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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Your bias is you generally shit on the US team..
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see, that is wrong-- that's not my bias at all
i generally shit on the MLS and CONCACAF-- not the US team
yes, i dislike both
the MLS is an inferior league where european ex-stars come to die. absurd schedule, terrible ownership rules (prohibiting member-owned clubs). no lower divisions hence no relegation/promotion are incentives for mediocrity. i have little respect.
and i think the US team needs a better confederation to reach the next level-- play chile, uruguay, argentina, brazil on a regular basis. yes, brazil had a terrible world cup-- still, playing world cup qualifiers and copa américas vs them would be *fantastic.* wishing that for the US team is far, far from "shitting on the US team.
i also really disliked coach bradley's lack of imagination. arena was better, but he always brought along the same old players.
always 4-4-2 and always the same old players may be an "identity" in the familiar repetition of old faces and tactics, but it advances nothing and leads nowhere.
i'm glad klinsmann is out there scouting and recruiting and always testing new players and pushing for higher fitness and tactical and professional standards. he's building a good future for the US team and i support him. is that "shitting" o the US team? no fucking way.
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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Having atop tier defense is what always made US competitive like demonrail mentioned
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if i recall under bradley the US had the habit of always conceding the first goal. that's not "top tier" anything.
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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
. from 2011-2013 Gold Cup and WC Qualifiers the US was developing an identity on offense while always being able to fall back on its stout defense, especially when having fo clamp down in the box.. however during the WC and since this identity has disappeared and more t troublingly the defense has slipped significantly.. if its an experiment its failing
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that's under klinsmann-- but how can you compare our rivals in the gold cup vs. the world cup group of death??? i mean. it's not. even. we faced the world champions. we faced portugal. we faced our eternal nemesis ghana. then went against belgium which without having fully gelled had tremendous individual stars- courtois, kompany, hazard, de bruyne, lukaku, fellaini... they were favorites to win it all... and we held till overtime. jeezus. what's the gold cup-- honduras? for fucks sakes. does not compute. anyone can have "stout defense" vs. fucking honduras. it's a whole other fucking planet/universe/ dimension.
vs
no idea who any of these guys are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t8xwpW8gJQ