[FULL REACTION] U.S. out of World Cup after 3-1 loss to Netherlands | ESPN FC
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- The ESPN FC crew reacts to the United States Men's National Team falling to the Netherlands in the Round of 16 and being eliminated from the 2022 World Cup.
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I'm just gonna be blunt: drawing England is a decent result, but it's hardly one anyone outside the US will remember in 10 years' time. Better teams have drawn or even lost to worse teams, it happens all the time. Drawing Wales is a bad result. Beating Iran 1-0 is a good result, but it's far from an earth-shattering one. The US played attractive football, but their results were just average. The Netherlands may not be so preoccupied with playing the kind of high-energy, intense football that Americans love, but they have MUCH more individual quality in their squad and they are managed by an all-time great coach. Energy and intensity don't win World Cup knock-out games; tactics do. And this US team was always going to be outplayed in that regard. I am honestly a bit confused as to why everyone was so positive about the USMNT's chances beforehand. This is not a bad result, let alone a shocking one. The US were the underdogs, and in the end they got outperformed by a better squad with a better plan and a better manager. It's not a surprise at all. No endless analysis needed. The US is an outsider at best in men's international football, while the Dutch are serial contenders belonging to international football's elite. This was a logical outcome to anyone outside North America.
England is overrated, they are known for choking and are not really a good finishing team.
@Jay S I agree England is over rated. They don't really play well in big tournaments except for 1966 and 1990 in World cups despite the incredible hype of them stating how good they are by their parochial British football media and England football fans.
Well as a Dutch person we are very jaded on our chances.
I’m a massive fan and I knew our chances were very slim. There are plenty of knowledgeable fans here and saying the US are football outsiders is utter nonsense. We are ranked in the top 15 in the world and get out of the 1st round in the World Cup pretty consistently. Our players are playing in top leagues all over Europe. Are we a great team yet? No. Are we better then The Netherlands? Obviously not. We were the second youngest team there and our future is bright!
Why are you beating down the US as if an underdog country believing in their team is only exclusive to the US? I'm sure Saudi Arabia thought they could go all the way after beating Argentina. As an American that watches the sport, us getting to the knockout stages is a big deal for us because we didn't even qualify last time. Also, anything the US does internationally that's positive should be shameful to y'all because football isn't even our #3 sport and it's #1 for almost everybody else. Just saying 🤷🏿♂️
The Dutch literally played the US in the counter trap. Van gaal again proved to be a tactical genius. He let the us have the ball knowing fully well that they play offensive energy football wich would leave allot of space open at they’re defense in a counter attack and it literally happen like that
“If Pulisic scored…” We’ve all heard that one before!
You’re on point. We are not saying if only the Netherlands had scored. It comes down to being precise at this level and not missing the only chance you will get
Chelsea fans have heard that one million times !😅
Honestly i thought that this was how far we would go. I knew Van gaal was going to outcoach berhalter from the get go. You can't beat the Dutch at football if you play soccer. We had more shots on goal but it was like chucking darts at the board blind folded, the Dutch attacked when they needed to and it was efficient. The Dutch also defended when they needed to.
It’s football!! And not soccer!
@@paritdoshi9836 you should be telling my fellow countrymen that instead of me I don't call it soccer.
@@Ratjohs US still irrelevant in a World Cup. Try again next time.
@@paritdoshi9836 read his comment again
Coaches and players experience made the difference . US team will have wonderful future
Holland gave the US the illusion of possession.
Van Gaal literally bullied Berhalter and took his lunch money 😅
Hope he lives long enough to enjoy that free lunch.
@@islayladdie7258 unlike PELE 😢
Poor Berhalter if mommy didn't sneak to him some snacks then he'll have a horrible day 😢
The dutch players deserve more credit than the coach in this games
@@liamconverse8950 Memphis is a badass.
I am not a coach but even for me it was obvious from the first 10 minutes that NL don’t want the position and keeps US at a arm length from creating or causing any damages
Netherlands controlled the game
*possession (not position)
@@FreshAlchemy it’s clearly a miss type, and how ironic your name is free speech and your correcting others
@@bradley4752he got bullied at home so it’s compensation
@@FreshAlchemy have you watched “the champion of the world “ video made br BR/football in CZcams? I recommend it. There is a part where the England team realise why they are not invited to the “ favourites” party 😂
It was interesting that the first 2 goals were nearly identical, and each goal scorer's celebration was to run over to the Dutch coaching staff and excitedly point to them. That tells me the Dutch coaching staff new exactly how to unlock the US defense and it all went exactly to plan.
Lucky win could have went either way honestly. See how lucky they get against Argentina.
@@soccerplyr8 your comment shows you have no clue about football tactics
@@fvd6553 Neiterlends got lucky. Just facts kid. How you like those tactics boy?
@@soccerplyr8 netherlands did not get lucky. They won easily, they could have scored more but they were saving their energy for the next opponent.
@@soccerplyr8 Lucky win lmfao, there wasnt a minute where i thought USA had a chance. No clue what game you watched mate!
Frank made a great point on the livestream earlier about how the US soccer system is too pay to play and many families are simply priced out of being able to send their kids to play organized soccer. Contrast that with a country like France, where even kids from the poorest backgrounds can play in organized youth leagues from the very start. US has a much deeper talent pool than what we’ve seen, but the youth system eliminates kids from families that can’t afford to pay to play.
Dead on accurate. This applies to so many more areas than just football/soccer too, esp in areas like education (college/uni).
Even if u get in the college system and all destroys talent because talent come up to late. All USA Superstars had to go to Europe as child
All you really need to play football is a ball and a place to play. Many Brazilian superstars started out playing the game as a kid on the streets, they got discovered by official clubs much later. It's very much a cultural thing, Brazilian kids get a football for their 4th birthday and spend their free time playing football. American kids will instead play baseball or basketball when playing outside.
@@frankvandorp2059 Exactly, that's why we hear or so many South American superstars who came up from nothing. All you need is a ball, not even a field and talent will be found by the scouts
@@frankvandorp2059 not true. But to play organized ball in the US, the kids have to pay fees to join a team. They required to wear a uniform that they’re required to pay for. Then there is the costs of traveling to play other teams. It is very much pay to play here. Baseball and hockey are also pay to play here. Only football and basketball are not.
Berhalter didn't play Gio until we were down 2-0 in the first elimination match. Walker Zimmerman was completely outclassed again. Carter Vickers gets benched after a great showing. Regardless of Gregg's accomplishments he isn't the coach to take us to the next level. He should go. Hats off to the Dutch for attacking to the final whistle and not parking the bus.
Much trolling. Much buss parking.
Trolly
USA didnt get hierarchy in the attack, but show better performance than netherlands
Regardless of the lineup USA would've still lost
Dude, Gio wasn't gonna do anything. Not sure why he is hyped up.
USMNT really thought they were a better team than the Dutch .. they made it through the group and thought they were Brazil 😅 they played naive/inexperienced but brave ,gotta give it to them !
USMNT fans have one thing in common with England fans. Delusion.
All 3 Holland goals were preventable with some basic football skills and game knowledge.
1) Mark the players, don't get lost watching the ball
2) Keeper should not make catastrophic mistakes when in possession of the ball
3) Don't put the shortest number 9 against the tallest defense
4) Don't panic when in one to one situation with a keeper. Stay cool and score.
5) Shoot at the goal more often. You can't score if you don't shoot.
6) When recruiting new players consider working class kids, not only the rich...
p.s. Game against England was rigged. The two coaches are good friends in personal life...
haha goals are always preventable! I have never seen a goal scored that wasn't "preventable" ;D Team USA simply got outclassed by the Netherlands. End of story.
@@TheGrun13 There is a difference between losing 1:0 or 3:1.
Two goals coming from totally unmarked players and one goal from keepers mistake.
Yes, in every game someone will make a mistake. You play in such a way to cause the other team to make a mistake so you can take advantage of it. You don't give them freebies. If Pulisic didn't miss the gimmie in the beginning this could have been a different game. USA was too afraid...and it showed.
The Dutch right back Dumfries just absolutely destroyed the American left back Robinson, that matchup was responsible for all 3 goals for the Dutch.
First 2 dutch goals were dutch school football goals players passes the ball into the box to the penalty spot 2nd player runs into the box to the penalty spot ball and player meet . 3rd goal was usa school football error no one gaurding the 2nd post area all defenders were in center of the box. The 2 above principles are drilled into players at school/club and street football in nederland
First goal was a marking error by Tyler Adams. He lost 10 yards on Memphis on a 40 yards sprint. That's pathetic. Memphis was in his own half, pass the ball, runs forward , runs ahead of Adams and is wide open ( 5 yards from trailing Adams). Third goal is just lack of communication. ARod had to pinch inside to help, nobody is picking up the back post. I blame Yedlin on this goal. He was in no mans land. The USA midfield was poor today. Very poor. I would have replaced Adams and not McKennie.
Plain and simple Netherlands have the better players. With the way more experienced coach.
Americans have unrealistic expectations for the USMNT, they're expecting them to always get to the quarter finals and beyond in each World Cup when you have players that are playing in the mls, not even starters for the European teams that they play in or are just okay in quality. They played alright and at times great for a squad that's still missing a few key pieces like a proper number 9
It's not that we have unrealistic expectations we know Netherlands are the better team the problem is that the team could perform so much better if we had a proper manager. You mentioned that we have players in the mls in our xi that's because of our manager. We have players in Europe that are superior to these mls guys but he refuses to call them. We have Pefok from union Berlin in germany and ricardo pepi from the eredivise who has played 9 games and has 6 goals and two assists. Instead of calling them our manager takes an mls striker it's riduculous.
They called this usnmt "The Golden generation" not realizing the US came this far the last 2 world cups they were in lol
How are the expectations "Unrealistic" with the talent that we have?
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 Which Talent? Not a single player from the squad would get into any real big fish squad.
USMNT needs to leave CONCACAF and join CONMEBOL if they want to improve in the long run. Playing Gold Cup tournaments and world cup qualifiers against pathetic teams like honduras, el salvador, haita, cuba etc... is no way to improve and challenge yourself and to be a threat at the world cup. But i guess they will never leave because CONCACAF pays them a lot and its the easiest way to get into the world cup
Great point! Berharlter thought USA could play like Ecuador and use that blueprint and it backfired tremendously. What a disappointment
The Dutch controlled the match and Van Gaal had his tactics spot on. The tactical shrewdness on the part of the Dutch was lost on the FOX commentators who were too busy hyping the US even after they committed the cardinal error of conceding a goal at the stroke of halftime. Look again at the first two goals -- the same movement and result, which is not accidental. The US goal was a fluke. I never felt that the Dutch were unsettled or in panic. As a Chelsea fan, I've seen Pulisic flop in front of goal more times than I care to remember...
LVG tactical master class
LVG masterclass
Fire Berhalter, get a real coach and start prep for 2026
I think a close to elite coach might take the job with the appeal of a good salary, living in the USA and getting to coach the country in a home world cup.
USMNT need a more dynamic coach...the guys are young but very promising talents.. the right coach could weave this team to be a threat for years to come.
March
What you need is a football coach from a football country. From Spain, Italy,Portugal, Brazil, etc
@@schipbreukeling3 Italy, Netherlands or Germany please.
@@schipbreukeling3 Not Brazil...
@@schipbreukeling3 Portuguese are good, one left the Brazilian team with more titles than losses in 2019 season.
He won the South America Club and when the team was in Rio de Janeiro celebrating with over 1 million people they received the news that they became the Brazilian Champions.
He lost the final to that Liverpool in the Club World Cup by 1 x 0 in the extra time.
Portuguese are that good.
The US style of offense is way too measured and structured. If they get the ball past the midline, they settle, slow down, look around, and try some very uncreative plays. They don't have the required talent to score doing that, to be fair not many teams do. But what they need instead is to attack faster and learn to exploit unrelated situations.
Too clean-cut upbringings… they don’t have fighters
All three goals scored by Netherlands were by players wide open in spaces where they shouldn't have been. I believe this goes back to coaching. It bothers me that Berkhalter is not on the chopping block for this.
Those open spaces are not because of coaching but because of the players themselves. Coaches are not there to teach players how to defend and follow strikers. Blaming the coach is too easy for those mistakes.
He is not on the chopping block ‘cause he’s white 🧐
One question: Can you watch the sequence leading to the first goal and explain to me how the US coach could have helped Tyler Adams mark Memphis, who was 5 yards behind him and outsprinted him to the 18 yards box? Our midfield (Adams) ran out of gas. They didn't want the ball. They didn't try to run with the ball. They didn't follow their markers properly. That's where the game was lost. Additionally, they should have isolated Dest + Weah on Blind/Ake. Instead, they overloaded that side, minimizing the space and giving Blind so many ways to recover.
@@henrim9348 Do you want me to explain away the other two goals while I'm at it? I'm not going to go back and look and see who is to blame for what/why/wherefore. I coach soccer and I can tell you that your defense shouldn't give away goals that easily once in a game let along three times.
@@emojiman5741 If the Berkhalters were black it would make no difference. In fact, I'd argue that would add to his protection.
If there was anyone who expected the US to win, I am sorry, but you have no idea about who is a good team in the world and who is not. Just read where those Oranje boys play, that tells you the whole story. Holland was the clear favorite and won well deserved. Sad enough that the next World Cup is in a country where they do not even name the sport football. Also, why does the US get their second World Cup before England where football was born???
Actually, football was born in the Americas… look it up
I've listened to a few soccer podcast and CZcams videos on the performance of the USMNT vs Netherlands today, listened to a few on the direction of the team and Berhalter's legacy from 2018 to 2022. And this is by far the best analysis that I have heard yet, outstanding job.
Football, not soccer
@@ajc.1012 Indeed. You can use the term soccer when your 'first' sport is rugby, Ozzy rules, American/Canadian football or gaelic football, of course.
But when you are a football fan you're not using the term 'soccer' !
If there is one thing i learnt in this wc is that ball possession doesn't collectively tells the whole story....its mostly down to mentality, tactical and experience...and ofcourse patience..
Netherland we're playing football and the USMNT we're playing soccer...men vs boys
I don't put this too much on the players. Netherlands coach was big game hunting and our coach was playing NES Duck Hunt.
@@Kickingit06 I don't put it on the players but al I'm saying is there levels to the game and the US are just not on par to some bigger soccer nations....these pundit like to act like the USMNT can compete with anyone and that's far from the truth. The US still need to do much better in development, recruitment, coaching, making the game more accessible to the youths etc. They have a long way to go
@@alkhadr1365 A properly coached US team would've been on par with Netherlands. They just tied England who is better than Netherlands IMO.
@@Kickingit06 the big team hit another gear as they move forward. Plus to be honest the US have some decent players but they still lack quality and that was evident today.
@@Kickingit06 No way. The Netherlands would have won regardless. The Netherlands is better than England. The last time they played the Netherlands won 3-1 (Nations League 2019). England has better forwards but their defenders are trash compared to the Dutch. I mean, England plays with Maguire...enough said. Also, England doesn't have a midfielder with the quality of Frenkie de Jong.
"You could LITERALLY see the collective soul of the U.S. team leave their body." 1:58
Let me think about that one.
That line was gold tho
USA didnt get hierarchy in the attack, but show better performance than netherlands
All the players were holding Collective Soul albums in their socks. No lies told.
Defence was pathetic on the 3rd goal
My fish was right about the match. Watch my channel for the prediction.
The Age of this US team showed. The lack of concentration on defense cost them this game. I think it was not all that bad all things considered. The US tried to take the game to the Dutch, the Dutch sat back and waited for the counter attack and were lethal. A goal changes the course of the game, if Pulisic converts that first attempt, things would have definitely got interesting. Again, congrats to the Dutch.
the problem was that they had the game plan figured out quickly more so than the usa.... like the usa was a joke.... i saw the game at a supermarket... the usa was meek in the first half... the dutch just sat back and commanded their game ... which means that their pre-game strategy was prevalent.. which shows me that the usa had NO commitment in the game at all to begin with.... I could expect that from team Canada trying out their coach/ all girls first and then guys sort of style.... but honestly i thought the usa would smarted up... anyways! i know ... go go girls and all.. but the way they approach this game .. it left me wondering... it should have been more a cohesive drive unto a goal.... instead. .....................
And the wrong squad. Zimmerman, Adams, Pulisic, Ferreira, Aaronson (as a sub) were never going to get it done. The skill just isn’t there to compete with international excellence as we saw today
Berhalta confused.... he should have kept the same back four from the last game. Never change a winning team.
Netherland 3, US 0, Soccer Gods 1. Strangest goal I've seen since I started watching WCs in 1986.
The US boosterism on Fox drives me crazy. They think old has-beens telling ignorant fans that the US is great will help boost soccer in the US. I think the cold hard truth, conveying knowledge, is the only way to achieve what they went. The first words out of their mouths should have been "The US was outclassed." Give me European commentators.
Facts.
dutch never got out of first gear and got 3 goals
I am a dutchie and I really enjoyed the US’s intense physical matches in the group stage. Your team has a lot of potential and I will be rooting for them in the next world cup! I love to see how football is gaining more traction in the US.
very true, but physicality and intensity don't win World Cup knock-out games; tactics do
The Dutch do have a plan B, despite at the moment lacking the quality for great offensive footbal Oranje is known for; at all times they can switch to 433 or a direct variation of.
The 3rd goal = no situational awareness
When your down a goal close to the 90 minute mark , your focus is on countering it's a mistake you see more when under time pressure to score your focus isn't on defending. I think doing 4-3-3 offensive is exactly the style the Dutch coach played during his time at Ajax in the 90's and they became championsleague winners with it! So it's difficult move against a coach that knows the system probably better then the US coach.
What about the first goal?
@@paulhamrick3943 similar situation, due to the lack of tracking back but from a different part of the pitch. Regardless the Dutch put on a passing clinic on that 1st goal.
Hi just a small message from the "opponent" here, don't be to hard on the US players and coach. You guys have a great team full of potential, but in contradiction to some other sports football (soccer) is more than just putting a lot of energy in it. This young squad will have to learn how to play different kind of tactics, and that is not something to be a shamed of.
Still four years to go before the tournament will be in North America again, by than all those young lads will have learned a lot. What the team does need is a coach who has experience with all the different playing styles, but who also understands the American mentality, and that is probably the biggest hurdle.
But the team itself has already stolen our hearts ❣Thanks for the atractive football you guys did show us these last weeks, much support and love from the Netherlands.
I honestly think the biggest weakness for the U.S. thru the tournament was the lack of logical subs throughout and having the best lineups. Gio Reyna should have been in the starting lineup for multiple games. We had Roldan on the bench the whole tournament which is baffling. Jordan Morris is a great strong striker that should have been brought in earlier for a true goal threat. Berhalter was too conservative thru the games
The biggest weakness is that they're simply not good enough players throughout the team, you can't just rely on 1 or 2 player. Pulisic finally showed what he plays like when he plays for Chelsea and he isn't playing against Iran or wales
The biggest weakness of the us is they are weak and about 60 years behind real football teams
Nah, biggest weakness was focusing too much on being good little Wokesters. Should have focused more on being a good soccer team. Peace. 👊
@@resi3794 nah Soccer big in the U.S. so much talented youth coming thru. We just got to build the team up like we are and have alot of our players play for European clubs. We had a chance against Netherlands
@@DJCoryCarr You had zero change, and that is exactly the difference. Let you think you had but you did not, total controle, look it back the way they passed, they made them nuts, the first goal , the passed 20x before putting him in, in a way that was unbelieveble, look up there are video's on the internet who explaines what happend, Fully calcolated by the Dutch, here is my knive ren in to it, and they did. No afford at all. The Netherlands did not even play 20% of what they are capable off. The USA has a 40 years behind to catch up, the most of your players who play in Europe come from Europe like Dest, he is born in Amsterdam an raised with Ajax, he knows what happend there but could not prevent it in any way. Nevertheless its nice to see a team that goes for it, every time.
Was this even a debate? Everyone knew Netherlands would win
I think the US showed their inexperience when we celebrated like we won the tourney for just getting out of the group stage. Frankly i expected it with the group we have. GGG just got out coached in all aspects (tactically, squad rotation, squad choice). It might be time for the US to look for other options looking forward because the youth coming through is just getting better and we need a coach to match it.
Getting out of the group stage was the goal. Everything else would just have been gravy
Wait I am confused. I thought GGG was a boxer
@@kevdaag2523 that should not have been the goal with this team. In other World Cups with way less talent I understand it being the goal. I wont say we were a failure because getting out of group stage is a nice feat, but I dont think I am out of line saying we were somewhat of a disappointment
All teams or most teams that care for it and know they have a chance at winning celebrate like that
@@wheelz114 maybe you didn't watch the concacaf qualifying matches, or the two friendlies. If you expected them to beat Netherlands, you were going to be disappointed.
Did anyone really think USA would beat Netherlands... Netherlands is the better team on paper and on the field
This is the World Cup, not CONCACAF. The Dutch aren't a disinterested Honduran squad mailing it in during a winter blizzard. The Dutch have been a world football power since before Greg Berhalter was born. The USMNT has some pockets of talent throughout the squad but they also have a 4th tier coaching staff and some beer league players too. If and when the USMNT gets an international level coach and if and when there are no MLS players in their starting XI they might become contenders. Otherwise, not.
This much disrespect towards Netherlands lol
Their players play in top leagues in the world and their training and development are way ahead of US.
LVG has been coaching his players for over 20 years and he was responsible for developing them back when they were teenagers.
All three goals against USA could easily have been avoided had defense had more experience. Instead of anticipating and countering the moves of the attacking opponents they were all running after the ball. And instead of sprinting back to defend, the ones out front were lumbering back and that too behind the attacking opponents.
Should that " I won the WC Labouef"explain why he thinks the Dutch did not have a Plan B?? The conjectures and condescendance on this Dutch masterclass is a Shame
The boys did all the could, but we got out~coach. They carved us like a thanksgiving turkey. Hope the team and the coach learned what it takes to get into the big stage. You’ve done we'll boys. Thanks for the enjoyment..
Don't underestimate van Gaal. He's the best coach ,with more experiences and championships with Bayern Munich ,Barcelona and Ajax, at this World Cup and has always a plan B to Z. And if you fall behind, believe me, it will be straightened out quickly. He plays ,,Football'' for advanced players.🤣😂
Sorry, but Louis van Gaal without a Plan B would be ludicrous. He knew the US would be fast and energetic, and the Netherlands absorbed this storm very well. When your team is spread all over the field, a counter attack with three players is enough to do something. The Dutch finishing is far better developed. With an excellent goal keeper, shots from distance do not stand a chance, but the US keeper isn't world top. Both first goals were by a ball played back towards the center and a very hard and fast shot on goal.
This means that the Dutch coach truly analyzed the US team in detail and knew where their strength and weakness are.
Well played US! But not ready enough to be world top.
And every team needs some luck, the results are not written in stone beforehand.
Jc how many times es we gonna hear how young they are? Seems like Noone can talk without saying sec9nd youngest team at least 3 times. Even in the comments, it's like a competition, on every video, since the start of the WC.
20:00 exactly, nice players good engine and drive/energy but in the end all similar and easy to beat for any top team even when the top team is still finding form. It's just naive to think this would work just because you had a draw in group stage vs an England side who just didnt take risks..
Beside the early clear cut chance Pulisic had, the goal was a fluke and the USMNT has been having a hard time scoring. Pair that with one of the best defensive teams, me being Dutch I never felt stressed about the USMNT
Welcome to tournament top level, I hope this team learns and will shine even more next time but arrogance isnt helping the USMNT
The Dutch did play football and that you play with your body and brains. The USA was play soccer and that you play with your body. The Dutch team was not even play good and many players have the form they had before and played only 70% of what he really can.
This team isn’t getting much better without a new coach
van Gaal will be available after the World Championship 😋
A new coach will bench pulishit.
I think those so called experts need to be honest. You can't compare Holland game and England game. Yes, America managed to draw with England. It was not like USA did really well. As matter of fact, that game was draw simply because England was so generous and tried to help USA. If England plays their full strength, USA will lose. USA soccer is not at Holland or England level yet.
Yes England was a better team but they could not break U.S. down. Just like they could not do last time they met in 2010. So fair to say U.S. footballers who are obviously not as good as their England counterparts managed a draw and if truth be told should have won. Blame your ENgland team for their failures. U.S. did as well as they could. By the way Neterlands is a much better football nation at world cups than England.
@@rohanmarkjay netherlands has never won the world cup
@@dirty06maggot netherlands goes further almost every world cup they participate in, england got 1 world cup won just because it was at home
@@mike3575 Yes but England went to the semis last tournament while Netherlands didn’t qualify but I see your point however Im sure Netherlands would love to have a World Cup like England does so with that in mind until they win the World Cup they cant say they are a better football nation at world cups.
@@jackbauer5455 well netherlands has an ec and england doesnt have one, so that evens out and on top of that the netherlands goes to the finals of the world cup 33.3% of the times when they participate in the world cup and england only has 1 finals appearance in their whole history. On top of that the netherlands has had way better footballplayers and more individual awards like balon dors, so dont think any dutch person is jealous of the 1 thing yall have done 60 years ago when we werent even born😂
Why are the boys in Qatar dressed like they work at a hardware store 😂
They are Amazon workers ... doing deliveries in Qatar.
Gud1😁
That 2nd Dutch goal was defending 101. Leaving him all by himself. Defenders and goalie should have seen him.Dumfries was raising his hand for so long asking the ball. 🤦♂️
I know this is a US based channel, but give some respect and credit to Netherlands fgs!!! 🤦
One of The best USMT player (Dest) is a Dutch guy who’s father was only coincidentally born in US. Dest couldn’t get in the Dutch side so he choose to play for you guys.
That tells you all.
Not entirely true, mate. The Dutch did actually try to poach Dest for their selection, but Dest friendly declined because in his mind they didn't recognise his capabilities sooner.
@@Kyanureeves Dest would be 3rd choice behind Dumfries and Frimpong. Dest left Ajax too early. He thought he was ready for Barcelona, but that was an illusion.
The most damning thing I heard there was from the gentleman in the middle of Herc and Seb. "Gregg treated this like a group stage game and not a knockout stage game, you could have gone thru on penalties so why be so open". His friend was disappointed with the USA tactics and so was I, not saying we would have gone thru, Netherlands has a better side but GGG was clearly out coached.
so mario melchiot got 2 minutes speaking time lol, nobody asked him anything after his speech
How can they expect the US team to be a real threat at the world cup? Look at the teams they play against during the world cup qualifiers and Gold Cup. Haita, el salvador, cuba,.... that's no teams to challenge and improve yourself. CONCACAF is the US weakness but i guess they will never leave them bcs they pay the US team a lot and its the easiest way to qualify for the world cup..
Cancafa is BS!!!😊
always appreciate frank’s take
The World Cup is about moments especially at the knock out stage. Pulisic missed a good big chance early in the game- if he scored history is different. Much like Alfonso Davies missing a penalty in the first game fir Canada. Both USA and Canada played good football and competed well but you HAVE to take your chances.
How do you play with 3 6's but the back 4 was constantly exposed
Everyone wants to blame Greg, tactics, or players. Let's face it: The U.S. just isn't on the same level as these Euro powerhouses.
U are trolling
Nope!
It seems that Americans compared their current team to their former team to believe they had a chance to go far in the WC. They should have rather compare their team to other teams in the tournament to realize they still stood no chance to do something. The US played well, but I expected way better with all that was said about them. Especially about creativity.
They are still a second tier team and the gap is still huge.
nah...coach is holding us back on a multitude of fronts
Need couple of solid striker. need a super start defensive player.
the US is ranked #16 in the world, so, being the 1st team eliminated from the final 16, , sounds exactly right
The US did themselves proud at this World Cup. But today showed a tremendous gulf in quality when faced with a soccer power.
why do they still think Pulisic is good enough to carry?
Who knows, and Gio too. Guy needs improvement.
the first and second goal were exactly the same style.
They'll do better in 2026. I admire the fact that they're not arrogant like our past teams.
They beat Iran and thought they were really something until they played a real team haha
Well it's iran even england were abit bullish in beating Iran.
Steve Nichol making huge sense on this one. Well said sir. 👍🏽
Time to start looking for a better head coach. I don't want to see Gregg squander the amount of talent this team has in 2026.
If u think the world best coach could make u win ur delusional. Team just isn't world class
Different level
love it at 19:45....they qualified, got past the group (better than Mexico), got beat by a better team....well done, try again in 4 years US when you automatically qualify....ain't no "Brazil" switch, gotta earn it first.
I'm heartbroken
and now for something more important, I found a penny today.
I simply can't understand why Reyna was on bench .. Man that guy is a baller.
Reyna is alright. People are acting like he's Ronaldinho reborn, haha. Reyna barely plays at Dortmund.
@@TheGrun13 he plays regularly at Dortmund when he’s not injured
The Dutch league is little known abroad but as our best players get bought by rich European teams it is like starting all over building a team again every season. We got to come up with new ideas and tactics just to hang on to the elites of European football... which is not easy and at times impossible. Our strength: the youth academies of the Dutch clubs like Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven. Through hard work we can occaisionally be successfull on an international level and show our skills and then I think we at least deserve some respect, remember we have a pool of 17 milion people and club budgets are ten times smaller then the bigger teams in Germany, England and Spain.
USA can learn from this , enough people ,enough money but lacking in vision in setting up youth academies not just for players but also for coaches!
I feel that the US just needs more experienced coaches.
To be honest? I don't understand paying for professional sports. Why pay money to watch other people exercise? I think there should be a 75% tax on athletes earning more than $10 million.
Stevie is making the case for the fellas if they aren't a footballing side, they should've defended stoutly and let the Netherlands come forward
Did Gio reyna play?
This youngest time conversation is dumb. The avg of the us is 25, the average age of all the other top teams is 26ish....
England - 26.4
Portugal - 26.8
Netherlands- 26.6
Morocco - 26.2
Spain - 25.4
France - 26.5
Brazil - 27.9
Argentina - 27.9
Every team has to bring young talent to recycle quality
Ricardo Pepi is your nr9. I watched him play every week for Groningen and he's good enough for the national squad for sure.
Pepsi? No...Coke all the Way
14:12
Amen, amen, amen!!
You ain't much if you ain't Dutch
It's always something basic they leave undone.
I hope they can play in the Copa Sudamericana as a guest nation or any other tournament outside of our confederation to prepare for the next world cup
The best bowling team of ESPN FC!!!
Lack of man marking on defense. We left guys wide open on those three crosses. We didn’t play basic defense.
Even with our really messed up youth system we should be getting better results. Berhalter is gonna brand this as a success just because we didn’t make the tournament 4 years ago which was an absolute disgrace. This guy couldn’t even get a 40% win rate in MLS yet he’s the national team manager? There’s better coaches out there the federation could hire. Why not spend some money on bielsa or someone with real pedigree so we don’t crash out of the next WC at home once we come up against a half decent team in the knockouts
I wouldn't hire Bielsa. Maybe Martinez from Belgium/Everton. Maybe Steven Gerrard.
Has to be a good thing. Pundits calling the game soccer was starting to give ne a headache.
Unfortunately Tyler adams who was the most important player so far disappeared today and that's the result
Bingo. You nailed it. Nobody wants to say it. I even wondered if he was injured or just not feeling well. He looked completely lost in midfield today. Low energy, no strength. Memphis outsprinted him by 10 yards on a 40 yards sprint. That was embarrassing how the first goal was made. Memphis is one of the slowest players at FCB (I watch all their games).
The England/USA game was terrible. More like a friendly than anything even remotely competitive. Not saying they colluded but I think both just mailed it in and since the other team was happy to just go through the motions they both were content to take the easy draw and then make sure they both beat the other teams. Granted this worked because Group B was so weak, only Group A was weaker.
If USA can market the sport of soccer better to all our tier 1 men superb athletes. Then we could possibly see a shift change in the future for team USA to be more dominant in FIFA competition play. As of now, American Football, Baseball, & Basketball are more of the favorable sport, due to more money making in USA for all our young tier 1 men athletes.
Man…they need to get a striker for the USMT. Probably trade from another club from Europe…Just like how the NBA does!!!!
Until the soccer association start looking for player who are technical and can read the game not those who knows someone p. There is No hope
Lack of depth is corrext Salazar. mMA midfield was exhausted
I liked the way the U.S went about their games. Control the ball and probe for attacks, like a European or South American team but they just dont have the players to do that for 90 minutes....yet. When the U.S. have players like the English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Brazilian, Argentinian squads, they will be a scary, scary team. Hold your heads high, you have nothing to be ashamed of. You done your country proud. o7