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Really pulling for the guy. He has been so upbeat and positive throughout this long ordeal it is impossible not to want him suceeed. And by succeed I mean just get his career back, not necessarily be a main cog in the US lineup that we hoped/expected he would be. What is under Holden's shirt above his number? Is it some sort of monitoring device?
ESPN3 - matches are already listed in the coming soon section
Cool, thanks. Has anyone come up with a DVR like system for ESPN3? I like to have games to watch late at night after wifey goes to sleep as I stay up until 3:30ish most nights.
I think Espn3 has most matches in the 'replay' tab. I have seen some Champs/Europa league that are live only though.
First world problems.
Lotta Mom jeans on display.
Lets see how my memory is. Top row, left to rightJanus Michalik, Klopas(I think), Hugo Perez, Balboa, Friedel(I think), Lalas, Meola, Lapper, Agoos, Mike Sorber, Burns, ReynaBottom, left to rightKinnear(I think), Cobi, Caliguiri, Vermes, Henderson, Dooley, Clavijo, ArmstrongLots of players missing who made the WC roster in 94 including Wynalda, Kooiman, Harkes, Stewart, Ramos, Wegerle, and Joe Max
If only there was a joke in there somewhere
This doesn't bother me too much.One thing that I like about JK is that I think it's done a great job of defining clear roles on the team that make it pretty easy to integrate players in and communicate what is expected. Jozy knows exactly what he wasn't doing to not get called up and exactly what he's expected to do now. You read interviews with Sacha and he knows exactly what role he'd play in the team. For better or worse, we know the formation and we can clearly see how the team is meant to play. Highest striker running the channels and holding the ball up. CAM/Support Striker behind. Two flank CAMs playing narrow providing service. Most width coming from the FBs. CM's expected to keep possession circulating with at least one breaking up play in front of the CBs. A high line and high pressure against weaker sides, defending deeper against stronger sides (with the line moving higher later in the game). I think that makes the learning curve easier.
I agree with this from a learning curve aspect.But there is more to integrating a team than just the learning curve of tactics and a big component is the individual players match fitness and sharpness. The US is going to have more than a handful of players who are not both match fit/sharp (Edu, Jones, all the MLS guys etc). I remember how ragged Dempsey looked when he played in the qualifiers last year after being neither match fit or sharp.At the very least the Honduras players will all be actively playing, and assuming they don't get hurt, all things being equal, they are likely to be more match fit and sharp than players who have not been playing much the last couple of months in real games.
I just made a sad (because of how dumb I am) but great discovery for myself last night.I am a Direct TV customer and have an ipad. In the past, I have tried to use the WatchESPN app on the ipad and been blocked because they don't have a contract with Direct TV signed to allow that.But I never realized I was just being blocked from watching ESPN/ESPN2 on my Ipad. Once I signed in with my COMCAST id (which is who my internet provider is), I am now able to use the WatchESPN app to view all ESPN3 content. I am still blocked from ESPN/ESPN2 content on the app, but it appears that many of the games that ESPN/ESPN2 televises are also on ESPN3 so I may be pretty well covered.
