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If you can get ESPN3 they always have the games in their archive for a while.

What the hell? I checked midway through and Bosnia were 2-0 up and cruising.

we're good now

Jeez! Northern Ireland beat Russia, Paraguay scored three in Germany, Switzerland beat Brazil.

xp actually no that's not true, I wasn't watching closely but it seemed that Bosnia subbed out most of their good players and then we came back

xp not US-related but I don't know what else to do with it

http://i.imgur.com/AXOuCdr.gif

Him and Giaccherini up front, yum yum

from the bits I saw US played pretty well, not like they just muscled and scrapped it, can anyone who saw the whole game weigh in?

to put jozy on my fantasy football team this year or not, that is the question

4 acts: cr momentum, transition to poise w/fk, domination but nothing, dagger. epilogue: lol concacaf

and this backline as bad as they were aren't intact for tuesday. bye cameron bye besler hello young german. what a god damn game to throw that kid into.

this lines up for a good story right? hello two losers one more fraught than another lol mexico
trying to think about this philosophically w/a tuesday game ticket in my drawer.

let me channel the vibe of this board and say orozco you're shit, jozy why do you have to be so stupid, why w/o bradley are you all so fucking ~bereft~ in back, tim howard are you an unequivocal #1? i'm not saying guzan vs mex but you do need to look at yourself including that beard in the mirror tonight

That second cr goal hurt a lot to watch.

i said this on the WCQ thread, but we looked pretty poor last night (i didn't see the first half), barely able to string passes together or keep possession for a significant amount of time. Michael Bradley is the most important player on this team, imo. good points were landon who showed a lot of fight and was able to deliver quality set pieces and Goodson who got his head on a lot of balls in the area and looked really solid. Beasley kept finding himself with lots of room, making long runs and then pissing away the ball in a most deflating manner. i love Zusi's beard.

anky: now you're getting it

I was happy for them but I kept feeling it was more that Mexico looked absolutely dire more than we looked good. Not terribly dangerous in attack and we got particularly lucky in the back. Any team in good form would have easily equalized against us given the amount of space we gave Mexico at times. We definitely miss Bradley...

success in international football, or my perception of it, has really declined to now just being not as dire as the opposition

otm

Mexico were superior the majority of the first half but seemed to have completely given up in the second. No enthusiasm for getting forward. Bradley's absence was huge, but Mexico had some absences too (I don't think Ochoa would have played the ball as badly as Corona did on EJ's goal, for starters). A friend said, "Beating Mexico is sort of a national pride big deal, beating ~this Mexico~ isn't really that big of a sporting deal." And I stick to that.

Still, lol Mexico.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BT5D-XSCYAEsd16.png

Should be interesting to see what Klinsi does with the remaining qualifiers as far as rosters/lineups. Not ever seeing Orozco again would be a good start.

What the hell has gone wrong with the Mexican national team? I thought big things were expected of them after the Gold Cup win in 2011 and the Olympics win last year.

Who the hell knows. Success going to their heads? Lack of self-confidence? Too much pressure? Sounds like they're bringing Víctor Manuel Vucetich in as the next coach (Tena only a caretaker?) so that might make for a change.

http://whatsjurgenwearing.com/

http://www.qpr.co.uk/cms_images/gallery/0864-1128778_478x359.jpg

sup gooch. don't get too comfortable now

He saw some action in the Gold Cup this summer iirc but he doesn't really seem to figure in the first choice squad any more.

Besler, Gonzalez, Cameron, Goodson are the first choice CBs afaict, outside back positions are a lot more problematic

Joe Prince-Wright ‏@JPW_NBCSports 26m

So, Harry Redknapp revealed Jurgen Klinsmann "will almost certainly take Oguchi Onyewu to the World Cup." Hmmm.... #USMNT

GOALKEEPERS (3) : Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire)

DEFENDERS (7) : DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest), Michael Orozco (Puebla)

MIDFIELDERS (7) : Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Roma), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Brek Shea (Stoke City)

FORWARDS (6) : Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

Lichaj back in the mix again is interesting, though pretty much everything I've read about him indicates he doesn't have what it takes. Luckily for him, though, none of the other pool fullbacks seem to have what it takes either.

Lichaj always looked "sub-standard" edging towards "pretty bad" whenever I saw him playing for Villa fwiw. And competition in Villa's back four hasn't exactly been stiff these last three years or so

Yous are gonnae get pumped so hard by Scotland :)

Also since when has Beasley been a defender?

since klinsmann asked him to be one.

Yup, outside back is the weakest spot for the US right now.

Dull dull dull first half.

not familiar with this guy's game so much.
http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/soccerusa/id/3889?cc=5901

dan et al, could he offer something to the us?

I think he might if given the chance. He's great at being in the right place at the right time to score, but he's not really the type to deke a defender on the dribble, to beat them 1-on-1. He's more of a give-and-go-and-bang-it-in type. Great team player, can also play on the left (where he was mostly at for LA w/ Keane, Becks, Lando). Plays with a bit of a chip on his shoulder, I think, for being overlooked for so long. Then again, he's never scored close to 20-some goals in a season before.

you know what? i like this draw. got to play the big boys to see where we are. A couple things go right and we're second in the group.

i agree. what's the point of going to a world cup wanting to play crappy teams.
the us has shown an ability to step up their game against better opposition. on their day they have a chance of beating portugal and ghana. let er rip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRTngtsOY8Q

you know what? i like this draw. got to play the big boys to see where we are. A couple things go right and we're second in the group.

― anky, Friday, December 6, 2013 3:13 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXhRFnUn72E

xposted from the quals thread if you didn't see it, cracks me the fuck up

good christ

http://gifti.me/i/E1dJaGO.gif

http://www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2013/12/12/jurgen-klinsmann-us-soccer-agree-new-four-year-contract-add-technical-direct

i havent read commentary or anything, but what is the rush? wait til july and then decide, right

The most coherent explanation I've heard is it gives reassurance to upcoming players that there will be some consistency over the next WC cycle.

Then again they re-hired Bradley and how long did that last?

U.S. National Team All-Time Best XI

Goalkeeper – Brad Friedel 1992-2004 (25 votes)

Defender – Marcelo Balboa 1988-2000 (35 votes)
Defender – Carlos Bocanegra 2001-2012 (25 votes)
Defender – Steve Cherundolo 1999-2012 (25 votes)
Defender – Eddie Pope 1996-2006 (33 votes)

Midfielder – Clint Dempsey 2004-present (25 votes)
Midfielder – Landon Donovan 2000-present (52 votes)
Midfielder – Tab Ramos 1988-2000 (42 votes)
Midfielder – Claudio Reyna 1994-2006 (45 votes)

Forward – Brian McBride 1993-2006 (45 votes)
Forward – Eric Wynalda 1990-2000 (43 votes)

Only difference between that and the picks I made is I had Michael Bradley instead of Ramos.

demarcus beasley? a brief but brilliant spell i s'pose. wynalda never really proved himself at club level tbh, jozy probably better or as good tbh. but then again its usmnt performances rather than club level we are talking about

dunno much about tab ramos, except reading issues of world soccer saying stuff like "tab ramos is US soccers only guiding light in a country where soccer is less popular than midget throwing!!!"