Crazy goal in today's match between Jamaica and Ecuador (which ends up counting as an own goal because of the deflection) :
Euros and Copa America 2024 soccer thread
Mexico captain Edson Alvarez was ruled out of Copa America with a hamstring injury but has said he will stay with the team through the rest of the tournament.
Mexico lost tonight to Venezuela 1:0 and must defeat Ecuador on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals.
Mexico lost tonight to Venezuela 1:0 and must defeat Ecuador on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals.
Matt Turner gets taken out by one of the Panamanian players and somehow there isn't a yellow card given by the referee.
Tim Weah just got red carded for a strike to the head of a Panama player. We're only in the 18th minute of the match and the U.S. will be down to 10 men the rest of the way.
BALOGUN SCORES IN THE 22ND MINUTE!!! 1:0 USA
Panama ties it in the 26th minute.
U.S. and Panama tied at 1 at half.
U.S. with three changes at half.
Ethan Horvath on in place of Matt Turner due to injury.
Tyler Adams and Gio Reyna off. Cameron Carter-Vickers and Johnny Cardoso on.
Ethan Horvath on in place of Matt Turner due to injury.
Tyler Adams and Gio Reyna off. Cameron Carter-Vickers and Johnny Cardoso on.
Panama scores in the 83rd minute.
One of the Panama players just got a red card.
USA loses to Panama 2:1.
Barring a bizarre result tonight between Bolivia and Uruguay, the U.S. will pretty much have to defeat Uruguay on Monday night to make it out of the group stage.
Barring a bizarre result tonight between Bolivia and Uruguay, the U.S. will pretty much have to defeat Uruguay on Monday night to make it out of the group stage.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
That was one of the worst officiating performances that I've ever seen. The Weah red card was probably justified, but the Panama player sure did a good job of selling the call. Panama should have had three additional red cards besides the one they did get - the foul early on Turner, the high tackle/intentional takeout of Robinson, and the tackle on McKennie that could have snapped his ankle if the Panama player hadn't come up a few inches short. While the US did not play well and didn't adjust well to being down a man, they also didn't get any benefit of the doubt from the officiating crew.
The foul on Turner should have been at least a yellow. A red card would have been too much unless Turner gets pulled right then and there.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
But you don’t sanction based on the injury. You sanction based on the play itself. The Panama player lined Turner up and absolutely trucked him. In NCAA football, that’s the textbook play for calling targeting.
I’m glad my kid is a midfielder and not a keeper if a play like that doesn’t result in a sendoff.
The defending champions are defending no more.
Weah suspended 2 matches by CONMEBOL for the red card vs. Panama. He was already automatically suspended because of the red card but CONMEBOL decided to suspend him for an additional match. This means he'll miss Monday's match vs. Uruguay and would also miss the quarterfinal match if the U.S. makes the knockout stage.
In regards to Germany, they've done well this tournament but they're the host country so that's to be expected. Don't know if that means they're "back" or not.
Aside from Euro 2020, Italy has been pretty meh in major tournaments recently. They haven't qualified for the last two World Cups. And they definitely have a lack of offense on their squad. Consider this, none of the top 10 scorers in Serie A this past season were domestic. The top Italian scorer in Serie A was Gianluca Scamaccca with 12 goals. Christian Pulisic had the same amount of goals in that same league last season.
As far as the U.S., yeah I'd chalk it up to inconsistency.
Aside from Euro 2020, Italy has been pretty meh in major tournaments recently. They haven't qualified for the last two World Cups. And they definitely have a lack of offense on their squad. Consider this, none of the top 10 scorers in Serie A this past season were domestic. The top Italian scorer in Serie A was Gianluca Scamaccca with 12 goals. Christian Pulisic had the same amount of goals in that same league last season.
As far as the U.S., yeah I'd chalk it up to inconsistency.
Georgia's players to get a nice payday after Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire former prime minister of the nation, said before the tournament he would pay the players 30 million Georgian lari (roughly $10.7 million US) if they made the knockouts. He'll double the payout if they defeat Spain on Sunday.
Something to monitor in today's first match as Jordan Pickford appeared to hurt his hand or wrist making a save during warm-ups.
England with the late equalizer in stoppage time.
chrisRunner7
- Spokane, WA
Somewhere, Giorgi B. is going bonkers celebrating that first Georgia goal on his couch
chrisRunner7
- Spokane, WA
Sigh, well, Spain-Georgia was a good game for a while.