Soccer USA, a false sense of hope?

Originally posted by uzless
Canada would have beaten the US in the final if they hadn't got screwed by that off-side call in the semi final.

That may have been a bad call..it wouldn't be the first time. but, it would not have guaranteed Canada the win.

I thought Canada looked extremely strong in the Gold Cup. Nice to hear that you agree that the competition level was higher than ever.

Originally posted by Esoteric
The USA beat 9 below average teams out of their last 10 wins and some fans seem to be getting ahead of themselves.

Personally I think they are still quite far from being a real world class team as they consistently fail to perform on a elite stage and should get trounced in the Copa America (if the South American teams field in their full strength squads).

Any thoughts to the otherwise?

That's because here in the US we couldn't care less about a boring ass game like soccer.

Originally posted by Seitse
Yup, but I disagree with Esoteric in that USA and Mexico
have high hopes because they win
against 3rd class teams... au contraire, both of them have
demonstrated their quality playing against the [b]big ones.

If qualifying and region tourneys are easy for them, that's a different
stuff... concacaf is like that.

I know the Fifa rankings m ...[text shortened]... e something, and
both teams are amongst the best 10 in the planet... if I remember
correctly.[/b]

Mexico beat Brazil. Not bad for a third class team.

As predicted.

Argentina 4 - USA 1

Originally posted by slimjim
That's because here in the US we couldn't care less about a boring ass game like soccer.

I have to agree.. what other game would you have to endure for 3 hours, getting a crick neck, only to have it end up zero to zero.

Originally posted by SmookieP
I have to agree.. what other game would you have to endure for 3 hours, getting a crick neck, only to have it end up zero to zero.

agreed...even in the rare occasion us football ends 3-0..it at least was a great game with a lot of run stopping tackles..

Originally posted by SmookieP
I have to agree.. what other game would you have to endure for 3 hours, getting a crick neck, only to have it end up zero to zero.

baseball on a good pitching night

Originally posted by Esoteric
As predicted.

Argentina 4 - USA 1

yea most educated USA soccer fans did predict that...whats your point?

Originally posted by SmookieP
I have to agree.. what other game would you have to endure for 3 hours, getting a crick neck, only to have it end up zero to zero.

Well there is a game that can last for 5 days and still end in a draw, but we won't go there (yet again) 😉

Originally posted by MoneyManMike
yea most educated USA soccer fans did predict that...whats your point?

Read the very first post.

Originally posted by SmookieP
I have to agree.. what other game would you have to endure for 3 hours, getting a crick neck, only to have it end up zero to zero.

We should introduce MULTIBALL for our goal needy american friends.

Did any of ye ever watch a beautiful defensive interception in american rugby? No score results from it, but you can still appreciate the skill in it.

D

Originally posted by Ragnorak
for our goal needy american friends.

Oh stop it, we all know that a bitter, frustrated person like you has no friends at all.

Great win by Mexico.

USA took it's first loss of the year to Argentina. As Moneyman pointed out we didn't play our best players. Bradley has his eye on 2010 and I trust him to do more to get that job done than any other previous US coach. Still, it would have been nice to see what our top guys could do against what might be the best team in the world.

It was great to see Mexico beat Brazil. Particularly after we beat them twice this year.

Argentina looked very good. I've always loved that team too.

I'm on vacation. We have Paraguay tonight. It would be nice to get another win.

Originally posted by Red Night
I'm on vacation. We have Paraguay tonight. It would be nice to get another win.

Paraguay 3 - USA 1

Originally posted by Esoteric
Paraguay 3 - USA 1

People in the USA don't care.