Quote Originally Posted by missouridawg View Post
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a fan of soccer, but I can support the USA in anything...

But the point I want to make, is that of all the games you can complain about being boring, the USA-Portugal game wasn't.

A nil-nil tie? Sure.... complain away. I went to London a few years back and watched Arsenal-Chelsea play to a nil-nil tie in person. Never been more pissed off about two teams I could care less about... But a 2-2 game in which the home team scores to go up late and then gives up a late equalizer wasn't boring. It was heartbreaking, but that's part of sports.
Nailed it. And it made the tie feel like a loss, even though it wasn't. That was the outcome most of us were hoping for before the game, as 4 points is *probably* enough to get out of group play to the knockout round. Sure, it would've been awesome to advance Sunday and have no pressure for the game on Thursday. But really, we're right where we were hoping to be at this point.