To hell with this stupid game, it sucks, I hate it.
Death to Ghana!
Ok, no, not really. That was a good match and while I’m sorry to see the US knocked out I am kinda happy to see an African team advance to the quarter-finals. Well played to Ghana, you guys played clean and you played well. To the USMNT, you fought hard and you never gave up and I think that’s pretty cool. 2014 is just around the corner.
And, since this seems like as good an excuse as any, it’s time to get drunk!
The US’s strategy is to give away a goal in the first 5 minutes, then wait 45+ minutes, then equalize. It worked to perfection in regulation time. Then they foolish tried it in overtime, forgetting that overtime doesn’t last 45 minutes.
After all the talk about what a great keeper Howard is (which I’m sure is basically true), both goals looked like ones that could possibly have been stopped by him. Not easily, but they weren’t unstoppable rockets.
Still, nothing to be ashamed of for the US, and now I’m cheering for England and Holland.
32 is quite old but Zidane was 34 in 2006 so Donovan could still be around in 4 years.
Exactly - I wanted Ghana to win, but I didn’t want US to lose, what you gonna do?
Plus, as Stephen Colbert pointed out, he already needs hair plugs. heh.
… and suddenly you’re supporting Uruguay!
And across the nation, 10s of millions of Americans stopped giving any sort of a crap about soccer for the next 4 years.
At least now we can get back to following real sports. 
Speak for yourself. I’m going to try and follow the English Premier League.
Heh. “U - R - Gay”. Stupid country.
hehheh.
Sigh. I watched the whole game in an emergency room (everything’s fine) and I’m dejected. Germany is my main team, but I can’t help wishing the US could have made the quarterfinals again. Sigh.
I await your next screed attempting to rewrite the rules of football with bated breath. It is really quite charming to see someone converting such little knowledge into such strident opinions.
To the other US fans, especially Doors, well done. Enjoyed watching your games a lot, loads of drama. The agony and the ecstasy, as they say.
Keep on keeping on with the contentless replies. They never get old! You sure do soccer fans proud.
EDIT: Could you point out where in this thread I “attempted to rewrite the rules of football?” Thanks much, Johnny no-content ad-hominem attack.
Crap.
Ghana looked better than any of the teams in our group, and deserved the win. They played fairly and well, and have knocked us out of the Cup for the second time in a row. My message to Ghana is that you play football very well, and I hope all your goats die.
I’m rooting for England now. Maybe the prospect of a match against Germany will intrigue them enough to rouse them from their slumber.
I’ll also root for whichever side wins the Ghana-Uruguay match. The winner will get into the last four and be quite a challenge for whomever they meet.
So it’s one all in the Greenback v Dee grudge match
Not feeling too hopeful about England playing the Hun tomorrow, they’re not on form and never beat 'em. If England DO win tomorrow I’ll … be surprised.
Holy crap:
England has never beaten Germany? Ever? How many times have they played?
I might have to tune in just to check out the Ref of Death.
Well, they have, but not when it’s really important … since 1966 or something.
Actually things are pretty even:
Of course the really old matches don’t mean anything in relation to tonight’s game. The last 2 times they have played have been in friendlies, one won by England, one by Germany so honours even there. The last time they played each other in a match that counted (2002 World Cup Qualifier) England won 5-1. It is true that we tend to lose to Germany when it counts the most but matches between players who have now retired really have no bearing on modern games.
I don’t count myself among the legions of American soccer fans who despise Bob Bradley with every fiber of their beings, but I can’t let this game slide without a word or two.
How can you start Rico Clark in this game? He was terrible against England, has never been good for the US since… ever, and you bring him back in against Ghana? Stupid giveaway leads to the only Ghana goal in regulation, stupid yellow card two minutes later and we have to waste a substitution getting him the Hell out of there half an hour in. Stupid.
I know you wanted to partner Jozy with a speedster. I know you wish that had been Davies. But Davies isn’t here, and ROBBIE FINDLEY IS NOT CHARLIE DAVIES. Start Gomez. Start Buddle. Start Dempsey up top and let Feilhaber or Holden get on the field. There were a dozen better choices than starting a forward who doesn’t seem to understand that scoring goals is an important part of his job.
Bradley’s probably done. Hopefully they can finally convince Klinsmann to take the job.