PSA: In attempts to make myself the most knowledgeable host and basketball fan I can be, I’m going to begin with 1956 (Bill Russell’s rookie year) and go on watching every bit of footage and following every year of the NBA since then till now. I’ll tweet all the things I notice
@alonstec10@USMNTX Iran Belgium but that was for a point. Cabo Verde against Spain but again a draw. Dude I’m proud of us for being so brave. My point was a lot of Americans who don’t even follow the sport are just taking Belgium for granted cause they haven’t looked good. They have elite guys
Way too many Americans so over confident for this game. You guys have 0 clue who these players are. This is not fucking Paraguay or Australia, these guys play for massive teams.
wtf was Dest doing there? And freeman has been perfect till that header smh, I feel for him.
@JesseGarciasae1 Disagree though it’s not an athleticism sport in terms of high flying and strength. Our development is an issue. Look at their best player, he’s small. Messi small. Pulisic small
Considering the fact that we are getting thoroughly outplayed and our defense has been worse than any other game by far, it’s good we are only down 1.
Need to be much sharper on the ball & deal with these crosses better. We haven’t played a team that can possess the ball like this yet
@Kevin_Kinkead And Trossard is one of them cooking us right now, Doku is coming off their bench. Aston Villa is not a small club rn, they have 2 starters for them. Bro we have a player for Fulham and he’s been great this tournament.
@alonstec10@USMNTX Yeah but we shouldn’t compare the Iran game. We sat back and absorbed pressure the whole game and had a sending off go our way. USA aren’t gonna play the way Iran play. Iran didn’t dare press Belgium lol
The thing is Rui is our best “power forward” but if we start Garland Ingram Rui Lopez and either Wagler or Benn, we are going to struggle guarding mannequins.
I’m assuming we likely go
DG
KD/DJ
Ingram
Rui
Lopez
The way it’s looking, which still isn’t very good defensively
It was a pleasure watching Quiñones & Mora this World Cup.
Unfortunate giveaway he won’t forget for the latter on the 2nd goal but he made Mexico look so much better on the ball & in midfield when he started getting more mins.
Wow!! I’ve always been a Rui fan, he offers great spot up shooting and a solid midrange when teams close out hard.
Hes a solid big body in help at times but struggles to move his feet similar to Collins. I’d love if he came off the bench. 14 mill off the bench might be a tough sell tho. Welcome to the other side Rui!