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US GAF: Support your national soccer team
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sazabirules
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Castillo is the new Jonny B.
The_Inquisitor
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Just tuned in. US looks terrible.
sazabirules
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Nesotenso said:
Hey if Azerbaijan can tie them why can't we? I agree with your other statements.
Here's some quick notes:
- Excellent efforts: Landon Donovan (though I'm shocked he missed that goal), Tim Howard, Brek Shea, Freddy Adu had a few good passes. Juan Agudelo tried his ass off towards the end.
- AWFUL efforts: Castillo (he never, ever, ever needs to play for the national team again. He gave the ball away virtually every time he had it.) Jose Torres gave the fucking ball away twice at VERY inopportune times by the US' own goal and somehow managed to FALL DOWN on a very real goal scoring attempt in stoppage time. Jozy Altidore has apparently never been in sync with any other member of the US national team. Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey were SORELY missed tonight. Edu wasn't bad, but he wasn't effective, either.
- Excellent efforts: Landon Donovan (though I'm shocked he missed that goal), Tim Howard, Brek Shea, Freddy Adu had a few good passes. Juan Agudelo tried his ass off towards the end.
- AWFUL efforts: Castillo (he never, ever, ever needs to play for the national team again. He gave the ball away virtually every time he had it.) Jose Torres gave the fucking ball away twice at VERY inopportune times by the US' own goal and somehow managed to FALL DOWN on a very real goal scoring attempt in stoppage time. Jozy Altidore has apparently never been in sync with any other member of the US national team. Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey were SORELY missed tonight. Edu wasn't bad, but he wasn't effective, either.
sazabirules
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Nesotenso said:
October 8th and Ecuador is the only game after Honduras confirmed so far. It is on the 11th.
What exactly about Landon's performance was excellent? It was more like lackluster. I didn't even notice him during the second half.
Crisis said:
Torres sometimes seemed like the only play maker out there. Shea needs more exposure at the top level and better fitness. He was clearly out of gas towards the end. Jozy passed well in the first half and I think he is improving and getting minutes at his club is helping him. Edu is just taking the place of Holden right now and hopefully he won't part of the equation come 2014.
So a typical Klinsmann happened today uh? Get use to it.
Quotes from Lahm's book, about Klinsmann as Bayern coach: (don't know if already posted)
"After six or eight weeks, all the players already knew that it wasn't going to work with Klinsmann," said the 27-year-old Lahm in his new book, "The Subtle Difference".
"The rest of the season was just about damage control."
"We almost only worked on fitness in training. Tactical issues were only dealt with briefly," said Lahm.
"We players had to meet independently before games to sort out how we wanted to play."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...in/08/26/Jurgen.Klinsmann.crticism/index.html
Quotes from Lahm's book, about Klinsmann as Bayern coach: (don't know if already posted)
"After six or eight weeks, all the players already knew that it wasn't going to work with Klinsmann," said the 27-year-old Lahm in his new book, "The Subtle Difference".
"The rest of the season was just about damage control."
"We almost only worked on fitness in training. Tactical issues were only dealt with briefly," said Lahm.
"We players had to meet independently before games to sort out how we wanted to play."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...in/08/26/Jurgen.Klinsmann.crticism/index.html
sazabirules
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A typical Klinsmann? Our tactics weren't the problem. Our formation was working really well in the first half. We just lacked in the finishing department.
sazabirules
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Player performance was the issue. It seems Bayern fans try to smear Klinsmann over anything.
We're not used to possessing the ball so much like in the first half so I think that tired out our squad. Shea shouldn't have played the whole match because he looked tired for Dallas earlier in the week.
Nesotenso said:
We're not used to possessing the ball so much like in the first half so I think that tired out our squad. Shea shouldn't have played the whole match because he looked tired for Dallas earlier in the week.
I like this style of soccer much better than how we played under Bradley, but we have to take shots on goal FFS. We had no shots on goal in the entire first half irrc, and only two or three in the 2nd. That's why Dempsey is so important to this team, he may hog at times, but he's never been afraid of taking shots, and is one of the only proven finishers we have in the national level.Heretic said:
Section 130, about midway up. Pretty good seats I must admit, but I don't think I'll have too many chances to see the national team play, so it was worth spending the extra money. This was actually the first big soccer game I've been to in person so it was really exciting after playing for so many years as a kid.Heretic said:
I only watched the first half(fell asleep during halftime), but I'm not surprised we were terrible in the 2nd half. The 'attack attack attack' strategy of the 1st half was almost surely gonna tire them out. They did play good football and made a lot of opportunities when they had the energy, at least.
platypotamus
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I forgot to set my DVR yesterday 
(from this thread I guess I didn't miss much?)
(from this thread I guess I didn't miss much?)
sazabirules
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platypotamus said:FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I forgot to set my DVR yesterday
(from this thread I guess I didn't miss much?)
Does your ISP let you use ESPN3? If so you can watch the match on it.
platypotamus
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sazabirules said:
Yes it does, will watch this weekend, didn't know it saved stuff to watch non-live.
sazabirules
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platypotamus said:
Yeah just click the Replay tab and find the match listed.
Where are the warming up at 18-20 seconds in this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH1jLuwkgk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hH1jLuwkgk
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