But now, though, I don't know. If Italy scores early this could be a 5-0 blow-out with the U.S. going all out but unable to defend against the Italian counterattack.
In any case, most followers of the U.S. team see the same traits the team exhibited in '98 when they went three and out.
Bottom line: the U.S. team is made up spoiled brats who never face tough competition until World Cup time. Americans are poor losers (I'm an American) who have a hard time improvising when things go bad (witness Vietnam or Iraq). Instead they 'stay the course' right into disaster.
Ghana 2 - 0 over the CR. Italy beat Ghana 2-0. Does that mean there is a 7 goal difference in quality between Italy and the US? We'll see in an hour.
The interesting thing about this group is that there is no reason why the US could not beat Ghana, and then you would end up with Italy with 3 victories, and Ghana, CZ and US tied at 1 victory, and in would all come down to goal differences. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
