I remember that I was an American living in Sweden at the time. Watching this at a bar. Everyone was rooting against the USA. I gave them all the middle finger as I left the bar.
foreigners very insecure about the USA being the World Hegemon and hoping USA loses in something that because the rest of the world cares 1000x more about than the US, the US doesn't dominate
I remember watching this ina NYC bar at like 4 in the morning and we were just amazed the US beat Portugal who were favs and to see US get to the quarterfinals this 2002 team really started the US back to the WC
I knew nothing about US soccer. It must be so unpopular in the US being the 4th or 5th? And Portugal had the whole top tier squad. Looks like US is no match. The match? 30 mins in and US is leading 3-0. Holy moly.
What made that 2002 squad so special was actually that "nothing to lose" mentality we had because not only was football much less popular than it is now, but this game aired in the middle of the night here in America. Unlike the other 31 countries in that tournament, the US wasn't facing the pressure of potentially letting down their whole country because pretty much nobody in the US was watching or cared at all. For that reason, the players went into the tournament with a mindset of "f**k it, nobody back home cares if we lose so let's just give it a shot!"
Maybe but I think the World Baseball Classic is going to make Baseball popular again. I think Soccer is tied for popularity with Baseball. Baseball is played far more by kids though still. @@mrfilamfishing
@@tnix80 nah. Soccer is the 4th sport in the USA and only a few years ago passed hockey. It still has a long way to go before it passes baseball. And in 2002, soccer was like the 6th or 7th sport, and the players on the team who grew up in the late 80s and early 90s, grew up when soccer wasn't even a top 10 sport in the USA
Behave. The referee Hugh Dallas and his linesman missed a clear handball by Frings on the line. If properly called, then penalty to the USA which they likely convert. Fair and square? You're having a laugh mate. @@luperamos7307
Esa selección de Estados Unidos a pesar de que ya eran bastante competitivos aún tenían jugadores poco hábiles con el balón en los pies, principalmente en defensa y su portero era poco confiable, pero su ataque era de respeto, Donovan 🫡 sin duda alguna un top 3 de la Concacaf en el siglo XXI junto a Rafa Márquez y Keylor, y bueno posteriormente crecieron mucho en todas sus líneas de juego, su gran momento fue entre 2008 y 2010, pero el mundial no se les dio, 2009 fue su punto más alto eliminando a España en Copa Confederaciones, gran generación, ahora deben tener su generación más talentosa, un buen DT los podría llevar lejos, tal vez no a ganar una copa del mundo, pero si a jugar una semifinal
This doesn't make any sense. They played the next world cup with Cristiano but mostly older dudes. Same team somewhat. After these old dudes retired Portugal hasn't reached that same stage in world cups
The 2002 World Cup is by far not a perfect one, but it does have highlights - like "the Three R's" of Brazil, Germany's full use of teamwork, Turkey's surprising phenomenal performance! Oh early 2000s, how I miss those years!
These highlights don't show how dominant Brian McBride was in the air in this game. He was leaping over Portugal defenders to win everything. He was outstanding.
Bro does anyone realise that this was before Cristiano Ronaldo even made his senior debut, and now they think they are amazing without him just bc of 2 results vs Switzerland and Sweden
This world cup was suspect across the board. As a portuguese I don't buy this defeat was just due to US superiority. If you saw this team in Euro 2000, there is no way to explain what happened in Korea...
Everyone underestimates USA but most people don''t know that USA reached a world cup semi-final once in the first world cup 1930 lost the semi-final and won 3rd place
@@samplingmastersxlr8660 USA also held Italy to a 1-1 Draw in world cup 2006 and should've won that game Italy was the strongest team in the world at that time but even if USA had won Italy would still have topped that group and would've still been world cup champions
@@Tomasdreams who cares where you from? Who are you anyway??? Just google it If you don’t know why figo is a pig . We don’t give respect to someone like him.
I remember that I was an American living in Sweden at the time. Watching this at a bar. Everyone was rooting against the USA. I gave them all the middle finger as I left the bar.
Nice!
But they sure rushed to join NATO
Yeah, most people in Europe are "liberals", especially for the time.
Lame
foreigners very insecure about the USA being the World Hegemon and hoping USA loses in something that because the rest of the world cares 1000x more about than the US, the US doesn't dominate
Man, these were the days. I still miss the greats. Donovan, Beasley, McBride. The players that really mattered.
Don't forget Frankie!
Clint dempsey
@@TheDonDCAC Yes, Frankie Hejduk.
Dempsey wasn't on the team.@@psgistheworstclubineurope
I remember setting my alarm for 2:00am to watch this game! I still get chills watching the USA drubbing Portugal!
I was about to say,say that again!👊🏽
3-2 is not a drubbing. If there had not been an own goal I might agree with you.
@@RikSandstromCaliforniait was 3-0 at half. OG doesn’t change if
I was in 11th grade. I remember waking up early in the AM to watch this game. It was amazing
Yeah! I remember doing the same!
This USA was one of the most talented squads in my opinion. Bravo USA! 👏
frauds
What a win for USA
My first World Cup. I've been a football fan ever since that McBride header went in (and a Fulham fan.)
Yeah he didn't play for Fulham then....first English team he played for was Everton in 2002/03.
@@FootkerSnooball what do you mean he didn’t play for Fulham he played with Everton first he also played at Fulham
@@thereaper2189 I know.
Brad Friedel...a total legend...over 500 professional matches....so long in England that he developed a hardcore accent
Mr. Donovan, Mr. McBride
is my favorite , impressive and respectful USA legendary foot ball player. I am looking forward to 2026 FIFA WC⚽
I was at this game. Everybody was shocked especially at 3-0
I remember watching this ina NYC bar at like 4 in the morning and we were just amazed the US beat Portugal who were favs and to see US get to the quarterfinals this 2002 team really started the US back to the WC
Brian mc bride is one of the most underrated American players.
USA 2002 and 2010 were something on fire which never happens again for a long time…
2014 as well
@@doncarloancelotti2256 2010, 2014, and 2022 all made it as far as each other. 2002 was different, it had a mix of young and old players.
imo, our second-greatest victory in the modern era, just behind mexico in the round-of-16 of the same tournament. usmnt in 2002 was *slept on af.*
I knew nothing about US soccer. It must be so unpopular in the US being the 4th or 5th? And Portugal had the whole top tier squad. Looks like US is no match. The match? 30 mins in and US is leading 3-0. Holy moly.
It's 3rd biggest now by numbers
It's the 3rd most popular sport now basically just about to surpass baseball.
What made that 2002 squad so special was actually that "nothing to lose" mentality we had because not only was football much less popular than it is now, but this game aired in the middle of the night here in America. Unlike the other 31 countries in that tournament, the US wasn't facing the pressure of potentially letting down their whole country because pretty much nobody in the US was watching or cared at all. For that reason, the players went into the tournament with a mindset of "f**k it, nobody back home cares if we lose so let's just give it a shot!"
Maybe but I think the World Baseball Classic is going to make Baseball popular again. I think Soccer is tied for popularity with Baseball. Baseball is played far more by kids though still. @@mrfilamfishing
@@tnix80 nah. Soccer is the 4th sport in the USA and only a few years ago passed hockey. It still has a long way to go before it passes baseball. And in 2002, soccer was like the 6th or 7th sport, and the players on the team who grew up in the late 80s and early 90s, grew up when soccer wasn't even a top 10 sport in the USA
That USA kit was mint. The team was actually great, I was gutted when they got robbed by Germany in the quarters
They weren't robbed. Germany may have had a lousy team, but they lost that game fair and square.
@@luperamos7307 there was a clear handball on the goal line to deny the states an equalizer late on
The Nike "Total 90" kits, boots and footballs of that time period were fire. Mercurial boots as well.
Behave. The referee Hugh Dallas and his linesman missed a clear handball by Frings on the line. If properly called, then penalty to the USA which they likely convert. Fair and square? You're having a laugh mate. @@luperamos7307
@@luperamos7307 The Torsten Frings handball says otherwise. And I say this as Russia and West Ham supporter.
This was surreal to watch as a13 year old at the time.
U american? And are you 35 now?
Vs Mexico was even better. Lol!
Usa could of go to the semi final but. Oliver kahn and rigged refree
Same. I was 15 at that time and ppl were fuming in school. Portugal were one of the favourites going into the tournament lol
17 here haha
1-0 John O'Brien (4 min)
2-0 Jorge Costa (30 min (OG))
3-0 Brian McBride (36 min)
3-1 Beto (39 min)
3-2 Jeff Agoos (71 min (OG))
🇺🇸 Those USA kits are goated 🙌👏
Esa selección de Estados Unidos a pesar de que ya eran bastante competitivos aún tenían jugadores poco hábiles con el balón en los pies, principalmente en defensa y su portero era poco confiable, pero su ataque era de respeto, Donovan 🫡 sin duda alguna un top 3 de la Concacaf en el siglo XXI junto a Rafa Márquez y Keylor, y bueno posteriormente crecieron mucho en todas sus líneas de juego, su gran momento fue entre 2008 y 2010, pero el mundial no se les dio, 2009 fue su punto más alto eliminando a España en Copa Confederaciones, gran generación, ahora deben tener su generación más talentosa, un buen DT los podría llevar lejos, tal vez no a ganar una copa del mundo, pero si a jugar una semifinal
The 2002 World Cup was filmed entirely in HD, why don't FIFA just get that higher quality footage instead of this?
This was the last tournament Portugal played before Cristiano.
Not everything is about Cristiano
@@MESSI2014RIOI’m a Messi guy but that’s funny coming from a guy with Messi in his name.
@@MESSI2014RIOFr
@@MESSI2014RIOMad because he owns your goat
This doesn't make any sense. They played the next world cup with Cristiano but mostly older dudes. Same team somewhat. After these old dudes retired Portugal hasn't reached that same stage in world cups
man John O'Brien, Earnie Stewart, and Pablo Mastroeni was a heck of a midfield
greatest cup performance for the U.S ....(so far)
If it wasn't for that handball that saved Germany.... We would've reached the semi final
and would have played South Korea in semis, so maybe would have made the final
It's crazy how a no call hand ball vs Mexico went your way and a no call handball went against you in the same tournament
El verdadero gigante de concacaf 🇺🇸❤️ haciendo partidos memorables desde hace mucho tiempo
Surprisingly this is the last time the U.S has beaten a European team at the World Cup
That’s sad
@@SkinslyfeRonaldo saved Portugal last time.
The fact that South Korea were the co host helped them too.
When it was 3-0 it looked like they could keep trashing Portugal. After Portugal made it 3-2 it looked like the they were gonna choke!
Brad Friedel Was A Brilliant Save ⚽️👍
Demarcus Beasley dam the mf was around for a long time
Jeff Agoos, the worst American defender to ever play in a World Cup, hands down
Worst in history and Even more brutal in qualifying
"USA players were on steroids " said by Diaz bros 😂
Ahh yes, the World Cup you had to wake at 3am to watch the best performance in recent US history. Loved it.
The 2002 World Cup is by far not a perfect one, but it does have highlights - like "the Three R's" of Brazil, Germany's full use of teamwork, Turkey's surprising phenomenal performance! Oh early 2000s, how I miss those years!
4 R's counting RobertoCarlos. All 4 scored vs China in a 4-0 win as well.
@@FootkerSnooball 😂😂😄
Wednesday 5th June 2002
Those Jerseys were FANTASTIC!!
Only World Cup game with own goals for both teams
Not true, Netherlands-Italy 1978.
@@knowledgeispower200There wasn't any Italian player scoring in that match
These highlights don't show how dominant Brian McBride was in the air in this game. He was leaping over Portugal defenders to win everything. He was outstanding.
Golden generation right here!
this current team is very underrated too
كرة القدم الامريكية تطورت كثيرا في العقد الجديد
Best usa team i ever watched i think i was 11 watchimg tgis i did brain mcbride diving header goal in my club game that fall haha
i thought i would see pepe in this game 😂😂😂
It was time for the USMNT 🇺🇸 to be in the same level as the world’s best all they needed was to believe in themselves.
Man, Agoos highlights giving me PTSD 😵💫
this is the greatest usa game i ever saw. talk about dreamland!!
Haha deng I was doing school homework while watching this on TV hahahaha
A great Match !
Tenia buen equipo estados unidos actualmente tambien 🇺🇸⚽️
Mas mejor que el de ahorita
😂 gente idiota piensa que cualquier equipo viejo era mejor
And to think Portugal hadn't been in the World Cup since the 80s
Second goal was clear offside. The linesman is 1 yard away from it.
Portugal disappointed me in this match big time. They had all the material
I miss Sanneh
Blud scored the craziest own goal 😂
Usa usa usa
Fifa Post this video after watching Al nassr beating Miami 6 nailed 😅😅😅😅
Hyped for friendlies like true winners 😂
Penaldians really think world revolves around friendlies 😂
Bro does anyone realise that this was before Cristiano Ronaldo even made his senior debut, and now they think they are amazing without him just bc of 2 results vs Switzerland and Sweden
It's always been though. As influential of a player he is there have been many results where Portugal played well without him
GGG, I'm waiting!
USA LEGENDS! MY GOAT US TEAM
Second goal was a clear outside.
Player deflected on the clearance bro
This world cup was suspect across the board. As a portuguese I don't buy this defeat was just due to US superiority. If you saw this team in Euro 2000, there is no way to explain what happened in Korea...
Portugal the all-time chokers
Suwonと言ったら水原、んでレフェリーはMorenoさん。なんかおもろいな
Faltou Eusébio aí no time de Portugal.
Faltou Pele no Brasil tbm nao?
Faltou Cristovão Colombo jogar por Portugal tbm.
Agoos was the sorriest player on USA 😂😂😂😂😂
So wasn’t Donovan in an off-side position when he received the unintentional pass?
When USA was owning countries ✨
lol calm down
Agoos was so bad. That was the worst own-goal ever, and it wasn't the worst thing he ever did for us.
Everyone underestimates USA but most people don''t know that USA reached a world cup semi-final once in the first world cup 1930 lost the semi-final and won 3rd place
The term soccer was not coined till 1980s i guess haha
I agree with you.
To a greater or lesser degree, US has a rich and interesting story in soccer and because of that they shouldn't be underestimated.
People act like the USA has no history in this sport but they are wrong !
@@samplingmastersxlr8660 You are right.
@@samplingmastersxlr8660 USA also held Italy to a 1-1 Draw in world cup 2006 and should've won that game Italy was the strongest team in the world at that time but even if USA had won Italy would still have topped that group and would've still been world cup champions
It's not a Huge Upset
cam to play now we win for 5...easy VIVA PORTUGAL
I remember Frankie Hey Duck
前半３失点は痛い(×_×)
🇵🇹
Both team 2nd goals were own goals 😂😅
and usa beat prime spain too
Europa contra u.s.
Buen partido
Why no play clock?
Little surprise. Figo was a pig at possibly the most boring WC ever
Figo era balon de oro?
donovan was offside on the second goal
Ball was played into him by a Portuguese player, nullifying the offside.
ah i thought it was passed to him@@ryansmith1044
Portugal player passed him the ball
EUA era pr ater chegado na Final contra o Brasil nessa Copa. A Espanha também foi roubada. Essa copa teve muito erro de arbitragem...
Portugal before Cristiano Ronaldo
They would’ve still lost with him, I mean look at Greece vs Portugal which was only 2 years after losing to the US
@@kiboma4209 at least it was in the final after beating big teams like Spain, England and Netherlands
Si mi piace
NICE
Figo was a disappointment.
14
What happened to the passion of the American fans today?
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Bad referee 😂😂😂
I mean that ref was the in the match when South Korea and Italy played so yeah lol
Figo overrated
Byron Moreno, el peor referee que ha existido en los mundiales.
Italy - South Korea
much-up in 2002 ?
First
Where's cr7?!😂
2006 not 2002
@@supershadowan imposible, he's the goat 🐐
Stopping kids for saying first
Maybe you are kid also
@@Juneid2507 I’m not?
Me too am not a kid
Bruh look at this dude wait to you see uh no no no
@@Juneid2507 Never said you are.
1st
I am first 😮
12th
The USA got a 3 to 1 beating by poland and were close to be eliminated until south korea arranged for Portugal to lose
Excuses from salty US haters. For a counter that sucks at football, it somehow has consistently beat Portugal in major tournaments 😂
Portugal also lost to South Korea in group stage
I know, ParkJiSung.
Of course they lost. They have Figo the best PIG of all time.
Hello from Portugal 🇵🇹
Why do you insult Figo ?
Show some respect to a legend.
Do you have a problem with him ?
@@Tomasdreams who cares where you come from. Who the f are you??? Just simply google it If you don’t know why he is a pig .
@@Tomasdreams who cares where you from? Who are you anyway??? Just google it If you don’t know why figo is a pig . We don’t give respect to someone like him.
@@Tomasdreams learn some history, are you really this ignorant
@@Tomasdreams mungkin dia teringat tragedi Figo ketika menjalani el klasiko pertamanya berseragam madrid.