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Obviously, that's far from an ideal situation for the team.

Still, as Lalas pointed out, the USMNT should have enough talent to get the job done without him today.

The operative word being should.
 
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L4Dawg

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No surprise. They wouldn’t have pulled him like they did last game if it hadn’t been something to it. He hasn’t been training either.
 

She Mate Me

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The buildup and excitement for this game feels like a recipe for a letdown.

I’ll be impressed if they can just take care of business with all the distractions.
 
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She Mate Me

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Our players are much more skilled on the ball than Aussie & much more athletic. McKennie, Dest & Balogun are causing havoc for Aussie defense.

I’m not qualified to judge this, but based on the three halves I’ve seen thus far, this is the most skilled and best coached US team in my years as a casual fan.

I understand this is not Top 20 competion, but I know these teams we’re playing can be competitive with the better teams and this feels like dominance.
 

patdog

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It’s the most pressure I’ve seen a US team give opposing teams in a long time. It’s almost unrelenting.
These are teams we should beat. But it’s been a long time since we’ve seen USA soccer just punish teams they should beat like the last game & 1-2. And these teams aren’t garbage. Right now I think there’s a lot of teams that won’t want to play USA in a knockout game in the USA.
 
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These are teams we should beat. But it’s been a long time since we’ve seen USA soccer just punish teams they should beat like the last game & 1-2. And these teams aren’t garbage. Right now I think there’s a lot of teams that won’t want to play USA in a knockout game in the USA.
Right but to your point how many times have we seen the US team not even do this against bad teams?
 

CochiseCowbell

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I thought I found a bootleg on YouTube while in car line to pick up my toddler. I kept wondering: Is it buffering? Is it refreshing? Why are they basically using only 12-15 phrases?

Got home. A simulator. I had a simulator on the whole time. Score was right though.
 
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CochiseCowbell

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I thought I found a bootleg on YouTube while in car line to pick up my toddler. I kept wondering: Is it buffering? Is it refreshing? Why are they basically using only 12-15 phrases?

Got home. A simulator. I had a simulator on the whole time. Score was right though.

I could've used my Disney/Espn/Hulu package the whole time. I'm an idiot.
 

patdog

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Huge win. And especially to keep the 2-0 margin. Australia essentially cannot win the group. And Türkiye would likely have to beat USA by 3 goals to win it (plus beat Paraguay tonight).
 
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