Czechs writes about USA and Arena

I guess they don't know we are rated 4 in the world by Fifa. I guess they also don't know we decided to play all the games leading up to the WC with are scrubs.

 

since we have kind of a big game with them coming up why would you be surprised they're paying attention?

 

have they ever played the US in a World Cup before?

 

Yes 1990, and it was an absoloute THRASHING!!!

 

yes, i know. and they probably wrote stories about us then, too. just saying we shouldn't be suprised that a WC opponent is having stories about us appear in their newspapers.

 

our team was 2/3 amateur in 1990! It was a real miracle that the USA qualified. That was then, this is now!!

 

actually, 1990 it was the czech republic and slovakia....

prior to the break-up...

this continued usa gets no respect mantra strikes me as being a bit of an inferiority complex by some usa soccer fans...

who really cares what others think of usa soccer....

show up june 12 and let the 90 minutes tell the truth

 

Absofreakinlutely!!!!

 

Actually, I think most posters here are hoping and wishing the US gets no respect. I am disappointed everytime there is a new Czech article about the US because it appears the Czechs are actually studying the US team, which is something I was really wishing wouldn't happen.

 

i think it'd be more likely for FANS of a nation to discount the usa somewhat...

a coach and it's staff.....no way

 

I don't remember the Portuguese writing about the US team four years ago. Anyone?

 

I never saw it but you have to be certain they did. I mean, our local rag would preview our next MLS opponent ... I would imagine any Euro paper worth the price of its newsprint previewed upcoming world cup opponents if not every team in the tournament.

 

I imagine the write ups and scouting will have plenty more relevance when we play Morocco, Venezeuela, and Latvia next month. Really the only game we've played featuring anything remotely like our first team was the Poland match, and that was ruined by the weather and the absences of I think 4 or 5starters. Those friendlies in May will define things as far as I can see. The Jamaica friendly, much like the German friendly were essentially irrelevant beyond getting a few non-entities out of the picture.

 

You could probably argue that Portugal didn't do their homework.

 

I remember some Portugal newspaper comparing a potential (thiw was before the cup) US upset of Portugal with the Portugal basketball team beating the Dream Team.

 

It's not just the coaches doing their homework but the
mentality of the players. How much will they respect
USA.

 

we are # 4 in FIFA rankings, even if those are BS. Forget about other teams ignoring us or being unprepared. Just forget that stuff now.

 

No because they thought it was a piece a cake game.

 

I also remember a lack of US squad knowledge among the Portuguese players in 2002. I seem to recall one of their stars naming Cobi Jones and Alexi Lalas when asked about us.

We're definitely being studied more carefully by our opposition this time around.

 

We probably won't sneak up on anyone and I don't see the Czech's really getting a Portugal state of mind pre-game, but I think it's far more likely Italy comes in overconfident, than actually respectful. FAR MORE LIKELY. Maybe they'll be right, they certainly are better, man for man across the field, but I do believe we do a far better job of utilizing the quality we do have than they do and I'm virtually positive that they will come in with an arrogant mindset, particularly if they pick apart Ghana. Ghana's perspective is anyone's guess. I have no idea what mindset they'll come in with.