talisayNon
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God damnit wondo
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American Soccer |OT| Life, liberty and the pursuit of the beautiful game
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smokeandmirrors
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Also Chile is 4 games into their season. Can partially explain their better fitness.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Surprised to see a Palestino player on the squad
Our only excuse is that our local league starts in more than a month away
smokeandmirrors
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Yeah. If this is the same story in the later friendlies when our season is in full swing then I'll start worrying about the sky falling.
Wood is Klinsmann's BFF because he is in Germany.
That's how decisions are made now.
Hell we're trying a new formation with the goal of getting 33 year old Jermaine Jones to the 2018 World Cup...
Also, this back line experiment has been a failure. I don't mind the formation but you should have someone like Hedges in the back
Grover Cleveland
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Formation's OK.
JJ isn't good enough as a CB to rely on him as a center-half at the international level especially in this formation.
Bobby Wood's got to go. He's a scrub
JJ isn't good enough as a CB to rely on him as a center-half at the international level especially in this formation.
Bobby Wood's got to go. He's a scrub
talisayNon
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Yea americans have a terrible first touch which really is there downfall. thats not something that can be fixed now
BrianSciaretta: I know these are just friendlies, but the 2nd half #usmnt performances since the World Cup have been disasters
TaylorTwellman: @BrianSciaretta since? What about during
Hopefully the supposed soccer media starts asking a few questions because over the last six months it's only been Matt Doyle...
TaylorTwellman: @BrianSciaretta since? What about during
Hopefully the supposed soccer media starts asking a few questions because over the last six months it's only been Matt Doyle...
no idea how to keep the ball or pass as well
Yep, for some reason we keep falling apart in the back half. It needs to be fixed.
Every single option we've tried in this testing period is better than him. No confidence, finishing ability.
Our first half wasn't great either. We lost the possession battle in the first half. Was that fatigue as well?
Its tough losing all the timeI agree.
Maybe If our possession in the second half of any of the friendlies since October were better we would not be putting so much on the defense. By the later half of the game these dudes are just too gassed.
E: I believe that now is the best time to experiment with different positions and formations. I certainly hope that it pays off later on, but it is painful to watch.
You can only hold out for so long when most of the time you are fending off attacks. Most of these late goals have a sense of inevitability about them because of how poorly the US does taking care of the ball.
Playing devils advocate, but in the same way a lot of people argued that BWP (a decent League One striker) had Henry to thank for a lot of his 27 goals you could say that Zardes benefited a lot from having the likes of Donovan and Keane playing around him. Henry made 14 assists, but Donovan and Keane made a combined 33 assists.
Klinsmann has the benefit of watching both players in training every day, maybe he thinks Bobby Wood would have scored more than 16 goals in that LA Galaxy team....
smokeandmirrors
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Interestingly enough I think we played better in the first half when we were using the 3-5-2 since it appears at half it transitioned to somewhat of a 4-4-2.
Yeah this is what's keeping me going. First friendly of the season. If this continues through the rest of the year then I'll start to get super worried.
Yeah this is what's keeping me going. First friendly of the season. If this continues through the rest of the year then I'll start to get super worried.
Okay but it's only since last summer that the US has conceded late goals with such regularity, and it's been to both good teams and mediocre teams.
If it's NOT fatigue from running players into the ground in training (a month of three-a-days prior to the World Cup according to Besler) and if the reason is just because the US defense will eventually concede after fending off attacks, why is there such a large difference between the last 7-8 months and the previous few decades? The US has far more talent than it did a decade ago or even just a few years ago.
Maybe it's just coincidence... except that it's not because we can watch the games for ourselves and SEE how fatigued various players (eg Shea, Jones, etc. today) look in the second half.
If it's NOT fatigue from running players into the ground in training (a month of three-a-days prior to the World Cup according to Besler) and if the reason is just because the US defense will eventually concede after fending off attacks, why is there such a large difference between the last 7-8 months and the previous few decades? The US has far more talent than it did a decade ago or even just a few years ago.
Maybe it's just coincidence... except that it's not because we can watch the games for ourselves and SEE how fatigued various players (eg Shea, Jones, etc. today) look in the second half.
Delicious Waffles
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He clanked a nice one off the top right corner of the goal.
He did approximately fuck all besides that though. He didn't help maintain possession, he gave away some bad passes, and just overall looked POOR. There was that desperation Fifa 15 shot he made as well, which was just kinda dumb.
Cornballer
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Cornballer
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- Leander Schaerlaeckens @ Yahoo: The work has just begun in Jurgen Klinsmann's overhaul of the U.S. men's national team
Wins:
"The US have one win from their last nine"
Goals:
"It was the first time the US scored more than a single goal since the second game of the World Cup"
Defending:
"have been outscored 9-0 in the second half since the World Cup. Going back to the tournament itself, 14 of the 18 goals the US have given up have come after the break."
Cornballer
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- Jeff Carlisle: A porous U.S. defense allows Chile to rally in exhibition loss
Bradley has been crap for a while.
Diskerud loves to have a good contribution and then fade away.
Wondo is just taking up a spot for no reason other than...well, I don't know.
Besler gets made to look like a chump anytime he's up against a quality striker. Can't even use the overworked excuse anymore.
In MLS expansion and stadium news:
Sacramento Republic: It's happening...
Kevin Johnson ‏@KJ_MayorJohnson
@MarcosBreton: BREAKING: Vivek Ranadive will become an investor in @SacRepublicFC. United front - Great day for Sac! - #Builtformls
That's the tech billionaire guy who bought the Sacramento Kings based on having coached his daughter's basketball team (lol), I don't think he has any interest in the third division so I think it's an indication that the Republic will be awarded an expansion franchise soon.
Indy Eleven:
Renderings show proposed $82 million Indy Eleven stadium
Nice design but no way they could build this for just $82 million...
Sacramento Republic: It's happening...
Kevin Johnson ‏@KJ_MayorJohnson
@MarcosBreton: BREAKING: Vivek Ranadive will become an investor in @SacRepublicFC. United front - Great day for Sac! - #Builtformls
That's the tech billionaire guy who bought the Sacramento Kings based on having coached his daughter's basketball team (lol), I don't think he has any interest in the third division so I think it's an indication that the Republic will be awarded an expansion franchise soon.
Indy Eleven:
Renderings show proposed $82 million Indy Eleven stadium
Nice design but no way they could build this for just $82 million...
Cornballer
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I'm glad the goalie moved out of the way. He could have gotten hit...
Just in time for San Jose moving up to the #1 allocation spot, it's the return of Freddy Adu:
Steven Goff ‏@SoccerInsider
2 MLS clubs have reached out to Freddy Adu for trial but time running out to accept. Out of contract. Training on own in DC area
Dan Loney:
"According to the MLS Players Union, the San Jose Earthquakes paid their team a few blips shy of four million bucks. That's an entire team that made less than Robbie Keane - who, in fairness, had a much better year than they did."
ouch.
Oh well, we might have added zero players from outside the league but at least the new stadium is looking good...
Steven Goff ‏@SoccerInsider
2 MLS clubs have reached out to Freddy Adu for trial but time running out to accept. Out of contract. Training on own in DC area
Dan Loney:
"According to the MLS Players Union, the San Jose Earthquakes paid their team a few blips shy of four million bucks. That's an entire team that made less than Robbie Keane - who, in fairness, had a much better year than they did."
ouch.
Oh well, we might have added zero players from outside the league but at least the new stadium is looking good...
The Culture Vulture
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San Jose is really going to miss Chivas to look down on.
Beautiful.
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