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^^No way USA gets a seed for the next WC sadly....
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Originally Posted by nesto0o0o
Originally Posted by elevenairs
again with the elitist soccer nonsense on this board..."real soccer fans?" to think that if one follows the USNT they could never fully appreciate the beautiful game....no one ever said the US was better than Spain, no one ever said they destroyed anyone...its just whenever somebody has something good to say about the USNT, its some people that always have to come in downplay what happened..the United States just beat a team that hadnt lost in 35 matches...maybe the US doesnt even get a result if they played 10 more against them, but thats not what we're talking about...they for one game, went out and executed their strategy to perfection...yeah they were outplayed for most of the match, Spain was always going to have the greater possession...thats the case for 95% of teams they're going to play, even against teams much better than the US...so they outshot us 29 to 9, at the end of the day there's only one statistic that matters, and the US came out on top...it was not pretty, it was not a particularly a great brand of soccer but it was beautiful all the while...i could care less if their perfomance doesn't please soccer purists, i will take the heart and passion they played with anyday, regardless of the outcomeOriginally Posted by PersiaFly
No, that's exactly what people are saying. Did you even read the posts above you before you posted, with people saying the US was the better team and outplayed Spain? The hate for USNT is more about the fans. No one talks about USNT on here, and then when they upset a team once every 3 years all the fans come out and talk about how the USNT destroyed the other team and whatnot. That's where the hate comes from. If USNT fans didn't get carried away real soccer fans wouldn't have to put them in their place.
well said...
Originally Posted by SIRIUS LEE HANDSOME
The best team did NOT win. Two teams - Spain & USA. USA is the best team? No, they were the better team in that game.Originally Posted by Dat Exclusive Cat
^ People are trying to take away credit from the US just because they have nothing to say. the best team won. They may be less talented but they played
together especially the defense.
And better not by much since both goals were kind of a fluke anyway (Casillas was lazy on the first and the Spanish defense slept on the second). They were opportunist goals rather than skillful goals or superior coaching. It's not about being salty as some of you NTers say or about taking anything away from the USA. That's just the honest truth.
USA won, but I don't know how this win, from one day to the next, is supposed to eclipse the long history of underachievement by the team or give everyone some kind of high hopes for the coming World Cup, especially given the first two losses from the USA in this tournament.
Good stuff.Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
So before people discredit the U.S. win or this tourny, they should stop and think before they make any ludicrous comments. If guys like Torres, Villa, Kaka did not want to show up and play in this tourny, I'd understand this criticism. However every team has sent their absolute best squads and they're in it to win.
These same moron critics are the ones who probably did not even watch the match yesterday. Spain played with 100% effort and they did not dog it for one single second. It's not like the U.S. beat a "heartless" Spanish squad.
Also, I think its unrealistic for the U.S. media to say things like "The U.S. must go deep in the World Cup in order to get credit". The U.S. is not at the point where they are WC contenders. Keep expectations realistic, U.S. fans should be happy if they make it out of their group next summer and maybe win 1 knockout match. To expect a semi-finals appearance is setting one up for disappointment.