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Eddie Lewis? again? Well I guess its due to injuries and the U23 tournament just ending, unfortunately our best Left Mid is injured (Beasley) and his back-up is recovering from an injury and was in poor form last time he played (Convey).
Josh Wolff? Brian Ching? Ugh. There are no options there at all especially with Altidore just finishing a tournament (where he only had 1 decent game and scored zero goals).
The defense at least looks solid.
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3 - 0 USA, goals by Bocanegra, Onyewu and Lewis all off of set pieces.
Everyone on defense looked really good to me, Bradley was very disruptive in the midfield but contributed nothing to the attack. Donovan played a good game but he should have buried his shot on a break away, he assisted on the first 2 goals(free kick & corner). Dempsey looked OK but was never very dangerous or creative on the ball like we used to see from him.
Ching had 1 good chance on goal but otherwise he might as well of not been out there. Johnson looks like he has no instincts, he had 2 great chances at goal but didn't even manage a shot off on one an on the other he struck it poorly.
I'll admit Eddie Lewis looked very good today though even if he did only play 25-30 minutes.
Still beating Poland in Poland so decisively is a good sign. Poland may not be on par with Germany, Spain, Italy etc but they won their qualifying group for the Euros (Portugal was 2nd) so they are a quality side.
Poland are a very solid side and this is a GREAT win. The US are really looking to secure themselves in the second tier of International teams, just outside the top 10 or so.
I really like the new away jerseys, a break from the traditional red, white & blue but pretty sharp. Way better than the new home jerseys or last years AYSO pin stripe royal blue jerseys.
Oh and Bocanegra needs to leave Fulham he is too good of a player to be on the bench for a relegation destined team...same goes for Feilhaber at Derby.
Well, I think we know who is taking all of our free kicks from now on
Excellent match. Offensively we didn't have much rhythm, but that's to be expected when the team is kind of thrown together like that. Outside of a few lapses I really liked our defensive play. Our midfield did a decent job, and if our timing had been down, we would have gotten good service in to the forwards.
Eddie Johnson...the guy's no good. He has pace, and he has...he has...what else does he have? Oh yeah, nothing. I saw him for Fulham, where his speed always created yet his instincts always spoiled it. Same in this game. Bring on Altidore, please.
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I thought we looked great. Still a little rough, especially in the center of the field, but there was very little to complain about except for a lack of finesse. That header by Demerit was a missile--wish it would have gone in. Ching didn't show much, and Eddie Johnson... man, that guy reminds me of Boris Diaw--tons of talent, just can't realize it when it's needed. He can't really control the ball inside the opponent's box--like he's trying to hurry too much.
I liked Dempsey in the 1st half, not so much in the 2nd. Donovan looked great too--looking forward to the start of MLS on Saturday. Yeah, he should have made that breakaway, but in his defense, the Polish goalkeeper IS one of the best in the world and he definitely altered LD's shot.
But really a solid game all around. I know I don't post much on this thread, but I'm a big soccer fan (played for several years) and saw the match today. Love Tivo.
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I thought we looked great. Still a little rough, especially in the center of the field, but there was very little to complain about except for a lack of finesse. That header by Demerit was a missile--wish it would have gone in. Ching didn't show much, and Eddie Johnson... man, that guy reminds me of Boris Diaw--tons of talent, just can't realize it when it's needed. He can't really control the ball inside the opponent's box--like he's trying to hurry too much.
I liked Dempsey in the 1st half, not so much in the 2nd. Donovan looked great too--looking forward to the start of MLS on Saturday. Yeah, he should have made that breakaway, but in his defense, the Polish goalkeeper IS one of the best in the world and he definitely altered LD's shot.
But really a solid game all around. I know I don't post much on this thread, but I'm a big soccer fan (played for several years) and saw the match today. Love Tivo.
Yeah, the problem with Dempsey is that he hasn't been starting, so he couldn't really keep up a full game. You could tell at the end of the first half he was dragging quite a bit.
I agree about the game. Pretty solid all around. The only guy I will harshly criticize and don't want to see on the field again is EJ.
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The only guy I will harshly criticize and don't want to see on the field again is EJ.
Ching was pretty invisible, I could do without him too. Of course lack of depth at forward and the fact that in the Olympic tournament it showed Altidore can't operate effectively as a single striker means we'll probably see one of those 2 again starting.
Ching was pretty invisible, I could do without him too. Of course lack of depth at forward and the fact that in the Olympic tournament it showed Altidore can't operate effectively as a single striker means we'll probably see one of those 2 again starting.
Ching wasn't getting any service AT ALL. As a holding striker, he's only going to be as good as the help he gets. On the one chance he had, he nailed a solid header that just happened to go right to the keeper. Several times EJ should have gotten him the ball, only to choke and turn it over. I won't say Ching had a great game, but I don't want to judge him too harshly for it.
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my guess is ching and ej would be replaced by Jozy and Adu....
Looking forward to the USA/England matchup.. hopefully we can bring players from both teams to that one.....
Donovan played well outside... his free kicks are so hit or miss and he was definitly hitting them early on... That header by Carlos was pure quality and dempsey helped take out gooch's mark on the 2nd.. good game overall...
I actually liked the all dark uniforms as well... i'm not overly excited about a friendly win over a team that was tinkering as much as they were, but a quality win regardless.....
my guess is ching and ej would be replaced by Jozy and Adu....
The problem is Adu is not a striker either, he plays best when he has freedom to play sideline to sideline is not asked to play too much defense and is allowed to face up opponents and use his creativity. I'd like to see him play in the center of midfield with Bradley those 2 could be our pairing there for the next 10 years.
Altidore needs a strike partner to be effective. Maybe someone like Smith, Zimmerman, Ferrari or Rogers can develop in to that but it appears for now we'll have no choice but see Johnson/Ching or Dempsey/Donovan out of position.
McBride an option for the Olympics? I would never even have thought of him as one of the over age players. If this happens my guess for the other 2 are Guzan & Donovan. Guzan is stil just a Nats back-up & Donovan already said he would go if asked. Guzan I'm probably 90% sure of, Donovan not as much just because the US has a WCQ versus Guatemala while the Olympic tournament will be going on. If not Donovan maybe a defender (Gooch?).
I think that would be great... while they are at it bring back Friedel as well. Can't see Guzan not getting a chance to bail to the Prem or SPL come July window and then leaving for training camp, maybe he will go to West Ham then he can just play in teh All Star game anyways...
maybe they can bring back Pope as well! Actually not serious about the latter but McBride and Friedel would be a welcomed sight for sure...
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