Posted on 10/10/2017 7:28:01 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The nightmare scenario has played out for the U.S. men's national team.
A roller coaster of a qualifying campaign ended in shambles, with a stunning 2-1 loss to Trinidad & Tobago, coupled with wins by Panama and Honduras over Costa Rica and Mexico, respectively, has eliminated the USA from the World Cup. The Americans will not be playing in Russia next summer.
Trinidad and Tobago, which hadn't won in its last nine matches (0-8-1), exacted revenge for the 1989 elimination at the hands of the United States, doing so in stunning fashion. An own goal from Omar Gonzalez and a rocket from Alvin Jones provided the offense, while Christian Pulisic's second-half goal wasn't enough to save the Americans.
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yawn.
Ouch. Àt least we don’t have to hear the side bar political aspects of every game they would have played in Russia.
Now we’re not going to Russia ... I hope all you libs are happy ...
I hated those jerseys too
Yeah, I just can’t watch soccer.
I’ll bet the Mexicans took a knee just to spite us ...
The dominant color of a US national team uniform should NEVER be red.
Somebody needs to be fired. I don’t know enough about soccer to have an opinion as to who, but this seems to be a humiliating development.
Damn, everything has been homo’d up.
seriously they were not the shirts they were too wear
I knew they would, I knew Costa Rica would too, once they knew what the score was, I don't blame them. If the US can't even tie T&T they don't deserve it.
Sam’s Army adopted
red because it looks good on tv ...
Mexico was undeafeted until today. They definitely tanked just to embarrass Trump. OF course, most of Trump’s voters don’t watch soccer...
This is not the first time Red has been the predominant color in recent years.
Yes but. sam’s Army has been wearing Red for over a decade - I’m thinking the team just wanted to go along with their fans ...
Y'beat me to it.
We had to play both Trinidad & Tobago- at the same time?
Gee...
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