What I said when I found out that USA is playing Belgium in the R16.

[Crowman1979]

To quote Bill Paxton:

Or maybe I'm being pessimistic.

[SunSeeker]

1. Well, that's what everyone said when Team USA got put in the "Group of Death."

And we survived that. Anything can happen. Pessimism will just ruin your beer buzz while watching the game.

[Ron Obvious]

2. If the US can outplay Portugal...

... even considering Ronaldo was unfit, the US can do for Belgium who have been very unimpressive so far.

They do seem to score some late goals which that probably means they're pretty fit, so it's probably best to Dempsey a couple past their keeper (the admittedly excellent Courtois) early in the game and settle it quickly.

I'm saying this is a 50/50 proposition.

[Sky Masterson]

3. We can beat Belgium.

And we will

[Anarcho-Socialist]

4. It's not so unlikely

The USA have a decent chance of beating Belgium, as long as they play at their best and Belgium continue to underperform.

I think advancing past the quarter-finals is a game too far.

[Crowman1979]

5. Yep! That would mean facing Argentina.

[mackerel]

6. We're middle of the pack and that's actually very good for us.

[mackerel]

7. One of the most rivoting games! We played our hearts out. Proud.

[VWolf]

8. To think - despite being outplayed for much of the match,

we could have won the damn thing at the end of regulation. And we came so close to sending it to penalties!

I'd have liked our chances in a shootout with Timmy in goal.