US SOCCER

[Ibanez]

WHAT THE NIG?! Ugh. We had it. Literally, the last second.

[CAA Flagship]

Just saw Teddy Roosevelt.

go back to your grill, freedom hater

I love freedom. Freedom to go offsides legally.

[Seahawks08]

Was that Bradley...or Tony Romo?

[SDHornet]

Assuming Klingsmann (sp) and the Germans don't come to a handshake tie agreement on the final match, and the US loses, can we still advance?

[CAA Flagship]

WHAT THE NIG?! Ugh. We had it. Literally, the last second.

Actually it was the last 30 seconds of estimated extended time.

[Skjellyfetti]

Assuming Klingsmann (sp) and the Germans don't come to a handshake tie agreement on the final match, and the US loses, can we still advance?

yeah, it's possible to lose to germany and still advance on goal differential. but, it will depend on what happens in ghana - portugal game (and how many goals a loss to germany).

[SDHornet]

Assuming Klingsmann (sp) and the Germans don't come to a handshake tie agreement on the final match, and the US loses, can we still advance?

yeah, it's possible to lose to germany and still advance on goal differential. but, it will depend on what happens in ghana - portugal game.

Assuming a loss, what is the magic number for US?

[MSUDuo]

yeah, it's possible to lose to germany and still advance on goal differential. but, it will depend on what happens in ghana - portugal game.

Assuming a loss, what is the magic number for US?

Score some goals, lose by 1 and hope Ghana doesn't win by more than 1

[Skjellyfetti]

yeah, it's possible to lose to germany and still advance on goal differential. but, it will depend on what happens in ghana - portugal game.

Assuming a loss, what is the magic number for US?

goal differential right now is:

US 1
Ghana -1
Portugal -4

So, right now we have a 2 goal buffer on Ghana and a 5 goal buffer on Portugal.

[SDHornet]

Assuming a loss, what is the magic number for US?

Score some goals, lose by 1 and hope Ghana doesn't win by more than 1

So if we lose by more than 1 things don't look good?

[SDHornet]

Assuming a loss, what is the magic number for US?

goal differential right now is:

US 1
Ghana -1
Portugal -4

So, right now we have a 2 goal buffer on Ghana and a 5 goal buffer on Portugal.

Ok. Got it.

[Seahawks08]

Score some goals, lose by 1 and hope Ghana doesn't win by more than 1

So if we lose by more than 1 things don't look good?

How about we just win!

[tribe_pride]

Right now standings:
Germany 4 pts, +4, 6 goals for
US 4 pts, +1, 4 goals for
Ghana 1 pt, -1, 3 goals for
Portugal, 1 pt, -4, 2 goals for

US advances by tying or beating Germany.
US advances with a loss, if:

• -Ghana-Portugal tie
  -Ghana beats Portugal by 1 if we lose by 1 and Ghana does not score more goals than we do in the final game
  -Portugal beats Ghana and they do not finish with a better goal differential than the US and don't score more goals for the tournament than we do

[clenz]

Score some goals, lose by 1 and hope Ghana doesn't win by more than 1

So if we lose by more than 1 things don't look good?

Assuming the us and Germany don't magically draw

[SDHornet]

So confusing. If only Bradley didn't shit down his leg that last 30 seconds (and the rest of the game for that matter)...ugh.

[SDHornet]

So if we lose by more than 1 things don't look good?

Assuming the us and Germany don't magically draw

I think this is where my money is. Both games will be played at the same time.

[Skjellyfetti]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWmQbk5h86w[/youtube]

[SDHornet]

Perfect explanation there SK.

[BlueHen86]

Germany only needs tie to win the group, they will play it safe. Neither side will push up unless they fall behind.

[Grizalltheway]

So confusing. If only Bradley didn't shit down his leg that last 30 seconds (and the rest of the game for that matter)...ugh.

Yeah, that was a kick right in the nuts. Goddamn.

[89Hen]

So confusing. If only Bradley didn't shit down his leg that last 30 seconds (and the rest of the game for that matter)...ugh.

+1

[89Hen]

Haven't seen any other games with 5 minutes of stoppage time so far.

[DSUrocks07]

although I will say, its interesting to see American getting legitimately pissed off about a soccer match

[clenz]

Germany only needs tie to win the group, they will play it safe. Neither side will push up unless they fall behind.

Exactly.

Germany needs one to win
US needs one to advance

US has a coach that has some close ties to Germany.... I've got a feeling on a draw.

Portugal wont make up the GD but will try. Ghana and Portugal draw

[Ibanez]

Just to throw this out there, Clint Dempsey played soccer for Furman University in the early 2000s.