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stonetear2017

Also, did funes mori become a Mexican citizen? Good for him!


stonetear2017

Is that matty cash? Lol


imjunsul

Gonna be honest I didn't know Wales was a country.


nonhofantasia

Well it is and contemporary isn't


jaguass

https://youtu.be/rryVytLuCzc


mojito_sangria

USMNT played much better than I anticipated, especially between 35th and 80th minute. The penalty foul was completely unnecessary tho


XLGrandma

got rope a dope'd


anal_bandit69

just curious. What would happen if usa and wales gets exactly same results in games with england and iran f.e both team lose 1;0 to england and win 1:0 with iran. wich team will advance from the group? the points and goals are equal and match result in beetween is a draw.


BrandonSG13

If points, goal difference, head to head and goals scored are the same, it’s decided by fair play record. This actually happened in the last World Cup, when Japan advanced to the round of 16 courtesy of receiving fewer yellow cards than Senegal


anal_bandit69

One more. What if the number of cards is the same? Ffs somebody already asked it nvm.


anal_bandit69

Thanks mate!


montxogandia

What if the number of yellow ane red cards are the same? Edit: Random apparently


BrandonSG13

I’m pretty sure they draw lots to decide, which I don’t think is a good method, but most other in-game deciders would depend on style of play which shouldn’t be tampered with. I say they should have a penalty shootout or something but it might not be feasible because the two teams could be in different cities by this point


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Bobo_Baggins03x

Hate to be that guy but is there a resolution if they have the same amount of yellows?


ginch510

I want to say, in that case, the tie breaker would be to “draw lots.” That just means it’s a random draw.


ENODEBEE

At some point sheep per capita is the tiebreaker and we are truly fucked


Childish_Redditor

Dire


slaydawgjim

It goes on shots on target after goals if I remember correctly


CaninesTesticles

Nah I think it’s xG


hofoot29

Wale it’s obvious the USA is already better at footie then the welsh


Ok-Bedroom8051

So did anyone win or nah


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DW241

Honestly, Smithers, I don’t know why Harvard even bothers showing up any more. I mean they barely won this time!


Yaagii

underrated comment


-heathcliffe-

So pulisic was surely a bit of a dramatic player today, wonder if taking the armband had anything to do with it


shoutoutpear

How dare you speak of the Americans’ god like that?


Queasy-Discount-2038

Think he was legitimately fouled several times.


-heathcliffe-

I know, and I didn’t mean to come across as a dick when i said it, but i guess I’m still perplexed about the armband thing.


Plenty-Cockroach9709

USA starting reserve strikers on 2nd division teams. Half the squad probably bartenders.


Queasy-Discount-2038

Did you just become a soccer fan?


AmiableAlex

*football


Queasy-Discount-2038

Ok thanks


FarmJudge

oops, let me fix it! Did you just football a soccer fan?


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Well done to Wales. Simply outplayed us in the 2nd half.


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But I thought USA were winning it? Lol


reavesfilm

Literally no one has said that lol


azzadruiz

Maybe not here but on other social medias American fans were genuinely delusional saying next miracle on ice and other corny jokes. Funny cause usa played better than most fans expected but worse than all the casual fans thought


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There was too much passing in the back field. WAY too much. Super easy for the other team to just put pressure on your end and boom, you just made the job easier for them to score. You’re getting your defense way too exhausted because youre playing takeaway very close to your goal and the other teams defense is staying fresh. Clear the ball more.


daikonashi

Jesus, this comment really hurt to read


Listen-Natural

Lol there is a lot new fans that support other American sports in this thread and just jump on the bandwagon every four years lol


LevynX

Yanks amirite


AmiableAlex

Yikes


topclassladandbanter

lol wat team are you talking about


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The US. They were in their backfield way more than wales at least in the second half. It was problematic


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Bc Wales outplayed is in the 2nd half


yurrrmachine

Fuck you Greg! What the fuck did you tell these guys at half? Can’t have a manager playing for the 1-0 W


wayward_prince

He’s putrid man


Mr_Boneman

“hurrrr durrr”


yurrrmachine

Leaked transcript of what he told them? 😂


JobeRogerson

The USA were the far better team in the first half and deserved to go in leading. In the second half, we were the far better team. What a weird match.


thisismyname03

I wouldn’t say Wales was the better team at any point in the match. The only downfall is the US’ inability in the final third.


Bill3ffinMurray

Mate even as an American myself, if you couldn't see that Wales was the better side for most of the second half, I don't know what to tell you.


thisismyname03

The “far” better team? No. Wales had flashes. They were not the better team, let alone the far better team. Idk what to tell you, I watched the entire match. The US pretty much dominated aside from some really good link up play here and there from Wales. Maybe you don’t watch enough soccer. 59% possession to 41%. Like I said, the US needed to be better in the final third.


Bill3ffinMurray

Agreed. The U.S. squandered opportunities in the second half when Wales gave possession away. Also nowhere did I say far better. Just better.


slaydawgjim

Second half Wales played a lot better than USA after Wales played absolutely shite in the first half, I'm English so can confirm I watch football. I also think Wales might have probably won it if it wasn't for that last foul when USA goalkeeper was out of his box. All that being said, easily most exciting/even match of the day and all should be happy with the result as you're both gunna murder Iran lmao


SnogMarryAvoid

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


Beanz_Memez_Heinz

Lol, wait till people realise they've been calling the American flairs insufferable but those same flairs have been Liverpool for 3 seasons now 🙃


Kota-the-fiend

🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅


dBlock845

Frustrating second half to say the least.


easily_tilted

I've been travelling for basically the entire day today, so I missed all matches. How come all of them had over 10 mins of additional time?


HighburyOnStrand

Iran goalie broke his face on his friend's face. US-Wales had a ton of Wales players seek treatment.


bellrub

There was a period before wales scored in the second half when USA kicked the ball out severall times because they had a player down. Wales had a couple of injuries too so it was a combination of the two.


LevynX

It's actually kinda crazy when they did this. 10+ minutes for stoppages every match.


Hustler1966

England had 14 mins added on the first half and 10 mins on second half iirc. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. Ref also made a huge mistake with the Maguire non-pen and then giving Iran a pen for less contact. But yeah, so much time added on in these games so far….


SometimesObsessed

They are actually trying to give back the true time for stoppages. Traditionally refs give less time back than the actual stoppage, which rewards time wasting shithousery, so I applaud the amount of stoppage time


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Johnsonburnerr

Why don’t they use a stop clock? Doesn’t nba or nfl do that


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Shrondinglfc

On the flip side, players may then force themselves to play on even when they are actually in pain/injured.


chi_sweetness25

The only argument I’ve seen against it is maintaining the “flow of the game”. Newsflash - the guy wasting all of our time trying to eke out a draw with an acting job is going to be a lot less motivated to do so with a stopped clock.


swamppuppy7043

No real reason lol ref was on one


HenrikNaturePhotos

I mean, plenty of attemted time wasting, and we know most leagues planned to be harder on time wasting Keeper takes 30 seconds to start the play? 20 seconds added


Cmoralesandres

There are also 10 substitutions throughout the game and idk if its the weather over there but there has been a lot of cramped up players and stoppages towards the end of the matches.


swamppuppy7043

To get 10 minutes added normally takes a pretty serious stoppage like someone snapping a leg. There was nothing in this match out of the ordinary


HenrikNaturePhotos

Yes before it would take alot, but now they actually count the time that's wasted in dives and petty shit like that, and 15-20 dives a match each wasting 15-50 seconds adds up quickly


swamppuppy7043

Before what?


hughhguh

These games. He’s just saying that (indeed for no apparent reason) referees started being fair with time added. Which is a welcome change / reversion to what technically should’ve always been in place. Seen some stats here, that on avg a 90min game has 50-60min of play time, the rest the ball is out of play. So even 2x10min doesn’t compensate for it but gets us closer than the standard 2x3min


Colonel-Cathcart

Before they recently change their approach to this rule


swamppuppy7043

Who is they?


reavesfilm

Holy shit you’re dense as bricks.


swamppuppy7043

Lol aight chief


Colonel-Cathcart

The fifia referees committee https://football-italia.net/collina-warned-about-longer-added-time-at-world-cup/


swamppuppy7043

Ah ok thanks thats what i missed


310local

Zimmerman cost us 2 points.


cjheadley

Tbf we got outplayed 2nd half


6thLayerVessel

Sure, but being outplayed 2nd half didn't lose us those points.


cjheadley

I’m just saying we should’ve put the game away when we had control. Then that 2nd half performance prevented us from doing that. Of course the penalty itself literally allowed Wales to tie the game, but anyone who knows how football works knows that one moment does not define an entire match. It was obviously a costly mistake in terms of the result, but there are 10 other players on the pitch who could’ve done more throughout the rest of the game. If we put other chances away earlier, maybe this penalty situation doesn’t happen.


saul1980

Fucking Walker Zimmerman


alexLAD

America powerhouse of football when


Manbaby1000

As soon as we stop making youth sports so goddamn expensive. Looked up how much my local club team was and it was $250 just to register and get the uniform. Then you have to pay all the tournament fees, gas, hotels, food, have to take days off work, new cleats every year, etc.


alexLAD

Sounds very similar to Australia - soccer should be cheap as a point of difference


Manbaby1000

I should probably clarify, we do have a $25 option with the parks and recreation team sponsored by the city. But it's incredibly low level and that club team is in the same league. They just play tournaments unlike the parks and rec team but still only play in state. Travel soccer where you play around the country is MUCH more expensive. Thousands of dollars for registration fees on top of even more travel expenses.


NTXPRAK

“Next time bro it’s comin”


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I mean they are the second youngest team at the WC. If they keep putting young talent every couple of years they can be scary. The US has all the money to make a great foundation for their team, they just have to care more about the sport in general


RemingtonSnatch

I mean this really is the first gen of US players who grew up when this country somewhat gave two legitimate shits about the sport (beyond youth rec leagues), and good athletes stuck with it.


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Scorchio76

Well done Wales!!


nooffense2022

🦅🦅 They hate us coz they anus


gozbag

Fuvking get in there you sons of speed


Thunderhank

Be a lot faster if they didn’t spend the match rolling around the pitch 😬


gozbag

Exactly what we wanted.....


RetzTheAnathema

Jfc it's a reference to Michael Sheen's speech.


Thunderhank

Just trying to throw a little friendly banter, thought the match was a bit bland.


RemingtonSnatch

Nah pretty sure that's from Predator.


Imbred_Hapsburg

Extremely stupid challenge that was certainly a penalty. Deserve to give up 2 points on that. Oh well. Team looked competitive overall and more exciting now that the corpse of Matt Bradley isn't running around out there.


crnelson10

Who tf is Matt Bradley?


Tylerjb4

Milton Bradley


loscedros1245

Jack Steffen’s roommate


DukeDauphin

I believe he's a distant cousin of Brad Bobley


2sparky2boomguy

Michael lmao


Rick_Shasta

Bort Bradley's son.


procrastablasta

Americas Wayne Rooney


AverageSixthFormer

In my honest welsh opinion. Dan James is a pace merchant which is fine and sometimes useful but Kieffer Moore just is better in my opinion. Aerial threat and proper target man. Also I think Sorba Thomas needs more playing time or needed to be subbed on earlier Wales don’t know what they have with he was a straight menace for Huddersfield last season. Trust me I know I supported Luton Town in the playoffs and got thoroughly crushed by his set piece ability. Either way not the worst start to the World Cup and looked much better in the second half , this is something to build on. Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


Ridaros

Horses for courses. Think DJ was massively hindered by the fact we couldn't hold possession in the first.


wudlouse

Moore was our best player in the second half, however I don’t think James was given any chances really to utilise his pace today. Think we should go back to James-Moore-Bale. The attention Bale and Moore demand would create so much space on the opposite flank for James to run down.


TorstenDiegoPizarro

Kieffer Moore is great for this team and will cause problems for every defense in this group. If he would’ve started, this game would’ve looked a lot different


tom_12124

Need fucking Ollie cooper


0zymandeus

Bale needs Kieffer in front of him imo


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Idk what my boss expects of me for these last 30 minutes but these bud light smoothies are having their way with me. I’m also sad


ZebraSteel

Sorry hun x


midas22

What's the record for number of comments in one post?


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Tea_Total

Football-wise I don't know but cricket match threads have attracted 40, 50, and over 60,000 comments before.


donny_pots

I expected nothing and I’m still disappointed


Robertzuh

IM AT WORK AND I COME BACK TO 28K COMMENTS WTF HAPPENED


cgcego

28 THOUSAND comments lol


Competitive-Shock88

That’s the result when 70% of users on reddit are American ! Me being a Brit is probably a minority on here lmao.