Was wondering about one of these threads. I watched USA-Mex 02 WC recently and it was fun. Was thinking about USA-GER 02, USA-SPN cnfd cup 09, USA-ALG ‘10 WC, USA-Col 94. I’m sure there’s many more.
watched some Prime video that was literally just every goal from the '14 WC the other night, actually knowing who most of the players were now compared to the handful of names I recognized at the time made it pretty cool
well, I have decided to watch the 2006 version of this tonight, because what else are you gonna do on a beautiful Friday night? 2006 is the first WC that I followed, wonder how much of this will actually ring a bell
fwiw I've often wondered why I have absolutely zero recollection of the USMNT in this tournament, but now I wonder no more actually was pretty sure of the reason but now I've got confirmation here
Those Czechs went hard. Consolation prize. We were the only team to get a point off the Italians iirc.
IIRC we were like the #10 nation in FIFA ranking. Italy was like 4 and Czech was like 15. Concacaf was so shitty I think Mexico was #5 in the world. After the 02 hype I was so psyched.... then the Czechs dry fucked us....god damn
something else I realized is that I probably should've questioned my friend more, who got me to start watching with him, over his Brazil "fandom" despite being an American citizen born in England
In every World Cup the “group of death” will feature one of the 2 decent CONCACAF teams. Why it always ends up featuring us and not Mexico? You got me.
2014 for example. WC champs, Alemania. Ronaldo and Nani’s Portugal. Our nemesis Ghana. Then plucky USA. Luckily we anchored our backline with Besler and unleashed the USMNT WC assist king Zusi on the opposition.
Guys. 2010. We get a point vs the Brits and calamity Green. Then, the kick heard round the world (we weren’t aggressive till Benny subbed on). Then brilliant brained Bob sat Benny in the knockout round. Guess what? We didn’t create Shit for chances. Surely Bob knew what was up.
Only through the first half, but Alves absolutely ate Ronaldo’s lunch, Abidal just toying with Di Maria, and Coentrao is hilariously bad.
The only team to get a point yeah but France technically drew with them in the finals, and Germany drew with them after 90 and lost in extra time.