Match Thread Netherlands 3 - 1 USA

[The Cockney Don]

Bluto & the Krew will be pleased.

[Zeus]

That no.19 that has has come in for the USA is one if the worst players I've ever seen.

Was the same the other night vs Iran. Shocking.

 

[Guest Grays Babylon 1875]

US and A is like watching Hibs.

Dominate the game but offer nada zilch nothing up front.

Should stick to being Mexican and drinking oil.

[Ke1t]

Ah well, World Cup's over.

Nae Germans, nae Yanks.

Up to one of the Third Worlders to win it.

[Ramandu]

11 minutes ago, Grays Babylon 1875 said:

US and A is like watching Hibs.

Dominate the game but offer nada zilch nothing up front.

Should stick to being Mexican and drinking oil.

Had more of the ball, but didn't dominate the game. There's a big difference. Dutch were comfortable throughout.

[Guest Grays Babylon 1875]

7 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Ah well, World Cup's over.

Nae Germans, nae Yanks.

Up to one of the Third Worlders to win it.

Wales are out. 

[Bluto10]

‘mon the argies

[Ke1t]

Alexei Lalas the only commentator speaking sense post match. 

Dutch exposed the US's limitations, which will happen in the last 16.

All the possession in the world doesnt put the fucking ball in the net.

On the positive side, the exposure to the WC will encourage more kids to play fitba rather than one of the shite minority sports like Handegg or softball.

Last 16's nothing to be ashamed of, though.

[The Cockney Don]

3 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

Alexei Lalas the only commentator speaking sense post match. 

Dutch exposed the US's limitations, which will happen in the last 16.

All the possession in the world doesnt put the fucking ball in the net.

On the positive side, the exposure to the WC will encourage more kids to play fitba rather than one of the shite minority sports like Handegg or softball.

Last 16's nothing to be ashamed of, though.

I thought a lot of the kids over there already play "soccer" these days ?

It's over here that they seem to play much less.

[The Cockney Don]

9 minutes ago, Bluto10 said:

‘mon the argies

[maryhilldon]

5 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

 

On the positive side, the exposure to the WC will encourage more kids to play fitba 

USA have played in 8 of the last 9 World Cups,  the yank kids have had plenty of exposure to WCs in the last 30 years. A lot more than Scottish kids anyway. You can lead a horse to water etc.

[Ten Caat]

Well in a country where "soccer" is a massive minority sport in comparison to Yank football and baseball, last 16 ( and this is the 6th time USA have reached the latter stages, including finishing 3rd at the very first one and the quarter finals in 2002)........it's a history that Scotland, where it's by far our biggest sport would love to have. 

[Bluto10]

7 minutes ago, The Cockney Don said:

harder to beat than the bruces but far more glamorous

[maryhilldon]

2 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

Well in a country where "soccer" is a massive minority sport in comparison to Yank football and baseball, last 16 ( and this is the 6th time USA have reached the latter stages, including finishing 3rd at the very first one and the quarter finals in 2002)........it's a history that Scotland, where it's by far our biggest sport would love to have. 

350m people in the US, where they have funding and facilities we can only dream of. And the standard of sides they need to beat to qualify is pretty shit compared to Europe. Hardly surprising they do better than us.

[Ten Caat]

6 minutes ago, maryhilldon said:

350m people in the US, where they have funding and facilities we can only dream of. And the standard of sides they need to beat to qualify is pretty shit compared to Europe. Hardly surprising they do better than us.

The standard of sides they face when they get there is the same as what we have faced when we've been there though. As I said, this was the 6th time they've made the latter stages. Something we have never managed. 

[super_al]

Glass ball in full view tonight. It’s how all the North American teams play.

[Ke1t]

1 hour ago, The Cockney Don said:

I thought a lot of the kids over there already play "soccer" these days ?

It's over here that they seem to play much less.

Tons of kids play fitba, but as they go into their teens or head to college they migrate to the more popular sports.

If you were a top athlete going to college you're more likely to get a scholarship, and a lucrative career, playing an easier sport like American Football or Baseball. So great players are lost to shit sports.

 

 

[aberdeen1970]

13 minutes ago, Ke1t said:

So great players are lost to shit sports.

 

 

Just like in Scotland except we lose players to darts and pool.