MNT vs. Japan Olympic Post-Game Reaction- August 7th, 2008

Hear from the U.S. Men's Olympic Soccer Team players after their 1-0 victory vs. Japan on Aug. 7, 2008.

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[sportsman90232]

stayed up til 4 am watching this match. In all honesty Japan played with more pace and fluidity but we pulled it out and now are top of the group 1 step from the quarters. I say Jozy needs to be in there from the outset and Maurice Edu was man of the match in a different position but he looked all the player he can be. USA ALL THE WAY!

[USSOCCERRULES]

hey a wins a win i would rather win ugly than lose pretty go USA!!!!

[riben105]

idk y yall complaining about orozco he's better than any right back yall have stupid and he look more like a soccer player than any other players on the team

[surreal6581]

the women's team is better any way. not just with skills but their personalities are better too, the men are all arrogant with nothing to back it up. go us wnt!!

[UncleRico13]

And now that I think about it, maybe it was partly due to lax coaching. Freddie Adu and Bradley were suspended for the game for red cards.

It makes me question the discipline level of the national team.

Maybe that's a bit of a harsh judgment but, I always felt a team is a reflection of the coach.

[UncleRico13]

I saw it as being clearly intentional. (I think we all saw the same pool angle)

I've played soccer for some 30 plus years, and from the time I started, I was always coached to be in control of my body at all times. It's inexcusable behavior to lose self control like that.

I'm actually more frustrated by Michael's actions than by us getting knocked out.

Anyway, at least we can still root the womens team to gold.

[Pseudoyouts]

you cant say that you could tell it was intentional from the view of the camera, id love to see the reverse angle, so if youve somehow found that, please share.

[RightWinger16]

Well he DOES play for a Mexican team....JK :P although that might have been what they tought him....geuss we'll never really know..

[1986chargers]

i hear you. not all the teams in this tournament dont have all their stars. argentina has a few stars and so does brazil, but not all their super stars,if the us knew they had to win, why didnt they have donavon,ching,bocanegra,beasle­y, even though i dont think they are great players but, thats just the way soccer is, argentina didnt have tevez,brazil didnt have kaka and so on. im hopin brazil,argentina,italy,netherl­ands to take the top four.

[UncleRico13]

Why is Michael Orozco on the team? I mean really, can't we come up with a player to better represent the USA? Someone with a modicum of self control. They should ban Orozco from all future national play for throwing that elbow. Way to represent the country on the world stage, Mike. Really, classsy move. Could you be any less professional?

[LoganO88]

i think it was the socks....lol they won with the blue... lost with the orange... :P jk but they didnt even look like the same team after the group stage, they weren't attacking near as much as the aggressive style they had in the group

[madRhatter]

well uh... we had them right where we wanted them and they got a goal in stoppage time, so... you can go pose for another nation as well.