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hey I thought the same about that handball but I guess I don't watch enough soccer

Penalty decisions are always ludicrous in CONCACAF, such as the one in the Panama-Mexico 2015 Gold Cup Semifinal which almost lead the Panama team to rage quit (rightfully so)

somehow don't expect this to equal the Nations League match. esp given they're more B-squads.

maybe there will be lols? idk

Always good loltential vs Mexico imo

I tend to think the Mexican Copa Oro squad is better than their Olympic team. I recognize a lot more names at least.

selfishly want Dike not to get subbed in today so he can play on Wednesday for Orlando City.

lol Tesho Akindele played in the Canada match last Thursday and then they put him in the 18 the very next night and he came off the bench against Atlanta.

booooooooooooooring

guy named areola aiming for the area surrounding the goal

now the Almost Goal Cup

definitely not boring, but both sides are bottlers

Zardes finding three different colossal ways to whiff in the lst ten minutes has me howling

Arriola is so frustrating

Why did someone bring their infant child to this match

Zardes and Arriola
Won't score no goal-a

they said Dike wasn't cutting it and needed new blood. fuck that - Dike woulda buried at least two of those. he doesn't lose control of the ball if you breathe on him, his hold up play is good, and his shot placement is on point.

when Zardes scores, it's cos the ball ricocheted off of his ass.

also someone pls strangle Stu Holden with his mic cord

Busio with the Carlos Rivas launch

XP Lalas first, esp since we're getting extra time so he'll get a chance to talk again

hmm i gotta think of a more sinister end for him

Hoppe sucks

they literally talked about the PK match against Mexico from two months ago earlier in the match, then moments ago one of the announcers mentions there's only ever been one PK shootout between Mexico and the US, and references some 1996 Copa America match.

these fucking guys.

wow. too bad it had to be an ATL United player, but nice, Miles!

Doubt he'll play for Atlanta too much longer

was a nice visual, all the bench players swarming Robinson after the goal there

so happy the states won without going into shootouts

yeah i wasn't even gonna watch if it went to PKs.

I just want to say that I'm fine watching games in Spanish, but I'm in a broadcast TV dead zone and can't pick up Telemundo. And all the same, there is a World Cup™ qualifier on and FS1 is showing fucking Rudy.

I take it back, FS1 has a good strategy.

I take it back again, what a second half

The @nytimes reporting that a board member of the American Outlaws agreed to a free World Cup trip in exchange in part for reporting fans who make social media posts critical of Qatar. https://t.co/JUhAeYE7RP

— Justin Egan (@EganSoccerWords) November 3, 2022

I continue to be very self-satisfied about my "FUCK AO" stance

I never knew a lot about them, found that their fans sometimes operated on the fringe of acceptability at matches I went to where they were there, but THIS = "fuck no, fire board member immediately and suspend AO for a year".

Perhaps not surprisingly there's a vein of very jingoistic tendencies in AO alongside a much broader history of bigotry against Mexicans especially

U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM - 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB/COUNTRY; CAPS/GOALS; HOMETOWN)

GOALKEEPERS (3)****: Ethan Horvath (Luton Town/ENG; 8/0; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Sean Johnson (New York City FC; 10/0; Lilburn, Ga.), Matt Turner (Arsenal/ENG; 20/0; Park Ridge, N.J.)

DEFENDERS (9)****: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic/SCO; 11/0; Southend-on-Sea, England), Sergiño Dest (AC Milan/ITA; 19/2; Almere, Netherlands), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls; 29/3; Oak Hills, Calif.), Shaq Moore (Nashville SC; 15/1; Powder Springs, Ga.), Tim Ream (Fulham/ENG; 46/1; St. Louis, Mo.), Antonee Robinson (Fulham/ENG; 29/2; Liverpool, England), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 3/0; Lake Grove, N.Y.), DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami CF; 75/0; Seattle, Wash.), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC; 33/3; Lawrenceville, Ga.)

MIDFIELDERS (7)****: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United/ENG; 24/6; Medford, N.J.), Kellyn Acosta (LAFC; 53/2; Plano, Texas), Tyler Adams (Leeds United/ENG; 32/1; Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP; 12/0; San Diego, Calif.), Weston McKennie (Juventus/ITA; 37/9; Little Elm, Texas), Yunus Musah (Valencia/ESP; 19/0; London, England), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC; 32/0; Pico Rivera, Calif.)

FORWARDS (7)****: Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas; 15/7; McKinney, Texas), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders; 49/11; Mercer Island, Wash.), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea/ENG; 52/21; Hershey, Pa.), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 14/4; Bedford, N.Y.), Josh Sargent (Norwich City/ENG; 20/5; O’Fallon, Mo.), Tim Weah (Lille/FRA; 25/3; Rosedale, N.Y.), Haji Wright (Antalyaspor/TUR; 3/1; Los Angeles, Calif.)

Terminally online fans already melting down over this lineup

#USMNT rotation? Nope. Just one change in XI -- Turner; Dest, Ream, Zimmerman, Robinson; Adams, Musah, McKennie; Weah, Wright (for Sargent), Pulisic.

— Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) November 25, 2022

Reyna shoulda started

After every big win Berhalter rushes back to hotel room to check internet hoping we like him now. Sorry man, not gonna to happen. Win as much as you want. Frankly it only makes us madder

— watke (@watke_) November 30, 2022

I loled

And now?

Think this was about their level.

Very interested in who the next coach is. I was never a complete hater but even if you go with an American there are better options than Berhalter.

Also anticipating who steps up: Paxton Aaronson, Pepi, Tillman, Slonina, Busio, and more including names we don't know yet.

Goalkeeping seems sorted after some absurd (for the US) uncertainty. Between Turner, Horvath, and Steffen things are pretty solid there.

Also there's the what if factor. Several players who likely would have been on the roster were injured. Chris Richards in particular could have been starting at CB, where they weren't really hurting until the final game where Netherlands let them have the ball and then picked off passes for counterattacks.

Overall, Adams, Musah, McKennie could probably be the midfield for another 8 years. Pulisic and Weah are solid on the wings for another cycle, Reyna who knows (but hopeful), and Dest/Jedi are also very good.

Finishing? Who knows. Ferreira and Wright both were top 3-ish in their respective leagues and had only a fluke goal between them to show for it in Qatar. Sargent has been doing well for Norwich but didn't show much either.

I have gotten more into this stuff bc I have a close friend who works with the team in a non technical role. Between the Klinsmann, Arena II, Sarachan, and now Berhalter eras it's a lot to take in. I think they're as good now as ever, with some growth, experience at clubs, and development of other spots on the field, who knows what could happen in 26 on concacaf turf?

Gotta be killers in comparison to today, though.

Oh and Brendan Aaronson too, midfield is apparently the new strongest spot instead of GK

The dearth of “in their prime” players due to the lost generation that didn’t qualify in 2018 was a glaring issue. Jordan Morris, veteran presence? Lol

Gio Reyna. https://t.co/YEzIiImcQK

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) December 11, 2022

omg the online screeching about this 😂🤣😂🤣

what in the waht is going on with berhalter

Gregg Berhalter statement below relating to an attempt to blackmail him re: an incident involving he and his now wife Rosalind. #usmnt https://t.co/XSTdDwrC5H

— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) January 3, 2023

apparently ppl hate him enough to go all oppo research on him, kinda fucked up

I think this was a good way to handle it… I don't necessarily want him to be the coach anymore but it has nothing to do with this

yeah wow. it seems like us soccer isn't moving forward with him, but that this is not the reason why

I can't stand oppo research like that because it's never about the victim, it's about opportunism. no matter what they claim to the contrary.

I don't give a fuck about Berhalter being ousted, nor this being public knowledge, but I do object to basically using victims as pawns.

The wildest part about this: Berhalter and Claudio Reyna went to high school together. They played on the USMNT together. Reyna's wife, Danielle Egan, went to college and was best friends with Rosalind Berhalter. I seriously think the Reyna's leaked this bc of Gio...

— bones (@thekleschprince) January 3, 2023

Who tf knows at this point but this would be so fucked. USSF is a relatively small and tight knit org.