US Starting 11: Guzan, Chandler, Brooks, Alvarado, Johnson, Beckerman, Yedlin, Zardes, Bradley, Dempsey, Altidore.
Guzman with a nice save early to keep the game level. Tied at nil, 5:30 into the game.
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US Starting 11: Guzan, Chandler, Brooks, Alvarado, Johnson, Beckerman, Yedlin, Zardes, Bradley, Dempsey, Altidore.
Guzman with a nice save early to keep the game level. Tied at nil, 5:30 into the game.
Honduras is pushing and playing the counter. Gotta keep control and not make silly turnovers if we want to have hope tonight. It's group stage, but we are the heavy favorite.
Also, a reminder. Mexico and Honduras played a friendly in Houston that almost turned into a brawl towards the end of the game. They also broke the collarbone of Mexico's best player Chicharito. They play quick and dirty.
Very light officiating....SUPER light officiating. You touch a guy and he blows the whistle. Not the way to officiate a match.
Wow....totally not yellow card worthy and horrible officiating. If you're going to call a foul on one end, you need to call it on the other.
This guy is a completely clown. Why the **** is someone so inexperienced assigned to this game? Honduras is kicking our ass so far. Much more aggressive. We look slow and lazy.
GOALLLLLL!!!! DEMSPEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! 1-0 USA 25'
GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! CLINT DEMPSEY!!!!
Hell yeah, nice effort there. Good cross in from Bradley, solid attempt by Altidore saved, then Dempsey heads in the rebound. Time to pick up the pace now. We've got to start playing faster on the whole.
Amazing what scoring a goal can do. We look a whole lot better now. Faster, more aggressive, more confident and decisive. Wish we could learn how to play like this before we score.
They practically pulled down Jozy as he was going in there.
Meaningless Competition
Actually it's for a guaranteed spot in the Olympics and possibly a guaranteed bid for the World Cup if we win it two years in a row.Quote:
Originally Posted by RDawg90
And no foul/penalty. This official suuuuuuucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
Damn, I thought Yedlin had a goal there. Nice save from the Honduras keeper, though.
Honduras is good, no doubt. They just play Central American football and we play USA soccer. Two different styles of play.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
A guaranteed spot in the World Cup? Come again buddy, thats what World Cup Qualifiers are for. Also, Olympic soccer is also meaningless.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
Uhhhh.....only if you fail to win the Gold Cup two years in a row. Qualifiers are the hard way to get in.Quote:
Originally Posted by RDawg90
ETA: Any time you put the "USA" on your chest, it means something. Especially when Olympic medals are on the line. I'd be ecstatic if we could medal in soccer at the Olympics, because we'd have to finish ahead of one of the "big 3" in Germany, Spain, and Brazil.
Sorry...the FIFA Confederations Cup is the bid I was speaking of. Which is basically a World Cup primer tournament on location of the World Cup. So if we win the Gold Cup this year, then we will have an automatic bid to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.Quote:
Originally Posted by RDawg90
Glorified scrimmages….Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
SERIOUSLY? No yellow card on the Honduras player? Really? Wow....pathetic officiating. Absolutely pathetic.
It's an 8 team tournament of the best of the best. The best teams of each federation (6 federations total), the defending World Cup team, and the host team. So no...it's not a glorified scrimmage.Quote:
Originally Posted by RDawg90
There is no way an official with only 2 international games under his belt should have been assigned this game. Everyone knew how physical it was going to be. A seasoned official should have been assigned.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
I agree....pathetic call by CONCACAFQuote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Eh, I like Olympic soccer.Quote:
Originally Posted by RDawg90
In your view, what tournament other than the World Cup is not meaningless?
HE PUSHED OFF OF HIM! HOW IS THAT NOT A 17'N FOUL? HOW? HOW?
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Originally Posted by TheRef
United States/Mexico (Average), Australia (Average at best), Russia (Slightly above average), Germany (World Class), Chile (Above Average), Ivory Coast (Average, In transition by 2017), European Champion (Probably very good), Oceania qualifier (Below Average/Well Below Average).
Different strokes for different folks, but its a series of scrimmages with at most two legitimate World Cup threats and 6 average/below average teams.
Holy ****!!!!!!!!! How is that push off on Yedlin not a yelow card?!
There is no way you can miss that. It happened in the open field in the box with almost no one around them. **** this piece of shit!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
Copa America and the Euros are high level, and the African Cup of Nations isn't bad… Other than that, every other continental championship is basically two/three average teams filled with average players beating up on a field of really poor teams until they play each other in the final.Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
He was staring right at it. He's scared....he's scared shitless.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Why are you even in this thread if you are going to complain about the level of competition?Quote:
Originally Posted by RDawg90
We've met. You know I am a novice soccer fan. Even I could see that was a shit non call.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
When a novice observer can tell that something is an obvious call, that's pretty bad bruh.Quote:
Originally Posted by BulldogDX55
Worst part is that it wasn't even a subtle bump off with the forearm. He used both hands and shoved Yedlin so hard he was lifted off his feet. Un-****ing-believable. This official's sphincter is so tight, it might pop at any second.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
+1 for me too. That said, with all the EPL, Champions League, and USMNT soccer I watched this season, combined with the amount of FIFA I've played the last 6 months, I've gotten a whole lot better at recognizing fouls. Still wouldn't consider myself as anything more than a novice, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by BulldogDX55
Kinda funny how the two guys assigned to a relegated team are sticking around.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Brothers in arms, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by BulldogDX55
According to the broadcast, the whole US squad was speaking their minds to the ref as he came back onto the pitch.
Nice. Hopefully he'll get his shit together this half.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRef
Or deliberately do worse, because he is a wuss.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
He's a Mexican referee.Quote:
Originally Posted by BulldogDX55