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American Soccer |OT| Life, liberty and the pursuit of the beautiful game
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No. Should have been 2-0.
The US didn't win and they only have themselves to blame, blown calls and all.
Ya I agree. Looks like guy is sporting a belly and definitely was out of breath on his short runs. Way out of shape. In the past both of the runs he made on the ball would have gotten him space, tonight he was easily stopped lol
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Solid effort. Herrera has given me a little confidence in how the team didn't just fold after being down 2-0
They played bad in the 2nd half until the last 10 minutes.
3-2 final.
Should have been, we got fucked in the ass by that ref.
I still don't understand how he's a starter or a DP for Galaxy.
Don't doubt someone that has gone super saiyan before.
Ninja Scooter
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It's weird how Bradley has a little bit of an accent. Must be from all that time overseas.
Don't think I ever knew you were Mexican or part Mexican.
A shame I only saw the 2nd half since we apparently played so well in the 1st. I liked seeing Julian take on defenders.. obviously not entirely on the same page with the other guys and gave away two balls but he provided dynamism which the US is lacking. I think we'll need Bradley playing as a CAM because he was the only player offering useful penetration through the middle -- Donovan is going to need to sit deeper and serve more as a Pirlo if he's still so slow come this summer.
And in those 35 minutes they lost a 2 goal lead.They played bad in the 2nd half until the last 10 minutes.
3-2 final.
Who is to blame for that? The ref?
That third goal would not have been needed if the team had not fallen apart. Get that? If not, I guess we can start blaming the refs now come the World Cup.
He does seem a bit out of shape. Hopefully he can get back in shape before the Cup.
He needs to lose about 10 pounds from what I can tell. Please Donovan
He looked good for an 18-year-old kid who just played his first international friendly. Having said that he may need a bit more experience before he's ready for the World Cup.
Well, it's not an insurmountable thing....
He had a few really good plays but he also gave the ball away a few times. Not a bad start, though!
Blown calls like that in friendlies don't really matter by the way. Who cares really? JK will see it as a goal and analyze it as such.
Don't know if he's out of shape or not, but like that run against Marquez, when Rafael just basically stuck his foot out and took the ball off Landon... Come on man, you've played against him enough to know how to get past him... That's just one example I noticed.
Wouldn't go so far as fantastic, but you can see the talent there...
I don't disagree, but he looked very, very good.
Don't think that matters... I'll be very surprised if green isn't in Brazil
He's most definitely capable of better, we aren't wrong to expect a lot more out of him.
I agree, he did. Green looks like he may very well be worth the hype, given the room to grow of course.
He could make the roster, but if he gets minutes then he can't make the same sort of mistakes he did tonight against Ghana, Portugal or Germany.
he did too little to make a judgement like that. Coaches and scouts know he is a special talent. Needs time and patience from everyone to see him grow as a player.
And JK seemed to do the right thing by benching Donovan. Clearly he saw something in training he did not like. Donovan needs to get hungry and come out firing for the Galaxy again. He needs to be in Gold cup form if the US is to make noise in Brazil.
First one wasn't really a mistake. Just miscommunication and probably Deuce being lazy. 2nd was clearly one though and a bad pass that lead to a counter. With a proper period of time playing with the other guys, they'll be on the same page.
Is there any other American player who in a 1-on-1 situation you're actually confident about them beating their defender? How often do we see our guys even attempt to run at a guy? Pretty much never. He's gotta be there.
Cornballer
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Cornballer
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A couple press conference quotes:
Jeff Carlisle said:
Goddamn you're so on the ball. <3
Bradley was on another level in the first half. US played great the first half. Mexico's Zavala and Chavez were shit. Come second half and Mexico pretty much dominated the game with the exception of the last 7 minutes. Great game from both teams tbh. I'm happy with the changes Piojo Herrera made for the second half. Montes and Jimenez really changed the team around.
Damn it that's not what I meant...
talisayNon
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Donovan was definitely out of shape.
Flashes of good from Green, but nerves obvi.
He kind of allowed that first goal to happen I think. Lots of miscommunication in the defense.
Flashes of good from Green, but nerves obvi.
He kind of allowed that first goal to happen I think. Lots of miscommunication in the defense.
Cornballer
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His comments on Gonzalez:
The other players with low grades were Beltran, Davis, Donovan, Green, EJ, can't really argue with any of those...
Cornballer
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.Steven Goff said:
Yeah. It's actually a good thing that the CB problems were exposed as they were against Mexico. Gives him time to try and improve on that.
If there is one main positive to take from the game, it's the level of play Bradley brought to the game. He was a level above everyone else. The Beckerman-Bradley partnership need to happen again before Brazil to see if it really is something to focus on. Their solid partnership could be what saves the backline against Portugal.
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