OT: World Cup

[Big12Mustang]

USA looked like SMU...tons of talent but lack of desire to win big

[smusic 00]

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[smusic 00]

USA looked like SMU...tons of talent but lack of desire to win big

Completely disagree. USA was all heart but no talent or discipline..

BBC chastised England for not playing with the heart that USA has.

We played a guy who doesn't even start in the MLS.

Any other European country's league second team guys wouldn't start for their country. Yet we knocked out Ghana and Portugal, and played closer than any against Belgium, who is the most talented squad on the group.

[smusic 00]

USA looked like SMU...tons of talent but lack of desire to win big

Wrong

[CalallenStang]

Sucks that we lost and I know I'm the only one on here who cares, but Tim Howard is amazing. That's bringing your A+ game to the biggest stage in the world.

You aren't the only one on here who cares.

Tim Howard looked great, Yedlin and Green are promising young talents, and we won't lose much in the next 4 years. Russia 2018 will be a great stage for us.

[redpony]

Yep- as the tiki-god would say- we are only 1 1/2 recruiting classes away.

I said before the start of the cup that I expected Germany, Arg. or Brazil to win it. I still think that will happen although none of those teams have been overly impressive so far.

[Water Pony]

USA looked like SMU...tons of talent but lack of desire to win big

If you reverse your observations, you would be correct.

[lwjr]

USA looked like SMU...tons of talent but lack of desire to win big

Is that a joke?

[Mustangsabu]

USA looked like SMU...tons of talent but lack of desire to win big

It was desire to win that got them 90% of their success

[SMUer]

I expected lots more crisp passing, Beckerman/Bradley holding the ball, and tons more attacking from Bradley, similar to what we saw late in qualifying and pre-WC. I saw tons of bad passes and stupid midfield give-always that looked very much like previous cups. Our individual talent is getting better, our roster deeper, but the poor fundamentals and passive attacking attitude was the complete opposite of what Klinnsman said we'd see. I like him but our skills buckled with pressure and only our hearts kept us in it. Altidore is just not THAT good a striker to totally discombobulate our game plan. Troubling.

[CalallenStang]

I expected lots more crisp passing, Beckerman/Bradley holding the ball, and tons more attacking from Bradley, similar to what we saw late in qualifying and pre-WC. I saw tons of bad passes and stupid midfield give-always that looked very much like previous cups. Our individual talent is getting better, our roster deeper, but the poor fundamentals and passive attacking attitude was the complete opposite of what Klinnsman said we'd see. I like him but our skills buckled with pressure and only our hearts kept us in it. Altidore is just not THAT good a striker to totally discombobulate our game plan. Troubling.

Altidore is not THAT good a striker, but there was no one on the roster that had his skill set. That's why the game plan changed.

[CalallenStang]

I expected lots more crisp passing, Beckerman/Bradley holding the ball, and tons more attacking from Bradley, similar to what we saw late in qualifying and pre-WC. I saw tons of bad passes and stupid midfield give-always that looked very much like previous cups. Our individual talent is getting better, our roster deeper, but the poor fundamentals and passive attacking attitude was the complete opposite of what Klinnsman said we'd see. I like him but our skills buckled with pressure and only our hearts kept us in it. Altidore is just not THAT good a striker to totally discombobulate our game plan. Troubling.

Altidore is not THAT good a striker, but there was no one on the roster that had his skill set. That's why the game plan changed.

[ponyboy]

Disclosure. I watched maybe five minutes of the entire World Cup.

[redpony]

Ha. I don't think I have missed 5 minutes of the entire cup. Recorded all of the games and watched the dvr so I could ffwd the ads. Here every game was televised.

[ponyboy]

I find the continued Europeanization of the United States interesting. The increased interest in soccer is but further evidence of that.


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