Soccer World Cup 2026 in Canada, USA, Mexico

[CrusaderFrank]

I was waiting for this red herring…

1. Replace the 4 yellow cards. Fine. Not 82% of your starting lineup.
2. If Pulisic can’t go 90 minutes he shouldn’t be active for the game.
3. I kept hearing how we had such great depth that the reserves could start.
4. Don’t wait until the 80th minute to bring in players who might be able to drag your ass out of the shit show YOU created.

Agree, but only in part

What real difference would beating Turkey 2-0 have made?

This way the glaring weaknesses and areas needed improvement are more exposed. Better in basically a friendly than in a knockout match

I just ******* knew Turkey was going to score at the end

 

[Anathema]

Agree, but only in part

What real difference would beating Turkey 2-0 have made?

This way the glaring weaknesses and areas needed improvement are more exposed. Better in basically a friendly than in a knockout match

I just ******* knew Turkey was going to score at the end

Yeah, I agree that it was obvious Türkiye was gonna find a way to win.

The problem is that you’ve now fiven Bosnia and every other team still on this tournament the blueprint to defeating this team. Though it’s not really tough to decipher. It’s the same as always… take offensive third possession away from the HS, attack their back line and wait for them to **** it up, which they inevitably will. The US does not have the ability to play low-possession, bunker-ball type defense. We never have. Combine that with average (at best) goalie play, and they’re screwed.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yeah, I agree that it was obvious Türkiye was gonna find a way to win.

The problem is that you’ve now fiven Bosnia and every other team still on this tournament the blueprint to defeating this team. Though it’s not really tough to decipher. It’s the same as always… take offensive third possession away from the HS, attack their back line and wait for them to **** it up, which they inevitably will. The US does not have the ability to play low-possession, bunker-ball type defense. We never have. Combine that with average (at best) goalie play, and they’re screwed.

The US needs to move the ball more like Japan and less like a slug convention in a pool of molasses

 

[Anathema]

The US needs to move the ball more like Japan and less like a slug convention in a pool of molasses

What they need to do is what they did in the first two games… the ball goes EORWARD, not backward. Move the ball quickly and move it FORWARD.

 

[MarathonMike]

From what I heard, the Turkey game literally meant nothing. Maybe losing will be a motivator in the playoffs.

 

[riseabovethis]

From what I heard, the Turkey game literally meant nothing. Maybe losing will be a motivator in the playoffs.

They were already eliminated because they changed the tie breaking rules. I'm sure the game means a lot now to the players because they won.

 

[MarathonMike]

They were already eliminated because they changed the tie breaking rules. I'm sure the game means a lot now to the players because they won.

It meant nothing to the USA team. I'm sure beating the USA meant everything to the Turkey team.

 

[Treeshepherd]

It meant nothing to the USA team. I'm sure beating the USA meant everything to the Turkey team.

yep, in a game that actually mattered the US wouldn't have lost to a country that's named after a deli meat

 

[22lcidw]

It is not like the United Stateshas a great history in men's soccer. Winning three games in this round would have been a great feather in the hat for the program. I hope they do not lose momentum. They were not steamrolling in the friendly games. Today, the world cup means a little less to me only because they looked good the first two games. Like they were really competitive. On the other hand, I would expect the final eight teams to be mostly the great teams playing each other and would watch some of that whether the United States was good or not.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

 

[Captain Caveman]

Are Americans interested?

Judging by what's happening, it seems to be cheering up their cities. I've heard that some Americans driving for hours and flying in to join in the celebrations. So the World Cup has been very beneficial and so far successful for the US.

 

[Anathema]

yep, in a game that actually mattered the US wouldn't have lost to a country that's named after a deli meat

It DID matter, and I’ll tell you why…

1. Momentum. The team has now lost all the momentum and energy it had built up in the first two games. The LOSS killed a lot of that, especially in the fan base. A draw might not have been so bad, but to lose, especially on the last tough of the ball on the game is like a massive kick in the balls.

2. It shows the world our reserves are not anywhere near as good as we had been saying they were.

3. Türkiye has just given the world the playbook to beat this team, regardless of the A or C squad is starting. It’s the same playbook that we’ve been vulnerable to for decades vut we’ve now shown it still works.

 

[odanny]

 

[Uriel80]

It is not like the United Stateshas a great history in men's soccer. Winning three games in this round would have been a great feather in the hat for the program. I hope they do not lose momentum. They were not steamrolling in the friendly games. Today, the world cup means a little less to me only because they looked good the first two games. Like they were really competitive. On the other hand, I would expect the final eight teams to be mostly the great teams playing each other and would watch some of that whether the United States was good or not.

They did great in group games and they should be able to beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32.

 

[Treeshepherd]

It DID matter, and I’ll tell you why…

1. Momentum. The team has now lost all the momentum and energy it had built up in the first two games. The LOSS killed a lot of that, especially in the fan base. A draw might not have been so bad, but to lose, especially on the last tough of the ball on the game is like a massive kick in the balls.

2. It shows the world our reserves are not anywhere near as good as we had been saying they were.

3. Türkiye has just given the world the playbook to beat this team, regardless of the A or C squad is starting. It’s the same playbook that we’ve been vulnerable to for decades vut we’ve now shown it still works.

like you said, USMNT mostly played backups.... 9 subs who subbed in against a submarine sandwich meat named country

 

[Anathema]

like you said, USMNT mostly played backups.... 9 subs who subbed in against a submarine sandwich meat named country

Yeah… and that lunch meat took our subs out back and sliced/diced it like a deli slicer. Imagine what a competent opponent is going to do to the United States team.

 

[Treeshepherd]

Yeah… and that lunch meat took our subs out back and sliced/diced it like a deli slicer. Imagine what a competent opponent is going to do to the United States team.

Pulisic got some cardio work in, a 58 minute turkey trot. The game served the same purpose as the bread warmer at Subway, preventing the guys from getting stale.

Not worried about beating Bosnia-Herz, a team of employees from a car rental branch in Yugoslavia

 

[odanny]

Pulisic got some cardio work in, a 58 minute turkey trot

I think they now spell it Turkiye.

 

[Treeshepherd]

I think they now spell it Turkiye.

they changed the spelling because turkeys are funny, a triggered reaction belying self-doubt which has only led to more jokes, exemplifying the Streisand effect

 

[22lcidw]

They did great in group games and they should be able to beat Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Round of 32.

To get to the Round of 16 would be good. To the Round of 8 outstanding. The way this World Cup was promoted, if they somehow won it all they would become as legendary as other great American champions in different sports.