This game was unfortunate because the first goal was bad luck and the second was an incredible shot. Fast forward 5 years and our guys have virtually zero experience plus absolutely atrocious coaching and they still qualified for the knockout stage. The future looks bright for 2026 when we have home field advantage

All three goals were conceded because someone was left wide open 🤦‍♂️

Looking back on this comment, everything you said was right except about Zimmerman. Tired of the whole "MLS man bad" trope. Zimmerman was the reason we stayed afloat against Iran.

Fair enough@@TylerWalter92 I was probably overly harsh on Zimmerman back then because his foul allowed Wales to score from the penalty spot and steal two points from USMNT. He's a good player and certainly MLS players have played important roles in USMNT World Cup success in the past.

Nah. You don’t ever let this game fade. You plaster this all over the training grounds. Never again. Never. Again.

For USA? Oh-Oh, the BIG USA HAS FAILED! YAY FOR TRINIBAGO!!! WOO!

@@anisep9576 what 😹

Jose Gutierrez not only that he ain't a full American he's part Croatian. 😂

Dreidon 17 he was born in America dumbass and has lived his whole fucking life there

Dreidon 17 Pulisic should switch to Croatia

Damn Weebs he's cap tied. Plus he's never been to Croatia why would he?

So sad for pulisic woulda been a great experience but these “vets” had to fuck it up.

It wasn’t sad it was fucking hilarious

Tasty Lizard not hilarious is embarrassing

who got u into anime you or all kids nowadays

I’d argue it’s back on the right track after the 2022 World Cup. People all over the place were going crazy whenever the US scored

how incompetent do you have to be to lose to them lol

Luis Roman ajajajaja

Trinidad C team. They weren't even subs,they were a makeshift reserve team.

usa lost versus some farmers 🤦‍♂️

Jones and winchester weren't B team

Nah. March 30, 2022 made USMNT forget that moment in Couva and never came back to it.

Tapan Parekh True his even in a German Club

Me. The failed qualification in 2018 was the best thing that could've happened to the USMNT.

They qualified on goal difference - so it wasnt that confident qualification after all. They almost blew it again.

@@arminiuszmazowszanin2670 So? Manchester City won an EPL title on goal difference in 2012. The USMNT won a group in the 2010 FIFA World Cup over England due to goals scored. If you make it, you make it. Case closed.

Andrea Love I'm sure the fire would of at least held a tie..

r10sneakers1533 lol

I understood that reference

Why don’t y’all understand the MLS became known thinks to David Beckham not because the USA players are good

Win Ring Notice how the people saying that aren't saying anything to you. well said.

Per capita, USA's medal table is not that impressive.

Win Ring Fucking this

The UK annihilates USA per capita at Olympics. Alex has to support Germany since USA are so garbage lmao

lol @ basketball, only USA and Lithuania play that as first sports. You say Tennis, Andy Murray has been #1 for a couple years until recently, USA's best player is like 15th in rankings lmao How did you like that 4-1 spanking from the England U-17? Should have been 5 if the ref was competent.

Ikr? So cool! I support those trinidadians because I am one of them :)

He said fuck it, imma shoot

Fun fact: that is the only goal he’s EVER scored for Trinidad and he plays in the US third division

Sick shot. A real beauty for sure

It beat Tim Howard

Too bad you couldn't go boom more than once

@@earlspencer7863 Yo stop ruining the trini moment I love them bc I live there I agree with Jen J and Reginald

@Reginald Naz Mohammed yea 7-0 boom :/

They didn’t even make the World Cup that year.

Y’all suck again

@@michaelgove9349 On numerous occasions Christian Pulisic has said that he and his family pronounce it that way tho. It is an Americanized pronunciation

@@douglasbuchanan9474 No it isnt. It's a Croatian name so pronunce it Croatian way. It's not "sic" it's "sić"

@@arminiuszmazowszanin2670 he can pronounce it the way he wants.

@@arminiuszmazowszanin2670 Ok Karen.

So if he played for Croatia instead, could they have won the World Cup?

:D thank u for supporting us Trinidadians

Def fire Gulati, but don't destroy the whole team. Rather, rethink the squad and look for new talent and create that talent.

lmao well then, that’s exactly what happened

@@JacobMeza-pro-footballer Damn right

@@JacobMeza-pro-footballer We did it

wish they had not scrapped Juergen Klinnsman as coach....maybe he could have avoided this disaster!

Logan JB He did, Our new goalkeeper is actually pretty good now

Altidore can stay, hes still pretty young

I kinda agree, kinda disagree with you. I think Altidore can stay around for the next qualifying cycle, as for the most part he's proven himself to be a reliable goal scorer during qualifying stages (the first 8 games of this Hex are more of an exception to that). It's his actual tournament record that causes me to want to disagree; perhaps I'm being a tad harsh, as he tends to get injured when one comes around, but that's still not helping his case either. Raptor5000, we can keep Dempsey for part of next year: let's get him as the USA's all-time leading goalscorer. Howard's done, although I'd like him to get one last shut-out in for the US before retiring from national team service. Bradley can stay in Toronto, and Guzan can stay in Atlanta.

Altidore was one of our best players in the hex, he wasnt great yesterday, but hes earned his place (im not saying i want him starting in 4 years, but around the team) Dempsey and Timmy deserve a send off (its not like we have anything but friendlies for a while) Bradley should have been dropped years ago

Get rid of everyone but Pulisic, Yeldin, Brooks, Jones, Altidore, Acosta #MAKEUSSOCCERGREATAGAIN

My ideal roster for Qatar 2022. Thoughts? Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath, Jesse Gonzalez, Zack Steffen Defenders: Matt Miazga, Erik Palmer-Brown, John Brooks (assuming he's not injured), Cameron Carter-Vickers, DeAndre Yedlin, Jorge Villafana, Justen Glad, Fabian Johnson Midfielders: Gideon Zelalem, Darlington Nagbe, Kellyn Acosta, Christian Pulisic, Emerson Hyndman, Paul Arriola, Juan Agudelo, Kelyn Rowe Forwards: Julian Green, Jordan Morris, Bobby Wood, Dom Dwyer

He tried to play for a draw with only one midfielder in the entire lineup. He really is a moron. List of players who should never play for us again Howard- He was good 3 years ago, but he is just way too old. Guzan- See above Villafana-Shit Beasley-Too old Cameron-Too old and getting worse. Still one of the only good passers in our pool though. Besler- I like him but he has no future Gonzalez- Worst defender in US history. We could have used Cameron, Miazga, or even some random MLS or USL player and they would have done better than Gonzalez has ever done for the US. Remember how he cost us the win against Portugal after coming off the bench right at the end of the game? Zusi- No explanation needed. McCarty- I like him but no future Nagbe- Has some talent but contributes fuck all. Extemely overhyped Arriola- Tries hard but no actual talent. Zardes- Obvious to anyone with any soccer knowledge Morris- See above Bedoya- See Arriola Mayyybe Altidore- I still think he has some legitimate talent, Dempsey- Give him some testimonial November friendlies for a chance at the record. He was a post away from being the hero last night, and he deserves to go out with more dignity than this shit that Arena has given him. Bradley and Altidore will be the main targets for blame as usual. There are legitimate criticisms of both but they have both been hurt more than anyone else by tactical incompetence at the coaching level. But you can't criticize Bradley for struggling in what was essentially a 4-1-5 formation in Trinidad, with Arriola, Nagbe, and Pulisic all being very forward thinking midfielders to go along with our 2 strikers. Bradley had no defensive help at all. Altidore is a good passer and has a good tactical understanding of the game. He isn't good enough at arials where you can just hoof passes at his head and hope something good happens. He needs to be allowed to receive the ball somehow. With our 1 midfielder Bruce formation, that "somehow" ends up being him dropping all the way back next to Bradley, which is not where we want him. They might both still have a place on the team, at least for now. This is how I would like to proceed. Coach: Tata Martino GK: Horvath Rb: Yedlin Cb: Miazga Cb: Brooks Lb: Vincent (we have literally no other options right now, but I'd prefer to avoid MLS players) Dm: Bradley (Jonathan Gonzalez will probably play for Mexico now so nice job Bruce!) Dm: McKennie Rm: Pulisic Lm: Green Cam: Gooch or Hyndman St: Wood

as soon as they fired Klinsmann and hired Bruce i knew USA was going no where. Should have stayed with Klinsmann, he at least improved the team and got them in the World Cup

the same coach that in 2002 almost beat Germany in wc.

stefancelmare21 2002 was also the most talented player pool we ever had. Young Donovan and Beasley, Friedel, prime Reyna and O'Brien, Eddie Pope, McBride, all better than what we have now (other than Pulisic).

Oliver Linehan brooks is dogshit aswell. One of the worst cb's I've ever seen player for the us. No strength no speed and an absolute donkey

Me too.

_Glitchy This is when we need everyone to come together to start something new

Quitter. Get back here.

@@yuch1102 You're the dumbass. It's just a name you cretin.

E R nah United States don't produce youngsters

Bruno Lucero U 17 world cup

by new talent you mean an old Tim Howard, Micheal Bradly, Jozy Altidore, Beasley, and other senior citizens run under Mr.Bradley cause incompetence is the name of the game right ?

E R 2022 tho...

E R in five years lol

Canada would have made Hex if Mexico actually tried to beat Honduras in the last round. Not much of an effort led to a draw.

Me!!

u have to qualify first

I be back in 5 years

@Kevin Ramirez Ramirez that trophy has the same valuable as a used toilet paper 😭😭

We're gonna find a way to fuck this up. It happens every year.

they don't deserve fans. apart from Pulisic most of the current team is either too old/past their prime or absolute trash. The US team was at their prime in 2013 and somewhat decent in 2014. Since 2015 they've been garbage. I'm done supporting this team. Oh and Bruce Arena is a moron.

SirBullet754 if you don’t stick around when times are tough then goodbye and good riddance. I’m not ever turning my back on my own county.

Joel P.- Oh I stuck around. After a humiliating 2006 World Cup, a disappointing and embarrassing loss to Ghana in the 2010 world cup. and a team that has been complete garbage since 2015. But now they don't even qualify for the Cup with just needing a draw against Trinidad and Tobago? Fuck that. I can't support a team that plays this horribly. I am tired of the constant disappointment. They 1989 team that barely had a professional team qualified for the 1990 World Cup, and these pompous little assholes can't even qualify for 2018? Even when despite their horrendous mistakes they were given a perfect chance here? All they had to do was not lose against the worst team in the Hex that had already been eliminated. And they failed. So fuck them.

SirBullet754 look man I know it’s ugly but that’s just how life is sometimes. I know this team can bounce back, and I mean I’m a Mexican-American so I constantly have to deal with criticism from them. This is gonna be a running gag for the next 4 years but I don’t mind. It’s just a game in the end.

Joel P.- I get it. But the only way they're going to bounce back is if they make real changes. Right now I can't watch anymore of these games. They need to change the youth system and get rid of all of these old players. I have no idea how Michael Bradley is still playing. Talk about nepotism. And Tim Howard is waaay past his prime. Look this just really pissed me off, because they got so many chances to do it right, and then this is how they fail to qualify? One thing would be if their last game was at the Azteca against Mexico, but this? No, for the moment I'm done. I'm actually Italian-American and was born in Italy but moved to the US as a child and for over half a decade I've witnessed the Italian team just humiliate themselves in two consecutive World Cups, and now my other favorite team isn't even going, and technically Italy hasn't even qualified yet so that's yet to be seen, but if they're just going to humiliate themselves again like in 2010 and 2014 they might as well not go either. I might as well root for Iceland, a team that deserves respect for managing to qualify.

Missing out on the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was the best thing that could've happened to the USMNT.

USA is a powerhouse in CONCACAF though, can't deny that

Hannah Muehlenkamp who loses to u15 boys

Is this modern feminism ?

Lmao

Watching it the day of redemption 🤞🤞🤞

No, they need to open up the system (pro/rel) so there is no more pay to play at the highest level.

No, they need to open up the system (pro/rel) so there is no more pay to play at the highest level.

Jose Galdamez someone clearly is not aware of our youth players.. But the closest to Pulisic level would be Weston Mckennie

We prob have 5th-3rd best youth in the americas just because arena likes 35 year olds doesnt mean our youth isnt good enough

thats why our u-21's go deep into tournaments..

Mexican troll

Learn about some of the youth before commenting. McKennie, Yedlin (still young), Acosta, Wood, Miazga, Saief, Carter-Vickers, Horvath. That's just to name a few. Even Josh Sargent, who is only 17, has already signed for Werner Bremen and will begin playing after his 18th birthday.

Hadrián Souto González The USWNT lost 8-2 to the U-17 MNT. The USWNT doesn't play any good teams and would get destroyed by most men's, or shall I say boys team.

thats besides the point the women are winners at their game and the men are losers at their game winners should be rewarded and losers should be fired

New England Rev's In 2015, WNT bring to the federation more money that MNT, but WNT recived 2 millions by winning the Word Cup and MNT recived 9 millions by losing in the second round of the 2014 World Cup.

Hadrián Souto González It’s revenue WNT doesn’t get as much views as Men. Simple. To be honest 2mill is Good pay.

absolute truth

@Miguel Cortez Jr. i remember us4 not qualyfing for the world cup good times

US4 ? lol

No olympics either

#Gulatiout

#Wynaldaforpresident

REACTIONARY NONSENSE!~DID YOU FORGET THAT ARENA WASN'T EVEN AROUND FOR 2 OF THE GAMES. His hex record was 3-2-3 and would have qualified had Klinsmann been let go after that disgraceful decision to leave Landon Donovan home for the last WC. LETS FACE IT, THOSE WERE 2 LUCKBOX GOALS BY TnT. Never been a fan of Omar- he just reminds me of Onyewu, slow and dumb as a brick. I don't think we will see him in a MNT shirt again after that "clearance", which he clearly didn't see until it was about to fly by him.

flowthrupranayama Its both Arena and JKs fault. You cant just blame omar and not the guy who picked him to start or even be on the roster.

You are correct. However, Arena is still an excellent coach and the players are mostly to blame for the lax performance.

He's too young, and now you guys have great players like Weston, Sargent, Steffen, Dest, Konrad, etc. Let's see if the 🇺🇸 can qualify to this world cup. Good luck! 😊

Dempsey for sure also deserved to go to the finals for his last world cup..he got robbed as well

He’s back in there but it looks like we are gonna get eliminated lool

Nah. March 30, 2022 was more memorable. October 10, 2017 is a very distant memory and ain't coming back to it.

The Colombian player did die.

Pulisic?

Very well said. I will venture to say countless people miss out on countless opportunities in life because they did not know what they did not know. BTW, it's not so bad that soccer's loss would be dentistry's or engineering's gain.

all they had to do was tie trinidad and tobago XD