It ain't over yet.

[Captain Ron 12,910]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Take Zardes for example - as many faults as he has - when you play that guy in he shoots that shit. He isn't hesitating because someone better might be on his flank. That's why guys like him are still valuable to this team in an ironic fashion. 

Yes ...

BUT ...

The problem is that Zardes only gets 1 chance in 100 for that shot. The other 99 times he has such a shitty first touch that the ball is harmlessly rounded up by the keeper or he just dribbled it over the end line.

[ztejas 43,531]

Just now, Braff Zacklin said:

It ain't over yet.

I already told y'all what's probably going to happen. 

Here's hoping I'm right. 

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 944]

Pee Fuck Dammit

[ztejas 43,531]

PBP guy is acting like Pulisic is 2014 Messi. 

[ztejas 43,531]

CONCACAF INTENSIFIES 

[Captain Ron 12,910]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

CONCACAF INTENSIFIES 

[ztejas 43,531]

This team isn't scoring. Win the next 2 please. 

[Captain Ron 12,910]

We better win, I just cracked open another beer.

[Firemans4Horn 18,119]

Riveting stuff

[Captain Ron 12,910]

There was a whistle?

[Knoxtnhorn 6,065]

Roldan is so awesome.

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 944]

Good thing VAR was there to ensure the offside flag.

[Trey3216 15,355]

1 minute ago, Kringelbert Fishtybuns said:

Good thing VAR was there to ensure the offside flag.

Just awful 

[Knoxtnhorn 6,065]

The f is that a foul?

[ztejas 43,531]

Pefok for Sargent was so fucking stupid. So sick of this shit. New decade same result. 

[kingkoopa6 8,377]

Lame 

[Hagbard Celine 10,913]

win at home

draw on the road

qualify

[Captain Ron 12,910]

Mexico scored right at the end 89', so they are going to lead after today.

 

Still, we got our point - draw on the road, win at home.

[TrashMaster G 17,592]

Lackluster.  But tie on the road and win at home = advance 

[Braff Zacklin 13,655]

Effort was there, but nothing else. We'll get better. We'll need to ... quickly.

Hats off to the Cuzcaltecos for a gritty performance.

[Texasborn91 944]

That was fucking pitiful. 

[UDontKnow 10,447]

Watching paint dry might have been more exciting than this match. Thank goodness the USMNT did not lose.

[Texasborn91 944]

2 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

win at home

draw on the road

qualify

Bullshit. Beat el Salvador. Doesn’t matter where we play them. Looked like the ball was 9 pounds when we were in Possession. 

[Braff Zacklin 13,655]

All CONCACAF qualifiers today ended in a tie ... except for Mexico-Jamaica, and El Tri needed a goal at the 89th minute to get the win.

[RamjetFDO 10,577]

Charlie and Gooch about to throw hands in the post game analysis

[Hagbard Celine 10,913]

4 minutes ago, Texasborn91 said:

That was fucking pitiful. 

i've been watching the nats for 30 fucking years.  this is what central america on the road looks like.

[gsoda3 3,281]

Felt like we were playing scared or intimidated. Slow pace, making wrong decisions when to go, when to hold up, unsure touches. Would've liked to see pepi instead.

[Napoleon 8,698]

46 minutes ago, ztejas said:

There's no calming presence up front. @Jive Turkey was right - we are missing the 6 inches between Pulisic's ears. Need more experience and decisiveness. Hilarious that a 22 year old provides that for us.

 

5 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Pefok for Sargent was so fucking stupid. So sick of this shit. New decade same result. 

I would have liked to have seen a Jesus & Pepi joint substitution (I know that Jesus isn't in the squad, so not possible) up front.

Those two know how to work off each other and with Christian and Weah not here and not calling in Julian Green, Jesus could have easily made the trip and then they could have pinged it back & forth Frisco-style.

[ztejas 43,531]

1 minute ago, Texasborn91 said:

Bullshit. Beat el Salvador. Doesn’t matter where we play them. Looked like the ball was 9 pounds when we were in Possession. 

God forbid we play to a standard instead of continuing to skate by and keep the public relatively interested like we have for 30 years now. 

Berhalter has no idea what he's doing. He did better when his hand was forced into playing C teamers. Not the right man for the job. Doesn't appear to know how to manage star players and personalities. 

[gsoda3 3,281]

i've been watching the nats for 30 fucking years.  this is what central america on the road looks like.

And you're happy with that?

[Knoxtnhorn 6,065]

Glad my son and I left my high school football game to watch this junk.

I get the "tie on the road" philosophy but, wouldn't ES be our easiest road game?  I have no faith that beerholder will win all the home games.

[Captain Ron 12,910]

 

6 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

Watching paint dry might have been more exciting than this match. Thank goodness the USMNT did not lose.

 

Was it the Gold Cup game against Haiti where we looked like garbage and won?

[Texasborn91 944]

Mckennie was really bad, so was Aaronson. And I know we say Reynas attitude is just the dog in him but Brooks needs to grab his ass in the locker room and ground him a little. Every fucking possession he is throwing his arms up in disgust. 

[ztejas 43,531]

2 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i've been watching the nats for 30 fucking years.  this is what central america on the road looks like.

How many of those squads had the talent that this XI does? We are supposed to be improving. Not reaffirming the status quo every 4 years. How many of the top 10 sides in the world struggle for 3 in El Salvador tonight? Isn't the ultimate goal competing for a WC? We are never getting there with results like this.

[Captain Ron 12,910]

Going back to the talk earlier in the day - Beerholder sucks. Unless we make the 2nd KO round, we better not bring him back. There isn't any cohesion out there. In all the games we've played this summer til now - I really can't tell what our game plan is. Yeah we play hard, but well ... I haven't really seen it.

[Jive Turkey 12,642]

3 minutes ago, Texasborn91 said:

And I know we say Reynas attitude is just the dog in him but Brooks needs to grab his ass in the locker room and ground him a little. Every fucking possession he is throwing his arms up in disgust. 

that shit is getting really old.  i think Pulisic is the guy that we need reminding Gio he ain't the best guy on the pitch.  but he wasn't there.

and Canada is no guaranteed win for the U.S.  that's why we need the full 3 points against the shitty teams like ES, whether at home or on the road.

Edited September 3, 2021 by Jive Turkey

[Captain Ron 12,910]

Just now, ztejas said:

How many of those squads had the talent that this XI does? We are supposed to be improving. Not reaffirming the status quo every 4 years. How many of the top 10 sides in the world struggle for 3 in El Salvador tonight? Isn't the ultimate goal competing for a WC? We are never getting there with results like this.

In defense - if you put a England out there they wipe the floor. But the ENT has been playing as a unit for years. This iteration of the USMNT has been together like 5 games? 

[ztejas 43,531]

1 minute ago, Texasborn91 said:

Mckennie was really bad, so was Aaronson. And I know we say Reynas attitude is just the dog in him but Brooks needs to grab his ass in the locker room and ground him a little. Every fucking possession he is throwing his arms up in disgust. 

I agree with you but Reyna needs leadership around him. He's 18 fucking years old. We cannot ask him to be both the most talented player on the pitch and the most poised. He is going to accomplish the former every game by default. He needs help accomplishing the latter and we are not doing him any favors to achieve that. 

[ztejas 43,531]

2 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

In defense - if you put a England out there they wipe the floor. But the ENT has been playing as a unit for years. This iteration of the USMNT has been together like 5 games? 

We had plenty of guys out there tonight with plenty of caps. Adams, McKennie, Ream, Yedlin - they can be better than they were tonight. I refuse to believe they can't. We shouldn't expect a ceiling but I think it's acceptable to expect a higher floor. 

Also England had plenty of young guys with less than 5 years experience playing together in this last Euro. 

Edited September 3, 2021 by ztejas

[Texasborn91 944]

Acosta subbed into the midfield only to slide him to RB after another sub? Wtf was that? 
 

And I swear to god… put Dest on the right and put Robinson on the left and leave it..

[Sal 1,088]

I have been relatively impressed with El Salvador’s cohesion this summer – they play with an actual identity. I think they’re potentially better than half the octagonal, especially if Canada is banged up. Obviously, I wish we got a W, but one point is not cause for panic yet.

[kingkoopa6 8,377]

Win on the road win at home. 
 

World Cup champs 

[Captain Ron 12,910]

2 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Win on the road win at home. 
 

World Cup champs 

But World Cup games are "neutral" games.

[Hagbard Celine 10,913]

2 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

4 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i've been watching the nats for 30 fucking years.  this is what central america on the road looks like.

And you're happy with that?

no, but i won't be happy if the horns scrape by louisiana either, and yet i have full-on battered horn syndrome

the nats have a great record against el salvador on the road

77 friendly 1-2

77 friendly 0-1

89 wcq 0-1

97 wcq 1-1

04 wcq 0-1

09 wcq 2-2

20 wcq 0-0

full internationals: 2 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses

overall: 4 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses

we have never lost to el salvador, home or away

19-5-0 including tonight

but this is on dry land, not an island scrub

a draw is not desired but regardless of talent par for the course

we made par

we often make birdie against el salvador

not today

blame canada

 

[ztejas 43,531]

@Sal @Hagbard Celine quit being better fans than me. You're ruining my petulance. 

[Hagbard Celine 10,913]

13 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Beerholder sucks.

i was the biggest beerholder hater on the planet until he won 2 full international finals v. soccer aggy, the 2nd with a C-side.

i was there, i was there..... welp, not there, i was watching, i was watching three thousand years ago when the jamaican prendergast whistled greg for growing a 5th baby arm from his forehead in the 92nd minute at saprissa in 2001 to deny keller and the nats.  i firmly believed greg's karma was sealed that day and that he should never be anywhere near the program.

i firmly believed he got the job because of his brother (was COO of the fed).   i hated his selection on the heels of juergen's dismissal.  #teamgoppingen.

i never believed he had any capability to make tactical personnel decisions based on the opposition.

until he won 2 full international finals v. soccery aggy, the 2nd with a C-side.

i believe in gregg berhalter.

[Hagbard Celine 10,913]

19 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

In defense - if you put a England out there they wipe the floor. But the ENT has been playing as a unit for years. This iteration of the USMNT has been together like 5 games? 

have you ever watched england in qualifying on the road in sweden or poland?

[Sal 1,088]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

@Sal @Hagbard Celine quit being better fans than me. You're ruining my petulance. 

Berhalter has this weekend before he feels my wrath

[tantric superman 4,667]

24 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Glad my son and I left my high school football game to watch this junk.

You guys don't do it right.  Wife was watching Beethoven (the dog one) in the other room, would come in every ten minutes, watch a couple of minutes, and pronounce the game boring.  When she left, I would switch to "Hugo" on TCM.  It has Borat, by the way.