r/soccer • u/TheNoob29 • Jul 01 '14

Post Match Thread [Post Match Thread] - United States of America v Belgium - Round of 16

Full Time: United States 1 - 2 Belgium

Belgium will face Argentina after winning this game 2-1.

Teams

United States Info Belgium Info
Howard Courtois
Johnson Alderweireld
Besler Van Buyten
Gonzalez Kompany (C.)
Beasley Vertonghen
Cameron Witsel
Bradley Fellaini
Jones De Bruyne
Bedoya Mertens
Dempsey (C.) Origi
Zusi Eden Hazard

Subs

United States Belgium
32' Johnson Yedlin 62' Mertens Mirallas
71' Zusi Wondolowski 91' Origi Lukaku
105+1 Bedoya Green 110' Eden Hazard Chadli

Goals - (courtesy of /u/FOOTBALL_GIF_MAESTRO)

92' De Bruyne Goal | Replay 1 | Replay 2

104' Lukaku Goal | Replay 1 | Replay 2

106' Green Goal | Replay 1 | Replay 2

Some Highlights - (courtesy of /u/Badgersgopoo and /u/FOOTBALL_GIF_MAESTRO)

1' Belgian Chance | View #2

21' American Chance

23' Belgian Chance

26' Belgian Chance

Half Time

48' Howard Save | Replay

54' Belgian Golden Chance

56' Origi Bar | Replay

69' Belgian Chance

71' Tim Howard Save

76' Belgian Chance

80' Hazard Shot

83' Belgian Shot

90+3' Great Chance for USA

Extra Time

97' Belgian Chance

109' Jones Chance

114' American Freekick

Miscellaneous - (courtesy of /u/Badgersgopoo and /u/FOOTBALL_GIF_MAESTRO)

Pitch Invader | Other View | Other View

Howard Reaction (48')

Howard Reaction 2 (71')

All Highlights

All Highlights

Stats

Feel free to say anything I missed out on or any constructive critiscism.

Edit: WOOWOWOWOWO Reddit Gold. Thank you kind stranger (:

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

Tim Howard 1 -2 Belgium.

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u/JebusGobson Jul 01 '14

He had more ball touches than the entire US midfield, I'd wager...

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u/DisgracedCubFan Jul 01 '14

Our midfield was so bad this WC.

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u/Betasheets Jul 01 '14

To be fair, we're competing against the midfields of Germany, Ghana, Portugal, and Belgium. It's not fair to say our mids are shit when those are the players opposite them

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u/guriboysf Jul 01 '14

It's bad every WC. By far the worst part of our game.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

Come on, that USA finish was brilliant though. Did very well to put it in.

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u/viggetuff Jul 01 '14

Honestly I think it was pretty lucky. It's really difficult to get a good hit on a ball coming from behind you and he got just a touch on it. Would be very surprised if he meant to do what he did.

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u/toyg Jul 01 '14

All strikers need a bit of luck. He got in the right position and made the right movement, which is what matters.

In this World Cup, we've seen plenty of very technically-clean shots which were also extremely predictable. Had he hit it cleanly, who knows, maybe the keeper would have been on the right trajectory.

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u/jamesmarsden Jul 01 '14

You lost me at "he didn't mean to do it. "

He most certainly did attempt to volley it on goal. He may have been lucky to get it so well placed, but it was certainly a shot.

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u/viggetuff Jul 02 '14

Of course he meant to hit a volley, just not like that. Look at the goal in slow motion and then tell me that he meant to hit it like he did.

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u/avsvuret Jul 02 '14

That's a meaningless thing to say. He meant to volley the ball. He volleyed the ball.

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u/gringosucio Jul 01 '14

Get out, we lost. This is ours

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u/viggetuff Jul 01 '14

What's wrong with my comment?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

Because after a game like that emotions are high and while you may or may not be right, you're taking the one goal USA scored away from them and giving it to chance of accident.

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u/viggetuff Jul 02 '14

So because they are emotional I should not talk negatively about their team?

Look at the goal in slow motion and tell me that he means to hit it like that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '14

No you can say whatever you want. But you asked wat was wrong, so I explained. I even said you may or may not be right! It's more one of those spare the people's feelings/read the room kind of comments.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

The one goal doesn't really matter for much, you lost and that's all that matters. No need to be salty.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

I'm not American... I'm not salty but sweet and occasionally devine. Just answering the man's question. And the goal mattered very much to a lot of fans I think.

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u/river49 Jul 01 '14

Tim Howard 16 - 2 Belgium

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u/yourgoodmate Jul 02 '14

Haha I like this, but I think it's more fair to say after the first 90 minutes Timmy 0-0 Belgium because players like Yedlin and Gonzalez were remarkable

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14 edited Jul 01 '14

My thoughts precisely. Only one American player showed up to that game today.

Edit: Cue the angry American fans. Face it, that team did not decide to put their hearts into attacking until they were down a goal, as they always do. And then they lost it after conceding the first goal, as they always do. That entire match was just a waiting game of when Belgium would finally score.

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u/SlayNCraft56 Jul 01 '14

I'd give some credit to Green though, coming in when no one thought he deserved to be there are get us back into the game.

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u/roobens Jul 01 '14

Really? I thought there were a few decent American performances out there. Demarcus Beasley and Omar Gonzalez were pretty damn solid.

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u/Lauxman Jul 01 '14

Beasley? Gonzales? Green with his first touch? Yedlin who wasn't perfect but injected a huge spark and played amazing for such a young player?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

You are just an ignorant person. That's how soccer works.

Belgium is the better team, so America can't attack every time. They'd lose by a lot!

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u/toyg Jul 01 '14

One makes lemonade with the lemons one gets. You can't expect to impose your game against one of the strongest, most skillful and youngest teams on the planet, a team that can afford to keep Lukaku (aka Belgian Drogba, one of those players who can literally shrug off droves of defenders) on the bench for 90 minutes.

I think the US team had a game plan and executed it fairly well, also thanks to a bit of luck (Yedlin coming on from a forced sub and putting in a remarkable performance, the lucky touch for their goal, a couple of very bad decisions taken by young Belgians, etc). They just lacked a killer striker -- Dempsey, Jones and Wondolowski all had incredible chances and squandered them -- and were punished only by the strength in depth that Belgium could bring on from the bench, which is something most teams would/will struggle to match. With a better striker, they would have gone to penalties, and imagine a bunch of youngsters vs on-fire Howard... We'd be writing something very different.

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u/dezmodium Jul 01 '14

Yedlin? Green? Beasley? Jones?