Braiven 3 hours ago 0 7
I wish the boys luck as I fear they will definitely need it. We have the worst group!
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BrianR
BrianR 3 hours ago 6 36
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Braiven 3 hours ago 0 7
I wish the boys luck as I fear they will definitely need it. We have the worst group!
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BrianR
BrianR 3 hours ago 6 36
I am tired of reading these ignorant posts. It is obvious the majority of you are not soccer fans and never will be. The game is still developing here in the US and we have made significant progress over the last 20 years.
We need to get behind the team and wish them much success. Klinsmann has done an outstanding job so far and has changed the culture of the team, much to the pleasure of many of the players.
If you are going to criticize that is fine, but at least know what the heck you are talking about and make an educated argument!
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Johnny Lee
Johnny Lee 3 hours ago 11 2
Are you wagging your finger with one hand while you type with the other? If you can be proud of a team coached by and filled with foreign mercenaries, then good for you.
I, on the other hand, am a proud American.
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Dale
Dale 2 hours ago 0 3
Anything the USA does in the World Cup is just a bonus. The future in this game is our exploding youth participation and the vastly improved over last several years MLS. To base your future on a small handful of games in a foreign nation where your fate could be determined by some bribed third world referee just isn't realistic.
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James Robinett
James Robinett 2 hours ago 0 4
You are exactly right, I hate hearing people who only watch the sport once every four years, if that, act like experts.
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Johnny Lee
Johnny Lee 2 hours ago 5 0
@Dale, I have been hearing that same tired old saw since the NASL's heydey in the early 1970s. That's right, over FORTY years ago.
It's not going to happen. Not this year, not ever. Soccer will never be The Next Big Thing in this country. Not as long as we have foreign coaches and players on our NATIONAL team.
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Clyde
Clyde 2 hours ago 0 3
Johnny Lee, guess how Europe got so good in basketball - they hired foreign coaches, mainly from the US!
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tony the grouch
tony the grouch 2 hours ago 0 0
I was hearing similar comments about the US future in Association Football back when I was in the USAF, almost 50 years ago.
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michael
michael 49 minutes ago 0 0
@Johnny Lee, I've heard your same arguments over the same years. Never say never. It's coming, whether you like it or not.
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J P
J P 10 minutes ago 0 0
The problem as I see it, we don't have that star player. We don't have a Ronaldo or Neymar. Brazil has the luxury of leaving off it's National Team, two former player of the year winners. I hope that some family from abroad will come and their son will be the Next Big Thing!!!!
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david e
david e 1 hour ago 0 1
Question for those who back Jurgen Klinsmann and his remarks about how the US can't win the World Cup.....
Would you have no problem if US supporters started chanting "I believe that WE CAN'T win" during the matches?
After all, if it's okay for a coach to lack confidence in his team, why wouldn't it be okay if supporters did the same?
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eric
eric 37 minutes ago 0 0
Ghana is really good -- going by their demolition of Korea. US team needs to close down space, choke them off the ball, and blitz on the counter. That's the only way to beat Ghana.
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Kashers
Kashers 2 hours ago 1 2
The guys in the front row of that picture look very uncomfortable! Kind of a weird pose for sure!
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ESMATX
ESMATX 2 hours ago 6 1
Hopefully he's trying to get Landon Donovan to come to Brazil as a later surprise. We looked better in the last game, but we could still definitely use him right now. He's hot right now as well. He also has created way more chances than anyone else on the squad, and about the same goals as everyone else, and we could really use that. Guys like Bedoya, Davis, Zusi, Diskerud, and Wondo are good players, but they are still a long way away from Donovan in terms of skill, experience, and current form.
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Dale
Dale 2 hours ago 2 3
All you can do is support and hope for the best, no more playing in front of friendly crowds. I still say passing over Donovan in favor of a 19 year old who will never leave the bench is an awful decision. Would be pleased to be shown I was wrong.
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david e
david e 1 hour ago 2 0
Anyone else see Ghana put a straight up beatdown on South Korea today? 4-0 at a neutral site.
United States is in trouble. Ghana displayed speed in the attacking third and precision passing that will tear the US backline apart.
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tony the grouch
tony the grouch 2 hours ago 4 1
1st, coach Klinsmann publicly says the US has no chance.
Now, he does not even join the team on the flight to Brasil.
Hope his loser attitude hasn't spread to the rest of the team.
Did he skip he flight in order to buy towels he can throw in at the start of the US games?
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Matt
Matt 3 hours ago 4 4
I like Klinsmann but USA doesn't have the quality/talent, especially on defense.
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david e
david e 1 hour ago 2 0
Anyone else see Ghana put a straight up beatdown on South Korea today? 4-0 at a neutral site.
United States is in trouble. Ghana displayed speed in the attacking third and precision passing that will tear the US backline apart.
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tony the grouch
tony the grouch 2 hours ago 4 1
1st, coach Klinsmann publicly says the US has no chance.
Now, he does not even join the team on the flight to Brasil.
Hope his loser attitude hasn't spread to the rest of the team.
Did he skip he flight in order to buy towels he can throw in at the start of the US games?
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Matt
Matt 3 hours ago 4 4
I like Klinsmann but USA doesn't have the quality/talent, especially on defense.
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Wee-Bey Brice
Wee-Bey Brice 3 hours ago 5 2
why? according to the yahoo 'writers' Ghana is a walkover even though they've owned us, we only have to worry about Germany and Portugal let them tell it
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Carlos
Carlos 3 hours ago 0 1
They didn't say its a walkover, where did they say that. They said Ghana is a tough opponent.
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Wee-Bey Brice
Wee-Bey Brice 2 hours ago 2 1
not this article, there were a couple articles in recent days
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Bean
Bean 2 hours ago 0 1
Its true, Yahoo keeps saying the Ghana game is a given. and that a Portugal tie is also a given,
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Antonio
Antonio 2 hours ago 1 1
We'll be lucky if we get out of the group in fourth place. Oh wait.
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Josea
Josea 2 hours ago 5 2
I hope, he takes a plane to Germany and never comes back.
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Aris
Aris 4 hours ago 6 1
Maybe he was at the exciting hockey playoffs.
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schoolyards
schoolyards 2 hours ago 8 1
Landon has been on fire at home scoring multiple goals in the last 2 games, good decision to leave him off the roster you Nazi!
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vorarut
vorarut 3 hours ago 8 3
bring back Donovan; he may no longer have the same athletic ability, but he is way craftier than most of the guy on the current team.
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Franz
Franz 3 hours ago 9 5
Brazil is a dangerous place. God help and protect Team USA in everywhere they go. :(
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Thing2
Thing2 3 hours ago 9 2
Just fire the coach already. First he defeats his team by saying they have no chance and now he wont even travel with them, as if he cant get the Ghana game on the net or such. This guy is a terrible leader.
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Bean
Bean 2 hours ago 1 1
Scouts watch players and teams in person, not on TV. there are many things that happen in games that you dont see in tv because the camera follows the ball.
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Richard
Richard 4 hours ago 29 3
REALLY! Spying on Ghana, the team that has made the USA it's B!%#& the last two world cups. It won't help, they play as a team USA doesn't, they live in this climate USA lives in hotels and cars with central air and clean water, they live to bury the USA one more time - the USA thinks all the every four year hype will win them a World Cup...not going to happen for a country that doesn't even care.
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David
David 4 hours ago 0 13
Richard- are you from Ghana? Sounds like you really have an axe to grind...
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Bill M
Bill M 3 hours ago 0 3
I am guessing the Spanish must have lived in cardboard boxes and eaten garbage in 2010 if the better teams were winning games.
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domin
domin 3 hours ago 0 4
Richard, Are you saying Ayew and Gyan do not sleep in hotels or ride cars with AC?
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan 3 hours ago 2 2
Seriously Dik, may I call you Dik? Have you never heard of Scouting?
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Alex
Alex 3 hours ago 5 1
Damn Richard your rant almost make it look like people in the USA actually even care about soccer. Relax brothah ! lol
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Alex
Alex 3 hours ago 5 1
Damn Richard your rant almost makes it look like people in the USA actually even care about soccer. Relax brothah ! lol
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Chris T
Chris T 3 hours ago 6 3
Hey #$%$/K we don't care about soccer in the US. Most of us anyway... But every four years we DO think we can win the world cup. Why, you ask? Because we're the best country on earth. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
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Richard
Richard 3 hours ago 4 0
From Europe, live in the USA almost fifty years which is long enough to know the lack of soccer knowledge is at an all time high, enough to know the MLS would equal less than a Series B ( the minor leagues in Italy for you who don't know), every four years just like the Winter and Summer Games you don't care here so stop pretending you do.
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Dale
Dale 3 hours ago 0 3
Don't even know where to begin tearing apart your uninformed post. First off both games vs. Ghana were very close games, could of went either way. Made one fatal error in the last game not taking out Gyan from behind. Next off, all the Ghanians are professionals playing in Europe, they enjoy the same clean living and water USA players do, if anything the climate may favor the US players as many of the Ghanians play in European winters.
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Oliver
Oliver 2 hours ago 0 1
You do realize most of the players in Ghana play in Europe right? They have a pretty comfortable lifestyle. Some of them make more money than U.S. players.
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Z 4 hours ago 24 2
The only good thing about soccer is the movie “Ladybugs.” That’s a classic
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Johnny Lee
Johnny Lee 4 hours ago 33 11
It is a sin, a crime and a travesty that our NATIONAL team has a foreign coach.
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John Doe
John Doe 3 hours ago 0 5
I truly believe we have a change against Cristiano and his Ronaldiers
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MISC
MISC 4 hours ago 1 11
Can't wait for this to get going. Will not get much work done. :)
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infoman
infoman 1 hour ago 0 1
For some reason, I don't think I would describe Tim Howard as "jovial." He seems to fluctuate between intense and dull.
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Josephurban Wordpress Com
Josephurban Wordpress Com 3 hours ago 5 4
If I hear that Group G is the "Group of Death" one more time I will puke. Don't these writers know anything about soccer?
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Death Biscuit
Death Biscuit 3 hours ago 0 4
Then puke stupid.
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Henry
Henry 3 hours ago 0 2
It certainly isn't an easy group.
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James Robinett
James Robinett 2 hours ago 2 0
Not an easy group, but not the hardest. There are two groups that are better overall.
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Austin
Austin 3 hours ago 9 13
If I wanted to watch a bunch of adults struggle to score for an hour and a half then I'd take my friends to the bar.
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Tom
Tom 3 hours ago 0 0
why are so many international friendlies played in the states?
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MF L
MF L 3 hours ago 1 4
I see you are just starting to watch professional sports, Martin Rogers, so I will clue you in on a little Professional Sports 099 tip: observing your opponents is called "scouting."
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hurricane79(cbiv22)
hurricane79(cbiv22) 3 hours ago 2 4
What's the big deal? So he wants to stay an extra 24 hours and scout Ghana..smart move. Need all the preparation that we can get. GO USA!!!
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WeizenBitte
WeizenBitte 36 minutes ago 0 0
What's with all the Jimmy Bob Mc#$%$Dorks on this thread?
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Rodney
Rodney 1 hour ago 0 1
this teem is a good example as people do not need a boss
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Ryan
Ryan 2 hours ago 0 1
Make us proud fellas! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
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Erer
Erer 42 minutes ago 0 0
Man, Klinsmann was a striker who could play!!!
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D Side
D Side 49 minutes ago 0 1
I can't wait for this World Cup to start! I believe the USMNT is going to shock the world!
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Mike
Mike 55 minutes ago 1 0
he should just stay home.
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judge and jury
judge and jury 1 hour ago 0 0
I want an American to caoch americans born and raised here as our leader and players.Why can't we get support for our team??? Well pick people who are true americans and who say before a world cup lets give it our best and win instead of a german coach who says we are going to lose.Pathetic
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Birdie1234
Birdie1234 1 hour ago 0 0
This does not seem off to the best start. I hope it gets better.
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JOKER
JOKER 2 hours ago 0 1
Coach Strudel has bailed out on his team because he knows that there's no way in hell of winning Sht! You're on your own Suckers!!!
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expletive_xom
expletive_xom 3 hours ago 6 3
Jurgen got to watch some good quality soccer from a team that can win....now he has to go to Brazil and coach a team that "cannot win".
poor Jurgen.
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A 3 hours ago 0 3
You are lame.
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Bean
Bean 2 hours ago 0 0
He never said they cant win a game, he said they cant win the cup which is true.
And winning 3 games against 2 teams that didnt qualify for the WC and 1 team that finished 10th out of 10th from qualified teams is not a good thing. They should have faced some better competition.
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D E
D E 3 hours ago 2 3
Ghana played a not so good 3rd rate Korean squad who lost by 4 goals
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J
J 3 hours ago 1 1
Klinsmann just told his assistant coach to hand him his brown pants...
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Matt
Matt 4 hours ago 5 1
Seems kinda sneaky. I hope it pays off or it will seem rather silly..... I wonder if anyone on Ghana's team is reading this story?
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Kodos
Kodos 4 hours ago 0 0
It's very common, no biggie.
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AC
AC 4 hours ago 0 2
How is it sneaky? It's a game being played in a huge stadium open to the public. Probably being televised to at least the two countries.
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan 4 hours ago 0 3
Actually Matt, Scouting is used quite often in just about every competitive Sport.
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Oliver
Oliver 2 hours ago 0 0
It happens all the time. I honestly don't think the Ghana team cares.
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Tony
Tony 3 hours ago 1 0
He wouldn't have liked what he saw at all.
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john
john 2 hours ago 2 1
Ghana, "The black stars" are a very good team because they play as a team. Unlike Nigeria, "The Super Eagles' who lost to the USA because they play individually. And not as a team. So the USA has no chance against Ghana, even though Coach Klinsmann spied on Ghana in their game with South Korea.
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Craig
Craig 2 hours ago 1 1
wow.. there must be 4 to 5 thousand people here in the states that care... wish you media types would stop trying to make soccer a sport we can get behind.. not this generation..
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D E
D E 4 hours ago 6 1
Klinsmann had a final secret meeting with German agents.
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Honeylocust
Honeylocust 2 hours ago 2 1
Our coach who thinks the USA does not have a chance.
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john 3 hours ago 2 0
The USA will not get out of the first round.They got a tough draw.I will be behind the team right back to the plane to come back home so we can develop some more.In other words 82 days til college football season begins...GO NOLES
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Long John
Long John 2 hours ago 10 1
Soccer is a racket, pushed on our kids by the liberals
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jakeari
jakeari 4 hours ago 12 1
I hope he stays home, the as------------le. they are not going to win anyway, those are his words. lol,lol. please boycott.!!!!!
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Darth
Darth 4 hours ago 13 3
Klinsmann is a punk, soon as they realize this and he is gone we will be better off
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ron m
ron m 3 hours ago 4 1
(soc-her)-- one sport we will always be sucking the hind titti--
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boourns1984
boourns1984 2 hours ago 1 0
tim howard needs to not let easy goals happen, that's the reason why they lost to ghana last time
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tef43
tef43 4 hours ago 34 2
Calm down, people. It's just soccer. It's not even a real sport, just a playground game for children who cannot hit a baseball.
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Nick
Nick 4 hours ago 0 4
Soccer sucks, but baseball is even worse. At least these guys are actual athletes, not roided up punks.
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Eileen
Eileen 4 hours ago 0 6
Yes, the sport of baseball. Where theres a total of 5 minutes of action, the game drags on for 3+ plus hours. Where players sit in the dugout chewing sunflower seeds and bubble gum, where they have to cut to commercial when a new pitcher enters the game even after warming up in the bullpen and throwing 30 pitches.
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan 4 hours ago 1 3
Seriously tef, you are clearly indicating how untraveled and uneducated you are. Soccer is the most popular Sport in the World. You have grown up in a bubble called THE United States of America. While I am a very proud American, I also spend a great deal of time in Europe. If you doubt the Athletic ability of an Elite Soccer Player, perhaps you have never tried to play the Sport. Soccer is not my Sport, I only played through Age-Group level, but I have great respect for these men. Once you are a little more educated and enlightened, perhaps you will learn to enjoy things you don't initially understand.
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doDAH
doDAH 4 hours ago 0 7
Baseball ? Sport ? Don't make me laugh !!!
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BEN
BEN 3 hours ago 0 2
baseball, the only thing sporting about it is grabbing your crotch.
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W
W 3 hours ago 0 2
Baseball??? LMFAO
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Oliver
Oliver 2 hours ago 1 0
I'd rather watch the sadistic sport of Nascar where I get to watch cars driving in circles hoping there is a massive crash. I want a big explosion and a lot of people dead and injured. That is my kind of sport.
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Leland
Leland 4 hours ago 2 14
Spying? He watched a game inside the US with thousands of fans present. It's called scouting not spying. You can bet money that Germany and Portugal had scouts at the game as well. What an ignorant story.
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W
W 3 hours ago 5 2
US and Germany will advance...and US will end up playing SPAIN in Semifinal, but will lose 2-1...with Germany winning the whole thing.
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Pacquito
Pacquito 19 minutes ago 0 0
Go team USA. Best of luck, and don't worry we still football and basketball . No one can touch that.
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roc_dude60
roc_dude60 1 hour ago 2 2
Ghana? Why can't the US find 11 guys that can beat 11 guys from Ghana? why are 11 guys with malaria, typhoid, and malnutrition a problem for the US and it's training programs, nutritious meals and health care. I hope all the soccer coaches born in the US hang their heads because a German is leading our 1 and done team.
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Carl
Carl 1 hour ago 1 0
hahaha...wow this is the most ignorant comment i have heard so far. The fact that the US has better facilities and nutrition does not in any way mean the US is better than Ghana. Please, before you show your ignorance, please find out how long Ghana has played soccer compared with your infantile American soccer establishment before you make unnecessary comments about another country's soccer prowess. Believe me, if you go into the game with these arrogant mindset, you will taste a third defeat. Humble yourself please...
Nana
Nana 34 minutes ago 0 0
@roc_dude60. You are another ignorant person just like Sarah Palin who said africa is a country. People like you always make mockery of yourself when you display your ignorance in public. What do you know about Ghana? Do you know how many US citizens are malnourished and without healthcare?
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Jim
Jim 2 hours ago 1 0
Thats what assistants are for.
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Michael
Michael 4 hours ago 12 0
It doesn't matter, they are 3 & out anyway. Stay home coach.
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SIMON SAYS
SIMON SAYS 2 hours ago 2 1
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anson
anson 1 hour ago 0 0
I think,the US team should stand well because Ghana is coming very strong to beat them again.
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Lionel Mandrake
Lionel Mandrake 4 hours ago 18 4
Klinsmann should be fired.
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Eric 4 hours ago 4 1
Your prayers are about to be answered. Every US coach loses his job after losing to Ghana. Bradley enjoyed this treatment twice. Second time after taking the job in Egypt. Klinsmann is not any different! He is about to go where Ghana sends US coaches!
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Lionel Mandrake
Lionel Mandrake 4 hours ago 6 1
Any coach who sez "we can't win" shouldn't be a coach. Period.
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jaime
jaime 3 hours ago 1 2
I think Lionel Mandrake is Donovan's alias
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pete
pete 27 minutes ago 0 0
must beat these ghananaians
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mark h
mark h 4 hours ago 2 2
The coach has already stated that he doesn't believe the USA can win ......
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Kow Odoom 9 years ago
I wish you speedy recovery
I wish you speedy recovery
charles 9 years ago
we musd not play any friendly
we musd not play any friendly
KUBIRU 9 years ago
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS FANTASTIC STRICKER RECOVERS VERY SOON.GOODLUCK WARIS
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS FANTASTIC STRICKER RECOVERS VERY SOON.GOODLUCK WARIS
Ghfuo, heaven is not for fools! 9 years ago
How can we trust that these2 won't divulge our injury notes to opposing teams? Information is the most important commodity!
How can we trust that these2 won't divulge our injury notes to opposing teams? Information is the most important commodity!
Braiven 3 hours ago 0 7
I wish the boys luck as I fear they will definitely need it. We have the worst group!
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BrianR
BrianR 3 hours ago 6 36
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I wish you speedy recovery
we musd not play any friendly
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS FANTASTIC STRICKER RECOVERS VERY SOON.GOODLUCK WARIS
How can we trust that these2 won't divulge our injury notes to opposing teams? Information is the most important commodity!
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