Nickunited
YEA METS!!!!!
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2003
Well I don't think anybody here has said that they expect the USA to beat Germany or Spain or Brazil or Italy. Come on people, you're exaggerating this beyond belief.
Not many teams can beat Germany - they are a force.
That being said, once upon a time we played Germany in the final 8 of the world cup and played them hard. - 2002
We also played Italy to a draw in a world cup...that was the only game Italy did not WIN in their world cup year of 2006
There was a time we beat Spain in the Confederations Cup 2009 and actually led Brazil in the final 2-0 at the half.
So i don't think its out of the question to think the USA can compete with the top teams in the world. We have actually gone backwards since the early/mid 2000s in my opinion.
I do think your 100 percent right, even with a weaker squad in this tournament...we should be handling this competition easily.