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  1. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    It's not difficult to envision a very stressful finish if you plot out some negative yet very possible results. Canada 25 (@ Costa Rica; Jamaica; @ Panama) USMNT 21 (@ Mexico; Panama; @ Costa Rica) Mexico 21 (USA; @ Honduras; El Salvador) Panama 17 (Honduras; @ USA; Canada) Costa Rica 16 (Canada; @ El Sal; USMNT) Matchday 12 Costa Rica 1 Canada 1 (This is arguably the most important non-USA game in the next cycle. CR really needs at least a point here.) Mexico 2 USA 1 (Most likely result IMO. Draw is a great result for USA) Panama 3 Honduras 0 (Most likely result IMO. Honduras is done) Standings after Matchday 12 Canada 26 Mexico 24 USA 21 Panama 20 Costa Rica 17 Matchday 13 Canada 3 Jamaica 1 (Most likely result IMO. Jamaica is done.) USA 1 Panama 1 (This is the most important game of the next cycle. A USA win clinches at least 4th.) Mexico 2 Honduras 1 (Most likely result IMO) Costa Rica 2 El Sal 1 (Most likely result IMO but it is at El Sal. Obviously a must win for CR) Standings after Matchday 13 Canada 29 (CLINCHED TOP 3) Mexico 27 (CLINCHED TOP 3) USA 22 Panama 21 Costa Rica 20 Matchday 14 Panama 1 Canada 0 (Canada will already be through while Panama while be at home potentially playing for WC qualification) Costa Rica 2 USA 1 (USA has never won here but we may need at least a draw) Mexico 4 El Sal 1 (Very likely entirely irrelevant) FINAL STANDINGS Mexico 30 Canada 29 Panama 24 Costa Rica 23 USA 22
  2. Lulz. I thought deadspin was dead but that is a throwback to classic deadspin. Self parody at its finest.
  3. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Well it's done now. It won't be an issue again since CONCACAF will get 6 bids going forward and qualifying will be a relatively meaningless formality in which every home game will be a pure cash grab by the USSF (i.e., Mexico vs. USMNT in Vegas).
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    USMNT 2022

    Canada can score goals which makes them a threat to get a result in every match. They will eventually get overrun by a real team given their obvious limitations in MF and defense, but there is no reason they can't advance to the knockout round if they get a manageable group. Davies and David are the best players in CONCACAF and Larin and Buchanan are legitimate attacking/scoring options. The USMNT has more talent across the board but the glaring lack of quality option at the 9 is a massive issue. As for the game, Zimmerman has earned the opportunity the start in the next qualifier, Acosta and DLT made big statements for both spots on the plane to Qatar and more PT, Weah is a locked-in starter at RW and Morris isn't the answer at LW (either as a starter or reserve).
  5. It is but the list is better than usual
  6. Ross is a supposedly a joke in the league and no one would trust his opinion on football matters.
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    USMNT 2022

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    USMNT 2022

    We got lucky with the weather in Columbus (30 and no wind had little if any impact) but Minneapolis is currently tracking for 0 degrees with 15 mph winds at kickoff.
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    USMNT 2022

    So awful
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    USMNT 2022

    Pure Gregg to start a 9 who is in the off-season
  11. alincoln

    USMNT 2022

    Canada is more than happy to cede possession and let us turn the ball over in the final third. We have no 9 and no one who can unlock a defense with a killer pass. Turner was a 1 out of 10. Awful distribution and weak effort on the goal. Really shit performance from him. We always suck in the first half which really speak to greggg’s inability to gameplan.
  12. And that whole Yale thing . . .
  13. Sean Payton was also a first time head coach now that I think about it. The NFL is such a grind that you kind of want a relatively fresh coach
  14. Exactly. Prior experience means nothing. I believe that Zac Taylor, Shanahan, McVay, LaFleur, Kingsbury, Harbaugh, McDermott, Reich, Vrabel and Tomlin are all in their first HC job.
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    USMNT 2022

    I didn't watch the game too closely because I got stuck working during the game but I came across some interesting stats after the game. Pulisic was 0-10 in duels during the 1st half. Almost unfathomably bad performance. 11 yanks podcast said that he was playing inside all game on top of Jesus who was playing as a false 9. As a result, there was no space which made things easier for El Sal's blocks of 4. The xG was basically 3-0 so the performance wasn't as bad as some commentators are making it out to be. Gregggg is clearly under pressure to play MLS guys. Morris and Zardes as the subs instead of DLT and Pepi is questionable at best. USSF was very lucky this game wasn't played 24 hours earlier when it was under 10 degrees and windy instead of the relatively balmy 30 and calm last night. The weather could be a negative factor for us in Minnesota.
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    USMNT 2022

    Good lineup and lllllettgett isn't on the bench. 32 and cloudy right now in Columbus which is the warmest it has been in a few days. It was 5 this morning at 830 so big improvement.
  17. Haha. My expectations are low but not that low
  18. Just a little bit of pressure on getting the Sauron casting right.
  19. And arguably the best pitcher and player since integration.
  20. Police in many (most?) large cities have intentionally reduced their presence in high crime areas since George Floyd to (1) reduce the opportunities for more cop killings and (2) increase crime and thereby hamper the defund the police movement. Their efforts have been extremely successful. Crime has increased rapidly in those areas and defund the police has become political suicide outside of one-party D locales.
  21. The Hall of juicers who weren’t assholes to the media
  22. HOF now meaningless
  23. I honestly don't know how they do it. We represent issuers on a few offerings a year and every time we close one I feel sorry for those Wall St associates who do nothing but those bond offerings over and over and over again while watching the partners walk home with $5 million a year.
  24. Tell that to the corporate bond associates representing lead underwriters on 30 offerings in 2021.
  25. Yup. The difference between 1800 and 2200 is massive and I can't even imagine the 2500+ that Wall Street associates are putting in these days.
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