“When you are winning by that much you put in your backup players with instructions to take as much time off the clock as possible”
That’s not how bracket football works.
The ties in the bracket go to the team with the highest score differential. There is no “mercy rule”. You should, and indeed must, run up the score.
I get that real football is not a thing in the USA, but at least learn the rules before commenting.
Exactly. Other teams will probably get similar scores against the Thais, so indeed, every goal counts.
I'll accept that. However, it doesn't mean you have to celebrate like jackasses and rub it in the face of an obviously inferior opponent. They showed no class and demonstrated poor sportsmanship. It makes almost everyone want to see them lose - Schadenfreude.
In all seriousness, it looks like yet another reason to hate SOCCER.
They’ve been trying to foist this pathetic game on North America since before I was in grade school, and this travesty simply stresses the point that it will NEVER be a sport we like. EVER.
The SMALLEST American player was still nearly a full head taller than the tallest Thai girl.
Perhaps the Thais should have sent a boys’ high school team out in drag:
It *MIGHT* have been competitive then...