Huge game tonight at Azteca in Mexico City. I expect the filthy el tri to try to manhandle Pulicic tonight and play dirty as usual. Flopping, flipping, floundering all over the field. The fans will undoubtedly be acting like dumpster trash and shouting their puto chant like the mouthbreathers they are. I'm also expecting a loss unfortunately. A tie/result would be unreal. Mexico has been playing really really well.
This is a fucking joke.
Getting out of hand.
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To knock yedlin to the ground when yedlin had possession.
The fix is in folks.
From the obvious red card to this. And here we are. Not unexpected. Soccer being crooked again.
The elbows were brutal. That play with yedlin is part of the game. You will seldom see that foul called at any level.
He was gaining possession of the ball and got shouldered causing a mistake. It's a foul anywhere in the world except Mexico.
Neither had possession yet. Really nothing compared to the elbows.
Yellow on Yedlin. I have no problem with that, but there is nothing on Mexico. Not even one yellow.
This is a fucking joke.
That was pathetic given the rest of the half
The real story of course is the referring. Mexico should have had at least one red, and a few other yellow cards.
Bradley and Acosta are doing great work alternating pressing the Mexican defenders when they're in possession. It's making a difference.
This should be a dangerous team a year from now.
I really don't even think this is close to our strongest lineup
BUT Man these concacaf games are an eye sore.
Agreed. We're packed in so much on defense, that when we do get the ball, we have no one forward. It looks like another game, where we'll have to score on a set piece to win.
We have to be one of the least flopping teams in the world and honestly it feels like we're punished for it somehow.
It's really not as bad as the complaints here. We are getting fouls called and getting away with some. Yes there has been more for Mexico but it is not costing us the game.
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is that we rarely embellish, so a foul on us is usually as egregious as it appears.
We have to be one of the least flopping teams in the world and honestly it feels like we're punished for it somehow.
Yup. Absolutely. The Japanese are similar.
Reffing not refund
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Referee does nothing. Typical Mexico game in concacaf. Pathetic
It's really not as bad as the complaints here. We are getting fouls called and getting away with some. Yes there has been more for Mexico but it is not costing us the game.
Not costing the game yet. But that's not really the point.
The point is that the referring is an epidemic when it comes to Mexico. It's completely absurd at this point.
It's time for the subs to come in and inject some energy for the last 20 mins
There was our chance.
And the Yanks get a well deserved result in El Dumpsterfire Stadium.
No more Guzan though please.
Cameron was great in the second half.
Contrast that to the kind of shitshow JK ran. No plan, players out of position, no strategy to come up with points against a better opponent on the road.
Considering the pack it in strategy it was a good showing for the defense. One quibble, Ariola is good moving forward, but is not a good defensive pairing with Yedlin and the two could not control their side of the field. Mexico was able to move the ball wide at will and missed on several crosses from that point.
Beasley is purely stopgap and would have preferred Johnson over there, but I assume that Arena wanted a veteran on the field to help the younger kids. Not as bothered by Guzan as others. Really want Pulisic and Nagbe to continue to play together. Like the effort of Woods as well. With time this group will develop chemistry up top.
Guzan seems like one of those guys who is adequate, but never really carries the team. I've seen epic performances from Howard and good performances from Guzan, and in the World Cup, absent a dominant team, you'll need at least one epic performance.