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US midfielder Chris Armas tore his ACL in the 2-1 US victory over Uruguay yesterday

THB...how bad is that? Was he one of our better players? The World Cup is one of the only times that I'll actually get excited about watching soccer. It would suck to see the US team be hurt by a dumb injury in an exhibition match.

LT...he was a defensive midfielder. He has experience, but is not integral to the US team, we have ample replacements...the US will be fine.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by DamascusTerp2:
LT...he was a defensive midfielder. He has experience, but is not integral to the US team, we have ample replacements...the US will be fine.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cool. So where do we sit in the World rankings? What does our draw look like? What are the chances of advancing to the second round and beyond?

In reality, he's been the only solid man in the back for the US lately. Yes this is bad for now and yes they will rebound, but this one hurts.

I believe we were #13 in the latest world rankings, just behind Germany. Our draw is decent....portugal, poland, and the hosts, korea. Our first game on June 5 against portugal will tell a lot about our chances of advancing...portugal is very very solid. I like our chances of advancing though

<small>[ May 13, 2002, 09:10 PM: Message edited by: DamascusTerp2 ]</small>

THB...enter the world cup fantasy challenge in the other sports forum...

WORLD RANKINGS

1. France
2. Brazil
3. Argentina
4. Columbia
5. Portugal
6. Italy
7. Mexico
8. Spain
9. Holland
10. Yugoslavia
11. England
12. Germany
13. United States
14. Czech Republic
15. Paraguay
16. Romania
17. Sweden
18. Cameroon
18. Ireland
20. Denmark

<small>[ May 13, 2002, 09:17 PM: Message edited by: DamascusTerp2 ]</small>