I believe that we will advance! I believe that we will advance!
I am okay with a tie!
[quote=“capitalbill, post:180, topic:27433”]I believe that we will…[/quote]I believe that we will win!
I believe that we will advance
We did and we have a winnable game next round.
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I believe that Belgium will wither in the humidity!
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I believe
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I believe that Belgium will wither in the humidity![/quote]
Belgium has been invaded every 50 years since history began. They can handle little warm moisture in the air.
If you had told me that we would advance out of the group of death with Michael Bradley playing poorly and Jermaine Jones scored a long range goal, I’d have called you crazy.
Very impressed with the effort to this point. We can beat Belgium.
Don’t forget Altidore going down in the first 23 minutes and having really rough climate conditions the first match on top of the expected conditions of the 2nd match (the worst travel/climate combo of any team), that could’ve derailed things as well.
Very surprised, but I’m happy I was wrong about what would happen with the USA. Portugal’s first game against Germany really did them in (with injuries, suspensions, and goal difference). But the US team has looked pretty good too. I think the play of Fabian Johnson and Jermaine Jones has been key obviously, along with (gulp) Beckerman looking solid out there against better teams. Bradley falling apart has been surprising, I thought he was better now.
The one Concacaf team I thought had the easiest group and might advance (Honduras) looked overmatched the whole time, nice call SteauA. The other three teams all made it out of relatively tough groups, especially Costa Rica (in style) and USA. I wonder how many will win their first round game? Costa Rica should beat Greece, but that’s not stopped better teams losing to them in the past. Mexico has a really tough next game, I think they get beaten handily. The USA’s next is tough but winnable. I think Belgium wins, but it seems closer to 50:50 than I would’ve said prior to the tournament, given how the US has played. I want to see them win, but I’ll be satisfied with the USA performance in this cup even if not, they’ve done a lot better than I thought. Get past Belgium, and they’d get to play Argentina.
So if we make it to the Elite 8, we can tell Argentina not to cry for us. :))
Argentina is the best team in the tournament. But one step at a time.
Argentina is the best team in the tournament. But one step at a time.[/quote]
There are other players on that team?
Germany looks downright clinical. Possibly some weakness on wings, but not much.
Argentina is the best team in the tournament. But one step at a time.[/quote]
There are other players on that team?
Germany looks downright clinical. Possibly some weakness on wings, but not much.[/quote]
Yeah, Germany looked like a machine. Brazil is really fun to watch as well. Just goes to show that even that the US has come a long way, there is still a very long way to go to reach that level of play.
Argentina is the best team in the tournament. But one step at a time.[/quote]
There are other players on that team?
Germany looks downright clinical. Possibly some weakness on wings, but not much.[/quote]
Do they need other players?
Germany is among the favorites but it’s going to be hard to beat Brazil in Brazil.
What podcast was that??
OMG I cannot stand the guy who does play by play for all the Mexico games on ESPN. He is the John Madden of soccer. Dude says CHEECH A REETO as often as Madden says Brett Favre. If Cheechareeto cheechareetos with cheechareeto then cheechareeto will cheechareeto chili cheesecheeto.
Advocate, what was that podcast? I’m always in the lookout for a good soccer podcast to add to the list.
I’ve been listening to Men in Blazers. It’s a Grantland podcast