USMNT Scored The Fastest Goal In Gold Cup History In Front Of A Top Notch Cup Snake, So, Yeah, Back-To-Back World Cup Champs Coming
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Yeah, there are some soda cups in there but the point is we're trying. The US isn't used to this whole being awesome at men's soccer thing yet here we are. We sent our B team to the Gold Cup and what happened? Ho-hum winning the group thanks to scoring within 20 seconds. A little something we call Gold Cup history. Not too shabby of a way to score your first ever international goal for Shaq Moore. Gotta admit if we have a dude named Shaq Moore out there, we're going to win games. That's a solid ass sports name and we all know how much the original Shaq dominated.
But here's the thing. I wish we sent our top team to the Gold Cup. I want to win this and beat Mexico in the finals. BUT, it's showing how damn deep this USMNT is now. Gone are the days of hoping for the best and running dudes out there because of a lack of depth. We have actual people battling for spots on a roster. Combine that with people like Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Sergino Dest, Tyler Adams and Gio Reyna and that's how we get fucking good at this game. Don't get me wrong, I'll always love the Brian McBride, Claudio Reyna, Tony Meola, Tim Howard, Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey times, but this? This is what I want. I'm dying for us to compete all the damn time at this sport. Remember how awesome it was beating Mexico in the 2002 knockout stage? Yeah, we haven't won one of those games since. I'd like to do that again.
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There are a lot of question about Gregg Berhalter and what he does as a manager, but here's step 1. Win the Gold Cup. Step 2 is embrace the cup snake. Have fun and encourage people to get crazy at games. I'm sick of seeing Mexico coming to the US and it being 50/50. We need to protect the home turf and make it like Kansas City this past week. Next comes a World Cup champ in Qatar and then winning on our home soil in 2026. Cup snakes, 20 second goals = titles. Bring it home.