***Official USMNT-WCQ Octagonal Thread***

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RealTalk said:

Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

Here's an idea to some of you.

You can be pissex at the result but realize whining on the internet does nothing and understand while not ideal, a point on the road isn't bad.
So you can't btch about the performance of the team and not be happy with the result?

My goodness, are you guys that fragile?


Fragile?

Lmao your little meltdown makes no sense. Saying a post on Texags is "why US soccer sucks" or whatever is laughable.
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aggiephoenix02 said:

fig96 said:

aggiephoenix02 said:

PatAg, you got a lot of nerve telling other poster how to post. Remind us, what makes you so incredibly special?
Dont make me block you again.
Get bent...
Well that lasted like a week. Bye.
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fig96 said:

aggiephoenix02 said:

fig96 said:

aggiephoenix02 said:

PatAg, you got a lot of nerve telling other poster how to post. Remind us, what makes you so incredibly special?
Dont make me block you again.
Get bent...
Well that lasted like a week. Bye.
Ha, I'm crushed...
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aggiephoenix02 said:

PatAg said:

aggiephoenix02 said:

PatAg said:

aggiephoenix02 said:

PatAg, you got a lot of nerve telling other poster how to post. Remind us, what makes you so incredibly special?
Don't be weird.
Don't be condescending to other posters when they call you out for being An overbearing blowhard. And I'll ask once again, what makes you so incredibly special you get to dictate to other posters?
Well, when you want to actually contribute to the game thread I look forward to it.
If you want to just try to pick a fight with me, have fun.
You just can't get over yourself can you? I'm not picking a fight with you (your just SO important). I'm calling you out for posting like the condescending jerk that you come across as based off of what you post...


No one wants to read y'all's homo erotic flirting. Just ignore each other.
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Aggies2009 said:

RealTalk said:

Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

Here's an idea to some of you.

You can be pissex at the result but realize whining on the internet does nothing and understand while not ideal, a point on the road isn't bad.
So you can't btch about the performance of the team and not be happy with the result?

My goodness, are you guys that fragile?


Fragile?

Lmao your little meltdown makes no sense. Saying a post on Texags is "why US soccer sucks" or whatever is laughable.
Obviously it was hyperbole. It was a rant.

But whatever...be happy with today's result. Maybe we'll beat Canada on Sunday. Canada has a great tradition in soccer, just like hockey.
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wangus12 said:

This board was more fun 5-10 years when there were fewer posters on it


Can we go back to the days when it was just Dre, JJxvi, you, Jeffk, and a few others propping up the board

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RealTalk said:

Aggies2009 said:

RealTalk said:

Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

Here's an idea to some of you.

You can be pissex at the result but realize whining on the internet does nothing and understand while not ideal, a point on the road isn't bad.
So you can't btch about the performance of the team and not be happy with the result?

My goodness, are you guys that fragile?


Fragile?

Lmao your little meltdown makes no sense. Saying a post on Texags is "why US soccer sucks" or whatever is laughable.
Obviously it was hyperbole. It was a rant.

But whatever...be happy with today's result. Maybe we'll beat Canada on Sunday. Canada has a great tradition in soccer, just like hockey.


See now you're on your little straw man tirade. I clearly said it's not the result I wanted but I guess that doesn't matter since you'll just go so whatever you want because you're having a meltdown and have no self control.

At least you admit to just coming here to vent/rant, which is kinda the point PatAg was making. And really makes you not worth reading/responding to. Carry on.
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RealTalk said:

Aggies2009 said:

RealTalk said:

Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

Here's an idea to some of you.

You can be pissex at the result but realize whining on the internet does nothing and understand while not ideal, a point on the road isn't bad.
So you can't btch about the performance of the team and not be happy with the result?

My goodness, are you guys that fragile?


Fragile?

Lmao your little meltdown makes no sense. Saying a post on Texags is "why US soccer sucks" or whatever is laughable.
Obviously it was hyperbole. It was a rant.

But whatever...be happy with today's result. Maybe we'll beat Canada on Sunday. Canada has a great tradition in soccer, just like hockey.


Who is happy about this result? The post you're quoting says I'm pissed about it.

Go to ded. You're brunk.
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I dont' even know what a straw man is.
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Oh, and PatAg and Fig get my votes in this little tiff. Go get em, tigers
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Kampfers said:

wangus12 said:

This board was more fun 5-10 years when there were fewer posters on it


Can we go back to the days when it was just Dre, JJxvi, you, Jeffk, and a few others propping up the board




It's really just two people that are making this thread miserable and they do it in every thread. Trust me I know. I used to be that way.
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Sunday can't get here soon enough. 3 games in 7 days, only home game it should be the best combination of 11 players from this group. Lets see what Greggg can take away from the game.
Id say probably dont play Dest and Konrad on the same side for one. If Yedlin is going to play, then whichever wide player is on that side is going to struggle to get involved in the game.
We need more from our central players as well when it comes to transitioning from defensive third to attacking third.
Attacking third just HAS to be more clinical. We created real chances, as well as botched some in the buildup to it. I don't agree that Sargent sucks, but he does need to start doing more.
I dont know how likely this is to happen, but I think Greggggg has to figure out a way to get our wingers and 8s more connected to whoever is playing the 9 more frequently. It's too disjointed most of the time, though even in this game we had some really dangerous sequences of play that led to our good chances.
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RealTalk said:

I dont' even know what a straw man is.


There's an invention that came out about 20 years ago called Google. It's this cool thing that's on all computers and phones. You look things up with it.

Google strawman argument and you will realize that's what you're doing.
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PatAg said:

Sunday can't get here soon enough. 3 games in 7 days, only home game it should be the best combination of 11 players from this group. Lets see what Greggg can take away from the game.
Id say probably dont play Dest and Konrad on the same side for one. If Yedlin is going to play, then whichever wide player is on that side is going to struggle to get involved in the game.
We need more from our central players as well when it comes to transitioning from defensive third to attacking third.
Attacking third just HAS to be more clinical. We created real chances, as well as botched some in the buildup to it. I don't agree that Sargent sucks, but he does need to start doing more.
I dont know how likely this is to happen, but I think Greggggg has to figure out a way to get our wingers and 8s more connected to whoever is playing the 9 more frequently. It's too disjointed most of the time, though even in this game we had some really dangerous sequences of play that led to our good chances.
TLDR...
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Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

RealTalk said:

I dont' even know what a straw man is.


There's an invention that came out about 20 years ago called Google. It's this cool thing that's on all computers and phones. You look things up with it.

Google strawman argument and you will realize that's what you're doing.
Dude, reach behind you and remove that stick from your ass.

[last part was inappropriate - staff]
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Not really about the game, but Hugo Perez is someone that was involved in the YNT program and I remember reading an article that our federation basically cold shouldered him out.

He had a not very good El Salvador team playing with some good discipline and shape tonight.
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Have a good night.
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PatAg said:

Not really about the game, but Hugo Perez is someone that was involved in the YNT program and I remember reading an article that our federation basically cold shouldered him out.

He had a not very good El Salvador team playing with some good discipline and shape tonight.


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PatAg said:

Not really about the game, but Hugo Perez is someone that was involved in the YNT program and I remember reading an article that our federation basically cold shouldered him out.

He had a not very good El Salvador team playing with some good discipline and shape tonight.
Agreed, he'll have them in the mix for that 4th spot if they can play like this consistently.
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So based on the last 2 pages, I take it we didn't win?
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agdoc2001 said:

So based on the last 2 pages, I take it we didn't win?


At least we're not arguing with doctors about what causes concussions and whether invermicin is better than the vaccine.
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Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

agdoc2001 said:

So based on the last 2 pages, I take it we didn't win?


At least we're not arguing with doctors about what causes concussions and whether invermicin is better than the vaccine.


Fair enough
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Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

agdoc2001 said:

So based on the last 2 pages, I take it we didn't win?


At least we're not arguing with doctors about what causes concussions and whether invermicin is better than the vaccine.
I need to hear what Gregggg thinks first.
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PatAg said:

Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

agdoc2001 said:

So based on the last 2 pages, I take it we didn't win?


At least we're not arguing with doctors about what causes concussions and whether invermicin is better than the vaccine.
I need to hear what Gregggg thinks first.
Why don't you just tell Gregg what to think and say like you do to fellow posters here on Texags?
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fig96 said:

aggiephoenix02 said:

fig96 said:

aggiephoenix02 said:

PatAg, you got a lot of nerve telling other poster how to post. Remind us, what makes you so incredibly special?
Dont make me block you again.
Get bent...
Well that lasted like a week. Bye.

Is this the first successful TexAgs hookup to take place on the soccer board?!
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I probably won't rewatch but did it seem like the players were consistently inconsistent last night? Or maybe they were trying to play fast when they should play slow and vice versa. As if they all wanted to make an impact every time they touched the ball and forgot to settle down and make the easy play.

And when are we going to going to talk about Dest being a turnover machine who is slow tracking back? His style plays right into the hands of the of CONCACAFy defenders not afraid of contact.
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Can we get these 2 posters involved in The Ticket Fight Night?
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I got home late thus watched this skipping through it. I guess Aston was right. Where was Paulisic? China flu? Given how we played earlier this summer, I thought for sure we'd win. Seems to already now put a hell of lot of pressure on the CAN game. Frustrating.
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Morning after thoughts.

That was not a good result. We can talk about going on the road to hostile CONCACRAP countries all we want. But this squad needs 6 points out of 9 on this 3 game stretch to feel good. They now have a much, much tougher hill to climb.

Canada at home and Honduras on the road. 3-4 points just became a very real possibility.

Not even going to call out individual players because there were too many with D and F grades.

If El Salvador had an MLS level striker, they would have won this match.
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Hey...so.. um said:

Can we get these 2 posters involved in The Ticket Fight Night?
Man when I lived in the Village, the ring for that was literally set up right across from my patio. We would set on my porch for front row seats
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I agree with tysker. I thought we were consistently inconsistent. I thought we did manage to get into good positions last night only for the final ball to be the let down, whether it be a cross or that final pass.

Sargent on multiple occasions looked like he wanted to pass rather than let it fly. Just take a rip. The old saying of not scoring if you don't shoot and all that. I like his hustle, but his hold up play leaves much to be desired. With the way our wingers like to come in off the flank, Pefok looked much better up top. We really need someone to take hold of the FW position, whether it be Pefok, Sargent, Dike or someone else.

Reyna needs to be the one playing in the middle and Aaronson should have been on the wing. That said, Reyna lost a ton of possession when he did have the ball.

Dest needs to relax on his desire to dribble through entire teams. He lost possession in dangerous spots and then fails to hustle back to cover his own mistake. With Ream out there, we don't exactly have speed to defend the counter. Playing Dest and de la Fuente on the same side is asking for trouble going down that flank defensively. I thought Konrad should have stayed on longer than Aaronson.

That said, I thought the defense for the most part shut down everything ES tried to do. Turner sometimes scares me with his feet, but I thought they all played fairly comfortably.

McKennie had a rough game all around. He just needs to be better in every facet and we know he can be.

This is a very talented, but very immature USMNT. They have got to be more cohesive in how they play. Sometimes they look like they have no idea what each of them are doing. Some of it is tactics, and some of it is just not being on the same wavelengths. This is a team where the majority of players are playing in Europe now. Time for it to show against CONCACAF competition.
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Furlock Bones said:

Morning after thoughts.

That was not a good result. We can talk about going on the road to hostile CONCACRAP countries all we want. But this squad needs 6 points out of 9 on this 3 game stretch to feel good. They now have a much, much tougher hill to climb.

Canada at home and Honduras on the road. 3-4 points just became a very real possibility.

Not even going to call out individual players because there were too many with D and F grades.

If El Salvador had an MLS level striker, they would have won this match.
El Salvador was barely in the game. xG was 0.3 - 1.8.

In the era of the hex, the home team won 60% of all games, and visiting teams won like 15%. The United States dropped points on the road to one of the bottom 3 finishing teams in every single hexagonal where we qualified and usually lost a game to one of those teams.

Failure to qualify in Concacaf happens by dropping points at home. The Canada game was always way more important than El Salvador, and qualifying will be won or lost in home games vs Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, etc. we didn't qualify last time because of losing the home games (which all the other teams are rarely doing), not because of draws away.
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We lost a chance to steal some bonus points.
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All this referreeing this post last night made me forget about Lasso.
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So from my understanding we expected a team with a bunch of players with absolutely zero CONCACAF away game experience to walk into a hostile WCQ environment and dominate this Salvadorian team? Got it.

No amount of European experience can prepare you fro the grind that is the CONCACAF octagonal. It's okay to be frustrated with how we played but in reality we just need to get to the magical 21 points from 14 games. Every point matters.

I am by no means happy with the result but I will take a point over a loss. Remind you in the last cycle we got 0 points from the first 2 games.
 
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