No they didn’t.
Outside that, a game of two halves. I hate sitting, and hanging back, on a lead. You’re just asking for waves of chances to come at you.
I get that they were gassed but the Iranians took advantage and almost got one a few times.
Phew. Good for team USA.
[I get that they were gassed but the Iranians took advantage and almost got one a few times.]
This would cease to be a problem if soccer allowed for unlimited substitutions (at pre-determined intervals, so as to minimize interruptions to the flow of play). The problem with soccer is that in the later stages, it consists of watching the players jog more than play. It’s like watching a 100m race that morphs into a marathon, such that the runners are basically walking quickly during the final lap.