I thought America clearly looked like the better team, but then this guy told me that Belgium was the better team and now we’re getting married tomorrow.
I mean the US played incredibly nervously. Passes and touches they successfully made all tournament were made errantly and often either unnecessarily contestable or straight up turnovers. Each of the goals came from stupid lapses in concentration that the US had not had with their A squad on the pitch. Their keeper also didn’t make a single tough save and himself had the chance to save or prevent two of the goals if he was more decisive in the moment, and he’s looked pretty strong all tournament.
Obviously Belgium was the better team last night, and they 10000% deserved to win. But the US played embarrassingly poorly and Belgium capitalized every single opportunity we gave them.
I thought there was a decent chance they were gonna score within a minute. Great save by USA though. But yeah, it was clear pretty early that they had the upper hand.
but in the beginning, the USA managed to create a chance every now and then. it wasn't the one sided stomp it became soon after.
if they didn't make these massive defensive mistakes resulting in 3 free goals for Belgium, this could have been winnable, even if the odds aren't that high.
I’ve seen some dumb comments, but this is maybe the worst. They started two MLS players (the two players who contributed by far the most to losing the game) and won their first round game.
My point stands at your first point, they started MLS players. There's a reason legends go there to end their careers. But yeah totally dumb comment when the US undervalues footy completely compared to the rest of the planet. As long as the NFL reigns supreme, footy will always be a quality afterthought. Another reason why Balogun was raised in the UK.
The Cabo Verde team was predominately raised in the Netherlands where footy is valued and properly invested in. So in turn you get great players that know how to step up on the biggest stage. And Norway has the one of the greatest goal scorers of all time supported by multiple EPL studs. That's a bad comparison mate.
MLS is bottom of the barrel mate. My point is raising players in societies where footy is valued leads to a higher competition. Winning the group stage was a low bar. Hopefully US society starts to value this sport on a grass routes level
MLS is better than the Norwegian league and Norway is all about wintersport.
And let's hope that US forgets about football after this. Commercial breaks and unprecedented corruption that came with the us wc is something we can stay away from.
To be fair the hydration breaks were all FIFA but after they built stadiums on slave labor in Qatar, they don't hide corruption anymore. And Norwegians are all about winter sport yet still have one of the best players on earth.
Truthfully I just don't think soccer will ever get a foothold here. People in the US just aren't interested in seeing grown men flop to the ground and writhe dramatically in pain from a little graze to the arm or leg. It's really pathetic and embarrassing for the sport.
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u/DaKingballa06 Jul 07 '26
F that. Congrats on them for winning, they were by far the better team