World Cup 2022

[mcanadiens]

Well hopefully the English don't take this result as badly as the Columbians did a few years ago. 

It is, after all, just a game. 

[boogielicious]

What a waste of time watching that snoozer. This is why soccer will never really take off in the US. I’ve played soccer and coached youth soccer for a dozen years. This was as boring as it gets. 

[Vinsk]

Pretty proud of USA after that game. Some expected offensive failures…but otherwise a good performance!😃

[Abu3baid]

Well that ends today with some great action.

USA - England 0 - 0 

Not many expected that one and it takes us to the last games of the group to decide who goes to next round.  Basically win and your in. (simplest math)

For US they need to win to get 5 points and in that case they are definitely in.  A Draw against Iran and they are out since that will give Iran 4 points and England would have 4 points to the US 3 points.

Whales would probably still be on the outside looking in unless they beat England by 4+ since the first tie breaker is goal differential and (ENG beat Iran by 4)

In any case this has set up a lot of drama in a few days time.

Below is current standings after today:

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Abu3baid
update standing

[Vinsk]

  On 11/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, boogielicious said:

What a waste of time watching that snoozer. This is why soccer will never really take off in the US.

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And yet baseball did. And that’s usually waaay longer episodes of boredom….😀

[Abu3baid]

  On 11/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, boogielicious said:

What a waste of time watching that snoozer. This is why soccer will never really take off in the US. I’ve played soccer and coached youth soccer for a dozen years. This was as boring as it gets. 

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  On 11/25/2022 at 9:01 PM, Vinsk said:

And yet baseball did. And that’s usually waaay longer episodes of boredom….😀

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Heck, try watching the Browns vs Chargers game or any other football games these days.. Baseball has been shelved by me a long time ago lol.

This game was exciting for me, action on both sides of the field and lots of chances.

[boogielicious]

  On 11/25/2022 at 9:01 PM, Vinsk said:

And yet baseball did. And that’s usually waaay longer episodes of boredom….😀

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This game was like a baseball game where both teams got two hits and never got past first base. At least in baseball they are trying to score. The last 20 minutes of this game the US was trying to run out the clock.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[GolfLug]

  On 11/25/2022 at 9:01 PM, Abu3baid said:

Well that ends today with some great action.

USA - England 0 - 0 

Not many expected that one and it takes us to the last games of the group to decide who goes to next round.  Basically win and your in. (simplest math)

For US they need to win to get 5 points and in that case they are definitely in.  A Draw against Iran and they are out since that will give Iran 4 points and England would have 4 points to the US 3 points.

Whales would probably still be on the outside looking in unless they beat England by 4+ since the first tie breaker is goal differential and (ENG beat Iran by 4)

In any case this has set up a lot of drama in a few days time.

Below is current standings after today:

 

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'Whales'? 

[JetFan1983]

0-0 not really what you want as far as overall entertainment goes, but we'll obviously take that against England. I was pretty nervous throughout but calmed down when I thought we kinda took over possession at one point. Pretty impressive I thought.

Big time grudge match incoming with Iran on Tuesday at 2pm EST (11/29). I'm already feeling the nerves!

[Sammydreep]

  On 11/25/2022 at 11:51 PM, GolfLug said:

'Whales'? 

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Blowhards ;-))

[Abu3baid]

  On 11/25/2022 at 11:51 PM, GolfLug said:

'Whales'? 

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my bad lol

[Abu3baid]

Some good games on deck today

Tunisia - Australia 0 - 1 

Wasn’t an exciting affair and the goal was an early one from a strange bounce but an amazing flick to find the side of the net.

 

KSA - Poland 

KSA looking to continue an underdog story 

Argentina - Mexico

Argentina looking to bounce back from their surprise loss

France - Denmark 

France just looking to keep looking like the top runner

Edited November 26, 2022 by Abu3baid

[dennyjones]

KSA missing a penalty and a rebound in front of the net doesn't sit well with fans!

 

[Vinsk]

  On 11/25/2022 at 9:49 PM, boogielicious said:

The last 20 minutes of this game the US was trying to run out the clock.

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It’s still possible for something to occur that changes everything…to me that’s the intensity. The game is always moving. Baseball is 3hrs with a combined action time of about 30min.

[Abu3baid]

  On 11/26/2022 at 2:30 PM, dennyjones said:

KSA missing a penalty and a rebound in front of the net doesn't sit well with fans!

 

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Ya that was bad.

Poland players are just bruisers and zkSA players weren’t as quick as the mexicans so they pretty much took a physical beat down.  The better team won today.

KSA - Poland 0 - 2

France - Denmark 0 - 0 at half.  Good game so far with lots of chances both sides, but I give the French the edge and think they will probably pull it off.

[GolfLug]

Maybe the Messi goal was the spark Argentina needed. I think they are going to legit compete now. 

[The Flush]

Nice goal by Pulisic to put US up 1-0. Hopefully he is not hurt too bad.

That disallowed offside US goal at the end of first half was CLOSE.

US 1 -0 Iran at the half.

Edited November 29, 2022 by The Flush

[Vinsk]

Soooooooo sweeeeeeet! What a great game. Some awful ball handling by USA and missed opportunities as usual….but we did it!!! And I’m so glad young Aaronson  got to play!