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First and foremost, the ball and fouls were NOT falling for us. This was not the only reason we lost, but it happens sometimes…

With that said:

- We need to figure out GK first and foremost. Bring youngsters in that we KNOW are good with their feet, and start from there. That is clearly going to be critical to how we play moving forward, since our back line depth is abysmal.

- Antonee Robinson disappointed the frick out of me all tourney long, but especially last night. Refusal to pass to the inside between defenders, never tried 1-2s, constantly passing backwards, and horrific crosses. He adds pressure, but it isn’t QUALITY pressure.

- Thank you, Ream… but lawd hammercy, enjoy retirement/staff work.

- Freeman was mentally the toughest player we had out there. He had a howler of a “1st quarter”, but I felt like he grew into the role that the game demanded he take. His early mistakes defensively did not really repeat themselves until Richards shot the bed along with him, but the match was gone at that point.

Once he missed bringing down that ball from Adams, the team largely ignored the fact that he had retarded amounts of space out wide and didn’t use him ONCE after the last water break. Which leads me to the next point…

- Our supposed leaders didn’t just disappear, they were never there. There is a reason Ream was captain. Tyler’s body language, and his reaction to Freeman not bringing down that ball in the box, was fricking terrible for someone who everyone thought should be leading this team.

But he isn’t the only one. Pulisic, Dest, Robinson, Tillman (at times), and Adams ALL had fricking terrible body language the entire night. Not a single one of them stepped up and took control of the situation, yet all of them threw hands up, whined/bitched about calls and mistakes, and stopped chasing when they turned over the ball multiple times throughout the night.

I don’t know who the frick they thought they were, but they DEFINITELY aren’t the “leaders” that a “national team” should be represented by.

- Balogun did everything he could. He had ZERO help.

- Players that showed actual resilience and tried to do things / improved as the match went: Freeman (still a bad game for him), Richards, Balogun, Tillman, McKennie, Gio, Berhalter.

And speaking of Berhalter, I fricking love that kid’s attitude toward the game. He is the ONLY one who tried to be a spark plug to the crowd. That near-miss shot and whipping the crowd up down two goals… that was ACTUAL leadership.

This team didn’t quit… it’s supposed “leaders” did. And therein lies the next problem.

- Pulisic is turning into a cancer for this team. He has mentioned mental health struggles lately, but he definitely is soft as frick (which mental issues can definitely be the culprit of).

That’s no excuse, however, at the highest levels of sport. That soft attitude is something you can’t have around when you’re on a team when it is coming from an unquestioned “leader” of the team. It spreads to everyone because everyone is looking to him.

To be fair, I obviously don’t believe he actively wants to hurt the squad’s mentality.

All of that is without getting into tactics (which are hard to criticize because of how poor the performance and mental effort was).

Any non-emotional input on the above, or otherwise that haven’t been beat to death on this board?

Then why cry so incessantly about something you can’t control?

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All he had to do was say a simple Thank You for making the right decision.

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That was literally all his tweet said.

“Thank you FIFA for reversing a great injustice.”

You just WANT to be whiny and offended. Same for the soccer/sports/mass media.

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Trump asked FIFA to review the call

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Ok, and?

Inappropriate? Sure. Proof of corruption? Absolutely not.

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Trump can't not make himself the center of attention

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That’s a known quality of his, even before he was POTUS. Get the frick over it…

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You people equate morality with who and who is not allowed to be a citizen of the U.S.

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Now it is clear the you’re both a troll AND a mongoloid. :lol:

Haven’t even bothered reading my posts, just spewing stupid bullshite.

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To be clear, as of this moment, the RBFA has still not received any decision or any explanation from FIFA regarding this matter. It therefore has no alternative but to challenge the player's eligibility for the upcoming match.

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Oh, frick off with this, you thin-waffle eating mondo-twats. :lol:

“We didn’t appeal, but we’re appealing…”

I hope we score 10 fricking goals and Trump initiates a group video call with Infantino, JT Batson, and invites the RBFA president to the call only to show him his nuts while smoking cigars and singing the national anthem.

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I’ve never seen this more eloquently said! This is exactly what is happening!!

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I agree, but that doesn’t mean OP isn’t a knuckle-dragging retard when it comes to his race inspired, intentionally ignorant rant… The two are not mutually exclusive.

To USSF: PLAY NECK.

Pretty sure it was the match in Seattle before which we heard “STEDB”.

I’m conservative and MAGA as they come, but holy shite the post I am responding to now is repackaged KKK talk. :lol:

I said that I am cool with that individual decision half-jokingly, because he is a) an absolute star, b) CHOSE to represent America rather than England, and c) his response to the suspension he was given was an absolute world-class example in being a role model for not just kids, but every person worldwide.

“Win with your kind.” That is impressive on the scale of intellectual ineptidtude.

I don’t want birthright citizenship to be what it is, just to be clear… But in the spirit of clarity, frick you and your morally bankrupt attitude in the post this is in response to.

ETA: I am aware that this may have been a troll, but folks need to see through stupid shite like this.

If FIFA officials hadn’t broken their own protocols, this wouldn’t even be a discussion.

Maybe FIFA should openly state that… But who are we kidding? FIFA protects its own public image before that of the game itself.

Either way…

frick Belgium, and anyone else who has a problem with it. It’s hilarious that other nations are worried about this American team. :lol: :doublebird: :usa: