USA v Belgium thread.

[patdog]

After that start by Belgium for us to down only 1 is something of a win. Still a lot of time. Sometimes surviving an opening blitz like that can bode well

I like your optimism. But I’m highly skeptical this won’t get ugly.

 

[sigma_dawg]

USA!

 

[L4Dawg]

Don’t ever give up,

 

[sigma_dawg]

Thanks #20! Haha

 

[GomJabbar]

fuuuuuuuck i walk away for a minute!

 

[RocketDawg]

Wow, what a score! Belgian guy actually helped.

 

[PBRME]

 

[ckDOG]

Yuge

 

[L4Dawg]

That’s an own goal.

 

[sigma_dawg]

Wow, this is crazy

 

[RocketDawg]

Well, that didn't last long.

 

[L4Dawg]

Quick answer.

 

[L4Dawg]

Our back line is what most of us thought it was. They ain’t good. Funny thing they are going after the other side from Ream.

 

[patdog]

Wow! Malik Tillman again! Game on!

 

[ckDOG]

Well sheeeit

 

[patdog]

Our back line is what most of us thought it was. They ain’t good. Funny thing they are going after the other side from Ream.

Ream got beat bad on that one. Of course we just 17ing gave them the easy cross too.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

We look outclassed.

I wish that one time our best athletes would play.

 

[L4Dawg]

That should have been another one for Belgium.

 

[RocketDawg]

The baldheaded main ref is a mean looking dude.

 

[L4Dawg]

The baldheaded main ref is a mean looking dude.

He ain’t taking no BS for sure.

 

[patdog]

That should have been another one for Belgium.

It could very easily be 1-4 right now.

 

[sigma_dawg]

Feels like we were much more competitive on the world stage 30 years ago than we are now. These European teams are on a completely different level and the gap is growing.

 

[L4Dawg]

Again, we are very lucky to be down only one after that half. We were totally outclassed but we are still in the game. Stranger things have happened.

 

[L4Dawg]

It could very easily be 1-4 right now.

Or worse.

 

[sigma_dawg]

Again, we are very lucky to be down only one after that half. We were totally outclassed but we are still in the game. Stranger things have happened.

Honestly I completely agree with this. We got dominated that first half and lucky to be down 1.

 

[L4Dawg]

Feels like we were much more competitive on the world stage 30 years ago than we are now. These European teams are on a completely different level and the gap is growing.

Good lord you have to be kidding.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Again, we are very lucky to be down only one after that half. We were totally outclassed but we are still in the game. Stranger things have happened.

Maybe for once with the right side of the red card?

 

[sigma_dawg]

Our goalie and #2 Dest… it’s hard to fathom this is the best this country has to offer… maybe it is?

 

[She Mate Me]

Y’all weren’t kidding about how weak we are in the back. Playing a high quality team makes it obvious.

Still in it, but it feels like we gotta find 2+ 2nd half goals and that seems very unlikely.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

USA stinks at passing and sucks at defending baseline crossing passes. That's how we lost the last game and Belgium is doing it also.

 

[sigma_dawg]

Ream is absolutely horrible as well. HUGE liability on that back line.

 

[sigma_dawg]

Thierry Henry I think knows more about our team than our HC does, unfortunately

 

[curseddawgs]

Ream is absolutely horrible as well. HUGE liability on that back line.

He’s 38. Not his fault we don’t have a better option

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Y’all weren’t kidding about how weak we are in the back. Playing a high quality team makes it obvious.

Still in it, but it feels like we gotta find 2+ 2nd half goals and that seems very unlikely.

It finally happened. The bad back line has showed up.

 

[sigma_dawg]

I still think we can pull this off. Anything can happen.

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Our goalie and #2 Dest… it’s hard to fathom this is the best this country has to offer… maybe it is?

It’s not…(again) the best we have to offer are playing football & basketball.

 

[patdog]

It finally happened. The bad back line has showed up.

First good team we’ve played. Schedule until now has been cupcake city. The 4 teams we’ve played could put an all star team together & still lose to Belgium. Or any of the top 10-12 teams.

 

[patdog]

Reyna in for Dest. This is an offensive sub.

 

[sigma_dawg]

It’s crazy how #65 Cape Verde with a population equal to Jackson, MS played #1 Argentina as good or more competitively as we are playing this average European team. Got one more half to go.

 

[L4Dawg]

It’s crazy how #65 Cape Verde with a population equal to Jackson, MS played #1 Argentina as good or more competitively as we are playing this average European team. Got one more half to go.

Belgium is more than an average European team. They are ranked 9th in the world. Argentina isn’t #1 either. That would be France. Argentina is either 2nd or 3rd.