MacChump

3 minutes ago, H2O said:

already nervous?

already? been there since last friday at about 4pm est lol

3 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Yup. If that happens, it's going to be almost unwatchable.

unplugging the phone now

if the us can't score in the first 30 minutes or so the shithousery will be concacaf level

If you can’t win a single game in your group then you probably don’t really deserve to move on. US played well today and I expect them to beat Iran. 

4 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Ok soccer fans…what does a draw mean for their chances here? Assuming a win against Iran and loss against England, it may come down to goals for/against?

pretty much...a tie against England would be huge...very disappointing result

21 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Getting nervous now for the US game...

lol, i'm pretty much dying

19 hours ago, Chris78 said:

The Wentz experiment is working out so well in DC. 

Ron Rivera needs to go 

This Team is undisciplined with way too many penalties. The offensive line can't pass protect and kills themselves with false starts and holding penalties that stalls drives.

Carson Wentz is who Philly and Indy knew he was. 

Ron Rivera's arrogance blows me a way. 

Way to many excuses .

1-16?

 

16 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

As bad as Wentz is, he’s not the real issue. The ownership and front office are terrible and have been for an egregiously long time.

I saw a stat that the WFT has had a losing record to start November in 22 of the last 30 years. That’s horrific.

the Carson Wentz Experience...it's really something

5 minutes ago, Whineminster said:

I'd love to live there.  Fish right out your back door off your living room couch, ocean access, tropical breezes... Nothing better.  Just get good flood insurance

fyp

at least one pic of thousands of floating red maga hats or bust

12 hours ago, Birds~69 said:

He's blown 3  3-1 series leads in the past coaching...may as well blow a 3-0 series lead.

i will lose my everlasting mind lol

1 hour ago, Birds~69 said:

100% Doc's going to get canned not making it out the 1st round, 50% not making it out the 2nd round...

sounds right

i've grown to really dislike the raptors

6 hours ago, mattie g said:

Does anyone track the hummingbird migration so they can be ready to put the feeders out? I didn't know about this site before, so I put out a feeder about three weeks ago when we had that warm stretch. To no one's surprise, no hummingbirds showed up.

https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2022-map.htm

Looks like they generally show up here right around April 10, so I'm going to put another feeder out today.

 

1 hour ago, FXW176 said:

Heh, put my feeders out during that warm stretch too @mattie g. Only to pull them back in when we dropped in the 20s. No sightings yet, but back out they go. And Amazon was kind enough to deliver a Peterson Hummingbird Field Guide today.

lol i follow that as well...figured i'd put mine out this weekend

13 minutes ago, nj2va said:

We’d stand a decent shot at emerging as spot 2 from group play you’d think? 

yeah, i think we'd be favored to advance over iran or whatever team is the 4th for sure...

lol US in group B with England, Iran, and either Wales, Scotland or Ukraine…texted my English friend:

20 minutes ago, toolsheds said:

Ask your buddy if he watched all of the old Peter Shilton Keeper training videos.    They were the on cue every year at GK Camp growing up. 

will do

2 minutes ago, mattie g said:

It's crazy. He's done the same thing multiple times now.

I was texting with my buddies during the game and I said that I'm almost done with him. You just can't have those kinds of errors game-in and game-out. Matt Turner is definitely good enough to take that #1 spot. Gaga Slonina will almost certainly be our #1 over the next few years, but it's still too early. I'd be good with Turner, Steffen, Solonina as our three keepers in Qatar.

 i'd take horvath over zach too...i had a buddy over last night who is a pretty successful youth coach and played GK growing up in england, and i learned some new phrases that i won't repeat lol...

1 minute ago, North Balti Zen said:

Groups are, therefore, comprised of one from pot one, one from pot two, one from pot 3 and one from pot 4. 

right. so you want be in a higher pot if possible...the US being in pot 2 isn't too bad...it means there will only be one team ranked higher than them in their group

Just now, mattie g said:

It was a bit of a dead-rubber match, but it was weird to go through despite losing. We didn't play poorly, either. Costa Rica took advantage of that one set piece, then Zack Steffen sh*t the bed again on a claiming a free kick. I can't stress enough how frustrating it is when you have a keeper who doesn't command the box well and/or will confidently collect crosses.

I think this team is built to play against teams that don't sit in a lower block - basically a team that allows a bit more space. We should see this much more in the World Cup than in qualifying, so I think we'll put on a good show.

agree, especially with the bolded...he should have given up a goal against panama for the same reason...anyway, relieved they qualified, now i just have to pretend to be on the fence about watching the WC for a while...

Just now, mattie g said:

There will be that little measure of concern until we finish the job. I mean...there's no way this Costa Rica team scores six goals on us, let alone six unanswered goals, but that nagging concern will still be there.

I'm with you though. Go down there and get three points to close it out. That would be phenomenal.

You know what's crazy? The absolutely ridiculous CONCACAF yellow card accumulation rule will be applied to the playoff game with New Zealand. There are nine Costa Rica players n a yellow, so if any of them pick up another tonight then they'll be suspended for that playoff game. That's just nuts. I feel for them, but I'd be surprised if most of them start since the chances of making up that GD against us are so incredibly slim.

i read that, too...apparently FIFA waived that rule for the UEFA playoffs but i don't know if you want to count on that happening for the NZ game if you are costa rica, so i would expect them to run a B team out there as well...get the three and hope everyone gets healthy between now and november

On 3/28/2022 at 8:09 AM, mattie g said:

Fantastic ass-kicking of Panama by the US last night. The only way we don't go to the World Cup is if we lose to Costa Rica by six goals or more on Wednesday...and even if we do (which we won't), we would still play a playoff against New Zealand for one final spot.

Even though the 2022 World Cup is probably one cycle too early for this crop of players, when this team is fully healthy it's going to be really fun to watch. The great thing is that these guys will be in their primes come the 2026 World Cup here in the US (and Mexico and Canada)!

On 3/28/2022 at 9:53 AM, toolsheds said:

Definitely was a good match.  They were focused and delivered. 

no worries about qualifying (mostly lol) but would still love to get a result tonight for the first time ever down there

44 minutes ago, Albedoman said:

to my fellow snow weenies LMAO  . My sister in law just sent me this picture of whats coming our way a few minutes ago-- She lives in Memphis Tn. They already have thundersnow and the visibilities are pretty low. Notice the stickage on their streets and trees and by the way , it was 64 degrees yesterday there.  

 

Whiteout 

extra hour of sunlight got ingested by models finally

6 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

I am heading out to Phillies Spring Training tomorrow...near record cold in the Clearwater area tomorrow night....upper 30's

falling iguana watch

1 hour ago, MacChump said:

outdoor soccer tournament tomorrow should be brutal, would love for the snow to come in earlier so games get cancelled

and they're cancelled

outdoor soccer tournament tomorrow should be brutal, would love for the snow to come in earlier so games get cancelled