From: Winston Smith, American Patriot on
On Jun 26, 11:54 pm, Manx Gunner <goal(a)4thegunners!com> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:42:42 -0700 (PDT), SHUSSBAR wrote...
> > > Ghana getting very physical, as it appears it needs to elbow US
> > > players in the head because it's losing control of the match.
>
> > Fair hard game so far , what are you talking about?
>
> Still think so after all the bullshit playacting and timewasting?
>
> Good for fans of African football, but shame on Ghana's players.

They did the normal amount of stalling. At any rate, 3 minutes were
added...as if it mattered.

By then the USA offense had no answers, forced into panic kicks
because the USA defense could not stop a Ghanian kicking the ball into
the net if the stacked the bodies of 200 Americans in front of the
net! The Ghanians were the better team tonight, and the USA was
disappointing. If all the other group leaders go into the QF, then
the USA presence here should ultimately be looked at as embarrassment!

From: William Clark on
In article <slrni2cqj7.nl.sid(a)Cameron.local>,
Sid <sid(a)invalid_nerte.invalid.invalid_net.invalid> wrote:

> * Starcade [2010-06-26 15:59] [rec.sport.soccer]:
> > 120' 1-2 (Donovan 62 pen -- Boateng 5, Gyan 93)
> >
> > As the ESPN people predicted, Gyan is the savior as it appears the USA
> > is eliminated.
> >
> > Three minutes of added extra time???
>
> Fair. There was a fair amount of play stopped in the second half of
> extra time.
>
> Sid

Well, same old story, the US just does not have strikers of
international calibre. Altidore and Franklen looked slow and ponderous
on the ball, and were easily closed down by defenders. As they have been
all tournament. Somehow the US has to find/breed/train someone in the
Messi, Suarez mold. Plus they need two central defenders that can
actually stop someone.

Good effort, though.
From: Yo Merito on
Starcade <darkstar7646(a)gmail.com> writes:

> FT 1-2 (Donovan 62 pen -- Boateng 5, Gyan 93)
>
> USA eliminated.

Great! Now it will hurt a lot less tomorrow when Mexico follows as
well.

> Sadly, a demonstration of how far they have to go. A clear path to
> the semifinals, denied.

That clear path was earned by Uruguay in the game vs Mexico.
From: Winston Smith, American Patriot on
On Jun 27, 12:20 am, d...(a)no.email.thankstospam.net (DK) wrote:
> In article <bf513d5a-11da-4e97-9428-2275f1517...(a)i28g2000yqa.googlegroups..com>, "Winston Smith, American Patriot" <mavigoz...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >On Jun 26, 11:54=A0pm, Manx Gunner <goal(a)4thegunners!com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:42:42 -0700 (PDT), SHUSSBAR wrote...
> >> > > Ghana getting very physical, as it appears it needs to elbow US
> >> > > players in the head because it's losing control of the match.
>
> >> > Fair hard game so far , what are you talking about?
>
> >> Still think so after all the bullshit playacting and timewasting?
>
> >> Good for fans of African football, but shame on Ghana's players.
>
> >They did the normal amount of stalling.  At any rate, 3 minutes were
> >added...as if it mattered.
>
> >By then the USA offense had no answers, forced into panic kicks
> >because the USA defense could not stop a Ghanian kicking the ball into
> >the net if the stacked the bodies of 200 Americans in front of the
> >net!  The Ghanians were the better team tonight, and the USA was
> >disappointing.  If all the other group leaders go into the QF, then
> >the USA presence here should ultimately be looked at as embarrassment!
>
> The difference between the first and second halves make me
> blame Bradley. It looked like two different teams.
>
> Also, it seemed that in the extra time, USA expected Ghanians (?) to
> have run it out of steam completely. Instead, they revved up a bit and
> it took us by surprise - hence the goal. A wonderful goal, BTW.
> If only Altidore used his chances at 50% of what Gyan does...

I believe Gyan would have kicked that goal even if had been the Dutch,
Germans, or Brazilians he was playing against. The Ghanians wanted it
more---hence your observation that they "revved up a bit." Worse, the
USA spent another 25 minutes mostly looking for low percentage
attacks, and looking helpless in the middle as well.
From: Ginyussan on
On Jun 26, 2:46 pm, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious, why did you start a new match thread?

stop being a drama queen.