USMNT Gold Cup Discussion

As i implied in my previous post Curacao's bribe money just ran out and Canada's didn't. The ref and the VAR was horrible.

 

True, except when that "bigger" team is the USA. Then _______.

 

Yes yes, I remember that semi-final vs Jamaica. For comparison, Eloy Room got to carry the ball out into the D, vs. Brad Guzan dropkicks the ball at the edge of the box...

 

Oh look at that complete surprise, Marsch has no plan B.

 

Honduras rounds the keeper at midfield

 

I disagree. Leave it as it is. There is no good reason to change the title.

 

Again I disagree. There is already the individual match threads for the USMNT. Why do we need, or want, more?
And I do NOT agree it worked better before. It was not better, just different.

 

Canada is hilarious.

Jesse Marsh starts the tournament in a booth, spews machismo and braggadocio, gets slapped, then they produce a laughable result.

Pretty funny to watch this hoccer team flail about.

 

Navas playing well so far '25 into Mex-CRC

 

CR have grown into the game '40.... need to win to finish 1st and they are going for it

 

Some insane saves to thwart Mexico's frenetic start.

 

MEX v CRC getting spicy. I appreciated the all-women reffing crew in the early game; seemed to temper the conca.

 

The US would be underdogs against either of these teams if they asked me. So much more turning on the ball and good running.

 

How exactly was that off?

 

CR will be tough... but they will be missing their leading scorer Ugalde .... not sure if anyone else earned a suspension tonight

 

Costa Rica will be missing four regular starters. Forward Manfred Ugalde, who has three goals in the tournament, and midfielder Carlos Mora are suspended for yellow-card accumulation. Defender Ariel Lassiter has a fractured left hand and forward Warren Madrigal a broken left leg.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/735337

 

Mexico has only scored one goal from the run of play against Suriname, CR, and DR, so maybe they are not the best judge of whether it will be so difficult to score?

 

yet their place at the top of their group shows maybe its best not to judge a team based on one aspect of the game?

 

I do not think De La Torre will make the WC cut this time. There is too much competition and he does not advance the ball. No special qualities.

 

I can't understand why it was offsides. The CR player hit the ball that Gimenez scored on! I guess to ensure you're "onside" you'll have to make sure you're onside for the pass before the final pass, just to be sure...

 

The law basically says that you are offside if you are in an offside position when the pass is made and deflections do not matter. That is deflections do not impact any offside determination.

 

The rule on this is so poorly written that you can drive a truck through the differences in interpretation.

It starts out by saying offside is reset by a "deliberate" play on the ball by the defense, and that header was clearly intentional. This isn't an accidental deflection.

But then a sentence or two later, it talks about controlling the ball, which is a completely different level of interaction, and even mentions this is hard to do in the air (which does leave open the possibility of control with a header, so?).

So it's a deliberate play for sure ... but not really controlling the ball, just hitting it. They aren't even really intentional in which way it goes.

So that's offside ... or not? Good ol' FIFA rules. Can't just pick one.