Originally posted by Squeak
They may be fools but they have a better national side than us.
Bullsh|t!!
Give us the preparation and opponents they get and we'd make the world cup standing on our heads.
They have to finish top three in CONCACAF remember, in regular round-robin group play where you can play badly and get away with it... let's not forget we've stuffed Mexico 2-0 and 3-1 the last two times we've met them in tournament play.
And if you're talking about the World Cup in 2002? What did the United States achieve exactly?
The shaded a lacklustre Portugal side 3-2
Drew with Korea
Were stuffed by Poland
Shaded a poor Mexico
Were beaten by Germany B
Hardly the stuff of legends... and what of their individuals?
Howard, Friedel and O'Brien are their only decent players, and of those two are of course goalkeepers.
How many American outfielders are first teamers is the Premiership? Or Serie A?
Landon Donovan is crapped on about like he's the second coming in the middle of a biblical event - only problem is he couldn't crack a game at Leverkusen and is clogging about in the MLS.
Urgh... sorry... but American Soccer really gets to me.