Wasn't sure why the Welch team and fans seem so happy with a draw, then I remembered: This group is already decided:

Matchday #2:
ENG beats USA
Wales beats Iran

Records going into matchday 3:
Eng - 6
Wales - 4
USA -1
Iran - 0

So it won't matter when USA beats Iran to finish on 4 points, since there's about zero chance either of the UK teams play for anything other than a draw. GG all.

Things are going really well. Our midfield has been great. I know just the thing to make it even better KELLYN ACCOSTA!

I ****ing HATE Gregg Berhalter. He got it too right to start the game simply but not being a penis looking yeezey wearing genius but after controlling the game he just ****ing couldn't help himself.

Jordan Morris and Kellyn Accosta seeing the field while Gio Reyna and Luca de la Torres don't get off the bench is such a fireable offense. I ****ing hate this guy

i hear ya Fossil, but at the end of the day USA won't deserve to advance out of the group without getting a result vs ENG

You HAD to win this game. And Gregg managed it like he had an eye on England in the 2nd round. We could have lost 15-0 to England if we'd beaten Wales and still would have just had to beat Iran on the last day. Gregg is such a ****ing idiot.

lol I've been waiting for this

Aren't England and Wales bitter rivals? Doesn't seem to me they would settle for a draw.

yep. as predictable as a BTC ponzi scheme

Gareth Southgate knows he can sub in 4 or 5 guys, play his B+ squad, and still have more talent on the pitch than Wales, so he'll rest some of his key players and/or guys on a yellow card

Wales know that if they press too hard, England will absolutely punish them. So if you think they packed it in the 1st half of this game tonight, wait until you see what they do in 8 days. Sure, they could finish top of the go top with a win, but there is NO WAY they do anything to risk that precious point which gets them through.

ETA: You'd have to ask someone from the UK, but I don't think there is much of a rivalry there, other than just your normal low-key bragging rights. I think they've only met like 3 times in the last 10+ years, with England easily winning all 3

If Wales pumps in a bunch of goals vs Iran and we lose to England they'd gladly take a 1-0 loss.

Missed on the over for corners only 8

A system that spits out losers...

Keep defending Gregg and lol MLS. It's worked out well

biggest tactical problem is that guys are going to be gassed after pressing all-out for 45', it's not exactly a surprise and GGG's gotta have subs and tactical tweaks ready to go in advance

I wish I knew what LFC sounded like irl. Hearing his rants in a generic voice just doesn't do it justice

MLS guy drew the penalty and then tied it. We needed MOAR MLS

Tactical tweaks is not exactly in Gregg's vocab.

xG went from like 0.9-0.1 USA in the 1st half to 1.8-0.15 Wales in the 2nd. Wouldn't be surprised if it's the same in every 2nd half. Unless England is already up enough that they aren't interested in the 2nd.

You can press intelligently and not be gassed after 45'. These are professional athletes. No one is saying don't sub. Just don't bring in Kellyn Acosta and ****ing Jordan Morris. It's really not the least bit difficult.

Buy a cameo. I'll do one for you. More importantly, do you actually disagree with anything?


You're right actually. Gareth Bale MLS legend. MLS the best league by WC2026USA /thread

cesspool thread lol we didn't even lose

LFC I don't disagree at all and I would happily pay $5 for you to rant about GGG for 5 minutes

I'll contribute $5 to the GGG rant. Post it to YouTube plz

I can see being mad at Zimmerman but who else was gonna play at CB? CCV who has like 1 cap? He made one mistake all game lmao

$5 from me too if it goes up on the youtubes

after listening to the post-match, Reyna may or may not have been available for this game

this

we are what we are at the end of the day (and that isn't world beaters)

we are WAL's equals per ELO and, go figure, we tied them

edit to add: now go get a result vs ENG and begin to pick up some momentum in this tournament

twitter says he had a knock but is available next game

I mean, I always had 1-1-1

should still be the result? lol how you get there is for emotional people

if we scored in the 99th minute down 1-0 the emotionals would be riding high.. who cares

Lol if Wales pumps goals into Iran. Iran are better than Wales.

Wales Iran should be 0-0 no cap

Rants are fun. Actually stating what you disagree to facilitate discussion with is better than just omg rantz!

It was incredibly dumb from Zimmerman but I agree with you, Zimmerman is the choice there. No issue with that. My issue is with Wales starting to have a bit more of the game we decide to bring on an awful CDM in Kellyn Acosta and completely concede the midfield. We knew he would do this. This is why playing guys like him in qualifying and including him in the squad are a huge problem.

In a 3 game group stage how you get there is very important unfortunately

I'm gonna have to wake up at 5am to sweat this **** game now. Prob 6am for the **** 2nd half actually