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TEAM AMERICA: World Cup

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  • gftChrisG gftChris

    How do you guys feel about people like Jermaine Jones, who clearly is German - born in Germany, grew up there, played there from the age of 7 until last year? His dad is American, so he is eligible to play for you guys in that way.

    VaporTrailV VaporTrail wrote on
    #148

    @gftchris said:

    How do you guys feel about people like Jermaine Jones, who clearly is German - born in Germany, grew up there, played there from the age of 7 until last year? His dad is American, so he is eligible to play for you guys in that way.

    Seeing as he is our second best player...

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    I mean, come on, a guy named Jurgen Klinsmann, who played for Germany is our god damned coach. The alternative is Bill Bradley.

  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on
    #149

    Hell yeah, go USA.

    I was able to avoid hearing about the game at work, on the internet and my phone. I watched my recording later today and I'm pumped. Go Portugal, lol

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • VaporTrailV VaporTrail wrote on
    #150

    So Belgium, Argentina, The Netherlands, and France are all that lies between us and the title. Hrmph.

    gftChrisG The GipperT 2 Replies
  • VaporTrailV VaporTrail

    So Belgium, Argentina, The Netherlands, and France are all that lies between us and the title. Hrmph.

    gftChrisG gftChris wrote on
    #151

    @vaportrail said:

    So Belgium, Argentina, The Netherlands, and France are all that lies between us and the title. Hrmph.

    Belgium are beatable, but will be very tough. After that you don't have much hope I'm afraid 🙁 France won't get past Germany IMO.

    VaporTrailV 1 Reply
  • T Taco918 wrote on
    #152

    Chris - who are the English rooting for now mostly? Are they going with players from their club teams, other European teams or your ally across the Atlantic?

  • gftChrisG gftChris wrote on
    #153

    Mostly people will be neutral and root against teams they don't like, rather than adopt a new team. If a new team is adopted, it'll be the 'trendy' pick - which at this world cup is either Belgium or Colombia. Teams we don't want to see win it (and the stereotypical racism associated therewith)- Germany (fucking Nazis), Argentina (falklands and maradona's cheating scum hand of god), France (arrogant twats who banned our beef).

  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @vaportrail said:

    So Belgium, Argentina, The Netherlands, and France are all that lies between us and the title. Hrmph.

    Belgium are beatable, but will be very tough. After that you don't have much hope I'm afraid 🙁 France won't get past Germany IMO.

    VaporTrailV VaporTrail wrote on
    #154

    @gftchris said:

    Belgium are beatable, but will be very tough. After that you don't have much hope I'm afraid 🙁 France won't get past Germany IMO.

    France and Belgium have been playing lights out. Germany not so much. It's either gonna be France or Brazil from that side of the bracket.

    gftChrisG 1 Reply
  • gftChrisG gftChris wrote on
    #155

    France couldn't score against an Ecuador team down to 10 men desperately trying to attack. Germany will beat them - I'll put a beer on it.

  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on
    #156

    that was a hell of a game

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • T Taco918 wrote on
    #157

    I truly hope we don't go to penalties, unless we win of course.

  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on
    #158

    That was nerve racking and I didn't even care about the two teams lol

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody

    That was nerve racking and I didn't even care about the two teams lol

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on
    #159

    @mld-woody said:

    That was nerve racking and I didn't even care about the two teams lol

    My uneducated thinking on the Brazil- Chile match. If you're going to play all that time, and go down to penalty kicks- at least make it like tennis- you gotta win by 2.

    The GipperT 1 Reply
  • T Taco918 wrote on
    #160

    Wow. That was a heart breaker for Mexico.

  • VaporTrailV VaporTrail wrote on
    #161

    I'm glad that Mexico and Greece got sent home.

    gftChrisG 1 Reply
  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on
    #162

    I was at the Belgium friendly in Cleveland... hopefully this rematch goes better

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • VaporTrailV VaporTrail

    I'm glad that Mexico and Greece got sent home.

    gftChrisG gftChris wrote on
    #163

    @vaportrail said:

    I'm glad that Mexico and Greece got sent home.

    Mexico don't care about so much, but Greece just play such anti-football, it's horrific. I was gutted when they beat Ivory Coast.

  • VaporTrailV VaporTrail wrote on
    #164

    US coming out in a 4-3-3, love it.

    Some explanation -

    4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 3 attackers

    With Altidore in the lineup we started in a 4-4-2. As he was injured for the next two games, we played in a 4-5-1, which is a much more defensive-minded formation.

    Today, we're putting 3 guys up top, and hopefully it translates to more scoring chances.

  • gftChrisG gftChris wrote on
    #165

    4-5-1 transitions to 4-3-3 very easily, and usually teams will play a combination of the two formations.

    Wow, what a free-kick routine!

  • T Taco918 wrote on
    #166

    So damn close.

  • miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on
    #167

    now we'll get back to reality where the american people really think soccer sucks.

    we'll cheer for anything as long as we're in it. start losing and you can't find the exits fast enough.

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