To borrow a term from baseball, in the modern era, we have advanced out of the group in '94 when we were the hosts and Korea/Japan '02.Transmogrified Tiger wrote:No idea, but they also haven't been a team of much quality until the last 10 years when that took place(as well as their group of death underachievement in '06).robbotis wrote:Wasn't the only time in the last 50 years they've advanced past the 1st stage of knockouts, when they got to play Mexico?Transmogrified Tiger wrote:thrill wrote:I don't necessarily agree with that. They can beat any team in the world, it's just not very likely. If they finish 2nd, they're likely to get Germany in the round of 16. If we played Germany on a neutral field 10 times, we'd win 2, draw 3 and lose 5. Since a draw isn't likely and the shoot out is too close to call (our keeper is way better than their's, they're reputation for being ice penalties is a point in their favor) we'll negate that. Those odds aren't good, but they're not impossible either.robbotis wrote: Their only chance is to be able to play a team that pulled off a couple upsets to get to the 2nd round.
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. They have the ability to play with anybody, but with playing opposite a deeeep group and the current roster/injury situation, a round of 16 loss is the most likely outcome.
In the 1930 World Cup (the first) we finished 3rd behind Argentina (2nd) and the hosts Uruguay (1st). That was our highest placing in World Cup history.
