untateve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Game on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbpfan1231 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Are we looking at Penalty kicks???? I hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 great goal. go korea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 ETA: I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict a Korea goal in the next 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Are we looking at Penalty kicks???? I hope not. At least 50 minutes of potential play before we get to that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 (edited) Stadium is half empty, reflecting the stupidity of FIFA in staging the tournament in a poverty-stricken country. They'd have sold out every game here or in Europe or Asia. ETA: I think the crowd has dived for cover from the torrential rain. Edited June 26, 2010 by Ursa Majoris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 go Clint Dempsey (East Texas)! And #14 Edson Buddle did well as a sub last game. Of course, it would be great to see Jose Torres (Longview) get in the game, too. If we can get up a goal or two then DeMerit can take over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Stadium is half empty, reflecting the stupidity of FIFA in staging the tournament in a poverty-stricken country. They'd have sold out every game here or in Europe or Asia. Given that they're poverty stricken and that the stadium is half empty, it might have been a nice gesture to distribute tix for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Game on! i need one of those obnoxious horns to blow during the game to piss off my neighbors. if I could get my hands on 4 of those bad boys my entire family could get into the action. Oh wait, we do have a bundle of Recorders that were left in the house we bought (former music teacher), maybe we could use those. Scooby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Given that they're poverty stricken and that the stadium is half empty, it might have been a nice gesture to distribute tix for free. Prices were set stupidly high right from the start, causing reduced attendance from all over the world too, especially due to the recession. FIFA = greed, just like every sports body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miner Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 why can't the US ever be the team to go up early? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Penalty kick made 1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 f'n hugh pk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Yesss!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miner Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 we're gonna pull this one out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Why can't the US play in the 1st half the way they play in the 2nd half? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 No penalty kick there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 No penalty kick there? I agree with the call--no pk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 mofo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Cracker Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 It was a nice diversion for the offseason. Now back to real football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 It was a nice diversion for the offseason. Now back to real football. We're gonna get at least a few weeks of Lebron/FA talk on ESPN before players report for training camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerx Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 We're gonna get at least a few weeks of Lebron/FA talk on ESPN before players report for training camp. That's getting more annoying than the yearly Favre watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) GREAT article on Yahoo sports...spot on It was bound to happen and against Ghana it did, perhaps a bit earlier than it really should have. The U.S. just fell behind one too many times and their exciting run worth a lot of praise came to an end against a solid Ghana team that deserved the 2-1 win in extra time. Still, it's difficult to ignore the glaring problems that set this U.S. team up for what can reasonably be seen as premature failure. They fought incredibly hard and showed amazing resilience, but in the end, many of the reasons the U.S. is now out of the World Cup can be traced back to coach Bob Bradley. Coaches are often made into scapegoats and the targets of misguided frustration, but in the case of Bradley it's clear that blame is deserved. In the Ghana game alone, his mistakes were blatant and lethal. [Photos: More images from the United States' loss to Ghana] Instead of sticking with the lineup that got them a win over Algeria, he reinserted midfielder Ricardo Clark, who was culpable for England's quick goal against the U.S. in their opening match and all speed but no finish striker Robbie Findley. As a result, the U.S. ended up allowing yet another early goal in just the fifth minute of play off a ball given up by Clark, who then earned a yellow card two minutes later. Bradley finally realized his mistake and pretty much admitted it by substituting Clark in just the 30th minute. Findley, meanwhile, blew a fantastic chance to score by kicking the ball right at the goalkeeper. He was substituted at halftime for Benny Feilhaber, who made an instant impact that could have been just as useful in the first half. That left just one substitute to use after the half in a match that would end up going to extra time. These issues are hardly new, though. As far back as the World Cup qualifying campaign, the U.S. has been giving up early goals -- a clear sign of poor preparation -- and both Clark and Findley have been proving their shortcomings, as have other players that Bradley stubbornly stuck with time and time again. And so the early goals kept coming, the wrong players kept sneaking into the starting XI, and against Ghana -- a team that only scored off of two penalty kicks in the entirety of the group stage -- it ended. After the match, Landon Donovan said the U.S. was just "too naive," which can really only be taken as a critique of their unacceptable preparation for a team they were favored to beat. The Fire Bob Bradley campaign has been around for years now and has only been dismissed by the U.S. federation because the team kept rolling along in spite of its coach and his chronic mismanagement. Now that the rolling has stopped and U.S. fans are left frustrated over a favorable path to a World Cup semifinal squandered, it's time to thank Bradley for his commitment and the successes that he did bring and finally bring on a manager who can fully realize the potential (which, to be clear, is far from limitless) this squad has. Or at the very least won't constantly serve as a handicap to a national team ready to mature. Edited June 27, 2010 by alexgaddis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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