Of all the sports I follow, the USMNT is the single most frustrating team to watch. And it's not even close.
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way.
Top of my head, I'd probably put Carr's teams as the most frustrating to watch.
At least Carr's teams didn't turn the ball over every time they got to midfield.
They wouldn't put up with, and be suckered by, all the acting that goes on.
Soccer is a cruel game...US deserved to win that one. At least take it to PKs.
Which match were you watching?
Rebounds are huge...just drill it at the goalie and see what happens. You don't know where the ball is going to bounce.
Stop trying for the perfect shot.
I think you are the one melting down, lol
If I was the next USMNT coach, I'd take the entire team down to a Brazil favela and make them play street soccer in a narrow alley with 40 players and 3 stray dogs for 24 hours a day 7 days a week nonstop until they learn how to KEEP POSSESSION OF THE GODDAMN FUCKING BALL!!
I agree that our fundamentals must improve. Zardes has too many bad touches, but he is young and athletic enought to make up for some of it. Some of the older players that make bad plays like Bradley need to go. I can see the next MNT with 3-5 different starters from tonights team, and all of them are young promising players. We just need to develop a mercurial player to be better on the world stage.
Our average first touch bounces off the players foot, onto his knee, up to his chest, and then ricochets off his chin.
Meanwhile we are playing opponents who's first touch sticks to their feet like glue, even at speed.
for glue
well i don't see how it's klinsmann's fault that soccer is so underdeveloped in america that they're coached like shit for years before they come to him, but then he chose to leave a country that puts serious resources into soccer, so i guess he can't complain
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to find out who won. Apparently no one scored and there were just a lot of people flailing around on the ground and the ball never got near the net. Exactly how I expected it to go. #SOCCER!!!
There's your anti-soccer post of the day. Since you didn't watch the game, you wouldn't have seen some of the great shots that rang the post, Dempsey with a ridiculous free kick that the goalie made an unbelieveable save. #MERICA! Football, smash heads, excitement!!
Every sport has stupid shit that goes along with it. Don't remember the last time I watched a football game where refs didn't F up 900 holding and pass intereference calls. Or an NBA game where the last 2 minutes takes 50. Or MLB, where half the people in attendance are sleeping.
Every sport has their problems.