2022 World Cup Thread

[Stout]

6-1 and they are adding 10 minutes of extra time. 14 minutes added at the end of the first half.

That's ridiculous -- they are doing it simply because they are afraid the games are going to be too short. In a 6-1 game, that feels especially cruel to the losers.

The 14 at the end of the 1st half were necessary as there was a ton of time wasted with the bad handling of the concussed player. The 10 minutes at the end of the game...cruel is spot on, even though Iran got a goal at the end.

Who'd have thunk that England would score 6 and Kane wouldn't be on the score sheet? So much for my parley lol

 

[Zeno]

Here we go.

Sargent starts for the US otherwise it is exactly what most people expected. Having Reyna and Aaronson running at people with tired legs late in a match could be huge.

 

[Lorenzo]

Not surprised Sargent gets the nod with his form at Norwich. But he needs to capitalize on this opportunity.

 

[Stout]

Here we go.

Sargent starts for the US otherwise it is exactly what most people expected. Having Reyna and Aaronson running at people with tired legs late in a match could be huge.

Sargent at striker JFC this isn't a good sign. If he's our best hope, we are doomed. I'd much rather have played with a false 9.

Ream? Eh, it is what it is.

 

[Chaplin]

Great build up -- 1-0

 

[Stout]

Great build up -- 1-0

Indeed! I'll gladly admit I was wrong on the Sargent call.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Berhalter hasn't done anything wrong so far. I am a bit surprised.

 

[Chaplin]

I'm surprised at just how dominant we've been. The possession % is unreal.

 

[Zeno]

I get SO nervous when the US plays in the WC, until we score.

The US is just clearly a better team, need to keep it up in the second half. Early sub for McKennie maybe (he appeared to have a knock) ? Reyna or Aaronson are both viable options there.

 

[Stout]

I'm surprised at just how dominant we've been. The possession % is unreal.

I expected that part of it. I didn't expect us to do much with it. Wales does well when they park the bus, absorb pressure, then snap at you on the counter. Problem is, they're at panic stations when they win the ball back. Well, it's a problem for them; it's great for us lol

 

[Luciano]

Weah looked like his father in that goal.

 

[Zeno]

Our corner kicks suck.

 

[Zeno]

Damn.

 

[Zeno]

US has clearly been outplayed in the second half.

 

[Chaplin]

Not surprised we couldn't keep it up in the 2nd half. What a disappointment.

 

[Chaplin]

Need to score at least 3 against Iran, and hopefully get a goal vs England. That should guarantee a tiebreaker to us vs Wales at the end of the group round.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

AAAARRRRRRGHHHHH

 

[Luciano]

What’s up with the extra time at this World Cup ?

 

[dreamcastrocks]

What’s up with the extra time at this World Cup ?

I LOVE IT!
So much time is wasted and the extra time should have been there for a long time.

 

[Chaplin]

What’s up with the extra time at this World Cup ?

Commentators on the first game said they wanted to extend the length of the games.

 

[Luciano]

USA Jersey is bad. Nike could not come up with something better ?

 

[cardpa]

Dumb tackle by Zimmerman on Bale as his back was toward the goal and was not an immediate danger to score and he should have just forced him to play back , instead he goes in for a horrible tackle. It's about time they started adding proper stoppage time minutes.

The ref was handing out yellows like candy on Halloween.

A good first 45 minutes and a typical second 45 minutes for the US.

A draw against England would be a miracle for the US. The US needs to fill the net against Iran who looked quite unorganized for most of their game. You can bet Wales is going to get at least 3 goals against Iran. I think the results of the England/Wales and England/US games will decide who comes out number two with goal differential being the deciding factor. I don't see England drawing with both Wales and the US.

The path for the US just got harder with the results today.

 

[Stout]

God, I hate Berhalter.

 

[Zeno]

The lack of second half adjustments was glaring. Wales made adjustments and we didn’t. The only sub I really question is Jordan Morris the others made sense but I probably would have subbed sooner.

Now we will be worrying about goal diff.

 

[Lorenzo]

I agree that the extra time is something the ref did get right, there was blatant time wasting by both sides. the soft yellow cards backfired on the ref when he was scared to pull them on real yellow's late. that's why you don't pull yellow's early like that and you talk with the players. Wales were working the ref the entire first half. overall I thought it was an exciting match. I think the USA initially played a lot better than expected only to sit back for too long in the second half when they should have been playing for a 2nd goal. that is what cost them IMO. now you have to somehow get a result against England which doesn't look likely right now. but I wouldn't count them out.