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Right, I agree. Even before today, I thought this England team was not great because it just doesn't have the right mix of midfielders--but it has to be said that they had a 100% record in qualifying. Iceland was pretty strong in qualifying too, but when you have a team that is 10 for 10 in...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS IS LIKE WATCHING ENGLAND BEAT THE USA AT NFL FOOTBALL <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ENG?src=hash">#ENG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISL?src=hash">#ISL</a></p>— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) <a...

They desperately need some creativity in midfield. There is a lot of quality on this England team but the squad is just too vanilla.

Lol. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The worst defeat in our history. England beaten by a country with more volcanoes than professional footballers. Well played Iceland.</p>— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) <a...

Amazing result for Iceland. I am inspired to watch this now: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was no fluke... Watch Rog's documentary of how Iceland bred this magnificent team that believe in miracles <a...

I think Brazil deserves what it got with Diego Costa though. The national team basically ignored him for years, and then as the 2014 World Cup approached they panicked because they didn't have a striker. I don't blame Diego Costa for saying it was too little love too late. This is the only...

Right, I've read that. They don't have the same affection in Argentina that they have for other stars who came up through the Argentine clubs; Messi went to Spain at too young an age and they don't think of him as fully Argentine in his home country. Under those circumstances, I can see the...

Agreed, Zardes, whom I've criticized a lot in this tournament, was a bright spot. He has the athleticism to hold his own against anyone. The morning after: Boiling down the USMNT loss to Argentina – ProSoccerTalk The above article pretty much describes how I feel about it. Zusi was ok I...

Wow, that was so bad. I'm honestly not sure that anything we could have done would have changed the W/L result against a team that strong, but I gotta figure we could have been better than that. Beckerman was totally overwhelmed in midfield. I thought he was the real goat, although Bradley...

Amazing result. El Tri looked so good so far in this tourney! So now U.S. has to play FIFA's #1 ranked team, featuring the best player in the best player in the world, while we are down two starters. Let's just not allow seven goals, huh?

Love that move. Bournemouth is an exciting team that works hard and goes for it every time out, with a great team-first ethos. I just hope they hold on to that manager.

Awesome. Can't wait to hear what quote-machine Zlatan has to say. Btw, it just occurs to me that under the old format, there would have been no Zlatan and no Cristiano in this tourney, right? Whose butthurt, egocentric post-game quotes would we have to criticize? ;)

Everything Soccer I want to see Nagbe and Pulisic come into the side so bad. It's taking a risk on talent over experience but it would be fascinating to watch. If we play Argentina, we really have nothing to lose by giving the unproven guys a chance. I mean they are arguably the best team...

Everything Soccer Agreed, Zardes was criminally wasteful in the first half. Glad it didn't hurt us. Also agree with Hollywood that Wood was a little fortunate. Navas or any reasonably athletic goalie absolutely would have saved that. Still, I LOVED the composure. Like Holden said...

Tough to keep up this enthusiasm after such a boring day yesterday. Brazil was a snooze-fest last night. Let's hope Mexico/Uruguay is better today.

Sucks. It's like if Muhammad Ali defected to the Soviet Union.

Your prediction is on track so far ... My expectations for the USMNT were always low and are lower now, but it doesn't dampen my enthusiasm for the tournament, just as a soccer fan. Excited to see a how a Neymar-less Brazil copes tonight.

I agree, I don't know if I see the galactic-superstar potential in Martial that his rating seems to suggest and that other people seem to see. He's a promising talent and he had a good season for a moribund attacking team this year, but valuing him at £86 million, between Harry Kane and Luis...

Who's pumped for tonight?? I cannot wait.

Yeah I think this is right. So much of valuing a player is based on the player's age. No way Raheem Sterling is worth more than at least a dozen of the players rated below him in terms of his present worth, but he's 21, which gives him another 5 or so years many of those guys, such as Reus...