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That's rich coming from the team that needed the softest penalty call I've ever seen, from VAR, to advance. Let the Belgian tears flow

HOLY frick WE ARE SO BACK

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That was shameful officiating.

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That's putting it lightly. The fact that Paraguay didnt get a single card is a travesty.

To go from the extremely unnecessary red for Balo from a ref that was involved in a match fixing investigation to that match in a matter of days really puts a bad stain on what has been a fairly good officiated WC so far. FIFA really needs to take a hard look at who they are trusting to officiate some of the most important games of the biggest sporting event in the world.

Before the WC, I felt that with the expanded field and extra knockout round that just making the Quarters would be a success for this team. Whether we got blown out or not.

However, after seeing how this team is capable of playing, and how the bracket has panned out, making the Semis is now my goal.

frick FIFA. We will keep this train going regardless of their bullshite. What I'd like to see is the American sports media to have a backbone along with some national pride and BLAST the image or video of Messi doing the same exact thing, but not receiving any kind of card. Show them that we see the hypocrisy clearly. Ohh, and ban the FIFA president from attending any more US games as long as we are still alive in the tourney.

I fricking love this team.

I have a feeling its going to come down to the last 15 minutes tonight, but we pull away late. Hell Bosnia may even score first. I want our starters to experience some adversity that they must overcome as a unit, and I'd rather that adversity happen tonight than vs. a Belgium or Senegal. I'm going 2-1 US with a Balo goal and a late Pulisic winner.

I'm hoping Belgium win. They haven't lived up to their hype so far and we owe them some knockout round justice. Senegal would give us a much bigger headache with their speed.

Your concern is noted.

How does the NFL survive when two teams that have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs have to face off? God forbid they play for pride, or at the very least exposure/name recognition in hopes of moving to a bigger club around the world.

As many others have said, its gotten very toned down this WC. Having to come off for a minute if you get "treatment" really has helped. All it really is currently is trying to sell a foul. You only have 1 ref and 2 linesman to keep tabs on 22 players, and if you're actually fouled you have to make sure the ref sees it and calls it. In the past, it was definitely much more of a time wasting/momentum killing act. It hasn't really been that bad this year.

Its really no different than an NBA player flailing his arms around looking for a foul when driving to the basket. Or an NFL player acting like they are having a stroke mid pass rush to make the refs call a holding penalty.

Not too many teams could handle the temperatures of SEC country in the summer. Nor could their fans. The feels like 108 temps can get dangerous. The Norwegians would sunburn in 3 minutes and melt by halftime

My only 2 gripes are the hydration breaks being way too long and then the late start time for the last game of the day. Everything else has been quite awesome.

I wish I had saved it, but saw one that made me laugh. Something along the lines of, "The USMNT suddenly became one of the most complete teams in international soccer once we turned the game into 4 quarters. You connect the dots."