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Zeno

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It’s nice to see the US dominate a team they are supposed to dominate. A couple of problems in the back but it is a young defense and none of those guys are currently first choice.

Pulisic is clearly the best player on the field.
 

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Really good win and it sounds like we thumped them good. That's encouraging. What's discouraging is how much of a joke the USSF is. How long has it been since the WC? Are they even trying to hire a new coach? JFC.
 

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It’s nice to see the US dominate a team they are supposed to dominate. A couple of problems in the back but it is a young defense and none of those guys are currently first choice.

Pulisic is clearly the best player on the field.
It really was a great showing. they were on the front foot with menacing attacks for the entire match. They also had great success every time that they had a set piece. I know that the opponent has to be considered, but there should be more of this in CONCACAF and yet it seldom happened in the past 8 years.

Pulisic really delivered the ball well on set pieces and in the run of play. his best delivery was on a direct ball that Pepi should have volleyed home, but Pepi put directly on the GK. McKennie was in better form than I've seen him in a long time. Pulisic was confident and looked really good on the ball making plays everywhere. I hope he continues to build on that. Another one that impressed me was DeLaTorre. His ball delivery is decisive and almost always going forward into tight spaces, almost like a 180 from the days of Beckerman. I hope DelaTorre can push Musah/Adams/McKennie for playing time and end Acosta's NT career. Pepi looked good, I still think Dike might have a higher ceiling, and Zendejas is a nice addition. Hopefully Reyna is on his path to redemption. He and aaronson were ok. of corse aaronson had a nice goal.
 

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Pepi scored 2 minutes after coming on as a sub and the US wins 1-0. They definitely weren't sharp, something seemed "off", Reyna was not much of a factor and Pulisic was a lot more sloppy than he usually is.

I'd like to see Pepi and Dike on the field at the same time and see if they can play off each other.
 

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I think most expected that. It will be B side versus B side, still playing against your rival always gives us some entertainment IMO.
Yes, this was always going to be the case with it being a friendly outside of the intentional window.
 

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Bad news with Dike with the achilles injury - just snakebit - was really intrigued by him as player, but hasn't been able to stay healthy and take off
 

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I'll be there. As it's likely a bunch of MLS'ers, I'll probably leave at halftime.
 

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