Gold Cup Thread: USA vs Honduras....

[TheRef]

Glorified scrimmages….

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.

[War Machine Dawg]

SERIOUSLY? No yellow card on the Honduras player? Really? Wow....pathetic officiating. Absolutely pathetic.

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.

[TheRef]

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.

I agree....pathetic call by CONCACAF

[smootness]

A guaranteed spot in the World Cup? Come again buddy, thats what World Cup Qualifiers are for. Also, Olympic soccer is also meaningless.

Eh, I like Olympic soccer.

In your view, what tournament other than the World Cup is not meaningless?

[TheRef]

HE PUSHED OFF OF HIM! HOW IS THAT NOT A 17'N FOUL? HOW? HOW?

[RDawg90]

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.

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.

[War Machine Dawg]

Holy ****!!!!!!!!! How is that push off on Yedlin not a yelow card?!

[War Machine Dawg]

HE PUSHED OFF OF HIM! HOW IS THAT NOT A 17'N FOUL? HOW? HOW?

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!!!

[RDawg90]

Eh, I like Olympic soccer.

In your view, what tournament other than the World Cup is not meaningless?

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.

[TheRef]

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!!!

He was staring right at it. He's scared....he's scared shitless.

[BulldogDX55]

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.

Why are you even in this thread if you are going to complain about the level of competition?

He was staring right at it. He's scared....he's scared shitless.

We've met. You know I am a novice soccer fan. Even I could see that was a shit non call.

[TheRef]

We've met. You know I am a novice soccer fan. Even I could see that was a shit non call.

When a novice observer can tell that something is an obvious call, that's pretty bad bruh.

[War Machine Dawg]

He was staring right at it. He's scared....he's scared shitless.

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.

[War Machine Dawg]

Why are you even in this thread if you are going to complain about the level of competition?



We've met. You know I am a novice soccer fan. Even I could see that was a shit non call.

+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.

[BulldogDX55]

+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.

Kinda funny how the two guys assigned to a relegated team are sticking around.

[TheRef]

Kinda funny how the two guys assigned to a relegated team are sticking around.

Brothers in arms, right?

[TheRef]

According to the broadcast, the whole US squad was speaking their minds to the ref as he came back onto the pitch.

[War Machine Dawg]

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.

[BulldogDX55]

Nice. Hopefully he'll get his shit together this half.

Or deliberately do worse, because he is a wuss.

[TheRef]

Or deliberately do worse, because he is a wuss.

He's a Mexican referee.