I’ve supported US Soccer for 34 years. If we get grouped and the USSF retains Berhalter, or replaces him with another American MLS legacy, I’m done. This organization is not serious about on field success. Anyone who says so is ignorant or lying. We get treated like we’re stupid while they serve us the same mediocre bullshit year after year. Screw this shitshow. They don’t respect the fans enough to even try to put a winning product on the field, so why invest money, time, and emotions into supporting this crap if it continues like this?
Firing him is only part of it. If the stick with another mls coach like Jim Curtain it will be more of the same. These thick fools don’t want a foreign coach to come clean up this mess and if the try to shove another mlser down our throats after Gregg I’m still out.
@@davinalopez-oz1ezlol what are u on about Pulisic was one of the best players in the serie A Mckennie is great when he is not fat Weah is a great goal scorer same is Balogun Reyna is brilliant and will make goal scoring plays and Turner vs Brazil was one of the best performances by any goalkeeper I’ve seen so I don’t see what ur on about
Uruguay has 3 million and since I was born stars like: Diego Lugano, Diego Godín, Josema Gimenez, Alvaro Recoba, Diego Forlan, Luis Suarez (UCL), Edinson Cavani, Valverde (UCL C), Bentancur, De Arrascaeta (the best in the Brazilian league), N De La Cruz (Best in the Argentine league), Fabian Oneil, the alcoholic player who was a top player despite his bad habits), one day he promised that he would do 3 nutmegs to Genaro Gattuso and he did them in one game, incredible. Between many more
El año pasado 1 solo Uruguayo en el ocaso de su carrera con 36 años y con una rodilla destrozada llevo a un equipo Brasilero a casi ganar el Brasileirao, saliendo máximo asistente y 2do goleador del torneo, ese mismo equipo hoy sin el esta peleando el descenso. Se podría decir que un solo Uruguayo vale mas que todos los equipos de Brasil 🤣 Igual no da ni pa quemarse, mañana USA la come doblada y si nos cruzamos a Brasil los mandamos pa casa también.
yeah I thought only 2-0 vs Bolivia wasn't good, and possibly could come back to haunt the US if they couldn't take care of business vs Panama. And guess what, they couldn't take care of business vs Panama 😂
This team under Berhalter has lost a lot of Concacaf teams in important matches: -Lost to Canada in WCQ 2022. -Lost to Costa Rica with their alternative squad in WCQ 2022. -Lost to Panama in WCQ 2022. -Lost to Trinidad again in Nation's League. -Eliminated by Panama in Gold Cup 2023. I had a feeling the US would lose to Panama in Copa America and they did! What's worse is that for the FIRST TIME, a Concacaf team have beaten the US in an important match on home soil. The match from last year, even though the US was eliminated in the Gold Cup, it actually counted as a tie.
@@jmrqe12 it’s actually annoying and frustrating that Greg is still the manager. If he had been coaching some team in the English division 3 he would’ve been gone a long time ago. I haven’t looked it up but he has to be on the longest national manager streak from all the top 30 teams in the world if we go by Fifa rankings. Mexico has literally switched coaches, what maybe 3 times since Greg had been hired back in 2019. Like bro i really hope USSF are aware that hes ass but are only keeping him around bc he’s a brother from another mother. Never did I thought back in 2019 that even more toxicity would take part for this national team. Crocker was hired for no reason, literally just a puppet to whoever is above him. USSF just wasting money away on Nepotism alone
I hope that U.S. Soccer Federation sees a big chance to win and that they see Greg for the massive helicopter-mom-monster that they created! GET GROUPPED GET rid of GREG!!!! GGGG!!!! 🎉⚽️🇺🇸⚽️🇺🇸⚽️🇺🇸⚽️🎊
uruguay has to win or draw to ensure advancing to the next stage, as the bolivia panama game comes later. bielsa is not going to take a chance to aim for a draw and he knows usmnt will be desperate. he is not resting his players until a uruguay win is assured. it's over for usmnt
You guys don't get with Darwin. He scored in the las 7 consecutive games for Uruguay, something that Forlan, Cavani or even Suarez never did. I don't care if he misses 10 chances as ling he score one every other game or every game. Also his work without the ball is amazing always creating space for the other players. Against Panama and Bolivia you can see 4 players going after him. That's why the other Uruguayan players got to score. One of a kind, a different striker as Luis Suarez said long time ago. Good luck USA, may the best team win.
Jeff you are 100% right. Especially with the talent we have. Also sadly Tac is right as well… Greg couldn’t get a signature win even if he had a prime R9 😢
And how’s that possible with the US when they Have failed to deliver top level players in 30 years are no better than they were in 1994 when they got back into the soccer scene
greetings from Uruguay! Not gonna lie... you guys have it tough as heck. Let me give you a bit of insight of uruguayan culture. We are just 3 million people. We don't have much going for us other than football and we take a huge pride in it to the point of being more important than religion. We might rest some players but there's no way we are gonna take it easy, in fact, I'd say the subs that replace those resting players will fight tooth and nails to earn their spot in the main team, there's a reason grit is the defining feature of our football style. To give you an idea of our culture, back in 1950... yes... 74 years ago, we defeated Brazil at the world cup finals at their new home stadium Maracaná. Since then, the "Maracanazo" (the day we stole the cup from under their noses) has been a foundational block of our identity (I'd compare it to americans teasing brits with how they "saved their asses" on WWII)... so yeah... nothing we like more than beating home teams. Anyways, I hope you put a fight, I'm one of the weird ones that think that the US team could be a football powerhouse if you set your minds on it The college scholarships program is an athletic genius factory. I think you are setting your minds to it now with Messi, Suarez and many more playing on the MLS, I'm optimistic for the US team's future.... but yeah... today's likely not gonna be your day.
Sadly, I'm not very optimistic about this match. Uruguay are a terrible matchup. They're an excellent defensive team with very talented players. They can allow the US possession and absorb some pressure and capitalize on counterattacks from turnovers. Realistically, I think it's going to be 3-nil Uruguay. I'm just hopeful that we play with good spirit and creativity. Under GGG, though... :(
@@ronalddelrosario7405 buen análisis porque Uruguay se siente muy cómodo jugando de contrataque y la presión de ganar solo la tiene Usa sin olvidar el oficio de nuestros jugadores uruguayos y su calidad pero ojo con Bolivia y Panamá, Panamá ganó con un hombre extra desde e Inicio, no tienen oficio y van a estar nerviosos, creo que Bolivia estará relajada y los complique
@@Gwtt100 I hope you're right. From what I've seen so far, Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina have all looked very impressive. And Brazil may have got their mojo back. But I just saw that Bielsa has been suspended for the match. Maybe Uruguay won't take the match so seriously. As for Bolivia, it's sad to see them with so little talent. I'm a DC United supporter and I remember how brilliant Jaime Moreno (he might still be my favorite player ever) was and I also remember Marco Etcheverry. They don't have anyone close to their quality anymore. But Panama will be without their best player and like you said Bolivia might play freely. Fingers crossed... ;)
@@ronalddelrosario7405 Bolivia es Sudamérica y eso es un plus mientras que Panamá tiene presión, nervios y sin hombre extra, la clave esta en que Uruguay se conforme con empatar o ganar por un gol pero realmente tenemos un gran equipo y los uruguayos jamás jugamos a empatar, nos regalan pelotas de fútbol sin antes saber hablar jaja
@@Gwtt100 Hehe, I wish Berhalter were Uruguayan, then maybe the US wouldn't have lost the Panama match! Even a man down, the US shouldn't have tried to bunker, at least that early. They have much better talent and quality than Panama. Unfortunately, GGG doesn't really know how to manage. I know it's wishful thinking, (and "the grass is always greener...") but I really wish the US Soccer Federation had really considered Pellegrino Matarazzo as the new manager. I don't know a lot about him or his tactics, but he's actually a successful manager in a top league unlike Berhalter. And look how Canada are doing under Jesse Marsch...
Any country that can produce awesome strikers like ; Forlan, Suarez, cavanni, nuñez in a span of 15 years has my respect! Nevermind they are the size of the state of Arizona
Argrntinas copas americas, more than half of them were won before ww2 as well. Argentina from 1990 to 2021 did not win any cups at all. While Uruguay won 3 american cups. Uruguay performance from 2010 to 2024 4 place south africa world cup Won the copa america 2011 5th place world cup Russia. Top ten FIFA ranking for 11 years Third most valuable team in the americas World champion sub 20 2023 Uruguay is the third national team with the the most trophies in the world. With 3 million and a half people.
Don’t try I’ve given up. If England had won those two world championships before the 1st World Cup everyone would know. But because it was little Uruguay it’s been forgotten. FIFA even said at the end of the first World Cup Uruguay were back to back to back world champions.
They're not going to fire him if there's no explicit performance clause with exact metrics of what he needs to accomplish. US Soccer is all about profits. They would have to pay him out the rest of his wages and also hire a new coach.
Just because there’s no clause doesn’t mean the federation doesn’t have expectations. If their expectations are this low then there’s bigger problems at hand
I’m sorry but I completely disagree with everything about this video. If our talent is where we say it is then no fucking way should we be playing like cowards against Uruguay. They are good but so are we and we need to go in ready to attack and impose our style of play. OUR style of Play that GGG has had 6 years to implement. OUR style of play being played by our most talented generation. It’s put up or shut up time for the entire USSF. Playing park the bus time wasting football , there’s been too much investment to be thinking THATS how we can win
Nope. But ussf will. There’s 3 outcomes here. Don’t advance, fire Gregg Advance, lose vs Colombia, keep Gregg Advance, best Colombia, keep Gregg. I’m fine with 1 and maybe 3. 2 is a disaster
There's no way the US will advance.Most likely Panama will score at least two goals against Bolivia.Which means the US has to better that against Uruguay to advance by goal difference.
Their goal difference right now is -1 while ours is +1. So they need to win by 3 or more if we win by 1. If we win say 2-1, our goal difference will be +2. If Panama wins 2-0, their goal difference will be only +1
Grouped. Mainly their shaky defense. They have at least one stupid pass inside the box a game. Uruguay will make them pay. You watch. …Let’s get out asses kicked and get rid of GGG and get away from Berthalther Ball.
is it wrong of me, does it make me less of a fan if part of me hopes we lose. in my eyes maybe this loss sets in motion success for 2026. A sacrifice to actually move the national team forward instead of staying stagnant or moving backwards. i have no faith in a berhalter world cup team and i have no faith the federation will fire him if we make it out of the group. maybe im a dick tho idk
A lot of media, including some in the "mainstream", are saying "there is pressure on GGG to win this game" or that "this is a must-win game". What evidence is there that USSF considers getting out of the group a bare-minimum achievement? What evidence is there that USSF has ANY performance expectations for the USMNT? USMNT fans can complain about GGG all they want, but USSF probably only really cares about whether the pay-to-play systems feeds enough money into their pockets. In as much as the USMNT serves as a carrot for that pay-to-play system, they care. Having a wholesome, slightly charismatic coverboy like Puli (not to take away from his formidable soccer skills) is all the PR the USSF needs from the USMNT. Why is GGG's "system" forced down to the youth levels? To serve as a carrot for that pay-to-play ("oh look, your son excels in the youth system which provides a pathway to the senior team")
Even beating Uruguay may not be enough to advance. The two tie breakers are 1. goal differential and 2. goals scored. If it is still tied then head to head would be next. Right now we hold a 2 goal advantage in differential but both teams have scored 3 goals. If Panama beats Bolivia by 3 goals or more, then we have to beat Uruguay and score at least 3 goals doing it or Panama will advance over us. If we can somehow beat Uruguay and Panama can only beat Bolivia by 2 goals then we are through. Uruguay is through in almost every scenario unless we smack Uruguay and score a bunch on them. I don't see that happening.
If USA finds a way to beat Uruguay and loses in the knockout to Brazil or Colombia, it is ABSOLUTELY a successful showing. What has this team ever shown you that would make you expect anything better than losing in quarterfinals to one of the top CONMEBOL teams?!? I’m a lifelong US supporter but the delusion of USMNT fan base is so frustrating.
Sadly my expectations were much higher than what ggg could ever steer/amble through...look. We have usmnt ballers playing competitive football in europe. We should have been easily a competitor by now...WTF
First of all it is 4 world championships, you probably remember 1 very well the MARACANAZO yeah take a deep breath there, and for the most part it looks like the only country with a problem with cups being old/aged/ancient prehistoric is Uruguay. What's whit that? If you want to take away Italy's England, Germany (Two countries) etc go ahead, 50 years passed for Argentina to win a cup but hey, they are popular so why not team up with them? hahahaha Laughable. This is football anything can happen, let's just hope FIFA stays out of the game and the best Team wins. Enough with arranging fixtures for Messi to make it to the end. AGAIN>
Tac is Brazilian still suffering PTSD from 1950. Brazil changed their uniform to what we are now familiar because it was too painfilul to keep using their white jersey. 😂😂😂
@@caxs01 you're in way over your head bro. Uruguay beat Brazil in the specially constructed Maracaná stadium so Brazil could celebrate their 1st World Championship. Only 1 problem, they faced Uruguay and lost the final what has come to be known as "el Maracanazo" to this day, Brazil will not play Uruguay in that stadium. Brazilians are still sore about that humiliating defeat of 1950.
defenders of berhalter blaming it on the players-- that's like blaming battlefield losses on the rotten soldiers, or poor equipment. who selected these soldiers? the point is that berhalter has failed to elevate the performance of the soldiers he selected. he does the opposite, then as a coward, tries to deflect responsibility for his failure- no self accountability- another sign of his "culture".
Uruguay se ha enfrentado a Estados Unidos en 8 oportunidades con un saldo de 2 victorias,4 empates y 2 derrotas. No hay saldo positivo para ninguno. Tendrás que informarte mejor, pues Uruguay es 4 veces campeón mundial y 15 veces campeón de América.
Remember. Modern football is unpredictable. Panama could draw and USA could draw or even win. All sorts of things are happening in tournaments these days. See AFCON, Asian Cup and Euro.
The only thing that gives me hope of advancing is that Carrasquilla had a "Weah moment" and got a red card. There is a chance that Panama draws Bolivia because he is absent.
For some reason I’m a bit hopeful in that regard as well. Bolivia will 100 percent play for pride they will not want to go out being the punching bag in this tournament and they will have nothing to lose which could make it a more difficult game for Panama than people expect
Sorry, guys. Bielsa is not going to let USA beat Uruguay. Why? Because he's no going to give them bragging rights as in "He'll, yeah, we beat Uruguay! We're better than Uruguay!" He's not going to allow that, guys. You guys will be grouped.
A successful tournament? If the USA squeaks out of the first round of games, but goes on to win the tournament, I would consider this a successful tournament for the USA. Ok, so maybe if it wins the Uruguay game, and wins the next elimination game, I would consider this a successful tournament as that result would be a reasonable result regardless of how the USA got out of the first round of games. But, as you suggest, if it barely gets out of the round robin games, and then crashes in the next game, no, that would be unsuccessful and I would advocate for firing the coach.
It has absolutely nothing to do with budgetary constraints or the coach or the ref or the field or the weather. It has everything to do with culture. Soccer is a pastime in the US. In Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil - it’s a religion. As an 80’s kid growing up in South Florida, it was tough to round up enough kids to form a team in the league. Our coaches were baseball coaches. There have been improvements since then, sure. But, this will take a few more generations, at least. Hopefully, the US bandwagon fans will stick through the pain and suffering. And, hopefully the pay-to-play mentality will change. There is no chance that Uruguay (even their B team) is going to lose to USA right now. They are arguably the best team in all of the Americas, and contenders for the World Cup. Sitting back and being content with just making it out of the group stage is not in Uruguay’s DNA. They are going to go out there, press their opponents all over the field nonstop, and dominate all aspects of the game. Start packing, USA. 🇺🇾
no i wouldn't consider this a successful copa america if we got a win vs uruguay and advanced but lost to colombia next round because group stage shouldn't have been THIS difficult
Maybe a 4-1-3-2 (essentially a 4-4-2) with Musah, Adams, Aaronson and reyna (think 4-1-2-1-2) with Pulisic and Balogun up top. That might be fun to watch. I think we need to overload the midfield for the press to give lots of options.
Start Haji on the left and Pulisic on the right? Or play more of like a 4-2-2-2 in attack with Reyna and Pulisic as 10s underneath Haji and Balo, Adams and Johnny/Musah covering? Berhalter would never but I sure would
Evidently, it hurts you how great Uruguay is? Uruguay has 4 World Cups... If not, tell Brazil to add one star on the shirt and see what happens effort and see happen... Regarding the Copa América, it shows that you know nothing about us. Uruguay has won 8 Copas América after the Second World War... We beat you in Brazil, both in World Cups and Copa América....
Bruh,you didn't not just said that this overrated USMNT is better than Uruguay.Cuz they ain't.And Nunes might be a hit and miss for Liverpool.But when it comes to Uruguay.The guy is a serious baller.Uruguay is going to smoked you guys😂😂😂
Uruguay being ranked below the USA in FIFA is hilarious 😂. Uruguay 2-O grouped no matter what, they blew too many chances vs Bolivia and I'm not even talking about game 2. We don't deserve to advance and won't. Ez 💰
I can foresee Bolivia winning 2-0 against Panama. The referee is going to give Panama at least 1-2 red cards 😂. USA ties with Uruguay. USMNT will magically get of the group stage. Different scenarios is USMNT lose the game and Bolivia & referee wins against Panama. I got feeling federation might open their wallet 🤷🏽♂️.
1950 against ur country was after ww2 Dare to minimize our cups ? We got quite a few cups after ww2 World cups by our clubs and America’s cup too Love America Hope they stay in the group with Uruguay But my roots are 100% Uruguay So my guess is u r Brazilian and those cups that we won most likely all against a Brazil u don’t like 😅
Not really. The USSR were a team of top professionals whereas the USA were a team of U23s. I do realize in this case that Uruguay are the better team, but the USMNT, while patchy at certain positions, are no slouches such that they do feature T3 League players with some of those being Champions League club level players.
About the Refs: Bad teams are bad, it doesn't matter the ability of the ref to call a game. Good Teams allow refs to determine what their fate is. CHAMPIONSHIP teams OVERCOME the abilites or lack thereof of the Refs
brazilian man says.. I don't want to post my predictions, because I don't like me predicting that the United States will get crushed & humiliated in the most horrific of ways.. That's why I don't like to give my predictions... Nice hint there buddy!
I honestly can’t decide if I want the players to ball out and beat Uruguay, which is clearly unlikely, or lose badly and have Greg be fired. To be honest I do not believe the federation would fire Greg so a loss seems like a potential double whammy. Question: I don’t miss USMNT games. This is the team I support in soccer. But Monday nights are my play soccer nights. I have three kids. Do I miss soccer and watch the game or do I play? I’ll miss the following week due to family vacay. I wanna play but I wanna watch the train wreck
Luckily for the USA Uruguay is virtually on the quarterfinals.. they have a big Goal Difference cushion that makes it almost impossible to lose first seed in the group giving them the benefit to more than likely rest most of their players if not all of them… Because of that USA have a real chance to win this game … Panama team have being missing 4 main players (2 defenders, 1 midfielder and 1 forward) since the beginning of the tournament.. loosing 2 more (midfielder and a forward) during the games went on .. we also had our squad reduced to 25 (all the others have 26) because of a stupid federation procedure mistake.. we are really running on fumes … I do hope we beat Bolivia .. USA only scored 2-0 on them so taking all of the above in consideration I don’t se us scoring more than 2 goals or 3 goals.. hoping they don’t score on us .. ball is round .. and of course hoping Uruguay give us a hand …
If the United States defeat Uruguay and we advance to the quarterfinals, then loses to Colombia, this would NOT be a successful tournament. Plus, Berhalter should be out of his job.
I don't see this lousy team beating an uruguayan side that has shown is a real contender for the title. Talent is not there. Period. Forget blaming Berhalter who btw sucks as a coach, but players are just a bunch of clueless players except Reyna & Pulisic. USMNT can kiss Copa goodbye this Monday.
Uruguay is on fire! Two top scorers are scoring! I believe uruguay will win this copa america....im argentinian...but argentina are playing limp...canada had chances to beat them...vamos arriba los celeste! Sangre charruaaaaaa!!!
Not should ggg resign the entire ussf board should resign. I’m expecting similar results for the women and in the Olympics it’s the style of play the ussf wants not necessarily just ggg. Listen to McBride talk. He confirms it constantly.
1) USA needs a coach like Uruguay's. 2) If USA manages to get out of group play and loses to Colombia, it's bad. They, at the very least, need to show growth. The need at least a tie against a team like Colombia. If it goes to penalties, that's good.
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kinda crazy to say Darwin is a hit or miss when he's scored in the last 7 games he played for Uruguay with 10 goals in total
This guy also said that the USA team is a little bit better than Uruguay.
@@MarcosViera-jv9tk So he knows nothing of football.
@@MarcosViera-jv9tklol 😆
US team will be tackling wild, especially being in the position they are in now
@@MarcosViera-jv9tk when did he say that?
Uruguay last 6 games...
Uruguay 2 Brazil 0
Uruguay 2 Argentina 0
Uruguay 3 Bolivia 0
Uruguay 4 Mexico 0
Uruguay 3 Panama 1 (last min goal)
Uruguay 5 Bolivia 0
Good luck on Monday 😂
And the coach is still new, and players very young, the sky is the limit for Uruguay
😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏🏾
I’ve supported US Soccer for 34 years. If we get grouped and the USSF retains Berhalter, or replaces him with another American MLS legacy, I’m done. This organization is not serious about on field success. Anyone who says so is ignorant or lying. We get treated like we’re stupid while they serve us the same mediocre bullshit year after year. Screw this shitshow. They don’t respect the fans enough to even try to put a winning product on the field, so why invest money, time, and emotions into supporting this crap if it continues like this?
I've been following them since 86 and if Gregg isn't fired I will also be done
EXACTLY!!!
They really have no fear of insulting the American Soccer Fan Base. They do not fear or respect us in the slightest.
Been following since 89 this will be my last year if they don't drop Gregg
Firing him is only part of it. If the stick with another mls coach like Jim Curtain it will be more of the same. These thick fools don’t want a foreign coach to come clean up this mess and if the try to shove another mlser down our throats after Gregg I’m still out.
Greg should he fired no matter what!!!
Lol it don't matter who the coach is. USA are not good
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@@davinalopez-oz1ezlol what are u on about Pulisic was one of the best players in the serie A Mckennie is great when he is not fat Weah is a great goal scorer same is Balogun Reyna is brilliant and will make goal scoring plays and Turner vs Brazil was one of the best performances by any goalkeeper I’ve seen so I don’t see what ur on about
@@jakeandzyoutube9185 yet you blame the coach when they don't perform lol. Understand USA is not that good just accept it.
@@jakeandzyoutube9185Well then, according to your logic. They should have won even with 10 men based on such "talent alone".
Uruguay has 3 million and since I was born stars like: Diego Lugano, Diego Godín, Josema Gimenez, Alvaro Recoba, Diego Forlan, Luis Suarez (UCL), Edinson Cavani, Valverde (UCL C), Bentancur, De Arrascaeta (the best in the Brazilian league), N De La Cruz (Best in the Argentine league), Fabian Oneil, the alcoholic player who was a top player despite his bad habits), one day he promised that he would do 3 nutmegs to Genaro Gattuso and he did them in one game, incredible. Between many more
Que caradura. Preguntale a un brasilero de verdad que opina del maracanazo, "botafogo"...🙄
El año pasado 1 solo Uruguayo en el ocaso de su carrera con 36 años y con una rodilla destrozada llevo a un equipo Brasilero a casi ganar el Brasileirao, saliendo máximo asistente y 2do goleador del torneo, ese mismo equipo hoy sin el esta peleando el descenso. Se podría decir que un solo Uruguayo vale mas que todos los equipos de Brasil 🤣
Igual no da ni pa quemarse, mañana USA la come doblada y si nos cruzamos a Brasil los mandamos pa casa también.
This guy know nothing,after tonight’s game 😢😢😢😢
Remember when we were critical of the Bolivia match and the measly 2 goals scored and the shills called us "toxic"
Yah, that's coming back to bit us.
Exactly, they are clueless if they don't realize goal differential isn't crucial in a tournament.
Sup Karl
yeah I thought only 2-0 vs Bolivia wasn't good, and possibly could come back to haunt the US if they couldn't take care of business vs Panama. And guess what, they couldn't take care of business vs Panama 😂
This team under Berhalter has lost a lot of Concacaf teams in important matches:
-Lost to Canada in WCQ 2022.
-Lost to Costa Rica with their alternative squad in WCQ 2022.
-Lost to Panama in WCQ 2022.
-Lost to Trinidad again in Nation's League.
-Eliminated by Panama in Gold Cup 2023.
I had a feeling the US would lose to Panama in Copa America and they did!
What's worse is that for the FIRST TIME, a Concacaf team have beaten the US in an important match on home soil. The match from last year, even though the US was eliminated in the Gold Cup, it actually counted as a tie.
@@texanman7191 and I don’t think he’s won away from home in CONCACAF since Honduras away during WC Qualifying back in 2021
Berhalter should not resign.
He should be fired.
I don’t give a fuck how he goes, he just needs to be gone.
Lol you all act like another coach can save this lousy team
@@jmrqe12 it’s actually annoying and frustrating that Greg is still the manager. If he had been coaching some team in the English division 3 he would’ve been gone a long time ago. I haven’t looked it up but he has to be on the longest national manager streak from all the top 30 teams in the world if we go by Fifa rankings. Mexico has literally switched coaches, what maybe 3 times since Greg had been hired back in 2019. Like bro i really hope USSF are aware that hes ass but are only keeping him around bc he’s a brother from another mother. Never did I thought back in 2019 that even more toxicity would take part for this national team. Crocker was hired for no reason, literally just a puppet to whoever is above him. USSF just wasting money away on Nepotism alone
These is no way in hell we are gonna win this game....
No chance at all
So you're saying there's a chance...
I hope that U.S. Soccer Federation sees a big chance to win and that they see Greg for the massive helicopter-mom-monster that they created!
GET GROUPPED GET rid of GREG!!!!
GGGG!!!!
🎉⚽️🇺🇸⚽️🇺🇸⚽️🇺🇸⚽️🎊
@@wagfinpisNah, even if we somehow pull off a miracle Gregg should still be fired. Only way he shouldn't is if we win the Copa.
@@wagfinpis It's fine to want Greg gone. Cheering against the team is a little bitch move.
USA golden generation barely on top of CONCACAF when giants like Costa Rica and Mexico are having bad moments😅
uruguay has to win or draw to ensure advancing to the next stage, as the bolivia panama game comes later. bielsa is not going to take a chance to aim for a draw and he knows usmnt will be desperate. he is not resting his players until a uruguay win is assured. it's over for usmnt
Games are at same time
Games are at the same time
You guys don't get with Darwin. He scored in the las 7 consecutive games for Uruguay, something that Forlan, Cavani or even Suarez never did. I don't care if he misses 10 chances as ling he score one every other game or every game. Also his work without the ball is amazing always creating space for the other players. Against Panama and Bolivia you can see 4 players going after him. That's why the other Uruguayan players got to score. One of a kind, a different striker as Luis Suarez said long time ago. Good luck USA, may the best team win.
One signature win is a very poor standard. We should have multiple signature wins. ❤ Jeff
With Gregg. We will be lucky to get 1… 😞
Jeff you are 100% right. Especially with the talent we have. Also sadly Tac is right as well… Greg couldn’t get a signature win even if he had a prime R9 😢
That’s the problem, he doesn’t have even one
And how’s that possible with the US when they Have failed to deliver top level players in 30 years are no better than they were in 1994 when they got back into the soccer scene
Correct, specially taking in consideration that it has been 5 years of not having a signature win now
greetings from Uruguay! Not gonna lie... you guys have it tough as heck.
Let me give you a bit of insight of uruguayan culture. We are just 3 million people. We don't have much going for us other than football and we take a huge pride in it to the point of being more important than religion. We might rest some players but there's no way we are gonna take it easy, in fact, I'd say the subs that replace those resting players will fight tooth and nails to earn their spot in the main team, there's a reason grit is the defining feature of our football style.
To give you an idea of our culture, back in 1950... yes... 74 years ago, we defeated Brazil at the world cup finals at their new home stadium Maracaná. Since then, the "Maracanazo" (the day we stole the cup from under their noses) has been a foundational block of our identity (I'd compare it to americans teasing brits with how they "saved their asses" on WWII)... so yeah... nothing we like more than beating home teams.
Anyways, I hope you put a fight, I'm one of the weird ones that think that the US team could be a football powerhouse if you set your minds on it The college scholarships program is an athletic genius factory. I think you are setting your minds to it now with Messi, Suarez and many more playing on the MLS, I'm optimistic for the US team's future.... but yeah... today's likely not gonna be your day.
Sadly, I'm not very optimistic about this match. Uruguay are a terrible matchup. They're an excellent defensive team with very talented players. They can allow the US possession and absorb some pressure and capitalize on counterattacks from turnovers. Realistically, I think it's going to be 3-nil Uruguay. I'm just hopeful that we play with good spirit and creativity. Under GGG, though... :(
@@ronalddelrosario7405 buen análisis porque Uruguay se siente muy cómodo jugando de contrataque y la presión de ganar solo la tiene Usa sin olvidar el oficio de nuestros jugadores uruguayos y su calidad pero ojo con Bolivia y Panamá, Panamá ganó con un hombre extra desde e Inicio, no tienen oficio y van a estar nerviosos, creo que Bolivia estará relajada y los complique
@@Gwtt100 I hope you're right. From what I've seen so far, Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina have all looked very impressive. And Brazil may have got their mojo back. But I just saw that Bielsa has been suspended for the match. Maybe Uruguay won't take the match so seriously. As for Bolivia, it's sad to see them with so little talent. I'm a DC United supporter and I remember how brilliant Jaime Moreno (he might still be my favorite player ever) was and I also remember Marco Etcheverry. They don't have anyone close to their quality anymore. But Panama will be without their best player and like you said Bolivia might play freely. Fingers crossed... ;)
@@ronalddelrosario7405 Bolivia es Sudamérica y eso es un plus mientras que Panamá tiene presión, nervios y sin hombre extra, la clave esta en que Uruguay se conforme con empatar o ganar por un gol pero realmente tenemos un gran equipo y los uruguayos jamás jugamos a empatar, nos regalan pelotas de fútbol sin antes saber hablar jaja
@@Gwtt100 Hehe, I wish Berhalter were Uruguayan, then maybe the US wouldn't have lost the Panama match! Even a man down, the US shouldn't have tried to bunker, at least that early. They have much better talent and quality than Panama. Unfortunately, GGG doesn't really know how to manage. I know it's wishful thinking, (and "the grass is always greener...") but I really wish the US Soccer Federation had really considered Pellegrino Matarazzo as the new manager. I don't know a lot about him or his tactics, but he's actually a successful manager in a top league unlike Berhalter. And look how Canada are doing under Jesse Marsch...
Any country that can produce awesome strikers like ; Forlan, Suarez, cavanni, nuñez in a span of 15 years has my respect! Nevermind they are the size of the state of Arizona
Uruguay is closest in size to Washington...
Lol, not to mention Arizona has doubled the population of Uruguay, lol
We will be grouped, definitely.
Only hope is if Uruguay plays their B team since they’ve got 1st locked.
@@TitaniumSnoConetheir B team is still gonna cool USA
@@davinalopez-oz1ez nah I mean I get US is in shambles but gotta be realistic
Exactly, I don't see them winning against Uruguay 😅
@@TitaniumSnoConeBruh,Bielsa ain't resting their starters.So they're going to smoked you guys😂
Argrntinas copas americas, more than half of them were won before ww2 as well. Argentina from 1990 to 2021 did not win any cups at all. While Uruguay won 3 american cups.
Uruguay performance from 2010 to 2024
4 place south africa world cup
Won the copa america 2011
5th place world cup Russia.
Top ten FIFA ranking for 11 years
Third most valuable team in the americas
World champion sub 20 2023
Uruguay is the third national team with the the most trophies in the world. With 3 million and a half people.
We don’t have a chance to beat Uruguay. Is over for US team
GGG halftime subs against Panama was where we lost the good tournament label possibility.
Uruguay is 4 times world champion ⭐⭐⭐⭐, report well
Don’t try I’ve given up. If England had won those two world championships before the 1st World Cup everyone would know. But because it was little Uruguay it’s been forgotten.
FIFA even said at the end of the first World Cup Uruguay were back to back to back world champions.
They're not going to fire him if there's no explicit performance clause with exact metrics of what he needs to accomplish. US Soccer is all about profits. They would have to pay him out the rest of his wages and also hire a new coach.
Just because there’s no clause doesn’t mean the federation doesn’t have expectations. If their expectations are this low then there’s bigger problems at hand
@@t-rey3 you missed the point.
yeah! you forgot to mention that after WW2 Uruguay beat Brazil in the World Cup!
I’m sorry but I completely disagree with everything about this video. If our talent is where we say it is then no fucking way should we be playing like cowards against Uruguay. They are good but so are we and we need to go in ready to attack and impose our style of play. OUR style of Play that GGG has had 6 years to implement. OUR style of play being played by our most talented generation. It’s put up or shut up time for the entire USSF. Playing park the bus time wasting football , there’s been too much investment to be thinking THATS how we can win
Nope.
But ussf will.
There’s 3 outcomes here.
Don’t advance, fire Gregg
Advance, lose vs Colombia, keep Gregg
Advance, best Colombia, keep Gregg.
I’m fine with 1 and maybe 3. 2 is a disaster
Yup
There's no way the US will advance.Most likely Panama will score at least two goals against Bolivia.Which means the US has to better that against Uruguay to advance by goal difference.
Their goal difference right now is -1 while ours is +1. So they need to win by 3 or more if we win by 1. If we win say 2-1, our goal difference will be +2. If Panama wins 2-0, their goal difference will be only +1
We get 3-oh’d and get third in the group. At home. US Soccer deserves to wear the rainbow shirts. Should wear em every game.
😂😂😂
I guess it's more important for them to show "solidarity" or whatever with the LGTBQGFR13RUFVBQILERGFVQO374 group than win games
@@davidriedy5977 It’s just tired.
We got it already.
Signed, Everyone.
@@davidriedy5977it’s gonna be OK you’ll be OK
The Father of the Modern
transitions Game Model vs the man who believes the 4-3-3 is a tactical game model.
Argentina juega 4-4-2
@@GyanLombardoArgentina is also Argentina
Grouped. Mainly their shaky defense. They have at least one stupid pass inside the box a game. Uruguay will make them pay. You watch. …Let’s get out asses kicked and get rid of GGG and get away from Berthalther Ball.
is it wrong of me, does it make me less of a fan if part of me hopes we lose. in my eyes maybe this loss sets in motion success for 2026. A sacrifice to actually move the national team forward instead of staying stagnant or moving backwards. i have no faith in a berhalter world cup team and i have no faith the federation will fire him if we make it out of the group. maybe im a dick tho idk
A lot of media, including some in the "mainstream", are saying "there is pressure on GGG to win this game" or that "this is a must-win game". What evidence is there that USSF considers getting out of the group a bare-minimum achievement? What evidence is there that USSF has ANY performance expectations for the USMNT? USMNT fans can complain about GGG all they want, but USSF probably only really cares about whether the pay-to-play systems feeds enough money into their pockets. In as much as the USMNT serves as a carrot for that pay-to-play system, they care. Having a wholesome, slightly charismatic coverboy like Puli (not to take away from his formidable soccer skills) is all the PR the USSF needs from the USMNT. Why is GGG's "system" forced down to the youth levels? To serve as a carrot for that pay-to-play ("oh look, your son excels in the youth system which provides a pathway to the senior team")
Its gonna be a great match!! Vamos Uruguay ! 🇺🇾
Even beating Uruguay may not be enough to advance. The two tie breakers are 1. goal differential and 2. goals scored. If it is still tied then head to head would be next. Right now we hold a 2 goal advantage in differential but both teams have scored 3 goals. If Panama beats Bolivia by 3 goals or more, then we have to beat Uruguay and score at least 3 goals doing it or Panama will advance over us. If we can somehow beat Uruguay and Panama can only beat Bolivia by 2 goals then we are through. Uruguay is through in almost every scenario unless we smack Uruguay and score a bunch on them. I don't see that happening.
Thanks for helping us through these tough times 😭🙏
If USA finds a way to beat Uruguay and loses in the knockout to Brazil or Colombia, it is ABSOLUTELY a successful showing.
What has this team ever shown you that would make you expect anything better than losing in quarterfinals to one of the top CONMEBOL teams?!?
I’m a lifelong US supporter but the delusion of USMNT fan base is so frustrating.
So expecting more is delusional pfft okay
No dest, no Weah, but still berhalter - pain
I miss dest
Sadly my expectations were much higher than what ggg could ever steer/amble through...look. We have usmnt ballers playing competitive football in europe. We should have been easily a competitor by now...WTF
All that yapping for nothing, Uruguay will win, Panama will win, the US is already out, bye bye! See us from TV, if you want...
Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 fans crying fire scaloni. They win world champions and scaloni becomes God 🙄🤣🤡
First of all it is 4 world championships, you probably remember 1 very well the MARACANAZO yeah take a deep breath there, and for the most part it looks like the only country with a problem with cups being old/aged/ancient prehistoric is Uruguay. What's whit that? If you want to take away Italy's England, Germany (Two countries) etc go ahead, 50 years passed for Argentina to win a cup but hey, they are popular so why not team up with them? hahahaha Laughable. This is football anything can happen, let's just hope FIFA stays out of the game and the best Team wins. Enough with arranging fixtures for Messi to make it to the end. AGAIN>
Tac is Brazilian still suffering PTSD from 1950. Brazil changed their uniform to what we are now familiar because it was too painfilul to keep using their white jersey. 😂😂😂
36 years not 50. World Cup of 78, 86 and 2022.
@@caxs01 you're in way over your head bro. Uruguay beat Brazil in the specially constructed Maracaná stadium so Brazil could celebrate their 1st World Championship. Only 1 problem, they faced Uruguay and lost the final what has come to be known as "el Maracanazo" to this day, Brazil will not play Uruguay in that stadium. Brazilians are still sore about that humiliating defeat of 1950.
Tac, Im so disappointed in your formation graph. Reyna should be behind Richards.
Great work! You going to Canada/Chile game tonight?
Fire Greg. The team is so disappointing at this point. Been following for years. About to stop watching ✌🏻
4 world cups 15 copa Americas 1 Mundialito champion of world champions 1980
defenders of berhalter blaming it on the players-- that's like blaming battlefield losses on the rotten soldiers, or poor equipment. who selected these soldiers? the point is that berhalter has failed to elevate the performance of the soldiers he selected. he does the opposite, then as a coward, tries to deflect responsibility for his failure- no self accountability- another sign of his "culture".
I sadly don’t see us advancing and if Triple G isn’t fired I will probably tune out this tournament is already a major failure for me
If Panama Draws and USA draws we advance? No?
Yes
USA would advance because of the goal difference, yes.
Luckily for us Bolivia are by far the worst team in the Copa America. Jamaica are way better than Bolivia.
Thanx TAC! What comes after minute 68? Yep... GOAL USA!!!!
No hay forma de qu le ganen a Uruguay espero que el arbitraje no los ayude
He ain’t getting fired. Don’t y’all understand how a mafia works. They protect their own!
Thanks!
Thank you Matt!!!!
Uruguay se ha enfrentado a Estados Unidos en 8 oportunidades con un saldo de 2 victorias,4 empates y 2 derrotas. No hay saldo positivo para ninguno. Tendrás que informarte mejor, pues Uruguay es 4 veces campeón mundial y 15 veces campeón de América.
shouldn’t we play haji wright on the left wing and pulisic on the right that would be better
We do not have any chance to beat tough Uruguay under the administration of Gregg Berhalter Dear Filippo, he is so disaster coach for us.
Remember. Modern football is unpredictable. Panama could draw and USA could draw or even win. All sorts of things are happening in tournaments these days. See AFCON, Asian Cup and Euro.
@@addosolar537Under Berhalter, we’ve been on the receiving end of that unpredictability which has not been good.
It's only unpredictable with shitty teams
@@addosolar537I agree.But it won't happen in this game.Uruguay will smoke you guys.
Dont compare Uruguay wih botafogo 😅 the usmnt its atlético paranaense then
Must make Tac sick tbe best players in the Brazilian league are Uruguayan. 😂😂
"Hit or miss" 10 goals in the last 7 matches...
The only success is winning the cup and after the lose on home soil this tourney is a failure all ready
just followed you on twitter and found the channel today, will keep following along
Welcome aboard!
The only thing that gives me hope of advancing is that Carrasquilla had a "Weah moment" and got a red card. There is a chance that Panama draws Bolivia because he is absent.
For some reason I’m a bit hopeful in that regard as well. Bolivia will 100 percent play for pride they will not want to go out being the punching bag in this tournament and they will have nothing to lose which could make it a more difficult game for Panama than people expect
Sorry, guys. Bielsa is not going to let USA beat Uruguay. Why? Because he's no going to give them bragging rights as in "He'll, yeah, we beat Uruguay! We're better than Uruguay!" He's not going to allow that, guys. You guys will be grouped.
A successful tournament? If the USA squeaks out of the first round of games, but goes on to win the tournament, I would consider this a successful tournament for the USA. Ok, so maybe if it wins the Uruguay game, and wins the next elimination game, I would consider this a successful tournament as that result would be a reasonable result regardless of how the USA got out of the first round of games. But, as you suggest, if it barely gets out of the round robin games, and then crashes in the next game, no, that would be unsuccessful and I would advocate for firing the coach.
Since you asked: no.
Im going to be there tmrw, after the game the crowd NEEDS to stay behind and chant Gregg out fr
A USMNT fan that is a Gregg apologist is hardly a fan at all.
Scally is the player of the tournament
Thanks!
Thank you Matt!
USA can watch it on tv
you lose to t&t, lose to panama, should have lost to jamaica, ETC. I DONT CARE IF WE BEAT URUGUAY HE SHOULD RESIGN JUST ON EMBARRASSMENT ALONE
Uruguay latest copa America championships 85,87, 95,2011. Those were not a century away ..
It has absolutely nothing to do with budgetary constraints or the coach or the ref or the field or the weather. It has everything to do with culture. Soccer is a pastime in the US. In Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil - it’s a religion. As an 80’s kid growing up in South Florida, it was tough to round up enough kids to form a team in the league. Our coaches were baseball coaches. There have been improvements since then, sure. But, this will take a few more generations, at least. Hopefully, the US bandwagon fans will stick through the pain and suffering. And, hopefully the pay-to-play mentality will change.
There is no chance that Uruguay (even their B team) is going to lose to USA right now. They are arguably the best team in all of the Americas, and contenders for the World Cup. Sitting back and being content with just making it out of the group stage is not in Uruguay’s DNA. They are going to go out there, press their opponents all over the field nonstop, and dominate all aspects of the game. Start packing, USA. 🇺🇾
no i wouldn't consider this a successful copa america if we got a win vs uruguay and advanced but lost to colombia next round because group stage shouldn't have been THIS difficult
I love how you had usmnt as the top5 best team in the copa 🤣😂🤣🤡
Maybe a 4-1-3-2 (essentially a 4-4-2) with Musah, Adams, Aaronson and reyna (think 4-1-2-1-2) with Pulisic and Balogun up top. That might be fun to watch. I think we need to overload the midfield for the press to give lots of options.
Start Haji on the left and Pulisic on the right? Or play more of like a 4-2-2-2 in attack with Reyna and Pulisic as 10s underneath Haji and Balo, Adams and Johnny/Musah covering? Berhalter would never but I sure would
Evidently, it hurts you how great Uruguay is? Uruguay has 4 World Cups... If not, tell Brazil to add one star on the shirt and see what happens effort and see happen... Regarding the Copa América, it shows that you know nothing about us. Uruguay has won 8 Copas América after the Second World War... We beat you in Brazil, both in World Cups and Copa América....
Bruh,you didn't not just said that this overrated USMNT is better than Uruguay.Cuz they ain't.And Nunes might be a hit and miss for Liverpool.But when it comes to Uruguay.The guy is a serious baller.Uruguay is going to smoked you guys😂😂😂
Uruguay being ranked below the USA in FIFA is hilarious 😂. Uruguay 2-O grouped no matter what, they blew too many chances vs Bolivia and I'm not even talking about game 2. We don't deserve to advance and won't. Ez 💰
I can foresee Bolivia winning 2-0 against Panama. The referee is going to give Panama at least 1-2 red cards 😂. USA ties with Uruguay. USMNT will magically get of the group stage. Different scenarios is USMNT lose the game and Bolivia & referee wins against Panama. I got feeling federation might open their wallet 🤷🏽♂️.
Uruguay wins 2-0 with their B Team. Wish USA luck but something def has to change. Horrible performance thus far in Copa.
1950 against ur country was after ww2
Dare to minimize our cups ?
We got quite a few cups after ww2
World cups by our clubs and America’s cup too
Love America
Hope they stay in the group with Uruguay
But my roots are 100% Uruguay
So my guess is u r Brazilian and those cups that we won most likely all against a Brazil u don’t like 😅
This would be on par with the Miracle on Ice
Not really. The USSR were a team of top professionals whereas the USA were a team of U23s. I do realize in this case that Uruguay are the better team, but the USMNT, while patchy at certain positions, are no slouches such that they do feature T3 League players with some of those being Champions League club level players.
Considering we have a Bethalter on our team, it's like playing a man down
I din't thank you have a chance today. But, as you Saud, football Is unpredictable. Go URUGUAY
A or B
A: US beats Uruguay but doesn’t advance
B: US lose to Uruguay as well as Panama lose to Bolivia. US then lose 3-0 to Colombia in quarters
About the Refs:
Bad teams are bad, it doesn't matter the ability of the ref to call a game. Good Teams allow refs to determine what their fate is. CHAMPIONSHIP teams OVERCOME the abilites or lack thereof of the Refs
brazilian man says.. I don't want to post my predictions, because I don't like me predicting that the United States will get crushed & humiliated in the most horrific of ways.. That's why I don't like to give my predictions... Nice hint there buddy!
Prediction: URU 2 US 1 ~ ~ ~ PAN 1 BOL 0 and they keep GGG because US Soccer are nepotism masters.
I agree with your analysis.
There is a possibility.
The record is 2W for USA - 2D - and 4W for Uruguay.
I honestly can’t decide if I want the players to ball out and beat Uruguay, which is clearly unlikely, or lose badly and have Greg be fired. To be honest I do not believe the federation would fire Greg so a loss seems like a potential double whammy.
Question: I don’t miss USMNT games. This is the team I support in soccer. But Monday nights are my play soccer nights. I have three kids. Do I miss soccer and watch the game or do I play? I’ll miss the following week due to family vacay. I wanna play but I wanna watch the train wreck
Luckily for the USA Uruguay is virtually on the quarterfinals.. they have a big Goal Difference cushion that makes it almost impossible to lose first seed in the group giving them the benefit to more than likely rest most of their players if not all of them… Because of that USA have a real chance to win this game …
Panama team have being missing 4 main players (2 defenders, 1 midfielder and 1 forward) since the beginning of the tournament.. loosing 2 more (midfielder and a forward) during the games went on .. we also had our squad reduced to 25 (all the others have 26) because of a stupid federation procedure mistake.. we are really running on fumes … I do hope we beat Bolivia .. USA only scored 2-0 on them so taking all of the above in consideration I don’t se us scoring more than 2 goals or 3 goals.. hoping they don’t score on us .. ball is round .. and of course hoping Uruguay give us a hand …
If the United States defeat Uruguay and we advance to the quarterfinals, then loses to Colombia, this would NOT be a successful tournament. Plus, Berhalter should be out of his job.
I don't see this lousy team beating an uruguayan side that has shown is a real contender for the title. Talent is not there. Period. Forget blaming Berhalter who btw sucks as a coach, but players are just a bunch of clueless players except Reyna & Pulisic. USMNT can kiss Copa goodbye this Monday.
Uruguay is on fire! Two top scorers are scoring! I believe uruguay will win this copa america....im argentinian...but argentina are playing limp...canada had chances to beat them...vamos arriba los celeste! Sangre charruaaaaaa!!!
Jesse marshes needs to advance himself 🙄🤣🤡
Not should ggg resign the entire ussf board should resign. I’m expecting similar results for the women and in the Olympics it’s the style of play the ussf wants not necessarily just ggg. Listen to McBride talk. He confirms it constantly.
1) USA needs a coach like Uruguay's. 2) If USA manages to get out of group play and loses to Colombia, it's bad. They, at the very least, need to show growth. The need at least a tie against a team like Colombia. If it goes to penalties, that's good.
2-0 L
Pour your heart out in KC. Ted Lasso & Coach Beard better make an appearance in his friggin hometown. USA USA
What’s more likely, Baloguin making a penalty, or Bolivia beating Panama?
Nice. Great job USSF my goat 😍
Did Tac have a mental breakdown after we got GROUPED?!?!?!