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SpurrierisisGod
Footballguy
And why are we playing like 95% on the left side? Their LB is like 4'11"
El Floppo
Footballguy
Do you need 5 touches to turn the ball with nobody on you? Can you pass the ball to Guatemala? YOURE IN.
B Maverick
Footballguy
B Maverick
Footballguy
He has potential. Needs to calm his game and play. And yes lets get someone in there to put it away.
El Floppo
Footballguy
A game where they need somebody to win and hold the ball and win some fouls at the least, Ag has done next to nothing.
I guess there's only Downs now?
SpurrierisisGod
Footballguy
Lol. The 2 guys i wouldn't take off at this point....
B Maverick
Footballguy
Luna was spent.
SpurrierisisGod
Footballguy
Right where Adam's would've been....
B Maverick
Footballguy
As it stands, Richards/Tillman start for the A Team. Ream too but need someone to claim his spot. Adams not great today but still a starter.
Luna could be an impact sub, future starter.
Ag has potential.
the rest? meh
Luna could be an impact sub, future starter.
Ag has potential.
the rest? meh
El Floppo
Footballguy
I get Luna, but Adams?! And replaced by Jack and Tolkin?!
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
He looks like an oceanliner to me. One of those 17 deck cruise ships.
SpurrierisisGod
Footballguy
Can we use 2 more def subs and park for 10 min?
B Maverick
Footballguy
Zimmerman coming in?
B Maverick
Footballguy
I'm not sure what to do with this.
prefontaine
Footballguy
We have all tournament. Freeman and Berhalter are not very progressive which leads to everything going through the left.
It also helps that Ream is on that side but it looks to me more like the right sided players struggle to find space and everything is long balls with no buildup.
SpurrierisisGod
Footballguy
They did it!
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Maybe it wasn't him? Someone up front for the US looked like they had 20 pound weights on their leg as they were breaking for a long ball in the first half. If he's some sort of speed merchant I might just have gotten it confused. Wasn't Luna though.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
I want to puke watching the US hanging on for dear life against effing Guatemala. At home, in a real tournament.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Overall he's displayed good speed, but has looked leggy and tired this game.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Nice save
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
19 Nov 2008 USA v Guatemala W 2-0 FIFA World Cup
16 Oct 2012 USA v Guatemala W 3-1 FIFA World Cup
05 Jul 2013 USA v Guatemala W 6-0 International Friendly
03 Jul 2015 USA v Guatemala W 4-0 International Friendly
29 Mar 2016 USA v Guatemala W 4-0 FIFA World Cup
16 Oct 2012 USA v Guatemala W 3-1 FIFA World Cup
05 Jul 2013 USA v Guatemala W 6-0 International Friendly
03 Jul 2015 USA v Guatemala W 4-0 International Friendly
29 Mar 2016 USA v Guatemala W 4-0 FIFA World Cup
B Maverick
Footballguy
USA USA USA
SpurrierisisGod
Footballguy
Well, in the finals.
Anyone one else "cheering" for Mexico so we get a proper final?
Anyone one else "cheering" for Mexico so we get a proper final?
El Floppo
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Still not sure what a 16 story cruise ship has to do with any of that. Full of disease and poop?
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Slow as hell, and can't turn.
I say a lot of stuff and accept that no one's going to understand WTF I'm on about. This... was not one of them. I thought this was a soccer cliche!
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Here is my review of the subbing pattern:
Aaronson in for LDLT: This was good. Not only was Luca having a poor game, but this got Tillman off the wing where he was starved of the ball all game and put him in the middle where he could touch the ball.
Tolkin in for Luna: Seriously, WTF. We knew the roster construction was an absolute mess but this made no sense especially when Luna's touches were the only thing working offensively
Downs in for Agy: 30 minutes+ too late. This was Poch's biggest mistake tonight. Agy simply did not have it
Walker in for Afsten: This was a very good sub. Put 5 at the back, bringing Tolkin back and telling Walker to do what he does best at the end of games.
McGlynn in for Adams: Adams was not having a great game but putting McGlynn into a game that required work rate and defensive chops was strange to say the very least
Aaronson in for LDLT: This was good. Not only was Luca having a poor game, but this got Tillman off the wing where he was starved of the ball all game and put him in the middle where he could touch the ball.
Tolkin in for Luna: Seriously, WTF. We knew the roster construction was an absolute mess but this made no sense especially when Luna's touches were the only thing working offensively
Downs in for Agy: 30 minutes+ too late. This was Poch's biggest mistake tonight. Agy simply did not have it
Walker in for Afsten: This was a very good sub. Put 5 at the back, bringing Tolkin back and telling Walker to do what he does best at the end of games.
McGlynn in for Adams: Adams was not having a great game but putting McGlynn into a game that required work rate and defensive chops was strange to say the very least
B Maverick
Footballguy
Maybe if you said he was dragging the 16 story cruise ship behind him it would make more sense.
TennesseeJed
Footballguy
I am going to die on the Luna hill.
He is in our best XI somewhere.
He is in our best XI somewhere.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
hard to compare imo. Those three WCQiers were against the full US team.
Even the biggest US hater has to realize how much talent is missing from this US team.
I don't think it is possible to have a bigger gap in talent between Dest/Jedi and Arfsten/Freeman (well except maybe Balogun/Pepi over Agy).
B Maverick
Footballguy
Somewhere in the future. He isn't there yet IMO.
He had a good game overall. Some loose passes and sloppy moments with some great touches and well taken goals. Definitely deserves to be seen against better competition and with the better players around him. Potential to be an impact sub now, future starter.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
He is not going to start at striker or DM.
So you are left with him starting at one of the wings or one of the 8's. Which means he has to beat out some one like Weston/Tillman/Weah as a starter.
It may become a moot point as this team always has injuries so there may be an opening for him anyway.
TennesseeJed
Footballguy
He has the grit and determination that the primary starters lack.
That’s what has been missing from recent teams.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
they would have to change their tactics but it could work as a false 9.
But to have a false 9 be useful, you need really strong wide play, and outside of Arfsten (who is average at best), we effectively don't attack wide. Tillman and Luna are in the wing spots but neither of them are natural wingers, their game is better suited to the middle of the field.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Is it me or is Freese a carbon copy of Turner from a few years ago?
Competent shot stopper but my heart skips a bear every time a defender passes him the ball.
Competent shot stopper but my heart skips a bear every time a defender passes him the ball.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
All in all, getting to the finals is a decent result for this rag tag unit.
I can't say what they will do in the finals but even Mexico with pretty much their first choice line up has not looked dominant up to now. Maybe they turn it on tonight....
I can't say what they will do in the finals but even Mexico with pretty much their first choice line up has not looked dominant up to now. Maybe they turn it on tonight....
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El Floppo
Footballguy
He's nowhere near good enough defensively at this level... Ability or tactical-wise...Despite his grit and determination (which I love too). Tillman is light-years ahead of him in that regard. So he either plays as the 9 or he has to beat out Swag, Weah or CP. I don't see him winning the balls he'd need to as a 9- again, he's fantastic with a little time and space and going at goal, but even in the MF he's getting beat to the space and ball too much for my liking on the offensive side, and far too much on the defensive.
bagger
Footballguy
Luna 100% should be on A team along with Richards, Tillman, Ream and Berhalter.
Still no striker. Would just run a false 9 or whatever the hell and just be done with the never ending line of strikers who can’t finish.
Not sure who will be GK.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I think he's ahead of Turner with his first touch... But it's his decision making on the ball that's scaring the crap out of me. So slow of thought.. and will take touches towards a defender and then pass it to rhem- already giving at least one or more defenders to get there.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Well, tbf bmav and I are pretty new to the sport, so these high level types of cliches will always go over our heads.
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