U.S. Men's National Soccer (Official Thread)

[AKAK]

i mean i expect bad D and everyone going after the ball in my men’s over 30 rec league (indoor and outdoors) but these guys are supposedly professionals or borderline...

You shouldn't expect that from 30+ yr olds

If they can't figure out the marking situation...

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

You shouldn't expect that from 30+ yr olds

If they can't figure out the marking situation...

lol this is 30 yr olds who havne’t played in 15 to 20+ years and everyone of them fancies themselves as the baddest man on the pitch...

 

[OHSportsFan]

Bah, that wasn’t much of a game from the US. Both teams were through anyway. On to the qualifying game Sunday.

And the Men’s team friendly tomorrow (Jamaica 1pm ET) and Sunday (N. Ireland 12pm).

fair warning those times from FS1 usually mean the pregame coverage (Lalas)

 

[Bestbuck36]

Sergino Dest is a badass. Wow!

 

[OHSportsFan]

A couple ballers in this program now. I can't believe we have a starting RB for Barcelona playing on the USMNT. Hopefully it keeps coming together under Berhalter.

 

[AKAK]

I haven't watched this yet but the highlights look neat.

Dest on the left and scoring is going to case some rumbling...

Oddly, the rest of the lineup was exactly what I thought it would be (which never happens and doesn't need to in a friendly, but its getting close to games that matter time...) obvious exceptions being Acosta for Adams and Musah for McKennie... other than the 9, I'm guessing with those 2 switches, I guess this is pretty close to what we might see in a game that matters if everyone is healthy/available (and the formation looks like this).

 

[AKAK]

Volume up

 

[OHSportsFan]

Olympics or bust for U23. Qualifying should absolutely be the expectation. FS1 now.

Senior team grabbed a 2-1 win over N. Ireland. Looked pretty good, not much stood out but showing how much depth they have. Good, rising players everywhere. Good problem to have.

 

[AKAK]

Yo, its one on 5, don't give up that territory. Jesus

 

[OHSportsFan]

Oh no

 

[AKAK]

Oh no

Kessler and Vines are worthless. But we didn't need me to point that out.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

New territory as the US team flounders against a team we're supposedly better than. Not sure I've ever seen us pull something like this in at least a couple of days.

 

[buckeyeintn]

No sense urgency from the US team. Maybe they're content to watch the Olympics on TV.

 

[OHSportsFan]

New territory as the US team flounders against a team we're supposedly better than. Not sure I've ever seen us pull something like this in at least a couple of days.

Just needing one win against a concacaf cupcake to qualify for a tournament. Nope, not having any PTSD.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Halftime text from US soccer friend.

“We look like shit”

Yeah that sums it up, man.