Do or die games starting today, lfg

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NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

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to put out that offensive photo of the Iranian flag prior to the match or does it matter?

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
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...put the players (and Berhalter) in a tough spot. The press conference was ridiculous, asking Tyler Adams about US warships in the Persian Gulf and shit.

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fuck that gladiator rah-rah stuff, dude clearly wasn't right

with that said, fantastic run for the goal, taking matters into his own hands cos if you have to wait on Weah to make a difference you're in for a long night

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NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

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I'm a certified VaR-hater, but this particular system ain't bad

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he looks great

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acting like their lower leg got blown off with a shotgun.

then get up and get right back to business like nothing happened.

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Shaq Moore and Wright ain't it.

>Shaq Moore and Wright ain't it.

>Shaq Moore and Wright ain't it.

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and Haji was a like-for-like for Sargent.

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but he just seems reckless with the ball at times and too turnover prone to be your "survive the last 20 minutes" defensive sub (bad memories of that awful turnover-into-a-goal against Mexico two years ago)

>and Haji was a like-for-like for Sargent.

Wright looked comatose out there. you have been sitting down all game! not to mention that open shot he flubbed in the final minutes.

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wouldn't "expect" the US to win.

gonna be tougher if Pulisic can't play.

still gobsmacked Berhalter didn't take Pefok and Pepi on a team that needs striker help like it needs air to breathe.

youngest team in the tournament should be a legit contender in four years if their young core keeps progressing. gonna need a striker to step up tho.

>youngest team in the tournament should be a legit contender
>in four years if their young core keeps progressing. gonna
>need a striker to step up tho.
>
>
not sure where that striker is, but we've got a few years to figure it out.

I root for them, but they’re vulnerable

Put another way, if the Dutch play like England did, and the US can actually convert a clear chance or two....

De Jong has been great, but the other 2 have not been impressive in any game no matter who they've been

McKennie/Musah/Adams has looked wayyyyy better as a unit

Van Gaal is apparently not inclined to play Xavi Simons at all. As someone who roots for the Dutch thats been annoying. As an opposing fan im perfectly okay with it.

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but with my luck he'll get injured the minute I hit buy. Gonna wait until after the run ends, hopefully as late as possible

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NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

Might be a good transfer in January

Yeah, I know

insane that he'll only be 31 for 2034

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I’m not a huge fan of USMNT, but that is a Jersey worth buying.

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when his parents are from Ghana, and he mostly grew up in England and Italy.
Had he not went to Valencia, where the USMNT were able to reach out to him
through one of their assistant coaches, he would have committed to play
for England.

His mother gave birth to him in America while she was on vacation (lol)

Dude is English, Ghanaian, American and a New Yorker!

Now that’s a MF story

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Changing out 9 players is never a great idea, especially against a motivated team. Feels like we deserved the draw with how we dominated the end but whatever, we're neither as good as some saw us after two games, nor as bad as what today implies

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MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Which is a good luxury to have. On the other side of the coin, winning is a habit, and taking any opponent lightly could break the starters' rhythm.

Then again, Deschamps has earned the leeway to do that I suppose.

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And I thought that was the easy leg.

Yes, I'm a degenerate.

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i havent bet the WC yet but I ate good the last day of CL/EL

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what were the other legs?

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Moneyline +568

USA to win
England to win
France to win




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He's absolutely stonewalling 'em.

Won't matter, because attrition will win out and Argentina will break through. You'd think Poland would at least try to attack... they aren't quite in a bulletproof position if they lose.

>He's absolutely stonewalling 'em.
>
>Won't matter, because attrition will win out and Argentina
>will break through. You'd think Poland would at least try to
>attack... they aren't quite in a bulletproof position if they
>lose.

can’t believe I’m rooting for Mexico, but fuck Saudi

Finishing has been atrocious. Prolly need Raul to come on at some point

Argentina is the same paper tiger they've always been since Messi took the reigns

Poland has a bunch of players I really like but their play is atrocious

Fuck Mexico always

I guess I don't really have an opinion on SA but fuck them too

Emi in the back for Argentina, and Matty Cash as like the only player trying to create anything for Poland.

But then there's the amazing story of Herve Renard, tournament guru. But fuck that PIF.

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DOOOOOOSSSSS A UNO!!!

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Immensely.

>Immensely

to be honest, I feel bad for them

It was an exciting match, so many missed opportunities but so many duds before this match so they are who they are.

I was thinking I was going to feel bad if they're out due to yellow cards then boom SA scores and no need to fret that anymore lol

to play in Saudi Arabia for 3 years.

Got Damb!

And that’s probably pocket change to the Saudi Crown Prince.

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

I feel for him, but we’ve seen that before

A traffic cone could have converted some of those chances.

Like, damn, nothing to show for it.

Seemed like they were poised to win at least ONE big tournament.

>Like, damn, nothing to show for it.
>
>Seemed like they were poised to win at least ONE big
>tournament.

Would write the headline:

"Washed, Golden Showered"

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Belgium finished in third place in 2018 WC, and had an
outstanding performance in that WC. And Hazard who was hands
down the best player in that World Cup won the silver ball. They gave
the golden ball to Modric simply because Croatia made it to the finals.

Also during that WC they smashed Brazil and England.

They lost the semifinal game against France, who won the World Cup.
And if you watched that game, France played very very conservative…
more like parking. Belgium lost 1-0.

They came extremely close to winning it all, so they were far far from being a waste.
They simply came up short, but at the same time that golden generation produced
some of the greatest soccer players to ever play game.

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it does FEEL like a waste though but maybe that's normal when you have that much talent and don't win.

Sure, a bronze in a WC is not nothing. But Belgium was a top-5 team talent-wise, with world class players in their prime & steadfast continuity for the better part of a decade.

For comparison's sake, I'd venture that most everyone would say the Figo-era Portugal was a similarly-floppy generation... and they at least made the finals of a major tournament.

The best player on actual merit was Mbappe to anyone with eyes. And Modric certainly had a better tournament as well.

and rightfully won the golden boot.

But as far as best player goes, controlling and commanding the game
and making others better….hands down goes to Hazard, then Modric…in
my opinion.

Golden Ball is presented to the World Cup’s BEST PLAYER…and yes Modric won it,
but had Belgium made it to the final Hazard would have won it.

It wasn’t given to any player on the French team and they won the title…

Hazard and Modric were above all in that WC….which is why they went 1 and 2.

I’m taking anything away from Mbappe. He was tremendous for France….

But he might get the Golden Ball this World Cup.

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>Golden Ball is presented to the World Cup’s BEST
>PLAYER…and yes Modric won it,
>but had Belgium made it to the final Hazard would have won
>it.

I guess I just can't understand how highly rated Belgium was coming in to this thing. They are WASHED. I'm not sure how this outcome is interesting or surprising, apart from being the definitive nail in the coffin for the Hazard/Lukaku/KDB era. Their *actual* window closed in 2018, imo.

(All of which, as a Roma fan, is wonderful to see - when Radja Nainggolan was the best box-to-box midfielder in Serie A, Roberto Martinez left him at home because he smoked cigarettes sometimes. GOOOOOD)

Meanwhile, their opposition was literally in the final last time and still has arguably the best midfield, and midfielder, in the world (not to mention most of their best players are contemporaries of this would-be great Belgium side... and very much still in form).

Oh and Gvardiol is clearly something. Leipzig gonna get a lot for him.

>(All of which, as a Roma fan, is wonderful to see - when Radja
>Nainggolan was the best box-to-box midfielder in Serie A,
>Roberto Martinez left him at home because he smoked cigarettes
>sometimes. GOOOOOD)

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

watched one lick of any live WC games, only box scores and espn highlights.

As KDB stated, Belgium is just too old to be a competitive team, so that is pretty much
the end of Belgium’s golden generation. There will definitely be an overhaul with the
roster moving forward, and it will probably be quite some time before the country
produces another group of talented, prolific players.

Some will say they failed, or that they were overrated, and those individuals would
be entitled to their opinions. However, they illustrated and displayed some beautiful
soccer when they were in their primes , and they left us with some memorable
moments ( the last minute of the game vs Japan, and Hazard ripping up Brasíl).

You made your country proud, and put an elite face on Belgium soccer.

Respect is given.

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What a turnaround 2nd half has been

This group is crazy.

Insanity

Tough Croatia match next round, but stay alive is the name of the game

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that swing for Costa Rica was insane

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Ayew sets the table nicely with one of the weakest penalties I've ever seen (seriously, just take the fucking thing directly), then Uruguay promptly hits 'em with a two piece.

Yes, this is an attempted jinx.

>Ayew sets the table nicely with one of the weakest penalties
>I've ever seen (seriously, just take the fucking thing
>directly), then Uruguay promptly hits 'em with a two piece.
>
>Yes, this is an attempted jinx.

Also, not sure Wtf right side of Ghana defense is doing…

pick a corner and blast it

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This mf is hooping today

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Now he's bawling.

so he dropped a fuckin DIME

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>so he dropped a fuckin DIME

Im trying to figure out where he looked up to see the run.

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NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

Physically assaulting that ref at the end- bye hoes!

Is thrilled to avoid 🇺🇾

cohesive and responsible and max effort on the run

they also have a truly elite prime-age talent that Uruguay lacks

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