2022 USMNT Thread

[orangenauburn]

Scary defense

 

[Orangezoo]

There we go. Let's put them away and then start moving ahead.

 

[Alsacs]

Gotta give credit to Berhalter.
He did well last match and this lineup is up 2-0 now.
Jedi with awesome service arriola get finish.

 

[Orangezoo]

This is fun.

 

[Alsacs]

Ferreria 3-0.

We can rotate Pulisic off at halftime.
In case we need him for Costa Rica.
No need to risk injury for him.
Put Reyna in for Pulisic at Halftime.

 

[Orangezoo]

Ferreria 3-0.

We can rotate Pulisic off at halftime.
In case we need him for Costa Rica.
No need to risk injury for him.
Put Reyna in for Pulisic at Halftime.

Agreed.

 

[MSOrange]

Forgive my ignorance, but would this win clinch qualifying for the World Cup?

 

[Alsacs]

Forgive my ignorance, but would this win clinch qualifying for the World Cup?

No because Costa Rica won but it would be 99%.

If this score holds Costa Rica would have to beat the US 5-0 on Tuesday.

 

[Alsacs]

If the US scores one more Costa Rica would have to win 6-0.

Mexico needs to win one of their last 3 as well.

 

[Orangezoo]

Big thing with concacaf and this USMNT- once we have a big lead- refs start changing how they call the game. Already seeing Panama getting away with much more physical play while it's tight the other way.

 

[Orangezoo]

Positive jinx on my part. That was not a penalty I would have called.

 

[Alsacs]

Pulisic brace on PKs.
Keep on scoring.
Panama no class.
Send off the manager for the ball off the bench.

 

[Orangezoo]

Don't mind Pulisic getting scrappy. That punted ball umm.. that should be something.

 

[Orangezoo]

Let's hang 7 or 8 and make the CR game a good game to be aggressive knowing we have a buffer.

 

[crv1728]

Gotta give credit to Berhalter.
He did well last match and this lineup is up 2-0 now.
Jedi with awesome service arriola get finish.

Love that nickname!

 

[Orangezoo]

That was gorgeous work by both De la torre and Pulisic.

 

[Alsacs]

So barring losing 6-0 at Costa Rica we will qualify for the WC.

 

[Orangezoo]

So barring losing 6-0 at Costa Rica we will qualify for the WC.

Which means unless CR accepts their fate as 4th place, the game will be far more wide open than maybe any match we have played down there which would help us.

 

[upperdeck]

So what happens if this sport if a team just takes a forfeit. is it 1-0 or 12-0 or what?

not for nothing but if we lose 4-0 to CR and mex loses 1-0 Mex falls to 4th.

Imagine the drama if Mex is down 2-0 late and we decide to make a couple mistakes late..

Interesting that before this all started they said 24 pts was a lock.. now 25 isnt even a lock.

we get in with a win, a tie, or a lose by less than 5 to CR or lose by less than mex loses +6.

 

[Shrmdougluvr]

We got them to Brazil. Remember this …

 

[IthacaMatt]

Pulisic drills the PK.
Wow VAR got it right for once.
1-0 Yanks.

Steffen was terrible all night in goal. Horvath is out, right? i would still play whoever else he has on the bench. That was not confidence-boosting at all.

 

[IthacaMatt]

That was gorgeous work by both De la torre and Pulisic.

De la Torre was very good tonight, So was Reyna when he came on. He's taller and more physical than you realize. He's really filling out his body.

 

[upperdeck]

reyna in open space just flows with the ball..

 

[DeGrozz]

So what happens if this sport if a team just takes a forfeit. is it 1-0 or 12-0 or what?

not for nothing but if we lose 4-0 to CR and mex loses 1-0 Mex falls to 4th.

Imagine the drama if Mex is down 2-0 late and we decide to make a couple mistakes late..

Interesting that before this all started they said 24 pts was a lock.. now 25 isnt even a lock.

we get in with a win, a tie, or a lose by less than 5 to CR or lose by less than mex loses +6.

Forfeits in FIFA events are usually 3-0. That'd be pretty embarrassing though.

CR has a tough decision to make. Quite a few of their starters are 1 yellow away from a suspension. Do you play them in what is sure to be an emotional game? Or do you save them because yellow card suspensions carry over to the playoffs?

 

[upperdeck]

so yellow cards carry over to a playoff against a totally different set of teams?