***** Official United States of America vs Paraguay World Cup 2026 Thread *****

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we played well against Germany, but they must have had a hell of a week in training in finding some much needed chemistry. And, to think how many near perfect passes we had that were just barely mistimed, or just a touch too much. This game could have honestly been 8-1. We played that well.
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The difference between Germany and Paraguay on the squad is Chris Richards
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Seven Costanza said:

Although it's impossible to project the knockout round matchups with any confidence under the new system, I saw that the path for the US to go deep would probably be easier if they finish 2nd in the group.


I did a bunch of simulations the other day and I just asked google AI to check the work.

Winning the group would likely give us a great round of 32 matchup; probably a third place finisher. However, we'd most likely have to face group E winner in round of 16 next, probably Germany. Or possibly group I, probably France.

Finishing 2nd in the group would probably put us against group G runner up, Belgium or Egypt most likely, in the round of 32. Round of 16 would likely be a group winner Argentina, Uruguay, or Belgium.


I wouldn't want to face France or Spain, the two biggest tournament favorites, sooner. So if winning group D means you for sure face France in the round of 16, you might think we'd prefer second in group. But it's not guaranteed to face France and I'd rather have an easier round of 32 to keep building.
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greg.w.h said:

The last goal might have been slightly excessive…


It was slightly explosive in my pants
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I have to say great game but the commentators were just plain awful.
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Was I dreaming last night?!?!
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tylercsbn9 said:

greg.w.h said:

The last goal might have been slightly excessive…


It was slightly explosive in my pants
It's silly. But I hope you got that **** cleaned up.

Point differentials other than one are as meaningless as faked fouls. I was DELIGHTED by the reversal due to VAR concluding there was a misidentification on the yellow card by the way.
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We keep playing like that and we are going yo make some noise in this World Cup! And about damn time!
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Game was fun. Hated in-game celeb shots, but I did feel some pride seeing Tom Cruise patriotically sing the Star Spangled Banner when they panned to him at the beginning.
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Speaking of Tom Cruise, does David Beckham live here now? He's been in multiple commercials across different sectors for a couple of years now. He's all over the damn place in US commercials.
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The Collective said:

Game was fun. Hated in-game celeb shots, but I did feel some pride seeing Tom Cruise patriotically sing the Star Spangled Banner when they panned to him at the beginning.


Tom Cruise is kinda nutty but he is unabashedly patriotic and supportive of the military
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Yeah, I think he has for a while.
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YouBet said:

Speaking of Tom Cruise, does David Beckham live here now? He's been in multiple commercials across different sectors for a couple of years now. He's all over the damn place in US commercials.

He almost definitely has a place in LA. Played there for years and married to Victoria, they definitely have a permanent place there
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Not to mention owning Inter Miami. He's here all the time.

Lord knows why he's everywhere all of a sudden, but he's making a publicity push for some reason. He hosted a Champions League watch party on CBS/Paramount for the semis and final. I tried watching but for the short period I watched they were just chatting about Godknowswhat instead of actually watching the game so I bailed back to the normal broadcast.
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Well, that explains that.
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Cool analytics video
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Awesome Telemundo broadcasting after our 3rd goal

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Best half I've ever seen from the USMNT
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PatAg said:

Awesome Telemundo broadcasting after our 3rd goal


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PatAg said:

Awesome Telemundo broadcasting after our 3rd goal


the f bomb takes that clip to the next level.

Follow up: what mega-club is buying Balogun from Monaco after the World Cup?
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The internet is already full of "Did Arsenal include a buy back clause when they sold Balogun to Monaco?" stories…
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Lol. That's awesome.
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PatAg said:

Awesome Telemundo broadcasting after our 3rd goal



I watch Telemundo just for the fact that Andres Cantor is way better than anyone at Fox (Ian Darke is up there). Don't remember this happening though.

I've gotten way better with my Spanish over the years just thru this.

***Figured out why I don't remember this. Its from the Azteca broadcast, not Telemundo.
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Didn't get to watch live but caught up last night and this morning. Can't ask for a much better team performance than that.

Couple thoughts...

- Dest and Jedi make a massive difference on this team, they both had great matches and kept the Paraguay defense off balance all night.

- Richards was borderline flawless.

- McKennie won't get as much recognition but he put in a great shift, was very good on the ball and defended well.

- The Reyna goal...damn.

- The goal allowed exposed our backline, still feels like right back is our weak point when we've got Dest playing more forward. Better teams are going to expose that so I hope we adjust.
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Nice list. Re : your last point, I think our aggressiveness in attacking and applying pressure was the best way to protect our back line.
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They just announce on Fox that last night was the most watched usmnt match ever and the second most watched fifa WC match ever.

Zlatan credits himself.
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Russ Dalrymple said:

PatAg said:

Awesome Telemundo broadcasting after our 3rd goal



I watch Telemundo just for the fact that Andres Cantor is way better than anyone at Fox (Ian Darke is up there). Don't remember this happening though.

I've gotten way better with my Spanish over the years just thru this.

***Figured out why I don't remember this. Its from the Azteca broadcast, not Telemundo.


Ahh, didnt know there was another and explains it being a little less... professional. Still great though
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Including telemundo.

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Nice to see vets being honored at the World Cup.

Bravo Zulu!
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byfLuger41 said:

Nice to see vets being honored at the World Cup.

Bravo Zulu!



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