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ATLLonghorn

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  1. 1-0 at the half and Qatar has had a couple of scoring chances. Not overmatched by any means.
  2. Qatar concedes a handball three minutes and Paraguay scores. Not an ideal way to open your Copa America account (Fuck Qatar)
  3. Carli Lloyd is the first player to score in six consecutive world cup games. She's a total badass.
  4. FIFA has Cuba 175, Guyana 177 ELO has Cuba 128, Guyana 166 If the US doesn't beat Guyana by at least four goals Berhalter needs to go.
  5. The past two games have shown what this team is: incredibly resilient, thunderously talented on offense and extremely flawed on the mound. It's really fucking frustrating because I truly believe this lineup is good enough to win a World Series, but the pitching staff isn't. I still believe they could be ok with Keuchel and Soroka at the top of the rotation, but the bullpen is a disaster and they don't have a closer.
  6. Some relevant numbers ahead of the Colombia-Argentina game: Colombia 1 goal in last 8 matches vs Argentina Scoreless in last 5 matches vs Argentina 495 minute goalless streak vs Argentina
  7. Oh man, I miss really good pao de queijo. Had some at a hole in the wall coffee shop in Rio that was so good. Meanwhile, Peru and Venezuela just played a shitty 0-0 draw. As long as Venezuela's continues to play one striker and that one striker isn't Josef Martinez I'm good though.
  8. FWIW the goal that put the game away was a banger
  9. Ukraine just went up 3-1 in the final so a team the US outplayed and gagged against is about win the whole thing.
  10. Welp.
  11. I love this fuckin' team.
  12. I drank so much of that stuff in Rio haha
  13. Well it's time to move Fried back to the bullpen.
  14. I know WHY I'm not supposed to like all the South American teams, but I also don't give a fuck. My rundown of my experience with South Americans: Brazilians - they were super cool because I think they were worried about looking bad because of all the negative press. We were staying on Copacabana Beach so that was a touristy as it gets which 100 percent contributed to the niceness. Argentines - They really weren't around Rio until before the final, but they swarmed upon the city. They were fine. We were all kinda burned out on partying by the Final. Chileans - Super cool. They really had fun the entire time and seemed just happy to be there. The only time things got dicey at night was the night before the Chile-Spain game when fans from both teams got a little heated and the bar we hung out at every night shut down early. Colombians - weirdly don't remember hanging out with many, but I went to the Colombia-Uruguay game and they were LOUD af. Uruguayans - Don't remember hanging out with many either, but one of our freelancers was from Uruguay and man oh man do they have a chip on their shoulder. He seriously thought it was a FIFA conspiracy to suspend Suarez for BITING SOMEONE.
  15. I'm an extremely white guy from Georgia. I have no dog in the fight. I spent six weeks in Rio during the 2014 World Cup and really enjoyed all of the people from South America while I was there. I root for the CONMEBOL teams against the UEFA teams in the World Cup. Sorry ::shrugs::
  16. No hate. I love all the South American teams.
  17. If Brazil wins their group and Argentina finishes 2nd in theirs they would meet in the Semifinals in the same stadium where Germany beat Brazil 7-1 and now I want that to happen more than anything.
  18. That was after an England PK was saved, so yeah it was a pretty on brand moment. Argentina's keeper has been great, but England got the breakthrough and are just much better.
  19. Is the dress shirt, tie, vest combo required uniform for all England managers now?
  20. beIN was utterly horrible at broadcasting soccer.
  21. Thanks, I was too lazy to look up who had the Spanish language (and linear TV) rights.
  22. Here are the FIFA rankings at the time of the Gold Cup and the worst team they played in that tournament along with the results. I cannot emphasize enough how bad Guyana is. 2017 USA 35, Nicaragua 105 USA 3-0 win 2015 USA 27, Cuba 107 USA 6-0 win 2013 USA 22, Belize 130 USA 6-1 win
  23. Didn't see a thread so I thought I'd start one up because the tournament gets underway tomorrow night. It should be fun. Brazil is hosting so there will certainly be a lot of anxiety there for the first tournament on home soil since the 2014 World Cup. Assuming they win their group, their semifinal game would be in the same stadium Germany whipped them in. Messi is back for Argentina trying once again to win a trophy with the Argentine senior team. They lost the last two finals to Chile in PKs. Uruguay, Colombia and Chile look to play the spoilers to the two more publicized teams. Group A - Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru Group B - Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Qatar (LMAOOOOOOOOOO) Group C - Uruguay, Ecuador, Chile, Japan Brazil opens the tournament with Bolivia tomorrow night at 7:30. We get an Argentina-Colombia banger out of the gates on Saturday. The tournament is on ESPN+. Should be fun.
  24. So the USWNT is 1st in the FIFA rankings and Thailand is 34th. The USMNT is 24th which is completely laughable and Guayana is 175th in the FIFA rankings and shouldn't even be in the Gold Cup. I would put the US somewhere in the 70s right now between Honduras and Canada among CONCACAF teams so they're still probably 100 spots better than Guayana and I still wonder how many full games they'd have to play to score 13 goals against them.
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