Twitter undecided on United States' Copa America chances after tough draw
The Copa America Centenario draw went down in New York on Sunday evening, and based on initial reaction, the United States is either doomed or should have no problem beating a pair of teams in Group A that aren't nearly as frightening as their reputation suggests.
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The Americans were drawn alongside Colombia, Costa Rica, and Paraguay, with the consensus unsurprisingly being that Jurgen Klinsmann and his men will be fighting for second place behind James Rodriguez and Co.
But how will they fare? Well, that all depends on who you ask.
Doom and gloom
Group A:
— Howler Magazine (@whatahowler) February 22, 2016
USA/Colombia/Costa Rica/Paraguay #Copa100 #UDCA2016 pic.twitter.com/69J9L00752
Here lies the USMNT Copa run. Feb. 21, 2016 - Feb. 21, 2016
— Total MLS (@TotalMLS) February 22, 2016
Oh goody, been a whole 2 years since the USMNT played in a Group of Death, waited forever https://t.co/hEGfyrKErI
— Jerry Hinnen (@JerryHinnen) February 22, 2016
.@AlexiLalas YOU ONLY HAD ONE JOB...
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) February 22, 2016
Laugh it off
Klinsmann dreaming of the halcyon days of music and flags. Thirty minutes ago. Before it all went bad.
— Andrew Das (@AndrewDasNYT) February 22, 2016
#USMNT fans right now. pic.twitter.com/G6uHWNEywZ
— Pablo Maurer (@MLSist) February 22, 2016
Reminds me of the old Bruce Arena quote from '96 Olympics: "We're too stupid to fix a draw."
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) February 22, 2016
how i feel after seeing our Copa America draw pic.twitter.com/5nbRAbwcDc
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) February 22, 2016
Level-headed
Y'all are scared of Paraguay and Costa Rica? Man, talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations
— Charles Boehm (@cboehm) February 22, 2016
The task for the #USMNT: Be better than Costa Rica and Paraguay.
— Ryan Rosenblatt (@RyanRosenblatt) February 22, 2016
It’s not that hard.
My opinion on the USMNT draw is how about they go beat somebody.
— Mike L. Goodman (@TheM_L_G) February 22, 2016
The U.S. should absolutely advance out of its group, by the way. Tough draw or not, they should see it as a group it can finish Top 2.
— Paul Tenorio (@PaulTenorio) February 22, 2016
The last word
Y’all know the USMNT will get badly outplayed by Colombia, like 25 shots to 2, and somehow draw 1-1.
— Kevin McCauley (@kevinmccauley) February 22, 2016