USMNT Talk
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A few players notes.
Best:
* Bradley. Phenomenal vision, intelligence, the run down the field on the final goal was fantastic for a player who had already played 89 minutes.
* Yedlin. Pace. Crosses. Back on D. Just looked fantastic.
* Mix. What we have been seeing from him of late. Great challenging for the ball. Work rate. All over the field in a good way.
* Morris. Work rate. Strength. Muscling off defender to get in on goal. Speed on final goal to get down wing and deliver a quality cross for the assist.
* Johnson - That cross to Zardes was sublime.
Mixed bag:
* Brooks. Undoubtedly got victimized repeatedly on D. But he did score 2x. The header should have counted. (The Netherlands called off goal also should have counted.) And I can't believe no one else has commented that our CB scored from inside the 6 yard box IN THE RUN OF PLAY!!!!! How the fuck did that happen? I watched it like 12 times and still don't think it really happened.
* Zardes. His goal was fantastic. His other 2 point blank opportunities could easily have yielded a hat trick and should have given the US at least 1 more. At this level we need our goal scorers to have more ice in their veins.
* Williams. Had flashes. Struck the ball well for his goal. Yes, got lucky on the deflection, but that's what happens when you strike a ball well in the box. On the other hand, had a couple of bad giveaways that could have led to goals at the other end.
Hard to tell:
* Johannsson. Thought he did a lot to put himself in good positions, but didn't get the service he needed. Would have loved to see him on with Yedlin.
Best:
* Bradley. Phenomenal vision, intelligence, the run down the field on the final goal was fantastic for a player who had already played 89 minutes.
* Yedlin. Pace. Crosses. Back on D. Just looked fantastic.
* Mix. What we have been seeing from him of late. Great challenging for the ball. Work rate. All over the field in a good way.
* Morris. Work rate. Strength. Muscling off defender to get in on goal. Speed on final goal to get down wing and deliver a quality cross for the assist.
* Johnson - That cross to Zardes was sublime.
Mixed bag:
* Brooks. Undoubtedly got victimized repeatedly on D. But he did score 2x. The header should have counted. (The Netherlands called off goal also should have counted.) And I can't believe no one else has commented that our CB scored from inside the 6 yard box IN THE RUN OF PLAY!!!!! How the fuck did that happen? I watched it like 12 times and still don't think it really happened.
* Zardes. His goal was fantastic. His other 2 point blank opportunities could easily have yielded a hat trick and should have given the US at least 1 more. At this level we need our goal scorers to have more ice in their veins.
* Williams. Had flashes. Struck the ball well for his goal. Yes, got lucky on the deflection, but that's what happens when you strike a ball well in the box. On the other hand, had a couple of bad giveaways that could have led to goals at the other end.
Hard to tell:
* Johannsson. Thought he did a lot to put himself in good positions, but didn't get the service he needed. Would have loved to see him on with Yedlin.
I hope jozy never comes back. We look so unbelievably better in attack without him killing every thing.
mrplow2000
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Thoroughly entertaining match and well done for the comeback.
Throw in some of the lads at the u20s and others around the globe and the future is more than bright for the USMNT.
Throw in some of the lads at the u20s and others around the globe and the future is more than bright for the USMNT.
Sad day for the klinsmann haters
USAfan6
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You really need to get over your anti-Altidore mindset. Altidore is better than Morris, and no its really not close.
Morris at Stanford- 15 games 4 goals
Altidore at Toronto FC- 9 games 6 goals
Now we can add zardes, wood and johannsson to the list of better forwards than jozy. Jozy scores zero of the three goals our forwards scored today. Haha, I hate jozy so much.
USAfan6
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Zardes has been significantly worse than Altidore so far in MLS this season. I know he scored a goal today, but he really wasn't that good at all. I think you were being sarcastic by saying he was better, at least I hope you were, but there is no way Zardes is even on Altidore's level at this point in time. Johannsson is having some nice seasons over in the Netherlands, but Altidore also put up 23 goals in 21 games one season over there, which is superior to any season Johannsson has put together there, so I would slow down on that train too.
I have thought that Klinsi thinks of Mix as Bradley's backup. Will be interesting to see if he gets to play that role with Bradley out today.
An odd lineup put out by the other genius (Klinsmann)
+ for Bobby Wood starting as the Flying Hawaiian will take over Peru. - for Mix on the bench. You can't put #10, the Karate Kid on the bench. #KlinsmannOut
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+ for Bobby Wood starting as the Flying Hawaiian will take over Peru. - for Mix on the bench. You can't put #10, the Karate Kid on the bench. #KlinsmannOut
Look like NYCFC out there
Lol I thought the same thing. Couldn't move the ball out of our midfield to save our life.
This #10 is running the show for the US, wish NYC could have a guy like that in the middle.
