World Cup 2014

[Emcee77]

Pretty good half.

I've laid off the Bradley criticism thus far, but dude, get your shit together. That blown first touch at the D just before half ruined a good scoring chance. And it wasn't his first poor touch today.

 

[nlroma1o]

As a player i always hated how you can win a ball cleanly with a slide, but if your cleats are showing just a bit it can go the other way. Bradley won that ball cleanly, yet now he is one tackle away from a yellow card now.

Its extremely hard to consciously go into a tackle at full speed and keep your spikes perfectly down. It's pretty much impossible.

 

[Cackalacky]

Yep... been frustrating to watch... it negates our teams greatest offensive strength...

smdh ....lol

 

[ACamp1900]

First touches have been a real problem.. in fairness though it's been a problem for Germany too... rain and all.

 

[ACamp1900]

smdh ....lol

ha... what did I say?

 

[MNIrishman]

Portugal up 1-0 on Ghana. HUGE.

Could you please explain why this matters? I'm a bit confused on the system.

 

[gkIrish]

Drunk

 

[Cackalacky]

ha... what did I say?

Omar... our greatest offensive strength... Now that I think about it, you most likely meant that set pieces are out greatest strength in general. My bad.

 

[Emcee77]

Sounds like Portugal is dominating. Great news.

Nightmarish World Cup for the Ghanaian defender Boye. Own goal today.

 

[ACamp1900]

Omar... our greatest offensive strength... Now that I think about it, you most likely meant that set pieces are out greatest strength in general. My bad.

No. I meant Omar...............

 

[Emcee77]

Drunk

Trying to pretend I'm being productive at my desk.

You win.

 

[nlroma1o]

I've loved watching him in this World Cup. Physical, hard-working, but skilled and experienced. This guy's played Champions League football in his career. A guy like that is invaluable for us.

IMO Jones has been the best player on the US since he joined the squad. There's a reason why he's played top grade in Europe his whole career.

Also, it would be amazing if Jones scored for the US today, because he used to play for the German U21 team growing up and then they never moved him up to the 1st Team, so Im sure hes a little sour about that.

 

[notredomer23]

IMO Jones has been the best player on the US since he joined the squad. There's a reason why he's played top grade in Europe his whole career.

Agreed. The only two players that can lay some stake in the "MVP" category for the US besides Jones so far are Besler and Dempsey. If Fabian can score a goal this half or get an assist he definitely firmly asserts himself in there also.

 

[Jason Pham]

There's an economics articles about collusion in sumo wrestling that ties happen all the time when one wrestler will advance and the other needs a win. Wouldn't be surprised at all.

Freakonomics?

 

[Emcee77]

As a player i always hated how you can win a ball cleanly with a slide, but if your cleats are showing just a bit it can go the other way. Bradley won that ball cleanly, yet now he is one tackle away from a yellow card now.

Its extremely hard to consciously go into a tackle at full speed and keep your spikes perfectly down. It's pretty much impossible.

Agreed. That was a perfectly timed tackle by Bradley. Seems almost unfair to call a foul.

But if it was our guy at risk of being spiked, we'd likely have a different perspective.

Could you please explain why this matters? I'm a bit confused on the system.

We have 4 points. Portugal and Ghana have 1. If either wins, and we lose, we will be tied with the winner, so the team that advances is the team with the better goal differential. Portugal's goal differential coming in is -4. Ours is +1. We could lose 2-0, and Portugal could win 2-0, and we would still advance. But Ghana's goal differential is -1. If they win 2-0, and we lose even 1-0, we are going home.

 

[notredomer23]

 

[nlroma1o]

Will Ferrell Crashes #FanHQ in Recife - YouTube

 

[Emcee77]

Klose coming on. Fuck.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Ghana and Germany both scored, all it takes is one more score from Ghana to put them ahead.

 

[johnnycando]

Yup Ghana scores again, and Germany one more, see ya later USA.

 

[ACamp1900]

Ghana and Germany both scored, all it takes is one more score from Ghana to put them ahead.

Is this confirmed?? I thought they needed a two goal win with us losing by one??

 

[irishfan]

So we're 1 Ghana goal away from not advancing. Great.

 

[irishfan]

http://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wo...-worldcup-matrix-groupg-bonus.png?w=610&h=802

This is full score scenarios for the two games. Helpful for those (like me) who aren't quite soccer experts.

 

[zelezo vlk]

Nah the second tiebreaker is number of goals scored, so Ghana would win that one.

 

[ACamp1900]

Everything I read leading up had us advancing with one goal win by Ghana and one gaol loss by us????

 

[zelezo vlk]

Everything I read leading up had us advancing with one goal win by Ghana and one gaol loss by us????

Nope. You can consult the matrix that irishfan just posted above too. I don't understand too much but I keep reading and hearing that.

 

[IrishLax]

So we're 1 Ghana goal away from not advancing. Great.

It's so classic. Ghana is our Michigan.

 

[blueNDgold44]

RONALDO!!

 

[Johannes]

Portugal with the goal!

 

[Rack Em]

Portugal 2-1

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!