U.S.vs. Australia today at 2

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Should be a good match and hopefully Pulisic is good to go. If not, we do have some capable backups but none who threaten opposing teams the way he does. Australia is good defensively, they have some big guys who bang, and a couple of speedy wingers for counter attacks. We'll have close to 70% possession and we'll get some shots off (Turkey had like 30). But that defense is hard to break down and we better be ready for Aussie counters. Our rather average goalie was largely untested against Paraguay. I hope that's the case today. 2-1 USA in a tough match. Dumb scheduling by FIFA. This should be a night game. Ribs are already on the Egg along with white beans on the stove (Nola does the red beans thing and the Cajun bayou region does white navy beans) and slaw. Podnuhs and gals are coming over for a watch party. Day drinking likely to occur. https://indianexpress.com/article/s...rivalry-seattle-fifa-world-cup-2026-10747088/
 
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It's a rivalry. Those down under folks with their silly accents, weird slang and puzzling love of the excrement-like Vegemite don't like us. Linky
 

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Pulisic hasn't been training with the team. Him being pulled evidently wasn't just a precaution.
 

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Huge game. Win today & we only need a draw with turkey to win the group (and might even win it with a loss to turkey). Lose or tie & Australia probably wins it.
 

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What I got from the link is the Aussies don’t like the U.S. press. I think we actually have common ground there.
Some of our soccer pundits are idiots who act like social media influencers. The players know the Aussies are pretty good.
 

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Huge game. Win today & we only need a draw with turkey to win the group (and might even win it with a loss to turkey). Lose or tie & Australia probably wins it.

It would be big if we could wrap up the group today because then the Turkey game doesn’t matter and you can rest starters for that one.
 
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