Belgium Dominate USMNT, Turner vs Freese, and Roger Bennett on World Cup Memories| Unfiltered Soccer
USMNT Goalkeeper selection
If Matt Freese is going to be the goalkeeper going into the World Cup, at best, he'd have 15, 16, 17 caps. That's an infant. Literally throwing an infant onto the football field.
USMNT performance vs Belgium
A top 15 national team at home and you concede five goals? It just blows my mind. It's all bullshit. Somebody at some point had to say enough of this—we're not getting embarrassed on our home field.
USMNT dressing room culture
I asked someone who is very tied into soccer in this country... what the mood was like when you got back to the hotel? And they said a bunch of guys didn't come down from their rooms. The guys who did, it was okay. The mood was okay. I would have been mortified.
USMNT tactical discipline
When it goes to 3-0, this ain't about tactics anymore. I'd have vacated the middle of the midfield, gone steaming over to the fullback, and lit Jeremy Doku up. You've got two options: stop taking the piss or get yourself subbed off.
USMNT identity
We've lost the American spirit that has kept us in games we had no business being in for decades. The irony is now that our players are playing at bigger clubs and from a talent and skill set, they are as good as we've ever been, but without it.
USMNT World Cup outlook
The knock on this team is that they haven't had that signature win. You get signature moments by beating a top 10 team, and they haven't had that.
USMNT World Cup history
It is hard to believe that our nation has won one knockout World Cup game in history. It's crazy. A nation with our ability, our athletic ability, our sporting prowess—a nation that loves winners. That's what we've got to change.
Tottenham Hotspur management
I'm baffled that they got it wrong with Tudor. They could have and should have done this three weeks ago at a minimum and cut your losses. They're going to have to do it anyway.
Spurs are the Everton of the South, like the second biggest team, the one that dreams of that neighbor that overshadows them.
England national team
The English media have decided after the performance this week... maybe we're not that good. That is a change. It's a steady climb of how high can we get them before we absolutely tear them down.