hornyleprechaun

the us can't even get a shot on goal! wtf!

hornyleprechaun

this is by far the most boring game i've watched.. even the sweden game where no goals were scored was better..

hornyleprechaun

aight thats it.. us sucks.. lets go brazil!

fdl

wow. almost a repeat of the amazing second goal, only this one off the crossbar. what a shot

BstonBruin

doesnt look good at all...looks like they didnt change anything goin into the second half.

navyterp

Wasn't the US ranked #6 coming into this match? I bet Trinidad and Tobago could beat us, we look like a high school team that's never played together before. Czech is clearly just better.

RMATIC09

USA today was very upsetting. They better get their shit together, because today wasnt even soccer.

fdl

The czechs look really good. They put on a clinic and simply owned the US from start to finish.

dom

How big a role did Nedved play?

JimmyCarter

Team soccer vs a bunch of guys kicking the ball at each other hoping something good happens.

Depressing that I took a long lunch and will probably have to work late now, all for that

btsilver

garbage

navyterp

This game will do wonders for our goal differential.. Nedved was key, just making plays, setting up his teammates, and pretty much running the show, The Czechs were definitely poised, patient, and played together well. I'm even getting nervous about coming out of this group with a win... It's like France '98 all over again when we lost to Germany 3-0 to kick things off.

RaviNJCLs

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I caught the first half at lunch. I think the US had that one shot of the upright and that was it. The Czechs were dominant.

fdl

he was ok, but Rosicky was the star by far.

jlukja

Is it over? 3-nil?

JimmyCarter

How does Arena still have a job?
Everyone, players, coaches, etc. says he's a genius, but the U.S. always seems to just not show up for the big games. Is this a coaching issue or an on-field team leadership issue?

btsilver

well all we can hope is that ghana and italy tie

fdl

yes, just ended

dom

3? Thats a beating.

jlukja

my teams are 0-2 and haven't scored a goal.

<--- rooting for the USA and Poland

kurt_bradley

I'd say it's a little of both. The team definately looks like they have no organization. They never try to sculpt plays into developing. They're "patient" in that regard.

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

Hey, no making fun of Trinidad and Tobago.

<----Trini here.

USA was ranked 5th and Czech Republic 2nd going into the game.

geminisdc

Arena never stood up to yell or say something to the players , he was just sitting on the bench chilling .

btsilver

Hi, we are the US national soccer team, and we just laid an egg.

kurt_bradley

And I thought the Swedish performance was disappointing. I'm not the biggest supporter of the US team (I'm a huge England supporter) but damn that was terrible. I've watched a couple of their friendly matches and I wasn't getting my hopes too high, but damn.

fdl

I think we've established that Fifa rankings are complete nonsense.

furious1smitul

<--- Supports England too... They didn't play that well either though.

Purple Yam

USA team has no finese shots at all. All they do is lob the ball and hoping for miracle. This is like every freaking World Cup. How the hell the coach still have his job? Look like nobody wants the job in the first place.

They should have play Adu, and not some old men. Look at European players, they are freaking 21 years old, not 28 like the US.

kurt_bradley

Except when it comes to a few teams that they get right (ie: Brazil, Netherlands, Argentina, England). Other than that, the system is crap.

BstonBruin

Good point...I grew up playing soccer and still do in college, and I cant stand when a coach just sits there throughout a game. The one time he can sit back is if theres a big lead or your team is playing extremely well, both of which certainly not the case today.

fdl

Italy - Ghana. Here we go.

This Ghana team is REALLY black. Old school.

dom

Where can I find a scoreboard. TSN's is still displaying the last game.

peacefrog

So how many games can the US lose before theyre done


<---knows nothing about soccer, and even less about the world cup.

fdl

Its your basic 4 team round robin. Top 2 teams advance. Ties are broken by goal differentials. If the US lose the next game they are pretty much done.

Jonesi

http://www.sportsline.com/worldcup/scoreboard

dom

Thanks Jonsei, much better than TSN's.

jlukja

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/...h=06&year=2006

dom

fdl, whats happening? Who is playing better?

fdl

Italy has had some really good chances. Just couldnt quite finish.

fdl

Italy just drilled one off the cross bar, from inside the box.