My thoughts on last night's match. Weah was horrible, there is no other way to describe his game. Constantly muscled off the ball, questionable decisions when he even made a decision. Most times he just dribbled around until he gave up possession. Luna over Weah may have been a better choice. I was disappointed in McKenzie. He did not show well at all. The guy I was concerned with M. Robinson played pretty good. Reyna was a bit of a conundrum, there were times he was a factor and others where he disappeared for stretches. Turner just, well he just, he just, he just doesn't belong at this level. Overall I thought there was not enough decisiveness and ball movement was too slow for long stretches during the match.
Berhalter was solid, made things happen. I was hoping for more out of Aaronson. Scally was inconsistent. Surprised we didn't see Wright come in for Pepi the second half. I felt Pepi couldn't handle the physicality of Turkey and Wright would have stood stronger against it. I thought Roldan would get some minutes too. I would have liked to see Zendejas with more minutes.
I know a lot of people are poo, pooing the team with that loss, but it doesn't matter. I think Pochettino's way of looking at it was let's see who we can rely on should we have a starter go down or accumulate cards. Let's see who can show in a world cup match. I think he got some answers yesterday. I don't think a lot of people really see what Pochettino is doing at this point. From this point on, the matches will be more physical. I hope we make him an offer that he can't refuse because he has started something that can be built on long term and to change lanes now would set the US back again. The program really needs to have some long term direction and I like the direction Pochettino is taking it.
