World Cup 2014

See also: rejections of handshakes by freshly tackled players.

players who don't sing their national anthem deserve to be kicked in the nose imo

terrible first touch on wing even worse finish

Ghana should've forced a save there, at the least

ineptitude just getting irritating now

jesus ghana are bobbns in the last third. tea cups need to be thrown.

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wonder if Savage was kicked into the co-commentary bcz of his 'argument' w/Henry last night.

US can't leave this space on the flanks vs Portugal surely?

ffs Jermaine Jones get it together man...

DeMarcus Beasley is quite terrible.

seems a bit mean keeping henry & seedorf up for this, more of a claridge & rosenior gig

well that turned into a whole lot of faffing about

hopefully things will tighten up in the 2nd half?

When was Beasley transformed into a left back anyway? Only know him as winger when at PSV.

that was great when Muntari almost punched Jones

nothing more fun than watching the game with a bunch of maroons opining on how it's good that the US are doing so well since all the kids play soccer now

smdh

stfu everyone that was a great first half

v impressed with yank movement. drilled far better than England. Ghana wasteful, not calling it tbh.

ref excellent, Portuguese match official take note.

Beas has been playing there since JK came on board pretty much

And srsly if you think he's bad you should see the other left backs

*tries to remember other MLS left-backs*

Tony... Beltran?

I enjoyed that, wtf is going with US right hand side tho?

Ever heard of Heath Pearce? Right

Surely Donovan would have been a better choice than lightweight Danish kid, no?

Thanks Dan, I didn't find him particularly bad tbh, that was someone else here iirc

"Lightweight Danish kid" is actually Icelandic, and had a pretty good season at AZ. Promising striker.

If Altidore is toast could they bring in Lando? Srs question I don't know the rule.

lol I just saw the FIFA ad talking about how it fights match manipulation.

let me get a belated "lol pepe" in since i'm only now seeing the highlights

can't his wife just hit him with a frying pan every time he gets home

I'm guessing no

If Altidore is toast could they bring in Lando? Srs question I don't know the rule.

― dan m - my understanding is no

xp!

Perhaps Jurgen could suit up and play as a player coach

lando is probably at a sandals resort right now

Spots OK LBI, he just looks like the polar opposite of the Big Man Up Front threat of Altidore. Never heard of the guy before

we need to call jack reacher.

Brooks for Besler, eeep

Brooks! He's horrible.

lol @ Seedorf on Pepe "what would Ronaldo think of this?"

Each squad has seven named reserves that it can call up if one of the 23 gets injured, I believe. And I don't think Landon's one of the USA's.

lando's on espn doing halftime commentary

just googled rusted root bc of kyle beckerman and they still exist and are even touring rn

has bedoya been basically terrible all game or do i just happen to be paying attention whenever he fucks up?

looked threatening to me tbh

So far, goals of african teams without Didi Drogba on pitch: 0?

All these unforced long balls/sloppiness... Put down a 2-1 for this earlier which imo should be -still- entirely reasonable given what Ghana looks capable of and the state of US defense but on the other hand the consistency for two goals at once seems impossibly far away.

No, hang on, Donovan would be a reserve as he was in the 30-man squad. Unless I've badly misunderstood how the 30-man thing works. Which I suspect I probably have.

lol, the USA have had to bring an actual linebacker on to man central defence

Brooks looking dodge already

As soon as the tournament starts, you are allowed to bring in fresh players, regardless of injuries etc

Are NOT

not allowed