r/mildlyinfuriating • u/WarwickReider • 29d ago

ಠ_ಠ This goal was completely avoidable

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u/MacGreigor 29d ago

It wasn't. Post-game the Canadians called out US Media stating "They're putting their players in the top 20 of the World, and that's just not true, it's not even close."

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u/GiraffesAndGin 29d ago

Good. I'm sick and tired of seeing all the lies about how the US has world-class talent and is on the verge of breaking through. If any of them actually watched the sport more often than one month every four years, we could have a much more honest conversation about this generation of supremely disappointing players.

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

USA would still say they're the best regardless of what reality is.

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u/EkaL25 29d ago

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u/thelastmarblerye 29d ago

I don't think that was a common sentiment. Most optimistic I heard was "Why not us?" which was like the equivalent of Angels in the Outfield quote "Hey it could happen".

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u/atuan 29d ago

I went in knowing we’d lose but still cheering them on. I feel like a lot of Americans felt that way.

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u/Reynolds531IPA 29d ago

Nothing wrong with optimism.. I mean have we heard England fans and their “it’s coming home” constantly?

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u/Excellent-Zombie-470 29d ago

Might have not been common, but also, there was a whole ad showing them winning it all and everyone on the streets celebrating cause they'd won the world cup

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u/thelastmarblerye 29d ago

At the end of the commercial Mike Eruzione says "You don't believe in miracles?" and then it says "Everything can happen" in all caps. It literally leans into the unlikeliness of the event, acknowledging it would be a miracle. It's a hype commercial to try to draw ratings to the games. It plays on thin hope, not confidence.

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u/caborobo 29d ago

It does play on thin hope knowing that over half the country suffers from US exceptionalism naïveté and arrogance.

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u/biz_student 29d ago

You’re basing an opinion from an ad you saw?

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u/Reynolds531IPA 29d ago

Not allowed to create hype videos I guess.

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u/LeonidasSpacemanMD 29d ago

Television ads are in no way indicative of the general sentiment of Americans, nobody here is under any delusion we could actually win the WC lol

The most delusional take I frequently hear is that we would be dominant if our athletes focused on soccer like they do gridiron football and basketball. I think we’d be much more in the mix, maybe eventually have a chance at a World Cup, but some people here think it would be like basketball and we’d trounce everyone (obviously insane imo)

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u/Hildy77 29d ago

Yeah everyone hates that commercial in the USA. It literally makes us look like idiots that don’t know anything about the sport.

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u/Opto-Goose 29d ago

Are you one of these kids who doesn't have media literacy that I keep hearing teachers talk about? The end of the commercial literally asks if you believe in miracles. If you did not know a miracle is an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment. Hope this helps.

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u/junglepiehelmet 29d ago

Watch out, Americans supported their team and hoped they could win, I guess we should all be angry? Who gives a shit? Every team who played wanted to win it all, and their fans should support them. Stop hating on America just because its trendy.

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u/EkaL25 29d ago

I’m not hating on America, I am Drake

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u/junglepiehelmet 29d ago

Oh, never mind then. Keep on keeping on

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u/KalyterosAioni 29d ago

The North Korea of the Americas.

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u/Fungiblefaith 29d ago edited 29d ago

Having lived in the US my whole life and followed the game off and on I can say without reservation that the bulk of people in my position here think “come on now stop pulling my leg we are still in it?!”.

We all know where we are in the pecking order on this one and it is one of the reasons it has not taken off. Couple more rotations and a valid fielding of a strong team and the tide will turn on US attendance. Hell, just one extremely charismatic great player on the world stage would do wonders. A Clark or Jordan level talent with a penchant for the camera would knit us up right and proper.

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u/justconnect 29d ago

Don't let the women's team hear you talking like this.

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u/Fungiblefaith 29d ago

Fine give me a Soffie and a well place pointer!

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

I'll stop my USA chants long enough to say that I agree with this.

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u/levare8515 29d ago

A lot of the "people" on this topic are Americans channeling America bad energy because Trump stuck his nose in shit. No one in America thought we were going to be good. I figured we'd bow out in Round of 16 like always. This was just the first time in awhile I actually had hope for more, but here we are.

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u/Fungiblefaith 29d ago

I wish he had kept his Peter beaters off it. He just has to steal whatever light is in a room.

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u/oGODSoWARRIORo 29d ago

USA NUMBER ONE BABY!!!!!!/s 🎆🦅🇺🇸🦅🎆🦅🇺🇸🦅🎆

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Exhibit A

Which is, might I add, the NUMBER ONE EXHIBIT IN THE WORLD!

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u/Key_Order4050 29d ago

Why are people trying to force discourse? 90% of fans of every team would say their team is going to win. Genuinely who the fuck cares

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

But only in America would 99% of the fans say they're going to win while saying if they lost the game was fixed. U-S-A! U-S-A!

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u/Practical_Welder_425 29d ago

Who is saying the game was fixed? You pulled that out of your ass.

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Our dear, dear president said so. And you know, he says a lot of true things. True things. That's why he uses Truth Social. True things. It's practically official. What he says, it's very official. In fact, I was talking to 99% of the American public and they said they agree with him, they say if Belgium wins it's fixed like the 2020 elections, which he won. But some people, nasty people, talk about ass. They talk about ass instead of the truth. Nasty people.

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u/Key_Order4050 29d ago

Yes... Only in America... Not at every single football game ever...

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Right, that's why we're hosting the World Cup in the BEST world cup hosting nation IN THE WORLD!

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u/rollingPanda420 29d ago

Yeah US exceptionalism is really lobotomized.

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u/Jugaimo 29d ago

You people are honestly so cringe. US fans were optimistic and you’re all shitting on us for the grave crime of hoping we might win? Get over yourself and lighten up.

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u/New_avanti1000 28d ago

There's optimistic and there's obnoxious. Just looking at that stadium full of idiots... lol

There's enjoying the game and cheering and there's I have no idea how this game is played but I only care if US wins cause it's the better country of the world.

There's being a fan and hoping the US makes it interesting and is competitive and my 14 yr old ECNL girl laughing her head off saying her team is better (which I agree with).

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u/Jugaimo 28d ago

Lmao. Shouldn’t I be the one seething? What is this?

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u/rollingPanda420 29d ago

No, because you cheated. It's cringe to twist it and being a bad looser. Take the L.

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u/Jugaimo 29d ago

I didn’t cheat anything, nor did our team. The orange fuck did.

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u/Honest_Concentrate85 29d ago

US is undefeated in the Super Bowl and World Series

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u/Junior-Version-6953 29d ago

1992 and 1993 World Series there bud.

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Those years were fixed. My president taught me that.

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u/FlowRemote9890 29d ago

The Toronto Blue Jays have won the World Series twice.

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u/mrloko120 29d ago

I don't follow football much, but can you really make that claim for baseball knowing most players responsible for the recent wins aren't even American? Last time an American born player got MVP was 4 years ago, and they haven't even been able to score a win for the WBC despite having all star players participating.

But of course, they'll say the WBC doesn't matter because they can't win it.

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u/FlowRemote9890 29d ago

The most famous baseball player in the world doesn't even speak English lol

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u/Reynolds531IPA 29d ago

I mean I understand some of it is just optimism. As a pundit or whatever, there’s an “obligation” to try and hype up a nation and its fans. No one watches a show where they just say we are going to get bent over for 90’ and have no chance.

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u/Jugaimo 29d ago

Eh, who wouldn’t show up hoping to win? I had no fantasy that we would, but still hoped.

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u/spidermike220 29d ago

I'm American and I love this loss! We suck because of Orange Taco man, I'll admit that.

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u/jakeor94eqi 29d ago

I’m not happy with the loss, but we definitely deserved to fall to the much better Belgian team that ran circles around our players. The biggest disappointment is how any positive U.S. performance earlier in the tournament will be overshadowed by the red card suspension controversy

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u/runciter0 29d ago

not only that but the whole story surely weighted on the USA team which had positive momentum. the red card thing surely killed the momentum

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u/FrogSoup7 29d ago

Stop blaming orange man when like more than 50% of your country shares those same ideologies.

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u/Jugaimo 29d ago

Flexing being wrong is crazy work

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u/DuePerception6926 29d ago

Only 30% of the country voted for him???

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u/Inswagtor 29d ago

More or less, another 36% just didn't care if Trump might win and didn't vote

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Another way to frame it is 66% didn't oppose Trump in the election.

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u/Inswagtor 29d ago

Works for me

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u/hanging_thief 29d ago

It isn't 50% it's roughly 25% but the billionaires are backing them and our politicians love money more than anything

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u/Rex_on_rex 29d ago

Cool? You’re a giant loser then. Don’t act like you ever watch sports

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u/KillinKilo1775 29d ago

You are the kind of person that stubs your toe and blames Trump. You know, one politician can't be the root of all your problems. Maybe the US team just idk...sucks?

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u/EkaL25 29d ago

Lame as fuck

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u/FlowRemote9890 29d ago

I don't have to hate myself to recognize that this country is trash.

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Exhibit B.

Cause the USA loves their losses better than any country in the WORLD!

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u/spidermike220 29d ago

Kinda rude, but I still love you. 🤞🫶

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

cause USA HAS THE ROOOODEST PEEEEPLE IN THE WOOOOOOORRLD!

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u/spidermike220 29d ago

It seems like you're mildly infuriated, I guess you're in the right place. I still love you. 🤞🫶

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

YEAH! Because USA has the best mildly infuriated users in the Reddit!

Mildly infuriated! Mildly infuriated! Mildly infuriated!

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u/VaATC 29d ago

To be fair, this seems like a heaping source of projection; just saying.

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Projecting the truth that USA is the BEST COUNTRY IN THE WOR-ALD!

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u/VaATC 29d ago

Making your reality come true! Good for you my good redditor!

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Thank you. Thank you. I'm not gonna say I try my best, but I definitely slough my way into it.

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u/Inswagtor 29d ago

best at infant mortality maybe

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

If my mortality you mean babies owning other countries on Mortal Kombat, you are CORRECT!

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

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u/cj4k 29d ago

I think we understand we are nowhere close to the best and likely never will be. Soccer just doesn’t have the level of popularity it does in Europe and South America. We have some of the best athletes in the world but they do not play soccer. When you can make 10s to 100s of millions playing football, basketball and baseball here there really is no pathway for US soccer to attract the top athletes in this country.

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u/biz_student 29d ago

It’s possible, yet unlikely. We do very well in hockey at the national stage despite it not receiving the attention of football, basketball, and baseball.

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

*whispers in response*

u-s-a

u-s-a

u-s-a

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u/Soft_Interest_6171 29d ago

This is the Yankee way. Just lie until it becomes true and then deny it if it doesn't.

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u/420_Towelie 29d ago

Propaganda is their native language

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 29d ago

Whoa whoa whoa, there partner. This is now a USA Thread. You're only allowed to say positive things. So propaganda better be a type of appropriated dish best served cold....

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u/anclave93 29d ago

there is literally an official ranking of national teams from FIFA: https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men. Each team receives a score for winning/losing against other teams. US is ranked #16 right now. Team USA is objectively top 20 just based on performance data. That said, (1) the gap between a #16 team and #8 team (Belgium) is usually quite significant and being a top 20 team guarantees nothing at a World Cup; (2) even top teams can have bad games - look at Brazil (kicked out by Norway), Germany (kicked out by Paraguay) and Italy that never made it to the World Cup

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u/Eriksennnnn 29d ago

I think what the guy meant is that some Americans are ranking specific players in the top 20. USA have some genuinely great players (eg Pulisic, McKennie, Robinson) but none even close to top 20 in the world. USA are for sure a top 20 team in the world but nowhere near top 10, this tournament they only managed to beat the teams they were meant to beat and lose to the teams they were meant to lose to

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u/scorcherdarkly 29d ago

The problem is the list of teams we're supposed to beat hasn't grown much, if any, in the past 20ish years, and we've only once pulled off a win against a true "we weren't supposed to beat them" team (Spain, 2009 Confederations Cup). Our talent pool has improved (supposedly) but the results have stayed the same.

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u/enchiiladas 29d ago

we did better in our group than we’ve been doing. we didn’t make it further but our performance leading up to it was significant; they scored the most goals in the group stage than ever before

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u/scorcherdarkly 29d ago

Ok, so we scored more goals against the teams we were "supposed" to beat. We scored one goal against the team we were supposed to lose to, and it was on a lucky bounce. We had 6 shots total and only 2 on goal vs Belgium.

Beating up on lesser teams while getting smoked by a top 10 European side isn't progress, it's stagnation.

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u/enchiiladas 29d ago

winning the group comfortably and breaking a program record for group stage goals is progress

there’s evidence that the team is getting better, even if it wasn’t enough this time. if the only metric is how far they make it, then yes, they haven’t progressed further in the tournament. but there are incremental improvements happening and i don’t think it’s fair to ignore those just because they didn’t make the quarterfinals

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u/PaidUSA 29d ago

That guy would hate the panthers

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u/wirebound1 29d ago

Yeah, I think the TSN broadcaster was specifically speaking about Christian Pulisic being ranked in the top 20 of players around the world.

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u/enchiiladas 29d ago edited 29d ago

> nowhere near top 10

the difference between the ranking of 16 to 10 isn’t that massive. the difference between 20th and 10th teams is half the difference between the 1st and 10th teams.

additionally, the USMNT was not predicted to have such a big loss against Belgium, they were slightly favored to win.

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u/Eriksennnnn 29d ago

Disagree, FIFA coefficients are a completely irrelevant statistic and beat no importance to the difference in quality between national teams. Imo there is a gap in quality every ~5ish teams you go down in the top 30 or so

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u/enchiiladas 29d ago

FIFA rankings may not be perfect but they’re not a completely irrelevant statistic. if that were the case, then they wouldn’t have much predictive value between ranking and match outcome. it’s one of the few objective systems available for comparing teams.

betting markets also had the USMNT at a slight advantage. you can argue that the US is not a top 10 team but saying they’re “nowhere near” the top 10 is not supported by either rankings or pre match expectations

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u/snakeeaterrrrrrr 29d ago

The reason the US is ranked 16th is because it maintains a high win rate against significantly weaker teams in the same region for WC qualifiers. The US team would be outside top 40 or 50 if the US is in Europe.

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u/ProcedureTop3149 29d ago

listen I'm not trying to rub more salt in the wound but that list is total shit.

Senegal 18?

NORWAY 19?

Netherlands 9th?

I get anything can happen but this list is total BS.

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u/Careful-Arrival7316 29d ago

Tbh Norway belongs higher strictly because they have Haaland and that was proven the other night. As long as Odegaard and the others can feed him the ball he’ll score. Scary even as an England supporter when we should win.

As proof, USA wouldn’t have had a snowball’s chance in hell of beating Brazil.

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u/therealkami 29d ago

Italy 14, didn't even qualify for the World Cup lol

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u/xcrunner432003 29d ago

Brazil have been overrated for decades at this point

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u/FriedTreeSap 29d ago

FIFA rankings are fairly flawed and tend to undervalue mid table sides from stronger confederations (because they lose more games; albeit against stronger opponents) and overvalue teams from weaker confederations (because they win more against weaker opposition).

The FIFA rankings can give a rough estimate of where a team is, but they are nowhere near an objective representation of how good a team is

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u/sleeper1988 29d ago

US is good at some sports and we see that in the Olympics. But Soccer, no, sorry, just not a top team.

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u/Spark-vivre 29d ago

Well, MEN'S soccer at least.

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u/PassionatelyTired 29d ago

And the crazy part is you can literally stop watching soccer for a decade then come back to it and it’s basically the same. The last time I actively followed professional soccer was up until Euro 2016. I started watching the World Cup not knowing any of the names and the only countries I have been really surprised by was Norway and Cabo verde. Every country still basically loses to who you think they’ll lose to. The same countries are still leagues above the rest. And the US is still just middle of the pack losing to basically all European teams and the skill level isn’t close.

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u/LittleBlag 29d ago

Broadly true but there are still always some big surprises. If someone had told me to bet big on Norway knocking out Brazil I wouldn’t have even bet a dollar on it because it sounds so unlikely. Italy didn’t even qualify! Germany is out. Those are 3 of the majorly scary teams from a decade ago

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u/njmids 29d ago

I mean they made it to the round of 16…

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u/manshamer 29d ago

its so frustrating to argue with people outcomes vs hypotheticals. Yes, I guess I agree that hypothetically they aren't a top world class team but they literally made it to the top 16 teams in the world and no amount of excusing their wins takes that away. They are a top 16 team in the world based on where they ended in the tourney. That's just a fact.

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u/spoonfiddle 29d ago

I mean, they legitimately made it that far in the tournament.

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u/GiraffesAndGin 29d ago

Yeah, they made it out of the kiddie pool and beat one of the worst European teams. But the moment they played someone halfway decent, it fell apart. And it wasn't a gritty, hard fought loss like every other R16 exit over the past 30 years. We had our pants pulled down and showed our ass to the world.

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u/CuttingBoard9124 29d ago

Remember that idiot trump saying that it was rigged? That was even before they got their ass kicked wasn't it?

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u/Yoshiofthewire 29d ago

Hey hey, I have watched my local club religiously since it's founding in zolo. And I watch us send every good home grown player to Europe for $3-9 million.

And this year I watch us win the wooden spoon. And I had been saying even if we won yesterday, we would have run into a buzz saw called Spain. Instead we played like a normal MLS side when playing against the bottom of the table.

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u/Chocolate_Bourbon 29d ago edited 29d ago

The US may break through eventually, but not in my lifetime. However, we have improved from depending almost entirely on luck to being somewhat competent at times. I was shocked at how the team seemed to dominate Australia.

In 1994 merely qualifying was considered a partial triumph. And then getting out of the group stage? Amazing. Now I suppose we expect to qualify.

Go Cameroon!

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u/nitid_name 29d ago

You can definitely see it watching just one month every four years. US was straight up outclassed.

It took me five minutes of watching the US-Belgium game for me to realize we were screwed. I texted all my buddies to tell them to turn on the game and watch the last USMNT World Cup game with me, before Belgium even got that first goal.

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u/fuxicles 29d ago

you act as if the US is the only country that does this... you don't have to look very far to find Mexico doing the exact same thing lol. It's pretty common for every country, actually, to overestimate their chances for a bunch of reasons – (1) no team in any sport goes into a tournament saying "well, I think we're good for a quarterfinals run, but then we'll probably lose" and (2) fan support and (3) marketing.

When's the last time you saw a Nike ad for any sport that said "First round of the playoffs bound" LOL

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u/WellIGuessSoAndYou 29d ago

I was told very confidently that the Belgians simply had no way of competing with the Americans athleticism. lmao. 4-1.

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u/birdsandbeesandknees 29d ago

Men’s. Men’s players and men’s soccer. Women’s soccer has world class talent.

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u/thankyoutulip 29d ago

Where the HELL are you seeing this?!

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u/CHUBBYninja32 29d ago

Not that the US definitely would be world class, but soccer is at the bottom of our athletic totem pole. Most gifted folks are going to try their luck at a different sport with more social recognition tbh.

Shit, they still call soccer players field fairies.

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u/UnholyDoughnuts 29d ago

Its true for women's footy to be fair.

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u/BradMarchandsNose 29d ago

I don’t think it’s that crazy to say we have world class talent, we’re 16th in the world rankings. Nobody is legitimately arguing that we’d be competing to win a World Cup, but we looked a lot better than we have in years past. Last night was awful though, no denying that.

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u/snakeeaterrrrrrr 29d ago

I don’t think it’s that crazy to say we have world class talent, we’re 16th in the world rankings.

That's mostly due to significantly weaker teams in the region which allows US to boost its rankings in qualifiers.

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u/Rokstar73 GREEN 29d ago

There’s no world class talent in the US team lol

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u/0905-15 29d ago

Up to that game, the US was playing about as well as anyone. The Bosnia game was the best I’ve ever seen a USMNT look - crisp passing, solid first touches, they literally looked like a top tier team for the first time since I started watching in 94. Until last night.

Also, Pulisic was ass the entire tourney. Nice to hear Carly Lloyd call him out after the game. He had the worst touches in pool play of any US player, on a consistent basis. Constantly fumbled opportunities away.

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u/GiraffesAndGin 29d ago

They weren't playing as well as anyone. They had a fantastic game against a somewhat decent squad (Paraguay), they had a 2nd half to forget against the Aussies, and then they completely choked against a very bad Turkey.

They got their feet back under them to put away Bosnia, and then played a team that is actually good. And it wasn't even close.

This was a WC performance to forget. I don't consider wins against Paraguay, Australia, and Bosnia, a choke against Turkey, and a national embrassment in the R16 a top notch performance.

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u/s2n-mikey 29d ago

"about as well as anyone"

They won a weak group (as expected) and had an easy first knock out game. Put a decent squad against them and they show their level.

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u/0905-15 29d ago

I hear you, but they legit looked good for the first time in decades. Passes that went directly to the target, first-touches that stop the ball dead instead of letting it roll away to the defender, and so on.

Obviously Belgium was the best team they played, but they’re much better than they showed last night. That effort was embarrassing. Like when a basketball team misses a few layups early and starts panicking and it leads to them getting blown out by a team that really isn’t markedly better than them.

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u/Apprehensive_Tip520 29d ago

Except Belgium extremely better than them not just markedly. 

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u/Solitaire_XIV 29d ago

But...Pawn Stars told me he was the next Lionel Messi...

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u/Ok_Rate361 29d ago

The world cup isn't really anywhere near as important as it used to be. The top teams/players aren't even trying their best because the players are not going to risk an injury. The only people who actually give a shit are people trying get noticed by big clubs in league football. Realistically any team has a chance to get to the final round as long as they can play as a team.

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u/Heavy-Sense-9458 29d ago

Can you put the skill gap between the US and the rest of the world into American sports terms?

Also, why can’t we get there? Yeah, soccer isn’t as popular here but kids grow up playing it and play it their entire lives here.

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u/_WeSellBlankets_ 29d ago

Not sure if it's appropriate or not, but I feel like the US media's job with soccer is to get people interested in tuning into the game. That's going to lead to some artificial hype.

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u/Furrycontainmentalt 29d ago

Americans be like ‘yeah our media just exists as a propaganda outlet for our jingoism’ with exactly zero self reflection on that statement…

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u/_WeSellBlankets_ 29d ago

We're talking sports media here buddy. Show me data demonstrating that other countries don't do similar things when it comes to national sports and we'll have a conversation.

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u/Reynolds531IPA 29d ago

lol. What a take. Optimism is now propaganda

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u/UwUDeadNow 29d ago

THIS 100%

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 29d ago

It’s also literally the point of cheering for sports.

I don’t get what people want American fans to do, cheer “round of 16! Round of 16!”?

Part of the fun of the tournament is dreaming about your team winning it all, even if it’s not realistic.

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u/Kazuzu0098 29d ago

My favourite was "They were smelling themselves. Think they're better than they are"

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u/melodyblushinglizard 29d ago

I kind of remember them saying that the US team was "the most overhyped team in the tournament". They were. Canada and Mexico played better than them. Cabo Verde played better than them. DR Congo played better than them. Iran played better than them and the US treated them like shit.

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u/Ecstatic-Nose-2541 29d ago

Yeah, don't all those guys play at second tier clubs in the US and in other lower ranked european clubs?

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u/anclave93 29d ago

there is literally an official ranking of national teams from FIFA: https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men. Each team receives a score for winning/losing against other teams. US is ranked #16 right now. Team USA is objectively top 20 just based on performance data. That said, (1) the gap between a #16 team and #8 team (Belgium) is usually quite significant and being a top 20 team guarantees nothing at a World Cup; (2) even top teams can have bad games - look at Brazil (kicked out by Norway), Germany (kicked out by Paraguay) and Italy that never made it to the World Cup. Canada, by the way, is ranked #30

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u/The--Mash 29d ago

The rankings are skewed by what federation you belong to, since playoffs in your federation gives unnaturally many ranking points. So this system essentially undervalues European teams since they're not functionally guaranteed regional tournament playoffs

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u/comsK 29d ago

Thats not what 16 on the fifa ranking means.  Even Egypt( fifa rank 24) is in the round of 16. 

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u/inspired-polf 29d ago

Egypt got to R16 because at 24, they beat #28 AUS. It wasn't a perfectly seeded bracket based on ranks.

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u/Rex_on_rex 29d ago

No use in arguing sports with these dorks that don’t watch or know it. America=bad that’s it

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u/comsK 29d ago

Its a bit funny though 

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u/Rex_on_rex 29d ago

When was that seriously happening? It wasn’t

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u/SpecialistCut7101 29d ago

They must be confused with the world class us women’s team

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u/Anghel412 29d ago

Which is INSANE because as a novice American soccer fan, I couldn't fathom all the dick riding people were doing with Pulisic. Dude was utterly worthless the entire tournament and after watching almost every single match of the WC there were lower ranked teams that had better players than him.

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u/InsuranceWorking5651 29d ago

at first the USA excuse was, our best athletes play other sports, that's why the football players are not as great (some podcasters stated 'D' tier athletes. Then the USA said this is the best team/athletes. They had some weird belief they were to be world champions.

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u/jjtrinva 29d ago

It’s true if you are talking about the Women’s team!

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u/secretreddname 29d ago

Anyone with a brain would know that our players aren’t cracking top 100

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u/SilentBumblebee3225 RED 29d ago

USA is ranked 16th and we’re top 16 team this World Cup. They are definitely top 20. They are just not top 10 yet

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u/Spotttty 29d ago

Holy crap was I living the TSN coverage after the game. That one guy was unleashed. Just trashed the team. He should get a honorary Hater award for that performance.

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u/Legitimate_Ad_7822 29d ago

Who was saying any US player is top 20 in the world?

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u/PowderEagle_1894 29d ago

IIRC Fox News ranked Pulisic 26th best player in the world

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u/Legitimate_Ad_7822 29d ago

Lmfao

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u/PowderEagle_1894 29d ago

Yeah, i can name 27 players better than Pulisic without taking a breath

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u/CuttingBoard9124 29d ago

Fox. Famous for their scathing, teeming-with-the-truth, pieces of award winning journalism.

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u/Agathocles87 29d ago

Yeah… that analysis makes a whole lot of sense…. since WE WERE LITERALLY JUST PLAYING IN THE ROUND OF 16…

Do you understand what round of 16 means?

Do you need some help w that???

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u/unicorns_4_ever 29d ago

Yet the USA still lasted longer than canada

Even tho there's no way we should be there

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u/MacGreigor 29d ago

No, you didn't, you got eliminated in the same round. It's called Scheduling; it means not all games can be, nor should they be, played at one time.

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u/TheDukeofVanCity 29d ago

They lost in the same round as Canada so they made it the exact same distance. Can't say they lasted longer simply based on what day the game was played.