fair enough, but the distance from the pitchers mound to home plate is consistent, as is the distances between the bases.
As is the size of the penalty box, size of the corner kick spot, distance of the penalty spot from the goal, and the center circle in soccer. What changes is the spaces between them and the boundaries...much like baseball. Rugby and cricket don't have specific dims either, other than certain parts of the pitch.
it was a pathetic display, no effort, no passion. I get maybe the US squad was maybe not on the level of some of the Swiss players, but my god man, at least tackle or foul someone.
I love soccer/futbol. I usually get jazzed up for the Gold Cup and qualifying, but man this team is a tough watch. I know a fair amount of our team was not in attendance but for god sake 4 nil in first half. I watched all of 5 minutes of it then went to a new episode of Lincoln Lawyer.
Things look pretty bleak for 2026. This team needed meaningful competition since they don't have to qualify and to see them either sit out of the Gold Cup or get whomped in exhibitions is disheartening. At least the Dempsey/Donovan/Howard teams had an identity: less skilled, but would out-work anyone. This team is less skilled, but entitled. I can't predict anything before knowing the groups, but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't make it out of that stage and perform well below Mexico and Canada.
If the talent hasn't emerged by now, which it hasn't, I don't expect it to. You know it when you see it. Unfortunately for us, we've never seen it.
It's a very real possibility that we don't make it out of the group. T&T and Haiti will smell blood and Saudi definitely won't be easy. I'm used to us having a B/C team in this tournament but that's not going to cut it any more. The players in the CWC I get. But there's no excuse for Jedi, Pulisic, and Musah not to be here. Whining about their minutes when there are plenty of examples of players having played more minutes this past season playing with their national teams over the last week AND THEN going to the CWC. This team needs to play meaningful minutes before next summer and this is the last chance. Yeah...we'll be the 1 host next year to not get out of the first. This is shaping up to be 1998/2006 all over again...only this time, on home soil.
