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awesome- thanks for that, andy.funny- I remember Mexico's implosion and attacks against Cobi (Marquez...'NewlyRetired said:
) more than the goals, which were both pretty nice- especially the Reyna run down the wing, and touch back by... who? to McBride.
Yeah, I make no shortage of my love for Obie. What a shame god put so much talent in a body that was made of tin foil :( . He had so few games with Reyna sadly. Don't forget too that this Mexico game was the game that Arena switched out of the blue to a 3-5-2 with the following spread, and caught Mexico completely off guard with the quick early goal. FriedelSanneh Pope BerlhalterPablo ReynaLandon Obie LewisMcBride WolffAnd as a side note, Sanneh was awesome in this tournament. Playing in a position he did not play at club level and played very very well. He was all over the field against Germany. The US will need a player like this to come out of no where for 2014 I think.
Yeah Mexico imploded in a disgusting constant cheap fouling at the end of this game. It was the Boca hit against Panama done 15 times over. That was Josh Wolff that played it back.awesome- thanks for that, andy.funny- I remember Mexico's implosion and attacks against Cobi (Marquez...'NewlyRetired said:
It seems to me that when the central MFs play flat and deep, whoever's on the weak side (away from the ball) of LD or Dempsey pinches into the middle, unless the strong side wide defender is already overlapping, in which case the strong side LD or Dempsey pinches.I just noticed Pre's most excellent post- he's totally right... the MF plays in a more traditional diamond when given the time and space to do so by lesser teams, with Bradley or whoever pushed in a more attacking role. Whether this is by Bradley design or simply because of what the opposition is allowing them to do, I'm not sure. I'd like to think the former. It also seems to me that even with the flat-two in the central MF, more often than not they STILL allow a lot of gaps defensively, which is insane. I'd prefer to see them come out swinging with the diamond, even if it means allowing some danger in the back- it really seems to me that they actually defend better when the pressure is higher up the field, and of course it sets up their attack that much better as well. But the international game is more about not ####### things up and trying to get at least a point more than about trying to play appealing, attacking soccer. Meh. I'd like to think the latter is an option that doesn't exclude the former, but wtf do I know.And it's not really fair to compare the Mexican MF to the US- those players are all set up with the skills in their dna- ball and tactical- to play a possession game. The US has always been a more direct, quick passing going forward type of team. Unless they're playing against weak opposition who sit back in their own third and doesn't put pressure on the MFs, the US will never have an advantage in possession- even against "weaker" regional opponents.
Wow - a well-attended international soccer tournament in the US? Who knew? Don't tell FIFA.:StillbitterabouteffingQatar:
talks.I don't want to sound racist or anything, but is it typical for Central American teams to constantly get impatient and take bad shots from outside?CR and Honduras going to PK's.
Two crossbars hit by CR now, that should do it.I wonder if getting a PK stoned by the Honduras GK spooked them.
Local Spanish language TV. El Tri vs. Guatemala starting right now on Univision.
Cool, found it thanks man
45 min
Donovan on the bench. Bedoya and Sascha starting.beer, bbq and a US win are on my agenda today.:nojinx:
If that's it, Bradley should be fired before kick off.
I think all the El Salvador fans are probably outside tailgating and waiting for game 2.
Maybe he's seen the same thing Andy and Floppo were talking about?
Bradley kept him on, looked like a good call to me.
It could be any number of things. I was just saying Bradley should be fired if he sat LD as punishment for attending a wedding.
