UpNorth_Buckeye
Assistant Coach
At first I thought she was stupid, then I thought she was just trying to be funny, then I realized she wasn't and was even more stupid than I originally had thought.
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Buckeye513
Stable Genius
They haven't played well together (interesting comparison for me is France), they're still significantly more talented than the United States. Mertens and Hazard against Beasley and Johnson could be brutal.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
USA's chances of beating Belgium might be about 41.6%..........
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/...g-belgium-and-every-other-world-cup-opponent/
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
I knew there were no draws in the knockout stage; however, I wasn't sure how the ties are broken. In case you didn't know either....
If the score is tied at the end of regulation, the teams play 30 minutes of extra time. (The 30 minutes are guaranteed; there is no longer any “sudden death” or Golden Goal rule.) If the score is still tied, the game goes to a penalty shootout. (Some soccer statisticians consider games that go to penalties to be draws for record-keeping purposes — but the winner of the shootout advances all the same.)
Shootout:
*The team to take the first kick is decided by a coin toss and the referee chooses the goal at which the kicks are taken.
*All kicks are taken at one goal to ensure that both teams' kick-takers and goalkeepers face the same pitch irregularities (if any), wind and sun conditions, etc.
*Each kick is taken in the general manner of a penalty kick. Each kick is taken from the penalty mark, which is 12 yards out from the goalmouth, with the goal defended only by the opposing goalkeeper.
*Teams take turns to kick from the penalty mark in attempt to put the ball into the net, until each has taken five kicks. However, if one side has scored more successful kicks than the other could possibly reach with all of its remaining kicks, the shoot-out ends regardless of the number of kicks remaining.
*If at the end of these five rounds of kicks the teams have scored an equal number of successful kicks, sudden death rounds of one kick each are used until one side scores and the other does not.
If the score is tied at the end of regulation, the teams play 30 minutes of extra time. (The 30 minutes are guaranteed; there is no longer any “sudden death” or Golden Goal rule.) If the score is still tied, the game goes to a penalty shootout. (Some soccer statisticians consider games that go to penalties to be draws for record-keeping purposes — but the winner of the shootout advances all the same.)
Shootout:
*The team to take the first kick is decided by a coin toss and the referee chooses the goal at which the kicks are taken.
*All kicks are taken at one goal to ensure that both teams' kick-takers and goalkeepers face the same pitch irregularities (if any), wind and sun conditions, etc.
*Each kick is taken in the general manner of a penalty kick. Each kick is taken from the penalty mark, which is 12 yards out from the goalmouth, with the goal defended only by the opposing goalkeeper.
*Teams take turns to kick from the penalty mark in attempt to put the ball into the net, until each has taken five kicks. However, if one side has scored more successful kicks than the other could possibly reach with all of its remaining kicks, the shoot-out ends regardless of the number of kicks remaining.
*If at the end of these five rounds of kicks the teams have scored an equal number of successful kicks, sudden death rounds of one kick each are used until one side scores and the other does not.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
1.2% chance of winning it all.
Things with a lesser probability have happened before:
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I wasn't quite sure of what would happen if Ghana managed to go up 2-1. Thank god the announcers mentioned it about 100 times in the second half.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Poor poor poor tournament so far. I've still sat there and defended him. He was in the best form, receiving the highest praise from all the soccer community...and he's just not been there so far.
The US NEED him to play like the best player. He's certainly capable.
On the other hand, Jermaine Jones has been a f'n BOSS. Go figure.
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bigdog3300
The G.O.A.T.
Only 8 countries made last years round of 16 and this years, so quite the accomplishment by the US.
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OHSportsFan
Fan of Ohio Sports in Indy
Obviously the draw plays such a large role, and this sport can be a cruel game sometimes with 1 mistakes ruining 4 years of work- but I'm hopeful that getting out of the group stage can become the normal expectation moving forward in this country. Back to back World Cups is a start.
So happy to get through. Now it's anyone's guess.
(oh and I was in attendance for their only group win in 2014. BOOM!)
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