Group C last games (Wed 10 am, ESPN/2) USA vs Algeria

[Bucklion]

I'm not sure there's really a player out there that's had a bad game.

Demerit and Boca are good on D. 'Dolo is solid as a rock. Bornstein, is...uh, not being Bornstein.
Dempsey and Lando are involved. Bradley is all over the place. Edu started out strong, but a little fading now.
Jozy F'd up, but has looked strong. Herc is involved and dangerous.

Gomez strikes me as the guy that might be able to make some shit happen...they've got 45' to do it or they go home.

 

[Bucklion]

Well, halftime...no goals allowed, which is good, but one needs to go in the net.

 

[DaBears]

USA 0 Algeria 0 at halftime. USA should have about four goals. The disallowed goal, Dempsey saved shot, Altidore/Donovan open net missed chance, and a saved shot on Gomez. US clearly have been the best team in the first half. I think I would give a finger for a US goal and a win right now ...

 

[OHSportsFan]

they've got 45' to do it or they go home.

That's the scary thing. All this talk going into the Cup and this team is '45 running minutes away from it possibly being over.

Time for some of that United States of America "grit."

1-0 win gets them in. Just get it done.

 

[jlb1705]

The US need to score at least three goals and hope one of them is allowed to stand.

 

[OHSportsFan]

That call looks worse and worse with every replay.

:(

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Soccer is going to take a serious blow here in America if we end up not getting through because of two horse shit disallowed goals.

 

[Bucklion]

Time for Buddle to get in and snatch a late winner.

 

[Tonyank]

Shit. Offsides. Right call.

Both teams getting chances. Wish Herc would've finished that. :(

No. wrong call.

 

[Bucklion]

"ESPN Stats and Info: The United States has never won at the World Cup when tied at the half. 0-2-3 all-time."

 

[Bucklion]

"[Comment From Ben]
ESPN Stats...peeing on Corn Flakes since 1979."

 

[AKAK]

Wow... another disallowed.

Actually, last week's halftime talk was probably about gettng their heads out of their asses, this should be about composure...

+1 on Buddle and Bornstein, whoever made those comments...

Just need to get one in, need not be pretty.

I'd say with all the peppering, we're doing... we'll probably get a good rebound as long as we keep attacking like this.

2 goals in the second half, I think.

Back to the match.

 

[BigWoof31]

Soccer is going to take a serious blow here in America if we end up not getting through because of two horse [censored] disallowed goals.

And rightly so. The biased human element borders on figure skating incompetence.

 

[BuckTwenty]

I thought he was half a step offside, myself. Not playing advantage on that foul to Dempsey when Jozy got the ball, ESPECIALLY since he didn't issue a card, was BS. That was an obvious play-on and that stopped a scoring chance for us.

We gotta be more patient on the attack. The way we're playing, it only seems like a matter of time.

Let's see if we can do what we did last game starting the half!

 

[OHSportsFan]

Benny (and hopefully his Jets) on for Herc...surprising, I'd go for Edu.

Dempsey up top.