USA-Ghana game thread

[DudyDawg]

Ghana lineup vs USA: Kwarasey; Opare, Mensah, Boye, Asamoah; A. Ayew, Rabiu, Muntari, Atsu; J. Ayew, Gyan

Game coverage begins at 430 central time on Espn

[DudyDawg]

Main players for them are the Ayews and Gyan. Expect Muntari to battle with Bradley and Jones in the midfield for possession. Will likely try to get balls wide to Ayew for crosses. Our outside backs need to be solid today. Will post our lineup when I see it

[dickiedawg]

Really upset to be stuck at work today. Normally I'd leave early for sure but we're short-handed.

ETA: Thank goodness for WatchESPN. I'll probably be here for the first half.

[Vandownbytheriver]

I.

[curmudgeon]

I will be ready for this game thread.

Go Ghana.

[Intramural All-American]

Ghana is very strong on the attack. Their back line will make or break them in this tournament, a lot like us. But we have more talent on the back line, just not much chemistry.

[TheRef]

I believe!

[DudyDawg]

Really upset to be stuck at work today. Normally I'd leave early for sure but we're short-handed.

ETA: Thank goodness for WatchESPN. I'll probably be here for the first half.

I feel ya. I'll try to update periodically with a summary and what is going on for those who can't see it. And score, of course

[DudyDawg]

I believe that!

[Vandownbytheriver]

I believe that we.

[TheRef]

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!

[Vandownbytheriver]

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!

[DudyDawg]

I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN WIN AND GET OUT OF THIS GROUP AND MAKE SOME MOVES FOR THE FUTURE OF SOCCER IN THE US!!!!

[DudyDawg]

Wait, I don't think I did that right

[Vandownbytheriver]

No one cares but little old women and 5 year old boys anyhow****

[Vandownbytheriver]

I will be watching today from my 5 year old's hospital room, so at least I will have someone else who cares watching with me. Gonna have his bed all decked out for him.

[HereComesTheSpiral]

I will be ready for this game thread.

Go Ghana.

I bet you cheer for Cuba during the world baseball classic too

[curmudgeon]

I bet you cheer for Cuba during the world baseball classic too

No. Baseball is a sport that teaches young men discipline and character. Even the greatest that ever played failed 60% of the time.

[DudyDawg]

No. Baseball is a sport that teaches young men discipline and character. Even the greatest that ever played failed 60% of the time.

Do us all a favor and don't post. Just stop while you're behind and stay off the thread. If you don't like something, don't go out of your way to ruin it
For others. Don't be an asshole

[smootness]

No. Baseball is a sport that teaches young men discipline and character. Even the greatest that ever played failed 60% of the time.

Good grief, man. If you want to go there, then soccer teaches that to you even more than baseball. Most players don't score on more than 40% of their shots in soccer, and with ties, it teaches you to cope with things that happen in the real world, like a situation in which neither side wins or loses. In other words, it teaches you how to not approach every situation like a 3-year-old, where every situation is either all good for me or all bad.

It also forces you to interact with people from other cultures so you don't grow up to hate everything that is in any way foreign to you.

In other words, it teaches you how not to be Coach34 or curmudgeon.

[curmudgeon]

Has the game started yet? No one has started running.

[smootness]

Can someone ban this fool?

If your only goal is to enter as many threads as possible just to be a dick, then that seems like time to go.

You are a great poster at times; don't do this.

[curmudgeon]

Can we ban these fools that are talking international soccer on a Mississippi State sports board?

Surely there is a soccer board somewhere out there.

Works both ways. You came into a thread that had a title that stated it was anti-US soccer and defended your side. I can come into a game thread and post my thoughts until I fall asleep 10 minutes in.

[smootness]

Can we ban these fools that are talking international soccer on a Mississippi State sports board?

Surely there is a soccer board somewhere out there.

Works both ways. You came into a thread that had a title that stated it was anti-US soccer and defended your side. I can come into a game thread and post my thoughts until I fall asleep 10 minutes in.

There are clearly a lot of posters here who want to talk soccer. If you tell them to stop posting about it, then you're going to lose several good posters. Meanwhile, you have the clear option of just not entering these threads or reading them. Pretty simple.

And you also might lose some good posters by being a dick and inserting yourself into threads just to try to derail them.

So in both scenarios, you lose posters. Or you can let them talk soccer and stay out of it, and everyone wins.

[DudyDawg]

Can we ban these fools that are talking international soccer on a Mississippi State sports board?

Surely there is a soccer board somewhere out there.

Works both ways. You came into a thread that had a title that stated it was anti-US soccer and defended your side. I can come into a game thread and post my thoughts until I fall asleep 10 minutes in.

You're not posting thoughts on the game, though. If you want to post your thoughts on the sport. Do it in the non game thread.

[Charlie_Sheen420]

No. Baseball is a sport that teaches young men discipline and character. Even the greatest that ever played failed 60% of the time.
Yea, all those that juice up in baseball to be great really have good discipline and character. I hope you enjoy baseball while it lasts because if you haven't noticed, it is a slowly dying sport. Just look at the thousands of empty seats at every professional game. Soccer will probably pass it in ten years if the trend continues because the game of baseball is too slow and needs changes to increase the speed or add energy/interest to the game. It's just barely ahead of golf in pace, and I honestly believe golf will be near flatline dead when Woods and Mickelson retire because no one has stepped up to carry that sport.

[curmudgeon]

I'm genuinely excited about Ghana winning this game to kill the momentum of this communist threat to America.

What does Ghana need to do to win? Which way do they need to run? What flavor popsicles will the USA team get when they lose?

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Good grief, man. If you want to go there, then soccer teaches that to you even more than baseball. Most players don't score on more than 40% of their shots in soccer, and with ties, it teaches you to cope with things that happen in the real world, like a situation in which neither side wins or loses. In other words, it teaches you how to not approach every situation like a 3-year-old, where every situation is either all good for me or all bad.

It also forces you to interact with people from other cultures so you don't grow up to hate everything that is in any way foreign to you.

In other words, it teaches you how not to be Coach34 or curmudgeon.

Bravo, good sir

[DudyDawg]

Here's what's gonna happen, and I hope that y'all follow suit. I'm going to continue to post about the game and ignore him. It's clear he just wants to be an asshat, so no point arguing and making him feel powerful behind his screen. Please everyone follow suit and cheer on the USA with me

[curmudgeon]

I'm making a legitimate point so let's call me an asshat and ignore me.

You soccer nuts could have let Coach and I say our peace and ignored that, but you turned it into a five page thread.

[boarmassage]

I thought we were trying to not be SPS-lite. People complained about that place being nothing but posters being dicks just to be dicks right? Seems like that's happening over here now.

[curmudgeon]

I'm not being a dick. I am a Ghana fan posting in a game thread.

[BulldogDX55]

I thought we were trying to not be SPS-lite. People complained about that place being nothing but posters being dicks just to be dicks right? Seems like that's happening over here now.

Yeah, that's why I don't go over there. The most heralded posters over there trolled every thread.

If you don't like a thread, don't post in it.

[DudyDawg]

No Kevin Prince-Boateng or Michael Essien in midfield for Ghana. That's huge.

[smootness]

I'm making a legitimate point so let's call me an asshat and ignore me.

You soccer nuts could have let Coach and I say our peace and ignored that, but you turned it into a five page thread.

Please tell me what legitimate point you have made.

[boarmassage]

Yeah, that's why I don't go over there. The most heralded posters over there trolled every thread.

If you don't like a thread, don't post in it.

Agreed. Anyway, I'm just gonna do as DudyDawg said and ignore them and enjoy the game.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

I'm making a legitimate point so let's call me an asshat and ignore me.

You soccer nuts could have let Coach and I say our peace and ignored that, but you turned it into a five page thread.

But see, some good stuff actually came from that thread, like the idea to do a monthly Primer league update. That way, us State fans who also enjoy soccer can have intelligible conversations with each other, and you can keep being an ignorant idiot.

[curmudgeon]

No Kevin Prince-Boateng or Michael Essien in midfield for Ghana. That's huge.

I'm not sure we need them to overpower a weak USA team. You see in Ghana, we don't have popsicles. Well, we don't have electricity to power freezers to freeze popsicles. But our players do not get popsicles after the game like USA players. USA will be weakened by years of sugar after games. Plus, this is being played in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. We are familiar with the heat. Some of the USA players play in Seattle where there is no heat.

Ghana blows USA out 2-1.

[DudyDawg]

United States line up per World Cup app.

Howard; Johnson, Cameron, Besler, Beasley; Bedoya, Beckerman, Jones, Bradley; Dempsey, Altidore

[boarmassage]

United States line up per World Cup app.

Howard; Johnson, Cameron, Besler, Beasley; Bedoya, Beckerman, Jones, Bradley; Dempsey, Altidore

I saw you talking in another thread earlier about Germany using a false number nine. What exactly is that?

[DudyDawg]

I saw you talking in another thread earlier about Germany using a false number nine. What exactly is that?

Traditionally, the number mine in soccer is given to the goal scorer, the pure striker on the team who does no defending and stays around the box all game. A false number nine is basically a way to say that they didn't play a forward and used a mix of midfielders up front.

[DudyDawg]

42 minutes to kickoff

[boarmassage]

Traditionally, the number mine in soccer is given to the goal scorer, the pure striker on the team who does no defending and stays around the box all game. A false number nine is basically a way to say that they didn't play a forward and used a mix of midfielders up front.

Ah ok, I got you. Thanks

[Charlie_Sheen420]

I hope Bradley has a big game, he sets up almost everything for the US.

[TheRef]

We are wearing all red tonight. We lost to Ghana the last two times wearing all white. #Superstitions

[Pioneer Dawg]

Never have liked Alexi Lalas

[DudyDawg]

Never have liked Alexi Lalas
I'm kinda ehhh with him. I think his analysis is usually good, just comes off as more pompous than his accomplishments deserve

[ghostofjackie]

United States line up per World Cup app.

Howard; Johnson, Cameron, Besler, Beasley; Bedoya, Beckerman, Jones, Bradley; Dempsey, Altidore

I assume 4-5-1 with Beckerman, Jones and Bradley in the middle? And Dempsey out wide.

Or is Dempsey in the triangle and Jones wide?. I'm not able to watch right now. It's almost a 4-2-3-1

[TheRef]

Watching this pre-game video on ESPN, I'm geeked up and ready to kill some Ghana hopes and dreams.

[DudyDawg]

I assume 4-5-1 with Beckerman, Jones and Bradley in the middle? And Dempsey out wide.

Or is Dempsey in the triangle and Jones wide?. I'm not able to watch right now.
It will be Dempsey and Altidore up front together, with Dempsey occasionally dropping to get possession. The midfield will have jones to the right, Bedoya left, Bradley a bit forward, and beckerman purely holding. Expect jones to be much deeper and almost look like a 4-2-2-2 at times with two men holding as Bradley pushed forward

[DudyDawg]

Can almost call it a 4-4-2 with the midfield four being a very tight diamond with every one interchanging except for beckerman. He's basically a third center back pushed ten yards up

[Pioneer Dawg]

comes off as more pompous than his accomplishments deserve

This is exactly it.

[DudyDawg]

This is exactly it.

Do you follow him on twitter? He's like that a lot on there. But at the same time, he's kinda like Colin cowherd where he will retweet people bashing him making them look stupid. Can be pretty funny

[Pioneer Dawg]

Is Beasley any good anymore? I don't follow US soccer very close and was surprised to see him still playing

[DudyDawg]

Expect to see the right side of our midfield to drop also to help cover, and Fabian Johnson to attack less this game than in the warm up games

[DudyDawg]

Is Beasley any good anymore? I don't follow US soccer very close and was surprised to see him still playing

He brings a ton of experience to that back line that desperately needs it. I think he's to the point of his career where he won't blow you away but will also make few mistakes. He can almost play anywhere on the field in that he is just a good soccer player

[Dawg61]

Never have liked Alexi Lalas

I like him. He's been doing this for a long time now. He's just part of USA soccer for me. The analysis side. I also like that he won't bullshit when we look/play like crap.

[Pioneer Dawg]

Prediction

1-0 USA

[Dawg61]

I need to start remembering to start watching these games after 28 minutes of when they say they start. This bullshit pregame is just 25 minutes of commercials.

[DudyDawg]

Teams in the tunnels!!!!! I

[TheRef]

I Believe!!!!

[DudyDawg]

I Believe That!!!!

[Dawg61]

Big game boys!!! Come on USA

[DudyDawg]

we need to pepper their goalie with shots. He's shaky at best

[TheRef]

I Believe That We!

[Pioneer Dawg]

We need more clever chants like the English come up with

[Dawg61]

http://youtu.be/2uEpcfonkt4

[DudyDawg]

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN

[Pioneer Dawg]

GOALLLLLLL!!!!

[Dawg61]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[DudyDawg]

GOAL!!!!!!! USA CLINT DEMPSEY THIRY SECONDS IN WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT

[hacker]

holy shit!

[Dawg61]

HOLY SHIT

[DudyDawg]

What did I say about their goalie? Guessed wrong there.

[Dawg61]

I love Klinsmann

[DudyDawg]

We are attacking really hard. Out running them, great start

[TheRef]

THAT is a sign of an angry team ready to prove a point.

[Coach34]

I'm not sure we need them to overpower a weak USA team. You see in Ghana, we don't have popsicles. Well, we don't have electricity to power freezers to freeze popsicles. But our players do not get popsicles after the game like USA players. USA will be weakened by years of sugar after games. Plus, this is being played in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. We are familiar with the heat. Some of the USA players play in Seattle where there is no heat.

Ghana blows USA out 2-1.

This post may be the 1st EliteDawgs remembers. Well done

[Pioneer Dawg]

I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of ratings this game gets

[DudyDawg]

Ghana FK in a good position squandered.

[DudyDawg]

Beasley looking shaky so far. Last person I expected to have nerves in his fourth WC

[DudyDawg]

Bradley also a bit deeper right now than expected

[Dawg61]

USA fan support is tremendous in that stadium, we've taken over Brazil

[BulldogBear]

I'm looking at talking heads on ESPN3 on my break. No sound. Thought kickoff was at 5pm.

[Pioneer Dawg]

SHIT!!!

Altidore goes down with a hammy

[DudyDawg]

Oh no. Altidore goes down grabbing hammy with no contact. Could be a massive loss. No

[Dawg61]

motherfuker we just lost Altidore for the tournament, pulled hammy

[DudyDawg]

Aaron Johannson looking to come in. Hope the young man shoes up big

[Dawgowar]

motherfuker we just lost Altidore for the tournament, pulled hammy

SHit - losing Altidore is going to suck.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Ghana is getting crosses in nearly at will against us..they are going to connected on a few eventually.

[Dawg61]

got lucky with a no call on Beckerman there

[War Machine Dawg]

Oh no. Altidore goes down grabbing hammy with no contact. Could be a massive loss. No

You better hope it's only a pull and not torn. That no contact shit is always very, very bad.

[DudyDawg]

Man we look bad the past fifteen minutes. Howard playing well. We need to make a change or Ghana will even it up soon

[Dawgowar]

Shit - now Dempsey?

[hacker]

that is a broken nose, ouch

[Dawg61]

FU*K Dempsey with a broken nose now

[DudyDawg]

Strained left hammy the word on Jozy

[Dawgowar]

Nobody hungrier for a chance than Wondo

[cbrunt29]

Are you kidding me?

[War Machine Dawg]

Damn, that hurt me. Dempsey will play through the broken nose. It'll hurt like hell, though.

[Dawg61]

Gotta love Dempsey's toughness there

[HereComesTheSpiral]

SHit - losing Altidore is going to suck.

Are you allowed to add a player due to injury?

[DudyDawg]

Beasley is having one of the worst games I've seen from him. We really need to settle down in the back and focus on possessing better when we win the ball

[DudyDawg]

Are you allowed to add a player due to injury?

I believe it does final 24 hours prior to first kickoff of your tourney but I may be wrong

[Dawgowar]

Spiral three substitute for the entire game per team. (Unless it is a red card then you can substitute but must remain a man down.)

[dickiedawg]

Ref- where did you wind up? Is there anyone there that gives a damn?

[HereComesTheSpiral]

Another one down

[Dawg61]

We cramping in the heat or wtf?

[Pioneer Dawg]

Johanssen a big drop off from Altidore so far

[Pioneer Dawg]

We cramping in the heat or wtf?

#LeBronning

[DudyDawg]

Johanssen a big drop off from Altidore so far
Yup, but to be fair, hard to get into it mentally and physically coming in cold. Should be better in the second when he's gotten his muscles going

[Dawgowar]

Johanssen a big drop off from Altidore so far

Kid can play. Just no replacing Josy's size

[DudyDawg]

We need to keep putting balls onto that keeper. He's not very confident back there

[Dawgowar]

Been waiting for Jones to get into it with somebody. That man will sweep a leg.

[DudyDawg]

Besler and Cameron have looked good enough tonight. Beasley really bad at left back. The biggest change we need to make is possession in the midfield. when we win the ball back, we've been giving back the ball way too fast, and it hasn't hurt yet, but that lack of possession will wear us out in the long run. Need Bradley to take charge of the midfield, he has been pedestrian so far.

The biggest problem with losing Jozy isn't losing goals, its losing the ability to hammer the ball up to him to hold up. Puts more reassure on our midfield to posses, and they need to step up if we want to hold on.

[TheRef]

Ref- where did you wind up? Is there anyone there that gives a damn?

I'm at Dave's. It's fairly full and everyone is into the game. Good atmosphere. And free shot with each US goal.

[hacker]

I'm at Dave's. It's fairly full and everyone is into the game. Good atmosphere. And free shot with each US goal.

Good call. BWW is bad

[BulldogDX55]

I'm at Dave's. It's fairly full and everyone is into the game. Good atmosphere. And free shot with each US goal.

Good crowd at Starkville BWW. Everyone is watching, about half are actively cheering.

[DudyDawg]

John Brooks on for Matt Besler who seemed to also have a hamstring injury. We are the walking wounded right now. This will be a war to hold on

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Is the game coming in horribly on anyone else's TV or just mine? Its been going on for the past 2 or 3 minutes

[DudyDawg]

Is the game coming in horribly on anyone else's TV or just mine? Its been going on for the past 2 or 3 minutes

Working great for me

[DudyDawg]

Bradley has just not been good at all. We need him to step up and at least be average. He hasn't been

[cbrunt29]

Defense is getting sloppy

[War Machine Dawg]

Damn, I don't know much about soccer, and even I can tell that Ghana is outplaying us right now. Just totally taking it to us.

[BulldogBear]

ESPN3 feed is crappy

[cbrunt29]

It's only a matter of time before Ghana gets one.

[War Machine Dawg]

It's only a matter of time before Ghana gets one.

Certainly looks that way. They are just totally kicking our ass right now. It's like we're in the prevent defense of soccer. F that, get the ball and go for the kill. Best D is still a good offense.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Does every player on our team have hamstring issues right now? Every time they show one of our guys it looks like they are grabbing at their hammy.

[sandwolf]

We are putting zero pressure on them offensively. What are we playing with 2 forwards and 4 midfielders? And they are still dominating the middle of the field?

[TheRef]

Does every player on our team have hamstring issues right now? Every time they show one of our guys it looks like they are grabbing at their hammy.

It's hot and humid. Not enough hydration by our guys. That's why we are doing that.

[TheRef]

We are putting zero pressure on them offensively. What are we playing with 2 forwards and 4 midfielders? And they are still dominating the middle of the field?

Yupp. Running a 4-4-2.

[cbrunt29]

Jones is playing his ass off

[DudyDawg]

Jones is the only one showing a dick in the midfield. Beckerman has woken up. I'm really disappointed with how Bradley had played. He's been just awful. I would sub him for Zusi or brad Davis

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

It's hot and humid. Not enough hydration by our guys. That's why we are doing that. I know, but the Ghanians don't seem to be having problems. Its odd that so many of ours are having problems but theirs are not.

[War Machine Dawg]

I know, but the Ghanians don't seem to be having problems. Its odd that so many of ours are having problems but theirs are not.

Apparently our players and coaches are all dumbasses and didn't get themselves hydrated properly. Because it's Brazil, it couldn't possibly be hot & humid.******

[DudyDawg]

I attribute it to overwork honestly. One of the few teams running two a days leading up to it. Maybe that's to blame

[BulldogBear]

I'm not a soccer strategist nor even completely understand it, but this game seems to be being played on our side of the field and you don't have to be either to know that ain't good.

[DudyDawg]

I'm not a soccer strategist nor even completely understand it, but this game seems to be being played on our side of the field and you don't have to be either to know that ain't good.

Nope. Poor game by our midfield as far as possession goes. Also hurts not having Jozy. That's a bigger loss than you would think in possession

[War Machine Dawg]

I'm not a soccer strategist nor even completely understand it, but this game seems to be being played on our side of the field and you don't have to be either to know that ain't good.

Pretty much exactly how I feel. Once aGAIN, it's like we're borrowing Mullen's 2013 Auburn strategy: Sit on the lead, play prevent, and hope it doesn't bite us in the ass. Well, that shit sucks and why so many can't get into soccer. Try to f'n score, dammit.

[BulldogBear]

Pretty much exactly how I feel. Once aGAIN, it's like we're borrowing Mullen's 2013 Auburn strategy: Sit on the lead, play prevent, and hope it doesn't bite us in the ass. Well, that shit sucks and why so many can't get into soccer. Try to f'n score, dammit.

Yep, we're trying to win 1-0. The game such a strategy always makes me think of is the first football game I went to at Scott Field in '84 when Ballard tried to sit on a 13-10 lead over Kentucky. We lost 17-13 of course.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

I attribute it to overwork honestly. One of the few teams running two a days leading up to it. Maybe that's to blame
I wasn't aware of that. That could definitely be a reason


Jones is the only one showing a dick in the midfield. Beckerman has woken up. I'm really disappointed with how Bradley had played. He's been just awful. I would sub him for Zusi or brad Davis
I liked Zusi in the friendly matches. I expected him to be a starter and he could certainly help with our possession in the midfield.

[DudyDawg]

Would like to see him start over Bedoya

[TheRef]

Well shit...1-1

[cbrunt29]

Son of a bitch

[War Machine Dawg]

Yep, we're trying to win 1-0. The game such a strategy always makes me think of is the first football game I went to at Scott Field in '84 when Ballard tried to sit on a 13-10 lead over Kentucky. We lost 17-13 of course.

Did we call it or what?

[curmudgeon]

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

[Coach34]

Goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllll

[DudyDawg]

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!

You're to equivalent to an ole miss fan posting that you made it to Omaha

[sandwolf]

Well that shit is bound to happen when the other team spends 98% of the game on our half of the field.

[BulldogBear]

...C34 and Curmudgeon are hilarious :rolleyes:

17 17 17 17 17

[DudyDawg]

Cannot lose at least a point in this game

[sandwolf]

GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!

[HereComesTheSpiral]

Fuk yeah

[War Machine Dawg]

GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cbrunt29]

GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 1

[DudyDawg]

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAL USA

[TheRef]

**** yes!!!! 2-1 Yanks!!!

[Pioneer Dawg]

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO MANY BACK TO BACK GOALS THIS WORLD CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[curmudgeon]

So, in all seriousness, if USA holds on for five minutes or so, they are tying Portugal + Germany win over Ghana from advancing?

[BulldogBear]

HFS!!!!

The ESPN3 feed is behind y'all. I saw it on here first and thought some folks "pulling against soccer" *cough* were just late to exclaim "goal."

[DudyDawg]

So, in all seriousness, if USA holds on for five minutes or so, they are tying Portugal + Germany win over Ghana from advancing?

Likely, yes. All will likely come down to goal difference between us and Portugal, who i think will beat Ghana. We need to tie or best Portugal

[cbrunt29]

5 more minutes

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

So, in all seriousness, if USA holds on for five minutes or so, they are tying Portugal + Germany win over Ghana from advancing?
Glad to see you've stopped trolling for a second. But yes, that's the most likely scenario for us to advance

[BulldogBear]

The feed is so bad I can't tell how many minutes were added. A little help?

[War Machine Dawg]

The feed is so bad I can't tell how many minutes were added. A little help?

5. Only 1:30 left.

[War Machine Dawg]

I......

[BulldogBear]

5. Only 1:30 left.

Thanks

[Pioneer Dawg]

We win!!!!

[BulldogBear]

I......

ummm.... Believe?

[BulldogBear]

Awesome! Hail "States!"

[hacker]

that was ****ing awesome!!!!!

[War Machine Dawg]

Awesome! Hail "States!"

Nice.

[hacker]

Awesome! Hail "States!"

THIS! #hailstates

[Dawg61]

YESSSS!!!!

[DudyDawg]

I dare you to find someone who doesn't find that exciting. I'll find you a liar

[sandwolf]

I dare you to find someone who doesn't find that exciting. I'll find you a liar

Haha no doubt. I scared the shit out of my wife's sissy ass dogs when we scored that.

[TheRef]

For those of you in Starkville, I will be going to Dave's for every game. Staying superstitious, I will wear the same clothes every time.

[DudyDawg]

Dempsey-"yeah it was hot out there. I think I broke my nose it was hard to breath". Sounds like a hockey player

[DudyDawg]

For people like curmudgeon arguing that Americans don't care about soccer, we have the most traveling fans in Brazil of any country outside of South America. Yeah. They don't care

[curmudgeon]

Eh. I turned it on at the 72nd minute and saw two goals. Were the goals exciting? Sure. But if I would have been glued to that for the entire match I would have wanted to slit my wrists.

You know what's going to be exciting? Jack Bauer in 50 minutes. Jack Bauer.

[CadaverDawg]

What is Altidore's status? Wasnt he hurt?

[DudyDawg]

What is Altidore's status? Wasnt he hurt?

Strained hammy. Getting scans tomorrow. Probably not going to see him again, but I'm no doctor

[curmudgeon]

For people like curmudgeon arguing that Americans don't care about soccer, we have the most traveling fans in Brazil of any country outside of South America. Yeah. They don't care

Of course we do. We have disposable income. Other countries are having to ration electricity so they can watch the game. We are the best country on earth and all other countries suck.

But if someone offered me a free trip to Rio to watch the World Cup final or a family 4 pack to Disney on Ice, I'm going to Disney on Ice.

[DudyDawg]

Of course we do. We have disposable income. Other countries are having to ration electricity so they can watch the game. We are the best country on earth and all other countries suck.

But if someone offered me a free trip to Rio to watch the World Cup final or a family 4 pack to Disney on Ice, I'm going to Disney on Ice.

Yeah, African countries are. Just because people have money here doesn't mean they just go to go. They go because they care about soccer. I guess it's just the immigrants going there though

[Dawg61]

What's up with his ears?



http://comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/10616/keifer-suert2.jpg

[BulldogBear]

For those of you in Starkville, I will be going to Dave's for every game. Staying superstitious, I will wear the same clothes every time.



Is it permissable in soccer superstition to change underwear?

[BulldogBear]

THIS! #hailstates

I like it. A hashtag is born, at least for the World Cup!

#hailstates

[starkvegasdawg]

Is it permissable in soccer superstition to change underwear?
Can't be changed or washed. For all we know it could be a pee stain or skid mark that won the game.

[TheRef]

Can't be changed or washed. For all we know it could be a pee stain or skid mark that won the game.

The outfit and routine is being recorded and will be laid out for Sunday at 5:00 PM CDT

[hacker]

Point 1) "3% of murica likes soccer." kinda hard for this statistic to make sense when there are 25,000,000 soccer PLAYERS in america

Point 2) "we have disposable income blahblah" so does the rest of the developed world. are you really comparing our income to Ghana's?

Point 3) "I turned it on and saw two goals and" https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqSlkj4IUAAC07c.jpg

[HereComesTheSpiral]

Of course we do. We have disposable income. Other countries are having to ration electricity so they can watch the game. We are the best country on earth and all other countries suck.

But if someone offered me a free trip to Rio to watch the World Cup final or a family 4 pack to Disney on Ice, I'm going to Disney on Ice.

So you would rather sit through this:
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over being around this:
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[curmudgeon]

Yep. I'm not a horny teenager anymore.

[esplanade91]

This is the worst poster to ever exist in MSU related sports. Coach has the claim that 1) he's a douche and likes to be 2) is trolling people 3) doesn't like soccer and was letting it be known 4) this is his house, but this ass clown has genuinely caused 3 people who know I post here text me tonight and say that they were turned off by this place because of this guy... And this guy has genuinely made me question some of you unAmerican asshats.

I move to as far an away town as possible from Mississippi and broadcast to anyone who will listen to how much I love MSU and Starkville, MS only to have a bunch of people post on one of the first things you google when you look up MSU that America only cares about how America only watches soccer now because of illegal immigrants and how they hope an African nation beats a group out guys all born in the USA (minus some military brats) because it's a sport that has led to the pussification of football.



$1,000 if you can tell me why American football is named football, you dick.

ETA: Because you're not a horny teenager? Cool response bro. You're so cool. You're the coolest bro. Let's meet up and chug some Smirnoff later.

[curmudgeon]

You need better friends if three people texted you and said they don't like this message board because one poster doesn't like soccer.

I also hate NBA basketball. Do you have a few friends that will text you if I go on a rant about that?

[hacker]

This is the worst poster to ever exist in MSU related sports. Coach has the claim that 1) he's a douche and likes to be 2) is trolling people 3) doesn't like soccer and was letting it be known 4) this is his house, but this ass clown has genuinely caused 3 people who know I post here text me tonight and say that they were turned off by this place because of this guy... And this guy has genuinely made me question some of you unAmerican asshats.

I move to as far an away town as possible from Mississippi and broadcast to anyone who will listen to how much I love MSU and Starkville, MS only to have a bunch of people post on one of the first things you google when you look up MSU that America only cares about how America only watches soccer now because of illegal immigrants and how they hope an African nation beats a group out guys all born in the USA (minus some military brats) because it's a sport that has led to the pussification of football.



$1,000 if you can tell me why American football is named football, you dick.

ETA: Because you're not a horny teenager? Cool response bro. You're so cool. You're the coolest bro. Let's meet up and chug some Smirnoff later.

would you say he's a curmudgeon?

[Dawg61]

Well that escalated quickly

[I seen it dawg]

This is the worst poster to ever exist in MSU related sports. Coach has the claim that 1) he's a douche and likes to be 2) is trolling people 3) doesn't like soccer and was letting it be known 4) this is his house, but this ass clown has genuinely caused 3 people who know I post here text me tonight and say that they were turned off by this place because of this guy... And this guy has genuinely made me question some of you unAmerican asshats.

I move to as far an away town as possible from Mississippi and broadcast to anyone who will listen to how much I love MSU and Starkville, MS only to have a bunch of people post on one of the first things you google when you look up MSU that America only cares about how America only watches soccer now because of illegal immigrants and how they hope an African nation beats a group out guys all born in the USA (minus some military brats) because it's a sport that has led to the pussification of football.



$1,000 if you can tell me why American football is named football, you dick.

ETA: Because you're not a horny teenager? Cool response bro. You're so cool. You're the coolest bro. Let's meet up and chug some Smirnoff later.

Dude relax.

[I seen it dawg]

Maybe this is how riots start at soccer matches....

[Bucky Dog]

In related news, Ghana just had their coach assasinated!!***

[CadaverDawg]

Well that escalated quickly

http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/teq30.gif

[curmudgeon]

Well that escalated quickly

Yep. Just like every other corner of the internet. If you disagree with someone, personally attack them if they don't agree with you.

I hate soccer. I believe it is having an ill effect on our youth. There are several on here that know me in real life, and others that know me on Facebook. I believe all of those people will vouch for me that I'm a pretty decent guy.

Now, two of you have sent me private messages asking me to kill myself, have sexual relations with myself or both. One of you said my wife's name and told me that she is horrible for putting up with me, a soccer hater. All because of an opinion that you don't agree with. You two are true pieces of garbage that truly need to get a life.

[DudyDawg]

Yep. Just like every other corner of the internet. If you disagree with someone, personally attack them if they don't agree with you.

I hate soccer. I believe it is having an ill effect on our youth. There are several on here that know me in real life, and others that know me on Facebook. I believe all of those people will vouch for me that I'm a pretty decent guy.

Now, two of you have sent me private messages asking me to kill myself, have sexual relations with myself or both. One of you said my wife's name and told me that she is horrible for putting up with me, a soccer hater. All because of an opinion that you don't agree with. You two are true pieces of garbage that truly need to get a life.

Yeah, for that last paragraph, you're right. They need to grow the hell up. Lord.

But as for the whole doing I'll for our youth??? Seriously, explain that

[esplanade91]

You need better friends if three people texted you and said they don't like this message board because one poster doesn't like soccer.

I also hate NBA basketball. Do you have a few friends that will text you if I go on a rant about that?
It's that fact that obviously the majority of people on this board enjoy soccer and are trying to have a discussion on what is the biggest sporting event in the world that only happens every 4 years (on par with the Olympics in scale) and you're being a twat and making it unbareable. And the majority of people coming to ED at this very second are obviously coming to talk about soccer, not our chances at a f'ing guard. It's June, douchebag. If you're here in the offseason to talk about anything other than sports you're lonely. If you're here to rag on other people's sports you're even more pathetic than I thought you were.

And I don't care that you don't like the NBA. I haven't seen you attack everyone trying to talk about it. You seem to respect their boundaries. And the fact that 3 of the 4 people who know who I am on this board texted me telling me that they can't read anything on here is telling... Even if you want to be a dick about how it isn't.

[curmudgeon]

Not going to get into it. You cult members have fun with your soccer party.

[I seen it dawg]

Yep. Just like every other corner of the internet. If you disagree with someone, personally attack them if they don't agree with you.

I hate soccer. I believe it is having an ill effect on our youth. There are several on here that know me in real life, and others that know me on Facebook. I believe all of those people will vouch for me that I'm a pretty decent guy.

Now, two of you have sent me private messages asking me to kill myself, have sexual relations with myself or both. One of you said my wife's name and told me that she is horrible for putting up with me, a soccer hater. All because of an opinion that you don't agree with. You two are true pieces of garbage that truly need to get a life.

Fn seriously? Wtf is wrong with some of you?

[HereComesTheSpiral]

Yeah, for that last paragraph, you're right. They need to grow the hell up. Lord.

But as for the whole doing I'll for our youth??? Seriously, explain that

You would think with the obesity problems kids are having now, soccer should be mandatory.

[DudyDawg]

You would think with the obesity problems kids are having now, soccer should be mandatory.

After all, it's just running up and down**

[esplanade91]

Fn seriously? Wtf is wrong with some of you?

Proof or it didn't happen, because a Lord knows I didn't say that. It appears you're trying to get us banned.

[DudyDawg]

Not going to get into it. You cult members have fun with your soccer party.

See there it is. You say you don't want to argue, then you call the fans of a sport a cult. Bashing them, just like you just I said you weren't doing. You don't like soccer, we get it and it's fine, but bashing it and it's followers will get you no respect

[CadaverDawg]

Yep. Just like every other corner of the internet. If you disagree with someone, personally attack them if they don't agree with you.

I hate soccer. I believe it is having an ill effect on our youth. There are several on here that know me in real life, and others that know me on Facebook. I believe all of those people will vouch for me that I'm a pretty decent guy.

Now, two of you have sent me private messages asking me to kill myself, have sexual relations with myself or both. One of you said my wife's name and told me that she is horrible for putting up with me, a soccer hater. All because of an opinion that you don't agree with. You two are true pieces of garbage that truly need to get a life.

Come on, man. What they sent you is truly sad, but don't act like you aren't sitting here poking them with a stick for loving a sport that they love. It's not like you said "I am not a fan of soccer", and people mailed you Anthrax. There's a little more to the story.

Best way to keep from getting people not to say stupid shit like that is to not provoke it....and to those sending the awful messages, all you're doing is fueling his fire. Both sides should be the bigger men and drop it IMO. Tonight was a big night for the USA and for soccer fans. If that's not your cup of tea, there's baseball threads and a CWS game on right now...enjoy.

[curmudgeon]

It wasn't you esplanade. If I took it seriously, it'd be more than being "banned from a message board."

Lets end it. Some of you love soccer. Some of us despise it with a fiery passion. Jack's about to kick someone's ass.

[HereComesTheSpiral]

See there it is. You say you don't want to argue, then you call the fans of a sport a cult. Bashing them, just like you just I said you weren't doing. You don't like soccer, we get it and it's fine, but bashing it and it's followers will get you no respect

I will admit, im not a huge soccer fan, but I could never say go country X when theyre playing USA

[Dawg61]

Not liking soccer is fine. But saying it has an ill effect on our youth? wtf, it's a sport that is an excellent exercise for kids and adults. How many fat soccer players do you see? I can't think of one. Baseball has John Kruk and Pablo Sandoval, football has BJ Raji, basketball has Renardo Sidney. How long would Renardo Sidney last in soccer? For the fattest country in the world I think soccer is very good for our youth. Gets them off their ass and put down Call of Duty for a few hours.

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Yep. Just like every other corner of the internet. If you disagree with someone, personally attack them if they don't agree with you.

I hate soccer. I believe it is having an ill effect on our youth. There are several on here that know me in real life, and others that know me on Facebook. I believe all of those people will vouch for me that I'm a pretty decent guy.

Now, two of you have sent me private messages asking me to kill myself, have sexual relations with myself or both. One of you said my wife's name and told me that she is horrible for putting up with me, a soccer hater. All because of an opinion that you don't agree with. You two are true pieces of garbage that truly need to get a life.
Its perfectly fine that you don't like soccer. Its even ok that you have a far fetched conspiracy against soccer and modern youth. The problem is you express your beliefs in about the most ignorant, narrow-minded, and abrasive way possible. No one is mad about you not liking soccer, people are mad that you're trolling a message board with borderline retarded arguments. You might be a decent person in real life, but you appear to be a miserable human being based on the way you've acted today and are just as much of a piece of trash as the people who have private messaged you.

[esplanade91]

It wasn't you esplanade. If I took it seriously, it'd be more than being "banned from a message board."

Lets end it. Some of you love soccer. Some of us despise it with a fiery passion. Jack's about to kick someone's ass.

Oh, I know it wasn't me.

And all I've been trying to get you to do all night is to quit shitting on the US in a public forum of people who are actively trying to discuss American soccer. Quit trying to be high and mighty the second someone says they're going to roll your house.

Stay off of soccer threads and I'll stay off of baseball threads talking about how it's the most boring and illegal immigrant related sport in existence.

[hacker]

Its perfectly fine that you don't like soccer. Its even ok that you have a far fetched conspiracy against soccer and modern youth. The problem is you express your beliefs in about the most ignorant, narrow-minded, and abrasive way possible. No one is mad about you not liking soccer, people are mad that you're trolling a message board with borderline retarded arguments. You might be a decent person in real life, but you appear to be a miserable human being based on the way you've acted today and are just as much of a piece of trash as the people who have private messaged you.

Ouch. I agree with this fully btw. Quit posting in the soccer threads if you don't like soccer. It's pretty simple.

[I seen it dawg]

Oh, I know it wasn't me.

And all I've been trying to get you to do all night is to quit shitting on the US in a public forum of people who are actively trying to discuss American soccer. Quit trying to be high and mighty the second someone says they're going to roll your house.

Stay off of soccer threads and I'll stay off of baseball threads talking about how it's the most boring and illegal immigrant related sport in existence.

Why can't people just say "I'll leave it alone if you will leave it alone." Without adding the bold part. Have to get the last shot. You were trying to end it then potentially offended way more people with your illegal immigrant comment about baseball. You are so angry defending your stance on soccer you've become lost.

[DudyDawg]

Why can't people just say "I'll leave it alone if you will leave it alone." Without adding the bold part. Have to get the last shot. You were trying to end it then potentially offended way more people with your illegal immigrant comment about baseball. You are so angry defending your stance on soccer you've become lost.

You must not be keeping up. He added that bc that's what curmudgeon has claimed about soccer

[hacker]

You are so angry defending your stance on soccer you've become lost.

You realize several people have been saying that the only reason soccer is gaining popularity in the US is because illegal immigrants, right? They said this. Today. On this board. That is what he is referring to.

[curmudgeon]

I never once said illegal immigrant. That was another poster.

I just hate the game. Don't care who is playing it.

[DudyDawg]

I never once said illegal immigrant. That was another poster.

I just hate the game. Don't care who is playing it.

Then stay away from it and all conversations involving it in the future. Problem solved

[esplanade91]

Why can't people just say "I'll leave it alone if you will leave it alone." Without adding the bold part. Have to get the last shot. You were trying to end it then potentially offended way more people with your illegal immigrant comment about baseball. You are so angry defending your stance on soccer you've become lost.
Down.

You must not be keeping up. He added that bc that's what curmudgeon has claimed about soccer
Down.

You realize several people have been saying that the only reason soccer is gaining popularity in the US is because illegal immigrants, right? They said this. Today. On this board. That is what he is referring to.

Seen it is right. That's exactly what I did. Should I have done it? No. But this is the most ridiculous conversation of all time that rational thought does not apply.

[curmudgeon]

Agsin, this started when one of the supporters invaded a soccer hater thread.

[I seen it dawg]

You must not be keeping up. He added that bc that's what curmudgeon has claimed about soccer

No I'm not keeping up. Because some of the shit coming out of both sides is ****ing retarded. I think soccer is ****ing stupid but to each his own, hell I got jumped even after I said I didn't know the rules and needed an explanation on why a tie could possibly be good (way to go Esplanade, great job**). But some of this shit is irrational and uncalled for and no one wants to have the stones to quit being total ****ing morons about it and just stop looking like asshats. Nevermind it's a message board carry on.

[TheRef]

Agsin, this started when one of the supporters invaded a soccer hater thread.

I understand....but let's just let bygones be bygones here. Okay? Both sides call a cease-fire.

[I seen it dawg]

You realize several people have been saying that the only reason soccer is gaining popularity in the US is because illegal immigrants, right? They said this. Today. On this board. That is what he is referring to.

So it makes all the rest ok....

[curmudgeon]

I seen it, watch it. You aren't allowed to have a negative opinion of soccer. The entire world loves it and its going to be the most popular sport in America in 30-40 years.

[I seen it dawg]

I understand....but let's just let bygones be bygones here. Okay? Both sides call a cease-fire.

I'm about to put The Ref on y'all's ass......better listen to grasshopper he knows of what he speaks

[I seen it dawg]

I seen it, watch it. You aren't allowed to have a negative opinion of soccer. The entire world loves it and its going to be the most popular sport in America in 30-40 years.

I don't give a shit. And you need to drop it too. Stay in your hater thread and out of the support thread. That goes the other way too for those scoring at home.

[DudyDawg]

Agsin, this started when one of the supporters invaded a soccer hater thread.

Actually, it started when I made a thread asking non soccer fans if they would watch any of it bc of the USA being in it and people bashed the sport itself

[I seen it dawg]

You must not be keeping up. He added that bc that's what curmudgeon has claimed about soccer

So that makes it ok....

[TheRef]

NOTICE: I am calling a cease-fire from both sides of the argument. I repeat. I have called a cease-fire.

[Statefan]

Pretty much exactly how I feel. Once aGAIN, it's like we're borrowing Mullen's 2013 Auburn strategy: Sit on the lead, play prevent, and hope it doesn't bite us in the ass. Well, that shit sucks and why so many can't get into soccer. Try to f'n score, dammit.

This is just kind of the wrong way of looking at it. Think of it this way, we have a 7-6 lead on Bama in the 4th quarter and Relf at QB. Do you want us to throw it deep on every play?

Once altidore went down, our main form of attack (playing it up to him and letting him hold it until other attackers catch up) was thrown off. Ghana has a midfield full of players that play for top clubs in Europe. They were faster and pressured is into turning it over. If we relentlessly attacked, we would have push 7 guys up field, turned it over, they Ghana is off to the races towards our goal. Not only are they fast, but they also can also finish with shots on goal (as evidenced by the Ayew goal). We did what we had to do with out midfielders being slow and having trouble possessing the ball.

[DudyDawg]

This is just kind of the wrong way of looking at it. Think of it this way, we have a 7-6 lead on Bama in the 4th quarter and Relf at QB. Do you want us to throw it deep on every play?

Once altidore went down, our main form of attack (playing it up to him and letting him hold it until other attackers catch up) was thrown off. Ghana has a midfield full of players that play for top clubs in Europe. They were faster and pressured is into turning it over. If we relentlessly attacked, we would have push 7 guys up field, turned it over, they Ghana is off to the races towards our goal. Not only are they fast, but they also can also finish with shots on goal (as evidenced by the Ayew goal). We did what we had to do with out midfielders being slow and having trouble possessing the ball.

Yup. Losing Jozy really hurt us in more ways than just scoring

[SignalToNoise]

Thought Beasely had a bad game, or at least a bad first half. They picked on him and continued to attack his side of the field. Play from our midfielders was poor. Poor touches, poor passes, etc. It really hurt losing Altidore. I've never been a big fan but he is crucial to that part of our attack so I hope he can return for the match against Portugal.

[TheRef]

Official release: Dempsey has broken nose and Altidore will be evaluated for his strained hamstring.

[jumbo]

Definitely didn't play a great game, but getting the W was huge. Hopefully Jozy's hammy isn't as bad as it looked and he can come back for Germany or if we are fortunate enough to make it out of the group. If I am correct, assuming Germany beats Ghana, a tie against Portugal will be good enough.

[Dawg61]

Tie would mean Portugal has to make up 5 goals on us in the last games, which isn't impossible just unlikely.

[Statefan]

Yep, a tie against Portugal pretty much gets us out of this group.

I know most that are not really into soccer or are completely unaware of how the points work in a group will hate this, but expect us to bunker down and try to grind out a draw with lots of defenders.

It's gonna be a tense 90. Portugal will be desperate for 3 points, so they may push guys forward and open themselves up for a counter attack and give us a chance to get a goal or two

[DudyDawg]

Bradley was flat out bad. He and Beasley were our worst players, but are usually two of our most consistent.So I'm not worried about those two going forward, frankly because they can't be worse.

The good thing is, Portugal's midfield also looked poor at best. Granted, they had ten men a lot of the game, but that was after they went 2-0 down. I think our midfield four can be better than their midfield three, and that needs to happen for us to get a favorable result. If they dominate possession in the final third like Ghana, we will lose. CR7 will not miss as many chances as the wingers from ghana did.

[War Machine Dawg]

This is just kind of the wrong way of looking at it. Think of it this way, we have a 7-6 lead on Bama in the 4th quarter and Relf at QB. Do you want us to throw it deep on every play?

Once altidore went down, our main form of attack (playing it up to him and letting him hold it until other attackers catch up) was thrown off. Ghana has a midfield full of players that play for top clubs in Europe. They were faster and pressured is into turning it over. If we relentlessly attacked, we would have push 7 guys up field, turned it over, they Ghana is off to the races towards our goal. Not only are they fast, but they also can also finish with shots on goal (as evidenced by the Ayew goal). We did what we had to do with out midfielders being slow and having trouble possessing the ball.

The only problem I have with that is we seemed to go to the Standsbury Stall immediately after our goal in the first 30 seconds. If we hadn't started stalling until after Altidore went down, I'd be more inclined to agree. But that's just my observation as someone who only pretends to care about soccer every 4 years until the US inevitably loses. Then I won't bother giving a damn for another 4 years.

[Statefan]

The only problem I have with that is we seemed to go to the Standsbury Stall immediately after our goal in the first 30 seconds. If we hadn't started stalling until after Altidore went down, I'd be more inclined to agree. But that's just my observation as someone who only pretends to care about soccer every 4 years until the US inevitably loses. Then I won't bother giving a damn for another 4 years.

We actually made a few attacks in the first 15 minutes. Jozy was running down the left and attracting a lot of attention, but you are right it was a very defensive gameplay. I hope that was the gameplan at least. Ghana was more talented and simply won the midfield. They had the ball a lot but few really good shots and chances on goal. That's a positive at least

[Statefan]

Yesterday was more like msu vs Florida in 2010. Grind it out, nervewracking, do what you gotta do win

[War Machine Dawg]

Yesterday was more like msu vs Florida in 2010. Grind it out, nervewracking, do what you gotta do win

Good comparison that I can understand. Thank you, sir.