Gambling odds were pretty even before the game started. I expected Belgium to win, but thought it was going to be a much closer game.
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Pretty poor effort. Guess I don’t need to watch soccer for another four years now. So there’s a silver lining.
It was very doable. Belgium’s big stars coming to the end of their national team careers. But when you get a **** the bed performance, that’s what it looks like against these European teams. That’s about as good as it will get for USMNT world cups.
Soccer isn't for everyone, and that's cool. I stopped playing once I got to high school because I liked other stuff more. I think people just need to be more realistic about how good USA will be in soccer compared to the rest of the world.
Since we are looking for bright sides. At least now us folks that actually enjoy soccer can finish watching the rest of the WC without the ignorant pricks!
Soccer is boring to those that don’t understand the strategy behind what’s going on. Hockey is the same way. If you don’t understand the movement and what teams are trying to do, then it looks very boring.
To me, baseball is the sport I find most boring to watch. But I never really got into the strategy in defensive shifts and blah blah blah. But I’m sure that a fan that gets into the strategy of how a pitcher breaks down each at bat enjoys the game more.
Never played soccer. Figured I would have better use of my time instead of running 4 miles only to leave the field on a 0-0 tie. Super.
It’s more boring than baseball? I love baseball, but I can’t watch a game anymore. I can easily watch a soccer match.
Guy whose sport is turning left says other sport boring.
Every other country is inclusive with soccer. US is exclusive. Look at how other countries run their youth programs. That’s the issue. Greed has made soccer unattainable for a vast majority of the country.
Baseball looked at their sport and realized one of the killers was the dead time between pitches so more action would happen. Every pitch has a chance for some big action. Baseball figured out how to keep the attention span of the audience. Soccer needs to find something like that if they want to keep the average viewer watching.
The thing that gets me is that it doesn’t take a lot to figure out what’s going on in soccer. It’s an easier game to understand than football. Do we really need the dopamine hit of frequent scoring in order to enjoy a sport?
It’s the most watched game in the world, by far. America is an absolute drop in the bucket when it comes to soccer viewership.
Greed has made all sports unattainable for the vast majority of the country. Soccer isn’t exclusive to that.
Glad to see the Belgians pulled it out handily, missed the game because of work
Tough night, but there is no denying the progress US soccer is making. One result doesn’t change that.
I can confidently say there are more USMNT players right now that belong on this level than ever before and the great news is many of them are going to be around for another WC cycle probably. Freeman, Richards, Tillman, Balogun, Pulisic, McKennie, Adams, etc. That core is going to be around for a while still. There are plenty of young studs out there too and on the way. Trajectory is still up and to the right for this country.
And good news, we’ll see more big time soccer in the states. Copa America is likely going to have the US in it and hosting in 2028 and pretty great chance the US will host the 2038 WC. We’re not going anywhere on the global scene.
Next big question is Pochettino. Will he resign for another WC cycle? Seems like he wants to go back to managing a big club. If he doesn’t want to continue, throw the biggest bag imaginable at Pep and give him four years to work his magic.
I can confidently say there are more USMNT players right now that belong on this level than ever before and the great news is many of them are going to be around for another WC cycle probably. Freeman, Richards, Tillman, Balogun, Pulisic, McKennie, Adams, etc. That core is going to be around for a while still. There are plenty of young studs out there too and on the way. Trajectory is still up and to the right for this country.
And good news, we’ll see more big time soccer in the states. Copa America is likely going to have the US in it and hosting in 2028 and pretty great chance the US will host the 2038 WC. We’re not going anywhere on the global scene.
Next big question is Pochettino. Will he resign for another WC cycle? Seems like he wants to go back to managing a big club. If he doesn’t want to continue, throw the biggest bag imaginable at Pep and give him four years to work his magic.
