How Many of you have respect for us the US

[lilphenom]

i was just wondering if you people just hate us or if you have some respect i dont want this too get political at all and dont anyone dare bring that up i mean on the pitch di you give our team respect??? because i think we desrve it we have beaten some very strong teams since 98 and that is in the past...give me your input

[lilphenom]

anyone gonna reply???

[OSFP]

Soccer is not the biggest sport in the US. You have baseball, basketball and football that have dominated and will continue to do so. It`s pretty much the same story here in Australia, soccer is down the line but getting better.

With the US silencing several countries that their main sport is soccer, you can safely say you have earnt some respect. People may not admit it but considering where you were and where you are now, the US have done well.

[Omar]

The US is advancing in soccer very rapidly. The World Cup was a very big disappointment for them, but after, they had many great results: They beat Germany, Argentina, etc. . . I think they are improving dramatically.

It's hard to think what the US will be like if soccer was the number one sport. Wouldn't that be amazing?

Anyway, I respect the US, and they will surprise the world in 2006 if not 2002.

[Prosinecki]

In footballing terms I have no respect for the States. Sure they've improved, and beaten some very good teams, but when it comes down to it, they'll lose. Beating good teams in meaningless tournaments is just that, meaningless.

Maybe I'm a bit biased, but it seems to me that the Americans are arrogant on the pitch, despite the fact that they're big fat zeros in the world of football.

When they can advance to at least the second round of the world cup without buying their way into it, then, and only then will I respect them.

[lilphenom]

wow wow wow hold up 1st of all you dont come up on here huffing and puffing a bunch of BS and as for arrogant i would love to hear an explination for that one you better hope like hell you are not english , and as for buying our way i would like to hear another one of your brillant theories , by no means do you have to respect us , but dont come in here talking trash , by no means are we the best but , we arent that bad of a team and we are getting better and better and we sure as hell are not arrogant and sure as hell did not buy our way into the world cup so if i were you i would shut my mouth and may i ask what national team do you support???

[This message has been edited by lilphenom (edited 24 June 2000).]

[mirkwood]

Buy our way into the 2nd round. You had better back up your remarks, or just back up.

[Prosinecki]

Well the arrogant remark was a bit much. I'll take that back.

As for buying your way into the second round, obviously I can't prove it, but I'm convinced that you bought it in USA94. The only way for me to prove it would be if it was exposed, but just because something isn't exposed, doesn't mean it didn't happen. The US had to get to the second round while hosting the tournament, if they wanted to increase the popularity of the game. That only leads to a bigger buyout, which is the fact that CONCACAF gets 3 spots for the world cup. That's absolutely ridiculous, and if the United States was not a part of CONCACAF, there's no way they'd have three spots. This way, the US is virtually guranteed a spot in the WC. The competition is pathetic other than Mexico, and even if you don't get second place, you sure as hell will get third. If you can convince me that CONCACAF deserves even 2 spots, let alone 3, I'll retract what I've said. It's not Mexico or Canada that "convinced" FIFA to give 3 spots.

As for the country I support, if my username didn't make it obvious, I'm Croatian. But what difference does it make what I am? Does that have any bearing on what I say? I think not! If I was English, would that have any relevance to this discussion?

[This message has been edited by Prosinecki (edited 26 June 2000).]

[soccerchick]

Umm..well..I have respect for the US Women's Soccer team....

does THAT count?

[lilphenom]

what a smart ass remark !!!!!!1

[mirkwood]

You won't be able to prove it, cause it did not happen. You are letting your personal prejudice cloud your judgement.

[Prosinecki]

Prejudice is such a strong word. It's also very inappropriate, you don't even know me!

I know I'll never be able to prove the first part of my post, don't really care to anyway, it didn't affect my country.

But the second part of my post dealing with the 3 spots for CONCACAF cannot be argued against. How can you?

South America has 4 teams and North & Central America have 3!!!! Where's the justice in that? The south americans have at least 2 teams that are always contenders in Brazil and ARgentina, while the pride of north america is Mexico! What a joke.

The US has a priveleged place in the WC. They never ever earned it, they BOUGHT it, and if you deny this, your patriotism is clouding your judgement.

[lilphenom]

well if mexico is the pride on concocaf they how do you explain a 3-0 defeat over them not even a month in time

think before you talk and we did noy buy the world cup make up all you want and wc spots are given on amount of countries in you confederation not the talent !!!!

[mirkwood]

You said yourself that you were prejudiced: the word you chose was bias, it all amounts to the same thing.

[Prosinecki]

And when you put 1 and 1 together, you get 2