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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
we dodged a motherfucking bullet
but
usa defense = sucks
usa attack = sí se puede
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Our defense is actually what saved us. It could have been better, but we won by having the best goal differential in goals allowed, not goals scored.. remember this was a group of death and we just shut down the best offense in FIFA to ONE SCORE?????
USA earned this yo. Its a fucking Group of Death and we competed well.
Beating Ghana sent them home, period.
Drawing against Portugal sent them home, period.
Keeping Germany to just one score sent us through, period.
This is BIG for USA futbol, and I dare say we can play well against Belgium if we just tighten up our mistakes. Against Portugal we just fell apart in the final minute of injury time. Against Ghana we were solid defensively but our offense got stagnant against a better defense. Against Germany the 1st half was about as good as USA is going to get defensively and we managed to have some great offense and control of possession, all credit due to Germany who rushed all our attacks thoroughly neutralizing them.
I don't think Belgium has the same level of defense as Ghana or Germany, so naive as it is, I like our chances to advance to the Quarters..
A lot of Americans will not understand the intricacies as to why this was a great World Cup showing, indeed, they may just think we sucked. They need to take it in the context of American sports..
This was the equivalent of an American sports team beating the 3 top teams in their league in the playoffs. THAT is huge. Its like the Phoenix Suns beating the Rockets and the Thunder and then only losing close to the Spurs.
Its like the Indianapolis Colts beating the New Orleans Saints, the 49ers, and losing close to the Denver Broncos... This was HUGE. I only hope Americans will understand that!!!!