Buckeye06

Yamal wasn’t uncontrolled he knew what he was doing and it was clearly a foul in the box

Nothing undeserved about it. Just a smart play by Yamal

Have always felt this was the franchise with the longest staying power in the genre.

Can't stay awake forever, and he gets you when you sleep. Great story line with him being a child molester getting roasted and then coming back to haunt the teenage children of those who did it.

Only potential downside is it encouraged a ton of caffeine and drug use to keep awake

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lack of development of US Soccer

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The USA is fine at soccer. They just aren't elite and may never be so. They finish in the top 16 almost every WC they play in. The overall talent of the team is better than it has ever been.

However, relying on MLS goaltending and a 38 year old MLS central defender is not going to "net' you good results. Having better goaltending and Ream not playing (someone else more athletic) legit could have stopped 2 goals.

But it was clear top to bottom Belgium was far more talented. That's just how it is when a lot of their top athletes as boys want to play soccer and soccer is the 4th biggest sport in the states, and not even that depending on the part of the country. Wrestling/lacrosse/hockey/car racing/MMA/Golf/Tennis all are right in that same realm depending where you live

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Either he got lucky the first few games or he had a terrible game. I don’t remember him being this shitty in the pool games.

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The overall skill from the other teams played in the tournament were just far below Belgium. They didn't have the skill or creativity of Belgium. The forward who abused him last night was one of the best young talents 7ish years ago who kind of hasn't figured it out for whatever reason. Still far better than a 38 year old MLS player.

I think Dest needs to ride the line all second half

Dude has been terrible

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Has a USMNT game ever felt more of a litmus test than this one?

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My personal thoughts are the same thing were legit said before 2014 and 2022. "If" the USA can get over that game, they will be good at the sport.

This is legit the first time I think the US is good enough to be a top 10 teams. We outplayed Germany in the last friendly, and have looked pretty good thus far. Bosnia slowed the game down, but Belgium is a soccer "power" so they will want to show they are better. In 2014 and 2022 the US was a sizeable underdog and for good reason. I still think Belgium has more talent overall, but the US is close

JJ watt was a pizza boy

It should have been done Thursday morning not Sunday morning. Would have avoided a lot of this noise imo

Right no one here is mad about the end result but the entire process is terrible from the VAR team to the ref to FIFA this whole weekend

Has the ref been fired? Suspended? Has the VAR crew been removed from doing games?