USMNT - World Cup qualifying - The Hexagonal

shagcarpetjesus

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Zusi-Klejstan-Mix-Beckerman-Bedoya
Castillo-Orozco-Goodson-Evans
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Looks like a 4-5-1 or maybe a really flat 4-2-3-1 with Kljestan and Beckerman as the 2.
 
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CYphyllis

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I don't know if I've ever seen a finish like that. I've seen heart breakers, but my God, Panama has to be physically sick.

That is the equivalent of a double buzzer beater, by the same damn team.
 

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That was an absolutely crazy ending to the game. I was fully set on the consolation that at least Mexico was out and then we pulled out 2 in 2 minutes. just wow
 

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That was crazy. Can't believe what just happened. That's the sort of ending you want to see in a game that matters, not one that just gave Mexico a World Cup bid and absolutely obliterated Panama players' hopes and dreams.
 

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That was ridiculously ridiculous. I can't help feeling for Panama, though. Mexico has to be pumped, though. They get to play New Zealand now.
 

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So Mexico just needs to lose the playoff and then this will all be ok. Well, except for Panama, sorry bout that Panama.
 

shagcarpetjesus

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What happened to Panama tonight is like what happened to William Wallace at the end of Braveheart except imagine William Wallace has his tongue ripped out first so he can't even cry out "Freedom!" as he dies. And that title from the SB Nation article is awesome. De nada, Mexico.
 

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I had a friend talking about how he was hoping we would lose to screw over Mexico. I can't bring myself to cheer against any of my teams but when Panama scored to make it 2-1 I have to say I was surprisingly calm. When Zusi put it in all I could do was laugh. I mean, how ridiculous was all of that!? Nobody could have written a ****** as entertaining as tonight was. Just absolute insanity.
The US was playing a 3-5-2 at the end there! Where the hell did that come from?
And Chicharito's continued ability to crap the bed is hilarious.
I feel for the Panamaniacs but they don't deserve to go to Brazil and neither does Mexico.
I'm gonna have to go pick up a New Zealand jersey.
...This isn't the random thought's thread is it?
 

MrOtter

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So i just saw this video and I understand almost none of it but it is still pretty damn awesome:
[video=youtube;oz1XhaBT45I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz1XhaBT45I&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Oh and also, this is insane:
roger bennett@rogbennett48m
. @KyleBeckerman tells me Panamanian players were begging US to take it easy on the field. "I told them I got to play hard to get to Brazil"
 

CycloneWanderer

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Oh and also, this is insane:
roger bennett@rogbennett48m
. @KyleBeckerman tells me Panamanian players were begging US to take it easy on the field. "I told them I got to play hard to get to Brazil"

That tells me JK made the right call sending the vets home and letting the guys still fighting for a roster spot play most of the minutes. Win or lose, at least he put a team on the pitch that came to play.
 

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