I'm not talking about his accomplishments. I'm saying that he and the Mexican team should man up and say they f******d up and that they're grateful the US didn't tank the game on purpose. This Mexican team would sell their souls if in return the US didn't go to the World Cup.
Have you ever played sports, bruh?
Tank... so another country doesn't make it to the World Cup? And this benefits who exactly? What kind of world are you living in?
That's like the mindset of some fat kid armchair quarterbacking while eating cheetos.
There were players on the USMNT tonight that probably don't figure in the WC roster. They're supposed to quit? JK, a German legend, is all of a sudden a lowlife tactician?
What is Rafa Marquez supposed to say after he just played 180 min. in 5 days. You do know players are supposed to have pride, right? "We were so terrible. Thank you, United States." - Said no competitor, ever. You might as well hang 'em up if you're going to admit that, especially when you still have a two-legged playoff to play.
There is a saying --- "Eso es el futbol". The way things happen in this sport is without explanation sometimes. Tonight was one of those nights. No physical entity deserves thanks for this ****. When you bring up the notion of "tanking", it really just reduces everything these athletes have worked hard for to nothing.
Anyway. Uruguay finished 3rd in the World Cup '10 and they had to go to a playoff to get there. On the flipside, some nations look impressive in qualifying and then **** themselves in the tournament. If you are Mexico you just scratch and claw to get there and hope a magical pool of players comes together in the summer. Seven months is a long time in football time.