Anonymous #2 1d

The US across three games has started 21 unique players. The first two were wins, the last hard fought. That’s pretty good depth.

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Anonymous #2 1d

Even with the depth they can’t beat a team like France Spain England Argentina anyway. If we are trying to win a World Cup it’s not even in the stratosphere rn. Before this tournament most of us would say getting to a quarterfinal would be a good tournament for us

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Anonymous #1 1d

Very true but do they have any chance of beating a France or Argentina? We all know the World Cup journey has to end before the quarterfinals

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Anonymous #1 1d

No it’s not when you have to compete vs teams like Spain, Germany, France, England, etc. they have 11 starters and improved depth by American standards. They do not have quality depth that can be trusted against a singular knockout round opponent

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Anonymous #2 1d

Yes I agree but what is a successful World Cup to you by your expectations? That was more my point. For most of us it was get to a quarterfinal and we are happy

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Anonymous OP 1d

Winning it all. I will be happy every round they go but anything short of winning the entire thing is failure

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Anonymous #2 1d

Oh fair in that case this team has a long way to go because they have nowhere near the depth of most European or South American teams

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Anonymous OP 1d

Most top ones I mean, they are probably the 16th best team to me in the tournament

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Anonymous OP 1d

Yes and I get crucified for saying that. This team is an upper echelon team compared to Americans but the U.S. issue isn’t that its starters weren’t good enough it’s that you can only trust the starting 11. The talent in the starting 11 is way better but we still will fall off at the 75th minute against any team with comparable talent

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Anonymous #3 1d

Yeah even before the tournament people were saying the USA were going to finish last in the group

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