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wooowwww well...

exciting

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Michael Bradley has had a terrible first two games, imo.
 

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Why does Bradley refuse to blame himself in his post game interviews? Fucking man up and admit you suck.
 

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We f*cking had it in the bag ARGH! That Bradley turnover in the last 30 seconds of the game pissed me off SMFH!
 

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We f*cking had it in the bag ARGH! That Bradley turnover in the last 30 seconds of the game pissed me off SMFH!

Not only the give away but he had a wide open net (Goalie was away) and Bradley kicks the ball straight at the god damn defender. WTF is wrong with this guy?
 

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He's having a bad tournament, but you can't blame 1 guy for losing the match. The team had it in the bag and couldn't close it....

The first goal to Portugal was brutal as well.
 

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US still has a 86% chance of advancing. Ghana needs to lose.
 

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He's having a bad tournament, but you can't blame 1 guy for losing the match. The team had it in the bag and couldn't close it....

The first goal to Portugal was brutal as well.

Yeah plenty of blame to go around... Beasley not pressuring Ronaldo, FJ not marking his midfield man, Cameron not realizing there was someone behind him, Besler not in line with the rest of the defense keeping Portugal onside, I felt Howard could have done better with that as well. Too easy to blame one guy. Team thought they had won and let Ronaldo get off a beautiful cross for the equalizer.

Heart breaking all around, but a team wins together, loses together, and ties together. One nation, one team.
 

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On the bright side, the team went toe to toe against a desperate Portugal hungry for points, who some thought would destroy us.

And we're all UPSET that we TIED them! That's progress my friends.
 

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He's having a bad tournament, but you can't blame 1 guy for losing the match. The team had it in the bag and couldn't close it....

The first goal to Portugal was brutal as well.

Yes Cameron sucked but Bradley is expected to be the point of control for the U.S. If he's giving the ball away midfield, that's not very good. All dude had to do what boot the ball down the sideline and time runs out. He either had a mental cramp or a physical cramp, possibly both. But I do think its fair to blame him for the loss.
 

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US still has a 86% chance of advancing. Ghana needs to lose.

What makes you think Ghana will lose? Everything I've seen tells me they're likely to win. Portugal look mentally spent. They didn't even care that they tied the game at 2. If Ghana smokes Portugal, we're likely on the outside looking in.
 

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