snarling wolverine

October 10th, 2017 at 10:23 PM ^

Yeah.  This was their UEFA qualifying group: France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Belarus and Luxembourg.  Only the group winner is guaranteed a WC bid; the runner-up has to win a playoff next month.  The Dutch finished tied for second but lost on goal differential to Sweden.

Not very analogous to our situation.

 

uncle leo

October 10th, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^

About this program, is that the sideline announcer at halftime said they came out with a ho-hum attitude. 

That reflects directly on Gulati and Arena.

bacon1431

October 10th, 2017 at 9:59 PM ^

More embarrassing than missing every WC for 40 years. And being serious. The Hex is set up so that you need a colossal fuck up to miss the WC if you're one of the bigger nations in our region.

Gunga Galunga

October 10th, 2017 at 11:00 PM ^

Trump has just exposed all of the anti-American people (within the United States and outside of it) simply by being a patriotic president. Do you remember all of the foreign people dancing in the streets on 9/11? I sure do and that was long before Trump

bklein09

October 10th, 2017 at 10:29 PM ^

Yes because summer is such a hot time for sports, there just isn’t enough air in the room for baseball when the World Cup happens once every four years...



Give me a break dude. Do you want the US to skip the next Olympics too so you don’t have to suffer all the coverage?

denardogasm

October 10th, 2017 at 10:03 PM ^

Sports are dead to me now.  I'm gonna get a lot of work done this year.  This should've been the most talented US team in... ever?  Just didn't show up throughout the whole qualifying.  Didn't deserve it.

denardogasm

October 10th, 2017 at 10:15 PM ^

I feel the opposite about Altidore actually.  I always thought he was overrated until the last handful of games I've seen he's finally scored some goals and been active.  Dempsey has always produced at all levels including in high pressure situations and his farewell will hurt the most.

jbrandimore

October 10th, 2017 at 10:12 PM ^

I’m not a soccer fan, but this shit show would have embarrassed Vince McMahon. Honduras players laying on the ground most of the 2nd half. A couple stretcher sightings.

The game was obviously fake. No one should give a shit about the World Cup when supposedly important games are embarrassing shit shows.

denardogasm

October 10th, 2017 at 10:12 PM ^

I put both those goals on Howard shockingly.  He is one of the best players in US history and played like the biggest bum of all today.  The first goal he jumped about a full second too early when he probably could have taken two more steps back and batted that over the bar with barely a jump, and the second goal he froze up like a high school goalie staring down Ronaldo.  The second one was at least a fantastic shot but I expect Howard to make that save every time.  The first one I expect him to make every time and make it look easy.