7.23.15
ASN Morning Read: It's the End of the World
And I feel fine? But man, is everyone else freaking out or what? Panic time after the United States gets bounced from the Gold Cup before they were supposed to; an update on Becks in Miami.
BY
Noah Davis
Posted
July 23, 2015
7:25 AM
July 23, 2015
7:25 AM
- The Americans lost to Jamaica in the semifinal of the Gold Cup. Smart opening few lines on the piece linked here.
- And here: It would be easy to go overboard and read too much into a loss like the 2-1 defeat the United States national team suffered against Jamaica Tuesday night in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. While disappointing to the U.S. and its fans, it also can’t be ignored that the Americans outplayed Jamaica much of the night and that even with the awful five minutes that led to the Reggae Boyz’ two goals, with better finishing the U.S. still wins this game.
- But also, eeeesh:
Jamaica is the lowest-ranked team to win a competitive road game against the #USMNT: pic.twitter.com/KwoMENsSCr
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) July 23, 2015 - Pressure's on: So the heat is now on Klinsmann. And while his boss, the perpetually ducking Sunil Gulati—who refused to comment on tonight’s loss just like he ducked the U.S. Senate and just like he’s failed to discuss what he knew about FIFA and CONCACAF corruption—likely won’t fire the German over this year’s Gold Cup results. But the reality is that if the U.S. slips up and falls in Olympic qualifying or fails to win the playoff with this year’s Gold Cup champion for the spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup, or has any hiccups when World Cup qualifying starts, then Klinsmann will be under intense pressure.
- "We have no divine right to be in the final."
- Twitter time:
#CONCACAF has set the Confed Cup playoff for Friday, Oct. 9. #usmnt will face winner of Sunday's final, either Mexico or Jamaica.
— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) July 23, 2015 - It seems like this should probably draw some type of disipline, no? Although they aren't wrong.
Wow, never seen a team photo like this. Panama postgame, via @futbologia. It's been quite the CONCACAF night. pic.twitter.com/1VrWXvr80c
— Brian Straus (@BrianStraus) July 23, 2015 -
A study in CONCACAF contrasts:
Right now! Celebrate with us #Jamaica @ItsTheJFF #reggaeboyz #goldcup2015 @GoldCup pic.twitter.com/dTtPawr4YD
— Winfried Schaefer (@WinniSchaefer) July 23, 2015 - As always, let's give Andrea Pirlo the last word:
Andrea Pirlo played down MLS's perceived quirks: “There is artificial turf in Europe, as well,” he said. “There is heat there, as well.”
— Andrew Keh (@andrewkeh) July 22, 2015