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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bundesbiers" data-source="post: 612798" data-attributes="member: 9599">If you've seen how much I get beat up after the USA loses friendlies to European teams especially, you'd understand my angst.  Several years ago when Spain beat us 4:0 in a friendly right before the Gold Cup started, all I heard was:"See, the USA is still 20 years behind in soccer""The USA shows once again they can't compete on the pitch""The USA has no talent for this sport and they will never be considered relevant in World Soccer"But, when we beat a GOOD Euro opponent in a friendly, then I get castrated by the same people with comments like, "Who cares, it's a friendly.  It doesn't even count".  Or a "You got lucky".  We never get positive comments about wins over European opponents.Not that we don't deserve a lot of heat for past performances historically, but at the same time that I can't lift them too high on the ladder, they don't deserve to be knocked down to Peg 1 either.</blockquote>

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