***Official 2022 World Cup Thread***

[jctisu]

Sweet justice for Ecuador getting that early goal in the 2nd Half

 

[cyfanbr]

Equator is playing very well. Should be up on the scoreboard by now.

 

[shagcarpetjesus]

Haji Wright up top for the US.

 

[jdoggivjc]

I still love that our national anthem is based on a drinking song of that time.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Why are England's uniforms blue on the shoulders? England is red and white

 

[Bigman38]

Why are England's uniforms blue on the shoulders? England is red and white

Their crest or whatever that is has a lot of blue

 

[CloniesForLife]

Their crest or whatever that is has a lot of blue

Saw that when they zoomed in. It's just odd to watch. Kinda looks like the US is playing itself

 

[Bigman38]

Solid start, dodged a couple bullets and made a few chances. England has dominated possession but a lot of it has been in their own half.

 

[pulse]

The Union Jack has blue. Obviously there’s also the England flag, but England is also synonymous with the Union Jack .

 

[CloniesForLife]

Solid start, dodged a couple bullets and made a few chances. England has dominated possession but a lot of it has been in their own half.

Announcers made it sound like the strategy for the US was just to let their defenders handle the ball a lot if they want and then turn up the pressure once they pass forward

 

[jdoggivjc]

That was a nice, patient chance. Too bad it was blasted over the bar.

 

[Bigman38]

That was a nice, patient chance. Too bad it was blasted over the bar.

So was that possession with that deflected shot

 

[ISUCY23]

This ref is ******* garbage

 

[CloniesForLife]

So close!!

 

[Bigman38]

McKinney is a problem for England, all of the US chances have started with him.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Damn - that was a nice shot by Pulisic. Just missed (or nailed?) the top corner.

 

[packattack425]

The back and forth between the fans is entertaining

 

[3TrueFans]

This ref is ******* garbage

Nothing is apparently card worthy in the first half, then there will be a flurry of cards for the exact same things in the second half.

 

[mj4cy]

US taking it to England the last 15 minutes

 

[Clonehomer]

McKinney is a problem for England, all of the US chances have started with him.

Problem is whether he's going to he able to do that in the second half as well. Really need to take advantage of all these opportunities while we have the legs.