Abby too 
I try to give you guys grief in the otherI swear the USMNT fans are the most chicken little type fans out there.
Not just on here but generally speaking, overreact to every negative result and run of bad form, brush off anything positive as utterly insignificant.
*Waits for Jozy still sucks though*
I swear the USMNT fans are the most chicken little type fans out there.
Not just on here but generally speaking, overreact to every negative result and run of bad form, brush off anything positive as utterly insignificant.
*Waits for Jozy still sucks though*
Not to mention that the US usually does well in the friendlies. When it actually comes to real matches they can't get their ish together. This friday they hit my beloved Reggae Boyz and their record against low and humble Jamaica is frightening for the USMNT's ranking. If the past is anything to count on, they will draw. Hopefully the Reggae boyz will win, it's been since 1998 that Jamaica has been to the world cup.
Man some of you need a dose of reality. If we consistently got these type of results no one would be calling the team trash? If we were consistently getting these type of results we'd be a top 15-20 footballing nation in the world (and I don't mean FIFA rankings). We're not, get over it.
^^ All of this. Maybe people expect us to be on par with top European teams or South American teams.Truth be told there are a host of other "football" countries whose results, related to the overall talent and development pipelines, could be considered much more "disappointing" than the US over the recent past..see England. Hell even look at Mexico, they have a much stronger soccer culture than we do (and don't cite u-17 WCs and all b/c those don't mean squat in reality), and the US dominated Mexico in the late 90s and early 2000's, yeah Mex has been much better recently (even though they have yet to score a goal in WC qualifying). Listening to a lot of fans you'd think we failed to qualify for the WC since 94 and have never made it out of the group stage ever
Over 75% of his goals occurred when we have Landon on the field, you know the face of American Soccer over the last 10 yrs...so the point about only scoring twice in 2 years is laughable....Christiano Ronaldo scored 2 goals over 15 appearances in 2008 and 2009 for Portugal, Wayne Rooney in 2010 had 1 goal in 11 appearances for England. Jozy only had 12 appearances over the "2 yrs" people keep talking about where he's scored twice, so are they trash too?
And no I'm not saying JA is anywhere near the stratosphere as CR or Rooney as players, but the point remains that players have bad runs, even worse when they get limited service, and he's not even completely developed as he has things to work on in his game. Dude is 23 yrs old, relax.
Man some of you need a dose of reality. If we consistently got these type of results no one would be calling the team trash? If we were consistently getting these type of results we'd be a top 15-20 footballing nation in the world (and I don't mean FIFA rankings). We're not, get over it.
Maybe some of you guys just like ******** on your "team?" Maybe it's a undeserved pride thing, the average American sports fan can't cope with not being elite? I honestly don't know.
It's funny you mention excitement, I look back on what I've seen with my own eyes in terms of the growth of the USMNT program over the course of the last twenty years and I literally get butterflies in my stomach thinking about what the long term future has in store, maybe the pessimist just don't see the bigger picture?
And a run of bad form doesn't imply that the team is usually good, that's your on inference, and I didn't say anybody should be celebrating anything.
As for Jozy, nowhere in the world is a player considered trash after scoring +30 goals in a season, nowhere in the world is the quality of a player determined by a two year stretch with his country. No one can argue that Jozy doesn't have areas to improve on (although anybody who's followed his career closely can see the vast improvements he's made in those areas), can't deny that he's been ineffective for country over the last 18 months, but I seriously have to question the knowledge and understanding of the game of anyone who actually thinks he's "trash" relative to any meaningful measure. Even if Jozy were "trash" he'd still be the best out and out forward this country has ever produced (Sorry Brian).
Dudes saying he's actually gotten adequate service, dudes saying he can't perform under pressure (as if they completely forgot his performances at the '10 WC or '09 Confederations Cup).
We're sitting pretty for the hex...not all doom and gloom after all , plus 4 of our final 6 are at home where we are always tough
