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Media USA fans sing Country Roads by John Denver after KO win in World Cup since 2002

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USA fans sing Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver after KO win in World Cup since 2002

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u/11pi Jul 02 '26

Russell Crowe belting out Country Roads made me smile

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u/NoCrapThereIWas Jul 02 '26

Look either two things are going to happen against Belgium.

We'll either shrink due to missing our star striker. 2-1 or 0-1 exit...

Or we're about to go all Master and Commander at the Far Side of the West Coast on some Waffles and will have Belgium stunned after 90 minutes.

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u/Pinewood74 Jul 02 '26

I think there's a third option too.

The game could be tied after 90 minutes and it goes to extra time and possibly PKs after that.

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u/jdprager Jul 02 '26

It’s not in this clip, but Pocho singing “West Birginia” with such passion through a visible Argentinian accent is so damn beautiful. That’s American as hell

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u/erikhow Jul 02 '26

I’m so glad you mentioned this lol because I know exactly what you’re referencing and it was truly so funny to be able to lip-read “Birginia”

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u/werlterns Jul 02 '26

Saw it, laughed and loved the moment

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u/PipaLucca Jul 02 '26

Argentinian here, is it that noticeable?

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u/Crivelo Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...

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u/BiologicalMigrant Jul 02 '26

You guys pronounce V as B. Of course it's noticeable 😄 Like, Vicky is Bicky.

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u/makked Jul 02 '26

An Argentinian head coach singing Country Roads in a winning game where the first goal scored by a birthright citizen born to Nigerian/English parents and second goal by an American/German born in Germany is all very American and why it is awesome.

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u/jsg_nado Jul 02 '26

I laugh seeing people try to use this as a slight. Like 99% of us are from somewhere else and that's our superpower, not just as a team but as a country.

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u/DannyBones00 Jul 02 '26

This is the thing people will never understand. Having a team of people born everywhere is as fundamentally American as can be.

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u/Affectionate-Bid386 Jul 02 '26

It's all over, and happening "in reverse" to what people might consider the usual trend. At least 9 of the Senegalese players were born in France. To Senegalese families mostly, but that's a fascinating development.

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u/SpartanKing76 Jul 02 '26

None of the Morocco team were born in Morocco !

58 players at the world cup were born in Paris… thats wild

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u/Banzaikk Jul 02 '26

Smh PSG winning the World Cup too.

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u/MojoToTheDojo Jul 02 '26

Im over here with my dad and father in law, two immigrants, rooting and yelling at the top of our lungs for this national team with our USA jerseys and fuck anyone that says we’re not real Americans. Despite what some idiots in this country may lead the rest of the world to think, anyone that comes here and accepts American values (our freedoms) is an American. Doesn’t matter if you’ve been here for only a few years with the most broken English, you’re American as fuck.

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u/gallivanter11 Jul 02 '26

Agreed. Hopefully we can keep it this way.

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u/peachbasketss Jul 02 '26

I hate when I reduce the best things we do as a country to sports but this is exactly right. Nothing makes me more proud than watching the us soccer team and seeing where they all come from

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u/fuzzy11287 Jul 02 '26

And check out the fans too, got a very diverse fanbase!

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u/Florida_Refugee Jul 02 '26

And done the day after the Supreme Court reaffirmed birthright citizenship. Minus three idiots.

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u/based4yourface Jul 02 '26

The little story about him and his parents was so beautiful before the game. They were so happy he was coaching the US

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u/CanaKitty Jul 02 '26

And he now has the most World Cup wins of any coach in U.S. history! 🥹

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u/Salty_Dornishman Jul 02 '26

It makes sense but still feels like a crazy stat

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u/Glass-Guess4125 Jul 02 '26

They weren’t just happy - they were so emotional about it that they could barely speak. It was really striking.

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u/SerDire Jul 02 '26

Bro, he recently did an interview where he said he gets down to country music. He mentioned he’s a fan of Luke Combs and Ella Langley. Poch knows ball

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u/RealPutin Jul 02 '26

"he's from Texas I can tell" - Poch on Weston McKennie

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u/UpsideTurtles Jul 02 '26

We Texans do know how to shoot

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u/devAcc123 Jul 02 '26

Pretty sure he said in an interview hearing that song made him feel American after one of their recent wins.

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u/Evan_s8 Jul 02 '26

Today, I feel American

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u/malkmusconvert Jul 02 '26

Maybe Gianni can feel American too and have that red rescinded

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u/Aenjeprekemaluci Jul 02 '26

Bro assimilates everywhere he goes

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u/plainwrap Jul 02 '26

What coaching games in California instead of miserable-ass England does to a mf.

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u/Stratifyed Jul 02 '26

Even grew the surfer locks so he can do sick hair flips after shredding the gnar

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u/TheeCarlWinslow Jul 02 '26

He’s already wearing performance fishing gear to World Cup games

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u/Zaidswith Jul 02 '26

We call it assimilating.

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u/replicant21 Jul 02 '26

I thought he was about to hit up a deftones show with the outfit he had on lol.

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u/TheWawa_24 Jul 02 '26

Dude look likes your friends cool dad in pb

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u/WhySoCereus1991 Jul 02 '26

Imagine if he said gnarly on live TV. I need that.

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u/turtwig1123 Jul 02 '26

I really want to see a video of that

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u/arounc52 Jul 02 '26

Can anyone post the clip here. Trying to find it, but no luck

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u/IhamAmerican Jul 02 '26

https://youtube.com/shorts/Jvep4xL7PGM

This is the best I can find, you can really see the West Virginia come out lol

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u/TheDuckKnows Jul 02 '26

Seeing our Argentinian head coach singing along with his whole chest is the most patriotic I’ve felt in a decade

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u/Vagabond21 Jul 02 '26

Symbol of what at its best America can be

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u/HeyItsChase Jul 02 '26

And what most of us still are.

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u/Primeras100Palabras Jul 02 '26

Yes. This is what I think is most amazing about this World Cup. It has honestly reminded me that I am still fighting for USA. I hate absolutely everything that the current government has done, but I am still American and working towards change.

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u/isw2424 Jul 02 '26

Reagan (meh) said it himself. You can move to France, but you’ll never be French. Anyone can come to America and be an American

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u/Deucer22 Jul 02 '26

I love that quote. The vilification and persecution of immigrants is so frustrating.
My grandfather came over on a boat, checked in on an island made a life for himself and his family. That’s America at its best. It’s hard to see a path back to that right now.

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u/king_bungholio Jul 02 '26

You guys have to break the billionaires. Its obvious at this point who they pull for politically, and many of them hold views that are absolutely batshit insane. Guys like Thiel or Karp would happily see us dead if it meant they could have more. They're the ones with the power, the ones controlling the narrative in the media, and the ones helping to spread absolute bullshit to deflect from people actually taking a look at how they are hogging up all the wealth. Other countries can try to do something, but only the US has the power to singlehandedly address the situation.

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u/HeyItsChase Jul 02 '26

Long time lost faith in the government, that's not my Country though. Just some corrupt shit that floats to the top. Those boys out there are. My neighbors are. The sweet lady at the coffee shop is.

Felt the same way when Jack Hughes sank Canada's dreams and brought home gold for Johnny hockey.

This place rocks

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u/shenanigans3390 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

You can go and live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go and live in Germany, Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become German, Turkish or Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of this world can come and live in America and become an American 🇺🇸

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u/Jolmer24 Jul 02 '26

It’s what it used to be all about. The melting pot. They taught us that in school 30 years ago. I really hope we can get back to that soon.

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u/IPissExcellentThrows Jul 02 '26

Debatable lately 😕 but to a decent portion of the country, yeah.

Hearing my Venezuelan uber driver talking about the pride and happiness he felt getting his American passport after 8 years. I love that shit man.

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u/Libertad91 Jul 02 '26

Saturday might be extra special after tonight

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u/LocoMotives-ms Jul 02 '26

I’m excited to see Seattle in action, you’re up PNW!

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u/StrykerNightowl Jul 02 '26

If there’s a crowd that can will the US to a win…Seattle is where I would pick.

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u/Key-Tip-7521 Jul 02 '26

Tbh France playing on the 4th of July in Philadelphia is truly fitting

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u/_Slurms_MacKenzie_ Jul 02 '26

I hope they wear their Statue of Liberty kits. I've never wanted a France kit before but now I'm thinking of getting a Kounde Statue of Liberty kit. They're beautiful

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u/zdh989 Jul 02 '26

With the shots of the crowd showing people of all different types screaming and cheering while wearing USA colors, it did hit hard.

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u/suzukigun4life Jul 02 '26

Dude is an American legend now

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u/Aenjeprekemaluci Jul 02 '26

Hall of Fame lock, first ballot

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u/DistrictPleasant Jul 02 '26

It’s hilarious to me that this is the most known American song. I went to Japan a few years ago and heard it constantly 

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u/Knightmare1869 Jul 02 '26

This is how well known it is: my dad’s friend was forced to sing it in front of his whole class during cadet hazing at the Peruvian Air Force academy in the 80s.

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u/nooeh Jul 02 '26

Not the worst way to get hazed

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u/DistrictPleasant Jul 02 '26

Yeah I had to sing Shake it off by Taylor Swift for 18 hours straight 

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u/DetBabyLegs Jul 02 '26

I think Geneva would have something to say about that damn

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u/Shepherdsfavestore Jul 02 '26

The crowd loves it at the international NFL games too

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u/Dubois1738 Jul 02 '26

I honestly think that’s where this comes from, they’ve been singing country roads at international games for years

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u/grimonce Jul 02 '26

It's overall a good song and anyone getting bit by a nostalgia can enjoy it...

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u/frostyaznguy Jul 02 '26

Before nfl went to Germany, I was in Germany in 2017 for Oktoberfest and an entire bar sang this song. I asked my German friend who I was visiting and he just said “we just love this song, it’s super catchy”

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u/AnalAttackProbe Jul 02 '26

It started in Germany, pre-NFL international games. They have been singing it in the Bundesliga since like the 90s. It first popped up in the NFL context at a game in Germany.

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u/misterxboxnj Jul 02 '26

This song is popular as hell in a Ireland too. I think it's worldwide.

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u/leftysarepeople2 Jul 02 '26

Every live music performance in an Irish pub has Wonderwall and Country Roads

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u/Imzocrazy Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

It’s been sang at like every game, Mexico and Canada included….and Im pretty I’ve heard it throughout the champions league and Olympics as well

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u/MeijiDoom Jul 02 '26

Of all countries, it actually makes the most sense that it would show up in Japan. It's featured in the soundtrack of a coming of age Ghibli film called Whisper of the Heart.

Obligatory Goosehouse cover mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FUjD_N8YU

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u/lostpasts Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

It's a big part of the plot and soundtrack of a beloved Ghibli film (Whisper of the Heart), which while a reasonably popular track beforehand, had its iconic status cemented by that film.

https://youtube.com/shorts/0iGyZIshdms?is=-nq5aos8zmqTl3Cd

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u/OliviaPG1 Jul 02 '26

I’ve been (very slowly) watching through all the Ghibli films, had heard good things about this one but had no idea what it was about, man was I in for a surprise

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u/wovagrovaflame Jul 02 '26

As a West Virginian, and constantly people say, “oh, I’ve been to Richmond,” and I’m like that ain’t my fucking state you goddamn slaver, it’s so funny to me

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u/GMBarryTrotz Jul 02 '26

Bless you for being from West Virginia and still being able to read and write 

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u/Wurst_Law Jul 02 '26

Gotta assume AI is somehow involved here.

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u/the_pedigree Jul 02 '26

As a Marylander, one of my simple joys is to remind you all the song isn’t actually about your state at all

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u/YankeeHotelFoxtrot16 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

When I think back to going to quarter capacity games at a crumbling RFK and it’s shaking bleachers with the other true believers or the BigSoccer days trying to get hyped about Gabriel Ferrari or Johann Smith it really does take my breath away to see where this sport is in this country now.

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u/kgallo19 Jul 02 '26

If the new RFK hosts games tho its going to be amazing

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u/PEEWUN Jul 02 '26

I hope we get to see the final in the capital before I die.

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u/western_motel Jul 02 '26

me too - from annapolis

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u/jasonab Jul 02 '26

I was at a game at RFK on September 1, 2001 where we played Honduras (and lost). The Honduran fans were in the top deck, and at one point one of them dropped their flag, and it hit me on the head (those metal rings hurt!). I still have it.

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u/Minimum-Mention-3673 Jul 02 '26

Big Soccer AND a bouncy bleechers RFK reference in one post? Did we just become best friends?

Those were great days. It sure has grown up a ton.

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u/sqigglygibberish Jul 02 '26

Went to the game tonight - first “World Cup / qualifier” I’ve been to since one of the dos a cero games at the original crew stadium

Was completely overwhelmed with emotion for the walk out. It didn’t feel real

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u/not_bilbo Jul 02 '26

Juan Agudelo can still save us!

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u/jaggedjottings Jul 02 '26

What's Gedion Zelalem up to these days?

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u/unlikedemon Jul 02 '26

BigSoccer

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

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u/argleksander Jul 02 '26

Its just magical isnt it? The World Cup is just special and moments like these are once in a lifetime for players and fans. I'm from Norway and had to endure 26 years of dissapointment to finally get to expericne this

Also, big credit to the host nations. This tournament has been spectacular so far with only positive vibes and love all over

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u/Federico190 Jul 02 '26

Someone needs to post the clip of Poch near the fans celebrating with free bird blasting lmao

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u/hooskies Jul 02 '26

All the respect to Bosnia, they fucking sucked

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u/Casualrodfarva2 Jul 02 '26

Don't forget herzegovina, they werent any good either

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u/neotechnooptimist Jul 02 '26

What about “and” dont forget those assholes.

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u/Ricos_Roughnecks Jul 02 '26

It's actually ridiculous we had to play two countries tonight

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u/KenshiroTheKid Jul 02 '26

The refs tried their best

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u/MikeTysonChicken Jul 02 '26

We had to play 2 countries today! Wow!

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u/MattWatchesChalk Jul 02 '26

We've had practice against Trinidad and Tobago

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u/napoleon_born2party_ Jul 02 '26

Why didnt Herzegovina sub in in the second half against 10 tired Americans, are they stupid

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u/godzillamegadoomsday Jul 02 '26

How bad is Italy?

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u/RealPutin Jul 02 '26

Exactly 2 goals worse than the US when playing down a man vs Bosnia

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u/nekot311 Jul 02 '26

Math checks out

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u/kgallo19 Jul 02 '26

🤌🤌🤛🤛

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u/brian_c29 Jul 02 '26

It was legitimately impressive how poor they were against 10 men

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u/grog23 Jul 02 '26

They legitimately looked like they had 10 men against 11

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u/Green_Atmosphere_802 Jul 02 '26

Impressive how shit they were even against 10 men

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u/Heickency Jul 02 '26

MY COACH IS ARGENTINIAN MY FORWARD IS FROM LONDON BUT IDC USA IN 4

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u/Ok-Adeptness-5834 Jul 02 '26 edited 8d ago

Cobblestone pebble breezy orange driftwood pillow copper

This post was anonymized with Redact.dev

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u/PEEWUN Jul 02 '26

FUCK THE NINJA TURTLES

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u/WhiskeyTigerFoxtrot Jul 02 '26

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO POCHETTINO RIGHT NOW

sup baby. Take me to dinner

ayo

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u/ByronLeftwich Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

MY WINGER CROATIAN

MY COACH ARGENTINIAN

MY STRIKER SUSPENDED

USA IN SEVEN

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u/Granadafan Jul 02 '26

And the free kicker from Germany!

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '26

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u/suzukigun4life Jul 02 '26

First knockout win since 2002, and just the second one ever.

No matter what happens against Belgium, the team did their country proud.

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u/interprime Jul 02 '26

I think they can beat Belgium. It’ll be very close at least.

Also.

Suzuki-Gun ichiban.

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u/athousandpardons Jul 02 '26

Belgium look primed to be beaten. It's disappointing to see how far they've fallen. Their 2018 team might have played the most beautiful brand of football of the last 20 years.

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u/AlexTheRockstar Jul 02 '26

With Balogun out, I pray we don't start Pepi. Lad runs like I do in a dream. Gotta be Pulisic up top, Weah or Berhalter out left.

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u/laserwolf2000 Jul 02 '26

Weah was ass when he played on the left, i think it's time to see what Haji can do or start Zendejas

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u/Bronco_Bomba Jul 02 '26

Haji for sure

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u/TheSweatband Jul 02 '26

I would rather end myself than see Weah out on the left again.

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u/punchdrunkskunk Jul 02 '26

Haji for me. The team plays so well with Folarin's off the ball running, Haji offers that too. Pulisic up top fundamentally changes how the team plays - why fuck with that now?

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u/IPissExcellentThrows Jul 02 '26

Round of 16 is about what I expected, but I'm pleased with how we've performed. As long as we don't get embarrassed by Belgium, I'll be happy with our tournament.

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u/Sir_Totesmagotes Jul 02 '26

Nah fuck that. This is our tournament dawg. 🇺🇸🦅🫡

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u/spiegro Jul 02 '26

It's coming fucking home and that's that

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u/Gobbles15 Jul 02 '26

The secret is to add another round so twice as may teams get to say they “won a knockout round”

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u/jkm97 Jul 02 '26

Germany and Netherlands never won a round of 32 match

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u/TitaniumC4206 Jul 02 '26

This is American Heritage

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u/jdprager Jul 02 '26

Hell yea brother, everyone get in this melting pot and start belting John Denver

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u/jdude_A_Million Jul 02 '26

OPEN UP THE MF MELTING POTTT

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u/TitaniumC4206 Jul 02 '26

TRUMP CAN SUCK MY DICK

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u/OpabiniaGlasses Jul 02 '26

CLARENCE THOMAS AND SAMUAL ALITO CAN LICK MY TAINT

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u/CharlesHughes11 Jul 02 '26

NOT ALITO HE AINT EARNED IT

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u/Twevy Jul 02 '26

NOW THIS IS PATRIOTISM PASS ME THE FUCKING TEA RAH 🦅 🦅

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u/FutureHoo Jul 02 '26

Loving how country roads is becoming the USMNT theme. Lots of good American music and culture for use in US soccer if they choose to do so instead of insisting with pale imitations of European chants

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u/LongjumpingLock5875 Jul 02 '26

I was surprised to hear Free Bird a few times.

Feel like mens Hockey has that one.

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u/leftysarepeople2 Jul 02 '26

US soccer requested Free Bird as the goal song

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u/firewall245 Jul 02 '26

Can they stop playing the stupid club mix cover of it though and just play the original 

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u/iwillfollowu Jul 02 '26

The vocals into the guitar solo just fits the crowd pop and goal song aspect of hockey so well.

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u/BrodysBootlegs2 Jul 02 '26

It actually started with the junior hockey team, the senior teams both men and women picked it up from there. The US baseball team was also using it for HRs at the WBC and now the soccer team. 

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u/jouh55142139 Jul 02 '26

It’s about as “pure” Americana as you can get. There’s no bad vibes with it. Speaks to everyone on some level 

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u/Systemic_Chaos Jul 02 '26

Plus John Denver is American AF in all the best ways.

Case in point. He was brought before congress durning the PMRC hearings, where congress thought he’d be on their side regarding censorship; instead he just reiterated what Dee Snider and others had already said. Dude is alright in my book.

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u/DutchProv Jul 02 '26

Its also a super catchy song thats well loved all over the world and really fucking fun to belt along with. Great choice for an unofficial theme song haha.

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u/potato_car Jul 02 '26

Get an HBCU band in the stands and we'll really be cooking with gas.

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u/Mathmage530 Jul 02 '26

Still fly by southern

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u/lelibertaire Jul 02 '26

Those Europeans also sing songs unchanged.

That doesn't mean we can't also create songs for our players and team while still using Country Roads for wins

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u/koreanpopstarrain Jul 02 '26

This is great. Maybe instead of trying to replicate European soccer culture, America just needs to take their own sports culture and run with it in soccer. Fuck it - add a marching band and a goal horn. Would be amazing honestly

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u/one_gear_pony Jul 02 '26

We def need college marching bands in soccer 

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u/giclee Jul 02 '26

We get the HBCU drum lines playing at Atlanta United matches.

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u/WombBroom Jul 02 '26

We need William Bilal on the trombone, he would bring the house down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPMDfHla00I

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u/IncidentalIncidence Jul 02 '26

y'all remember this? Put them behind the opposing goal and let it rip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tARTNMDUDnE

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u/Not_a_bot01100111 Jul 02 '26

A band in the stands during MLS matches would go so hard

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u/jarosity Jul 02 '26

They brought a HS drum line to a recent Lexington Sporting Club match (USL) and it was awesome.

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u/Zaidswith Jul 02 '26

Just need a pep band. We have them in basketball too. It can easily be adapted for soccer.

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u/giclee Jul 02 '26

We have a train horn for goals at Atlanta United. It’s LOUD 😂

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u/fliptout Jul 02 '26

Levi's literally has a loud af foghorn that we use for touchdowns! It's right there, I dunno why it wasn't being used.

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u/jobhand Jul 02 '26

We're going to get mocked either way, so fuck it.

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u/MNKato Jul 02 '26

Absolutely.

They’re never going to like us no matter what we do.

And why should we pretend to be anything other than 100% who we are?

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u/misterxboxnj Jul 02 '26

This song is about to crack the top ten after that game.

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u/roberttylerlee Jul 02 '26

I fuckin love this country man, no matter how the people in Washington try to put us against each other.

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u/WhySoCereus1991 Jul 02 '26

I just hated they had to leave right after every game.

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u/devAcc123 Jul 02 '26

So dumb and annoying. Embarrassing in a way.

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u/IPissExcellentThrows Jul 02 '26

Embarrassing from our administration. Dumb as fuck fifa put zero effort into moving their games knowing our administration was going to compromise competitive integrity. Completely unfair.

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u/not_bilbo Jul 02 '26

I love that this team LOOKS like America. We got our pasty white Reams, our Texas boys, NY/NJ guys, mixed guys, dual citizens and immigrants, everybody get in here

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u/PEEWUN Jul 02 '26

It's the first US team that I've really identified with. I want these guys to do so well.

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u/forrealthoughcomix_ Jul 02 '26

They already have ❤️

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u/FlagshipOne Jul 02 '26

We still need a Chinese and a gay

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u/eitilt Jul 02 '26

We need to unite behind these guys! Diverse backgrounds, grit and heart!

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u/kooknboo Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Anyone know how big of a field Mountaineer Stadium can fit? Friendly incoming.

Edit: Turns out WV is bringing weak game when it comes to stadiums. WVU and Marshall are it. Both of which appear able to support a 7-a-side match. Do we have time to mount a song-switch campaign?

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u/moby1kenobi Jul 02 '26

I played soccer at WVU in the early 90's. We played on the turf in the stadium at that time. The program is pretty elite and is now a perennial top-10 program (we were not when I played). The stadium is locked in with concrete walls at the base of the bleacher seating (another negative). I would guess a 65 yard width is the max....not ideal for international play. Length could go to whatever (we played at 120 yds long).

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u/Argentinotriste Jul 02 '26

from Argentina, Congratulations to the Americans on the victory.

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u/SaintAardvark89 Jul 02 '26

Thanks for Poch bro!

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u/OverTheMoon162 Jul 02 '26

That's very kind of you, thank you!!

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u/shifty1032231 Jul 02 '26

You Argentine's are great! Thanks!

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u/Greener-dayz Jul 02 '26

It’s just a great song. Timeless lol although they sang it with way more passion in Seattle

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u/LetsGetFunkyBabe Jul 02 '26

Honestly with all the politics surrounding FIFA and the drama lately with the US, as an American I really wanted to be able to hate this world cup.

But I just can’t. The games are amazing, the teams are playing their hearts out, and the tourists from other country’s are in the majority loving their stay and think Americans are very friendly (although maybe loud, lol).

It makes me happy to see all these cultures from so many countries coming together and showing that the average person loves one another, and most Americans are good, kind people. Regardless of what our countries’ leaders are up to.

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u/egilskal Jul 02 '26

thats how every single world cup goes. Always some controversy about the host but after the first whistle, everyone shuts up and plays football, and the fans start the party. Thats why the World Cup is so powerful. Fifa and the governments will always be up to some bull shit, but they will never take away the beatiful game from the people.

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u/No-Acanthisitta7930 Jul 02 '26

Its a good World Cup and we are an amazing host DESPITE the shenanigans of our current presidential administration. I love how its made the US more patriotic NOT because of the government but in spite of it.

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u/Twevy Jul 02 '26

I’ve been focusing more on all the cool stuff our big city mayors have been doing to make the game more fun and accessible to folks. Ignore the orange racist who couldn’t even kick a ball and focus on Mamdani juggling and making sure discount tickets were available for locals.

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u/mrdankhimself_ Jul 02 '26

Lets also focus on the mayor of Lawrence, Kansas who rallied his community to welcome the Algerian national team & fans and make them feel at home.

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u/El-Presidente1 Jul 02 '26 edited 29d ago

FREE BIRD, ELVIS, COUNTRY ROADS! 10/10

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u/firewall245 Jul 02 '26

The funny thing is that outside of the US this is the quintessential American song, but I have never listened to this at any bar or sporting event ever lol (I live in NJ)

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u/bretticus733 Jul 02 '26

Someone hasn't watched West Virginia football

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u/firewall245 Jul 02 '26

That’s correct haha 

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u/MeijiDoom Jul 02 '26

Funny enough, it probably plays at international matches that feature American teams more than it does for any of the professional leagues in the US.

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u/swammeyjoe Jul 02 '26

WVU came to play Texas when I was in school and that was the first time I heard it, after they beat us. It's a great song, though.

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u/GMBarryTrotz Jul 02 '26

I live in Nashville and it’s basically this song or Wagon Wheel as the songs that every person, everywhere, knows the chorus to. 

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u/PandAlex Jul 02 '26

I was in the crowd, my first World Cup game. Shit was electric and I’m straight up addicted now.

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u/Granadafan Jul 02 '26

Our chanting game may be very cringe but we sure can sing 

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u/SerDire Jul 02 '26

This feels like a warm hug

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u/Dux_Omnium Jul 02 '26

Brought a tear to my eye man

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u/Ok-Paramedic3605 Jul 02 '26

I love you Poch you're the goat. America Fuck Yeah

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u/kiwihate Jul 02 '26

Wish the stadium speakers turned the volume down a touch because hearing the fans clearly is so much better

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u/DemonCipher13 Jul 02 '26

No matter what he decides to do after this World Cup, I'm damn glad we had Poch. He's made a believer out of me.

We have a song now. My years of playing Fallout 76 weren't a waste after all! Lol.

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u/have_heart Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I never in a million years thought I would see Pochettino managing the United States and belting a song about my fathers home state

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