U.S. & International Soccer

McKennie is out 8 weeks which means he’s out for their final 3 qualifiers barring a miracle.

It should not be devastating enough to prevent them from getting through but I really want to see a win at Azteca and I do believe the higher the finish the better chance for a favorable WC pod.

Looks like Gio Reyna’s injury isn’t as serious as first believed. Missing him and McKennie for the final qualifiers would have been less than ideal.

Wtf… They are 6 in the current rankings

WOW, North Macedonia beats Italy. Italy misses out on their second straight World Cup.

World Cup 2018: Failed To Qualify

Euro 2020: Champions

World Cup 2022: Failed To Qualify

Did you see the shot chart from the match? They got one good attempt and buried it.

It’s like outshooting a team in hockey 45-5 and losing by a goal

They got FM’d :biggrin2:

Wow, Azteca looks empty

Do they still have penalties for the fans using slurs as chants?

Pulisic… That HAS to be a goal

Panama drew 1-1 at home against Honduras. This definitely improves our chances of clinching a spot in the World Cup.

Pefok….

Golden chance. On an absolute platter.

Draw, I’ll take it.

4 in a row unbeaten against Mexico for the first time in our history

Coming out of Azteca with a point? Damn right I’ll take it.

Oleee, Ooole, Ole, Oolee….

Sorry I thought I was in Mankato.

I read this from Grant Wahl today and thought… oh boy… this kind of feels familiar somehow…

The biggest surprise was that the notorious Estadio Azteca mystique had disappeared. The nighttime crowd, limited to 40,000 by Covid regulations and the threat of homophobic chant punishments, was strangely muted from the start. During the middle of play, a desperate stadium PA announcer repeatedly tried starting MAY-HEE-CO chants and The Wave, but almost nobody joined in. On the one occasion when El Tri fans began their trademark O-LÉ chant on every pass, Mexico comically lost possession on an unpressured misfire out of play.

At times, the 1,000 U.S. fans in an upper stadium corner drowned out the Mexico supporters, except when they were whistling and booing their own coach, Tata Martino.

You kind of felt embarrassed for the hosts.

A longtime fan writes: “I’ve been following the [USMNT] since 1994, I’ve been deep in BigSoccer forums for decades, and from everything I see, the fans are demonstrably less fun and more awful than they have ever been. Win or lose, it’s just generally much more unpleasant than in years past. Are these my fellow travelers now? Miserable, angry people who have absolutely zero sense of proportion or enjoyment?”…

I think the fan thing was partially due to the fact they were perilously close to getting kicked out of the WC qualifying if their fans went overboard. I could be wrong about that but I read something to that effect on another board.

https://twitter.com/GrantWahl/status/1507391381899255832

A draw in each of their last two matches gets the US into the Work Cup.

A draw today and a lose at Costa Rica would mean the US finishes 4th if Costa Rica wins today at El Savador. 4th place would be a intercontinental playoff match up for the World Cup.

Should be a fun match today hopefully ending in a US win!!!

Pulisic!! Cold as ice from the spot!

2-0!!!

Odds to qualifying have to be pretty good at this point right?

Odds to qualifying have to be pretty good at this point right?

If we win this game, if I’m looking at it right, the only way we would not automatically qualify for the WC would be if we lost by like 7+ goals to Costa Rica lol

So yes, a W tonight and it’s as close to clinched as it can be without being official

edit: nvm, I didn’t factor in that every Costa Rica goal in that game would add to their GD and take away from ours.

But still, if this result holds, we could lose by 4 to Costa Rica and still qualify

Wow, Pulisic, what a goal

Wow, Pulisic, what a goal

Inspired game by Pulisic. Hat trick, mixing it up with the other team, and a yellow card.

Angry Pulisic in full force today!

Does he have an assist? The Gordy Howe hat trick in hockey is a goal, an assist and a fight.

So would a Gordy Howe soccer hat trick be a goal, an assist and a yellow card? or do you need a red card rather than a yellow card?

USA has officially qualified for the World Cup.

Can’t wait for the draw tomorrow! :dance:

Hope Netherlands get Qatar

Can’t top Shakira for the WC song sorry

2022 World Cup draw: Live updates as groups are determined

https://www.thescore.com/ita_fed/news/2328348

This is the biggest pile of $h!t… 40 minutes so far and still NOTHING!

Maybe they are waiting for last minute bribes? :shock: :lol: :conf2:

I tuned in 40 minutes late and was annoyed with the fluff then.

Hope Netherlands get Qatar

hahahha YESSSSSSSSSS

B3 – Bingo!

Iran! Our group is shaping up nicely

Hope Netherlands get Qatar

hahahha YESSSSSSSSSS

Netherlands got the easiest pot 1 team, but also likely the toughest pot 3 team

I’ll take this tradeoff 10 times out of 10. Just would be nice not to get Peru as the 4th.

If we get Ghana again I’m going to flip a table

If we get Ghana again I’m going to flip a table

No table flip but you get 18th ranked Wales probably

So Group B:

England

USA

Iran

Wales/Scotland/Ukraine

Overall, that’s a group we should be able to get out of.

Ya that’s how you always check group of death.

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They haven’t learned! Here was 2010 lol

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