Exactly. Being behind Mexico isn’t that bad, but not being able to qualify in front of shit teams like Trinidad and Tobago would be pathetic.

Yeah I’m an Oregon fan/alum, and I just couldn’t get mad. He literally couldn’t fucking miss. The defense on him wasn’t even bad. I remember only like 2-3 shots where he was truly open. Everything else was contested. Oh well.

Same, and his apology is garbage. Who the hell starts out with “Where do I start? Where do I begin? Wow!” I tell you where you start, you start with not saying any of that shit. And then he brings up dead relatives. What the fuck?

It could very well be, but making the WC and getting knocked out in the group stages > getting knocked out in fucking COCNAF qualifying. That would be far more embarrassing than losing to Belgium, Nigeria, and Greece or whoever the hell is in our group.

Oh god. That Gumbel quote is such bullshit.

Do you think it would help widespread changes in the US soccer system? I believe that would be good, but that is heavily outweighed by the catastrophe that would be not making the WC. The media would pronounce US soccer dead, and all the progress US soccer has made recently would be ruined. Even with the possible…

Nah. Not making the WC would be a disaster for US soccer.