The Swamp

Not sure what a Grzywek is..but that is the Mascot for the U-20 world cup in Poland this summer


USA in group D. Tourney from May 23 to June 15

Group A: Poland, Colombia, Tahiti, Senegal

Group B: Mexico, Italy, Japan, Ecuador

Group C: Honduras, New Zealand, Uruguay, Norway

Group D: Qatar, Nigeria, Ukraine, USA

Group E: Panama, Mali, France, Saudi Arabia

Group F: Portugal, Korea Republic, Argentina, South Africa

US Roster
GOALKEEPERS (3): CJ Dos Santos (Benfica/POR; Foxchase, Pa.; 2/0), David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake; Oxnard, Calif.; 4/0), Brady Scott (Köln/GER; Petaluma, Calif.; 9/0)
DEFENDERS (6): Sergino Dest (Ajax/NED; Almere-Stad, Netherlands; 8/1), Chris Gloster (Hannover 96/GER; Montclair, N.J.; 11/0), Aboubacar Keita (Richmond Kickers; Columbus, Ohio; 2/0), Mark McKenzie (Philadelphia Union; Bear, Del.; 10/3), Matthew Real (Philadelphia Union; Drexel Hill, Pa.; 10/0), Chris Richards (Bayern Munich/GER; Birmingham, Ala.; 8/0)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Edwin Cerrillo (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas; 0/0), Chris Durkin (D.C. United; Glen Allen, Va.; 2/0), Richard Ledezma (PSV Eindhoven/NED; Phoenix, Ariz.; 4/0), Alex Mendez (Freiburg/GER; Los Angeles, Calif.; 15/8), Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas; Highland Village, Texas; 9/3), Brandon Servania (FC Dallas; Dallas, Texas; 8/2)
FORWARDS (6): Ayo Akinola (Toronto FC/CAN; Brampton, Ont.; 12/9), Konrad De La Fuente (Barcelona/ESP; Miami, Fla.; 2/1), Ulysses Llanez (Wolfsburg/GER; Lynwood, Calif.; 11/7), Justin Rennicks (New England Revolution; South Hamilton, Mass.; 13/6), Sebastian Soto (Hannover 96/GER; San Diego, Calif.; 5/2), Tim Weah (Celtic FC/SCO; Rosedale, N.Y.; 0/0)

Also Julian Araujo (Galaxy) replaces Ayo Akinola (Toronto) due to injury

1989 the US made it to the semis....cool story and great pics of Keller with hair.
https://theathletic.com/991940/2019/05/ ... emifinals/

Just realized US of A kicks off on FS1 at 2:30 today.

US has majority of the possesion but UKR gets on the board first with a ball over the top.

Lost 2-1 (us good was a beauty) but gave up a late header.

Us now up 2-0 on Nigeria with 10 to play. Ukraine beat Qatar.

The kids are looking alright, and more importantly, Mexico and Honduras are a combined 0-4!

Thing is, you kind of want your fellow regional rivals to do well in these tournaments.

Tons of scenarios, but we want to win outright by a couple of goals to feel safe. Because of GD, a tie or a one goal win leaves us open to Nigeria if they tie or win. A Ukraine win allows for a US draw to be enough. Dicey proposition, because I think Nigeria is probably a better team than Ukraine.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 8:53 am Thing is, you kind of want your fellow regional rivals to do well in these tournaments.

Tons of scenarios, but we want to win outright by a couple of goals to feel safe. Because of GD, a tie or a one goal win leaves us open to Nigeria if they tie or win. A Ukraine win allows for a US draw to be enough. Dicey proposition, because I think Nigeria is probably a better team than Ukraine.

To get to the knockout you need to be 1, 2 in your group or one of the 4 best 3rd place teams. A tie should do the trick. Group B and Group C have big +/- deficit. Group F could also be in trouble.

US currently top of the 3rd place teams.

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:[16]

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; (not relevant for 3rd place)
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; (not relevant for 3rd place)
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): (US actually not in a great spot on this tie breaker)

Drawing of lots.

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 10:01 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 8:53 am Thing is, you kind of want your fellow regional rivals to do well in these tournaments.

Tons of scenarios, but we want to win outright by a couple of goals to feel safe. Because of GD, a tie or a one goal win leaves us open to Nigeria if they tie or win. A Ukraine win allows for a US draw to be enough. Dicey proposition, because I think Nigeria is probably a better team than Ukraine.

To get to the knockout you need to be 1, 2 in your group or one of the 4 best 3rd place teams. A tie should do the trick. Group B and Group C have big +/- deficit. Group F could also be in trouble.

US currently top of the 3rd place teams.

The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:[16]

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; (not relevant for 3rd place)
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; (not relevant for 3rd place)
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): (US actually not in a great spot on this tie breaker)

Drawing of lots.

Good call looking that up, I always forget about the 3rd place finishers.

Shit forgot about today's game. 0-0 in 68th min. Game is on FoxSports 2, live stream: https://www.foxsports.com/live/fs2

WEAH!!!!! Pounced on a defender's heavy touch, beat the defender with a sweat move, cut it back through the defender's legs, pulling the goalie to his left, shooting across to the goalie's right. Much needed, as Nigeria and Ukraine are tied at 1-1 in the 79th.

Did Honduras show up? Nice day from Erling Haland...
Erling HALAND
7'
Erling HALAND
20'
Leo OSTIGARD
30'
Erling HALAND
36' PEN
Erling HALAND
43'
Jens HAUGE
46'
Erling HALAND
50'
Erling HALAND
67'
Erling HALAND
77'
Eman MARKOVIC
82'
Erling HALAND
88'
Erling HALAND
90'

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:05 pm WEAH!!!!! Pounced on a defender's heavy touch, beat the defender with a sweat move, cut it back through the defender's legs, pulling the goalie to his left, shooting across to the goalie's right. Much needed, as Nigeria and Ukraine are tied at 1-1 in the 79th.

MMMM..not sure if 2nd place in the group is good. 2D plays 1E (which will likely be Le France who are favorites in this tournament).

3rd place will get Senegal, Italy, or Uruguay.

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:27 pm Did Honduras show up? Nice day from Erling Haland...
Erling HALAND
7'
Erling HALAND
20'
Leo OSTIGARD
30'
Erling HALAND
36' PEN
Erling HALAND
43'
Jens HAUGE
46'
Erling HALAND
50'
Erling HALAND
67'
Erling HALAND
77'
Eman MARKOVIC
82'
Erling HALAND
88'
Erling HALAND
90'

His dad was crocked by Roy Keane

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:30 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:05 pm WEAH!!!!! Pounced on a defender's heavy touch, beat the defender with a sweat move, cut it back through the defender's legs, pulling the goalie to his left, shooting across to the goalie's right. Much needed, as Nigeria and Ukraine are tied at 1-1 in the 79th.

MMMM..not sure if 2nd place in the group is good. 2D plays 1E (which will likely be Le France who are favorites in this tournament).

3rd place will get Senegal, Italy, or Uruguay.

Ugh, I was just looking up who the US plays next. Going for 3rd place concerns me with the lack of certainty, but that would have been a better path.

As for Norway beating Honduras 12-0, WTF??! Norway lost their first two matches, so this looks a little match-fixie to get Norway a 3rd place spot. Honduras had 2 red cards, but the first was in the 57th minute, when the score was already 7-0, and the second was in the 92nd minute.

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:27 pm Did Honduras show up? Nice day from Erling Haland...
Erling HALAND
7'
Erling HALAND
20'
Leo OSTIGARD
30'
Erling HALAND
36' PEN
Erling HALAND
43'
Jens HAUGE
46'
Erling HALAND
50'
Erling HALAND
67'
Erling HALAND
77'
Eman MARKOVIC
82'
Erling HALAND
88'
Erling HALAND
90'

That looks like my receipt from IKEA this weekend.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:37 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:30 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 3:05 pm WEAH!!!!! Pounced on a defender's heavy touch, beat the defender with a sweat move, cut it back through the defender's legs, pulling the goalie to his left, shooting across to the goalie's right. Much needed, as Nigeria and Ukraine are tied at 1-1 in the 79th.

MMMM..not sure if 2nd place in the group is good. 2D plays 1E (which will likely be Le France who are favorites in this tournament).

3rd place will get Senegal, Italy, or Uruguay.

Ugh, I was just looking up who the US plays next. Going for 3rd place concerns me with the lack of certainty, but that would have been a better path.

As for Norway beating Honduras 12-0, WTF??! Norway lost their first two matches, so this looks a little match-fixie to get Norway a 3rd place spot. Honduras had 2 red cards, but the first was in the 57th minute, when the score was already 7-0, and the second was in the 92nd minute.

Video highlights are posted. Looks like Hondo was not really trying. The 2 reds were legit (elbow to head on a header challenge and 2nd yellow on an ugly tackle). Goalie and D looked WEAK.
https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matche ... ras-arrive

I'm too lazy to look it up, but a lot of times what happens in the third group stage game is the coach starts a bunch of dudes that hadn't played much. Which, is nice in theory, but quite often those guys are already disgruntled for not seeing the field, so they don't come out and play very well.

nice writeup by Bronto

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-norw ... 06081.html

I just watched the highlights. That goalkeeper was fucking terrible. Not that his defense did him many favors, but he flat whiffed on at least three goals he should have stopped.

US will go into the round of 16 without Durkin (DC United) and Mendez (Frieberg). Interesting to see what roster they roll out. Everything I read questioned roster moves because the US looked tired and now go into a big game without 2 key cogs due to card accumulation.

Ukraine stomp on Panama, Ecuador beats Uruguay (who will play US or France), Colombia over NZ in PKs, Italy over the hosts 1-0, Nigeria up 2-1 against Senegal with just under 40 to play.

Actually, that Senegal Nigeria game is flipped... SEN up 2-1 with 20 minutes to go.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:00 pm Actually, that Senegal Nigeria game is flipped... SEN up 2-1 with 20 minutes to go.

Do they all look the same or something, NLFC?!?!?!?! COME ON MAN.

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:02 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:00 pm Actually, that Senegal Nigeria game is flipped... SEN up 2-1 with 20 minutes to go.

Do they all look the same or something, NLFC?!?!?!?! COME ON MAN.

Well, first of all, I was correcting your lack of spelling acumen brother up above.

Second of all, I thought I showed remarkable restraint in NOT making this joke.

You have flummoxed and offended me, and if we were in the same room I'd issue a hearty "harrumph."

As it is, this whole experience has been disheartening and I leave the board for the day in a state of nonplussedness.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:57 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:02 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:00 pm Actually, that Senegal Nigeria game is flipped... SEN up 2-1 with 20 minutes to go.

Do they all look the same or something, NLFC?!?!?!?! COME ON MAN.

Well, first of all, I was correcting your lack of spelling acumen brother up above.

Second of all, I thought I showed remarkable restraint in NOT making this joke.

You have flummoxed and offended me, and if we were in the same room I'd issue a hearty "harrumph."

As it is, this whole experience has been disheartening and I leave the board for the day in a state of nonplussedness.

Way to go, AB. You made NLFC nonplussed.

I'm back, and I'm fully plussed!!

#PLUSSED

Oh man... So I can say this to the guy who always says "I'm blessed" when I ask him "how's it going"??

1-0 US

Ledsesma spring Sotto who slots home the breakaway, cool as you like.

Possession is somewhere around 70-30 in favor of France. That goal is not going to stand.

French hit the post...

1-1

French clinical finish on a counter attack. US on the high press, which opened them up in the back.

The run, possession and pass from Ledesma were absolute class.

FRA up 2-1

Their best player just blew past our outside LB, shot hit off the post, another player slams it home.

The US spent so much time chasing the game in the first, and it looks hot as balls at the venue.

I'm predicting this thing ends 4-2, at best for the US.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:47 am FRA up 2-1

Their best player just blew past our outside LB, shot hit off the post, another player slams it home.

The US spent so much time chasing the game in the first, and it looks hot as balls at the venue.

I'm predicting this thing ends 4-2, at best for the US.

Tight butthole time.

Yanks pull it out! 3-2

No one *there* of all places could find a bigger screen?