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Late 80s Hokie
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Is Paraguay THAT bad? Or, at least, is their Defense THAT bad? In a pro

level game, I've never seen so many through balls to an open guy in the box. And many of those through balls were followed up by multiple passes to another and another guy in the box. And I know that many teams specialize in counter attacking and really don't care if they lose the possession battle 65/35 or something like that, but when they showed that stat at one point, it was 79/21 US. That's insane.
Posted: 06/13/2026 at 09:11 AM ET

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Is Paraguay THAT bad? Or, at least, is their Defense THAT bad? In a pro ◄
Late 80s Hokie • 06/13/26 09:11 AM ET
dumb question but as a host does the US get an "easy" group round?
`lag • 06/13/26 12:33 PM ET
Teams are seeded for the draw, with hosts being put in the top group
localhokiekid • 06/13/26 01:32 PM ET
Ah, OK, thanks. It's like the USA is a top seed, therefore won't run into
`lag • 06/13/26 01:53 PM ET
I think a little of both. **
Late 80s Hokie • 06/13/26 01:09 PM ET
Not impressed with Paraguay. Outside of the first five minutes we dominated
VTDante • 06/13/26 11:33 AM ET
Regarding Fox’s TV coverage, am I the only one
GCHokieof91 • 06/13/26 11:09 AM ET
Yeah...I really don't care to see the cultist Tom Cruise... **
AirborneHokie96 • 06/13/26 12:23 PM ET
I don't either but his dedication to the craft is amazing. **
VTMONEY94 • 06/13/26 01:53 PM ET
They have a craft? I thought that was just metaphorical.**
JoesterVT • 06/13/26 04:15 PM ET
Well, the 2 games I watched that were from Mexico didn't do that. It was
Late 80s Hokie • 06/13/26 12:22 PM ET
Like watching a Knicks game, right?**
HokieGator • 06/13/26 11:25 AM ET
Or Lakers**
TomTurkey • 06/13/26 01:47 PM ET
It’s a global feed but yes. Would rather see crowd shots of our real
VTDante • 06/13/26 11:24 AM ET
Most Americans are. But I’d wager internationally it’s more exciting to see**
Nova Hokie 95 • 06/13/26 12:29 PM ET
It’s not Fox. All World Cup games are on a global feed**
Nova Hokie 95 • 06/13/26 11:18 AM ET
Okay, I didn’t know. But that doesn’t change
GCHokieof91 • 06/13/26 12:20 PM ET
More irritated with the sporadic broadcast freeze of the action **
TomTurkey • 06/13/26 01:49 PM ET
The guy who scored the own goal acted like (I thought)
PhotoHokieNC • 06/13/26 09:29 AM ET