Communication has been an issue today. Just talk guys.

We are in a great position, real risk is Ghana overplays everything and Portugal ends up getting a ton of easy goals to neutralize our significant tie-break advantage we have against them, imo.

Poor non-call followed by a poor call. Wow.

Poor non-call followed by a poor call. Wow.

Yeah, that was a bad call. Thank god for my huge Galaxy S4 screen for the streaming action.

Jesus. Two chances.

That Yedlin kid needs to play more. Wow.

Near post was all he needed to do and it's 1-1

Great defensive play by GER

Working out great. About 20 seconds till Portugal - Ghana ends.

At least we moved on!! Now to make sure I don't work on Tuesday...

Yedlin is just insanely fast. He's still raw but you have to like the potential there.

Probably will face Belgium which will be a very tough match up as well, should be good.

Bring it on Waffles

Probably will face Belgium which will be a very tough match up as well, should be good.

I believe that we will win!

So I know nothing about soccer, but on a scale of 1-10, how surprising is it that the US advanced? 1 being not at all, 10 being shocked beyond belief. A 6? 7?

So I know nothing about soccer, but on a scale of 1-10, how surprising is it that the US advanced? 1 being not at all, 10 being shocked beyond belief. A 6? 7?

 

I think it's like a 8 or a 9.

 

We had maybe a 35% chance of getting out of the group at the start.

So I know nothing about soccer, but on a scale of 1-10, how surprising is it that the US advanced? 1 being not at all, 10 being shocked beyond belief. A 6? 7?

 

I think alot of things worked in favor for the US to advanced but the surprising part would probably rate tops a 6. This team might not be an offensive jauggernaut but they position correctly on defense and play a very good counter game so the fact they beat the 2 teams they legit had a chance against is great.

 

Edit: sorry, tied Portugal but in reality could've won

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I think it's like a 8 or a 9.

 

We had maybe a 35% chance of getting out of the group at the start.

Meh, I'd say like a 4 or 5. Us and Portugal were very close for most likely to grab that 2nd spot out of this group.

Meh, I'd say like a 4 or 5. Us and Portugal were very close for most likely to grab that 2nd spot out of this group.

 

Portugal was very underwhelming as, IMO, expected and Ghana dissapointed as well but i believe it had alot to do with their numerous internal problems.

Meh, I'd say like a 4 or 5. Us and Portugal were very close for most likely to grab that 2nd spot out of this group.

 

A healthy Ronaldo would have made a huge difference. Fortunately for us, Ronaldo played pretty badly.

So I know nothing about soccer, but on a scale of 1-10, how surprising is it that the US advanced? 1 being not at all, 10 being shocked beyond belief. A 6? 7?

 

4 or 5.

I think a lot of people in this thread had the US moving on originally. So for them, it's not a huge surprise I guess.

 

I was not expecting us to win a game, honestly. I had two draws and a loss and that was my optimistic outlook.

 

And umm...Michael Bradley...that was a really bad game from him. The field conditions were bad, but everyone had to deal with it and not everyone was having the ball pop up on them like Bradley.

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Lol Mexican fans cheering for Germany. No jobs for you

Lol, you do know there are well off Mexicans that live in Mexico, right. Typical 'murrican comment, SMH.

 

 

Meh, I'd say like a 4 or 5. Us and Portugal were very close for most likely to grab that 2nd spot out of this group.

People are really underselling Ghana. Ghana played very well against Germany, outplayed us (albeit we suffered some tough injuries) and really were just a disaster this past game due to off the field issues. That is what made the bracket so tough, you had a total juggernaut in Germany and 3 other teams that were fully capable of advancing, so no real cookie. I think outside the world, some would have said the US was the worst team in the bracket, my personal belief has long been that all 3 teams were in a similar spot but when you consider we played without Altidore, our leading scorer over the past year +, this is a very good result and something most people wouldn't have expected. I think our % of advancing was down in the low 30%'s if I recall and I'd put this at a 7 or so.

 

First time in US history to advance out of group play 2 straight cups. Now lets beat Belgium!

I think a lot of people in this thread had the US moving on originally. So for them, it's not a huge surprise I guess.

 

I was not expecting us to win a game, honestly. I had two draws and a loss and that was my optimistic outlook.

 

And umm...Michael Bradley...that was a really bad game from him. The field conditions were bad, but everyone had to deal with it and not everyone was having the ball pop up on them like Bradley.

A lot of people that were homers. You have to look at the international view point, imo, or the betting view points, which tend to be much better indicators.