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USA GOES THROUGH! Christian Pulisic bundles in the only goal of the game to seal victory over Iran in do-or-die World Cup game... setting up a last-16 showdown with the Netherlands on Saturday
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | November 29, 2022 | Jefferson Fenner

Posted on 11/29/2022 1:30:57 PM PST by Cecily

The United States booked their place in the last-16 of the World Cup in Qatar with a nerve-shredding 1-0 victory over Iran on Tuesday.

Gregg Berhalter's side went into the clash knowing a win was the only result to take them through, and Christian Pulisic's first-half goal was enough to seal three points.

The US will take on the Netherlands in the last 16 on Saturday.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2boring4words; iran; iraq; lebanon; yemen
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness
BUT....But...but....he put his body on the line...for his country!. 🙄
41 posted on 11/29/2022 2:21:19 PM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: Theoria

Australia rules football..mixture of football and rugby...includes the “behind” maneuver...where the pants of a running opponent with the ball can be tackled from behind by grabbing his pants..

Maybe as the Ausssies. Have gone woke and a memory of the past.


42 posted on 11/29/2022 2:22:48 PM PST by SpokeshaveReturns (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: ifinnegan

I really don’t understand why people would bother to take the time to make a comment about something they don’t care about when they know they’re just trashing a something others do care about.


43 posted on 11/29/2022 2:27:54 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: fuzzylogic

You’re right and I apologize for my #41


44 posted on 11/29/2022 2:31:17 PM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: Cecily
As a soccer player in high school (one of the few Americans in my boarding school on the team) it was fun to play. I played football, too. After breaking my collarbone, I was the QB and I weighed about 120 and our rivals' linebackers crushed me, I knew my quickness was better for soccer.

Watching soccer is not as fun as playing it.

45 posted on 11/29/2022 2:37:46 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: 1Old Pro

“Sanders “

If you are talking about Dion Sanders, I don’t think he gets half the credit he deserves for being one great athlete.
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46 posted on 11/29/2022 2:38:25 PM PST by nomorelurker
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To: nuconvert
I keep saying that the field is too big. It needs to be reduced to more like a football field. The players wouldn’t get quite as tired and it should pick up the speed of the game and the scoring.

You've never played soccer, have you? The tighter the space, the easier to defend. There would be fewer goals not more.

Indoor doesn't count as the walls keep the ball in play no matter what so you get lots of ricochet chances and you don't lose possession out of bounds.

47 posted on 11/29/2022 2:39:04 PM PST by ProudGOP
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To: Deplorable American1776

Just heard goal scorer for US was taken to hospital.


48 posted on 11/29/2022 2:39:06 PM PST by mware
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To: mware
Bet the injury was like the Eagles player on Sunday. He got a lacerated kidney.
49 posted on 11/29/2022 2:43:43 PM PST by mware
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To: Cecily

Soccer is the only game in the world that can make baseball exciting.


50 posted on 11/29/2022 2:43:45 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: fuzzylogic

They simply prove that ignorance is bliss.


51 posted on 11/29/2022 2:47:14 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: LS

Yeah, athletes play pro soccer.


52 posted on 11/29/2022 2:51:02 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Cecily

Netherlands on Saturday?

I’m going with OrangeMan(Bad)!


53 posted on 11/29/2022 2:51:10 PM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: Jacquerie

They do???? Learn something every day.


54 posted on 11/29/2022 2:56:00 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: LS

"Soccer is the only game in the world that can make baseball exciting."

Some people might think professional chess matches can do that too (except maybe for other chess nuts, I suppose).

55 posted on 11/29/2022 2:59:32 PM PST by Songcraft
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To: teevolt

They only wore those at closed practice sessions. Stunning and brave of them to take such a stand.


56 posted on 11/29/2022 2:59:55 PM PST by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: 1Old Pro

The 1980 “Miracle on Ice” is widely acclaimed as the greatest sports performance in U.S. history. That team was DEFINED by its lack of star players. There’s nothing more American than a G.O.A.T. that emerges from obscurity — and then returns there.


57 posted on 11/29/2022 3:09:18 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: FarCenter

I agree to a point. However this is a pretty young team, and none of these players have ever played in a WC before, so to see them get this far is leaving me hopeful, at least for the future.


58 posted on 11/29/2022 3:12:35 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: nuconvert

I think we should insist that it be played on a hockey rink sized pitch. I bet it would speed up a little bit.


59 posted on 11/29/2022 3:15:13 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness

Soccer and American football also share one of the dumbest features of any sport — where the clock keeps running even after the whistle blows and play is stopped.


60 posted on 11/29/2022 3:15:59 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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