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cure
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The US had this game. Right after the half they played the best football i have seen in this tournament but that only lasted 15 minutes. What were they thinking in the end? They were so lackluster. They pushed forward with no sense of urgency. They gave the ball away a hell of alot. O'Brian stunk this game up and the USA did not play square to the ball. One guy would try to rush and go between midfielders with no support whatsoever.
Besides the handball which i don't understand what the ref was watching. Your facing the ref and it's part of the actual play and the ref doesn't see anything? Besides that call he had a great game. Took his time on calls went to his linesman on different occassions and was very fair. Reyna should have gooten a red card for sticking his spikes in the German Defender.
Besides the handball which i don't understand what the ref was watching. Your facing the ref and it's part of the actual play and the ref doesn't see anything? Besides that call he had a great game. Took his time on calls went to his linesman on different occassions and was very fair. Reyna should have gooten a red card for sticking his spikes in the German Defender.
Norman Bates
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Cure said:
I'm pleased, Cure, because we've always fallen apart against Germany in the past. Today, we got the better of them but not the result and that's ok, it happens.
I agree with you on O'Brien. He just never got himself in the flow of the game. In his defense, he must be exhausted. The German press labelled him "Mr. Everywhere" for his work rate in the first four games and it didn't look like he had anything left today.
Offensively, Germany looked pathetic. Are they capable of scoring during the run of play? I doubt it. Brad Friedel was credited with no saves today. That's amazing.
We did give the ball away some, but not nearly as much as we did against Korea or even Mexico. Bear in mind that Arena has tried to push the right buttons with his lineups but in doing so he's chosen players who have never played together before or at least very little. For example, Donovan tried to link with Lewis and Hejduk a number of times and the communication just wasn't there.
I think it was our best game of the tournament, and something we can build on for the future.
cure
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specter said:
Very true. They looked great and i must admit i've only watched 2 games of theirs, the Portugal one and this one. Donovan looked great today up front as well as most of the American defense. I think CONCACAF is really starting to show that they can match up with the best. I truly believe Canada will someday compete in the WC again. Most if not all of their players play in Europe with 1 playing in Brazil and they have a German coach who won the WC in 90 as an assistant to Beckenbauer.
Spain will kill Germany. Germany is way overrated.
Cure said:
If only Ireland had made it through.
Of all the teams in this WC, I enjoyed watching them the most.Go Canada and go CONCACAF! It would be great to see you Canucks start to build something. It's just so difficult without the infrastructure in place to take talented youngsters and turn them into competent professionals. We've got 13.8 million boys and girls playing soccer here and still there's a missing link between the professional clubs and the youth programs.
Y_lifter
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Outstanding game for the most part. Especially the first half minus the German goal.. ha ha
Lots of cards but not much fighting due to the respect each has for the other I guess.
I Watched the whole thing from the Juice Bar at the Gym after working out.
There were several other fans there but I had to ask them to change the channel to ESPN at 0730... ???
You can't Out Header a team that is much taller than you.
I thought I would fall out of my chair several times during those last 5 Minutes.
I think the Ref should have let a few of those tackles "Play On" instead of calling a foul
but most of the calls were fair.
At that level of play it can get rough some times....
Lots of cards but not much fighting due to the respect each has for the other I guess.
I Watched the whole thing from the Juice Bar at the Gym after working out.
There were several other fans there but I had to ask them to change the channel to ESPN at 0730... ???
You can't Out Header a team that is much taller than you.
I thought I would fall out of my chair several times during those last 5 Minutes.
I think the Ref should have let a few of those tackles "Play On" instead of calling a foul
but most of the calls were fair.
At that level of play it can get rough some times....
