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I posted about the game on another board, and I'm lazy so I'll just cut and paste:
All good points guys. Here's my thing:
You have a forward on the bench, in top form, who is the top scorer in the Mexican League. You have another forward on the bench, who is in top form, who is the top scorer in the MLS. And who starts? A forward who had all of 2 goals in the MLS, and ZERO goals for the national team, in Findley. That made ZERO sense. And the US didn't score one goal while he was in the game the entire world cup. Sickening.
And then you have start a midfielder (Clark) who hadn't started the past 2 games, but suddenly he's good enough to start in a knockout game??? And of course, his giveaway led directly to the first goal.
I actually like Bradley as a coach, but he fu**ed up today, and he basically admitted it by subbing out those 2 players before the 2nd half even started.
I was just telling my brother right before I saw this thread, that the US needs a #9...a straight assassin in front of the net that will get goals no matter what. Jozy is a beast and has some insane talent, but he's not ready yet. Will Herc be the guy? Is there someone in the pipeline? Simply put, like Camper said, we need a top forward.
Agree on Howard. The first goal should not have beaten him so easily on the first post. Ridiculous. Look at it again; he had no idea where he was. He looked shaky a couple of other times as well.
Not having Davies did hurt. He's the one that plays really well off of Altidore. Wish he was healthy.
And finally, the defense has sucked for the past 2 months. Today was nothing different. Shocked that Bornstein played so well, and for the most part the defense played well, but they let up a couple of times and Ghana pounced, which is what good teams do. I'm really not that depressed like I thought I'd be...the U.S. pretty much did I thought they'd do, and for times today played really good soccer.
Now, if Spain goes out vs. Portugal or later Paraguay, then you need to hide the women and children...
All good points guys. Here's my thing:
You have a forward on the bench, in top form, who is the top scorer in the Mexican League. You have another forward on the bench, who is in top form, who is the top scorer in the MLS. And who starts? A forward who had all of 2 goals in the MLS, and ZERO goals for the national team, in Findley. That made ZERO sense. And the US didn't score one goal while he was in the game the entire world cup. Sickening.
And then you have start a midfielder (Clark) who hadn't started the past 2 games, but suddenly he's good enough to start in a knockout game??? And of course, his giveaway led directly to the first goal.
I actually like Bradley as a coach, but he fu**ed up today, and he basically admitted it by subbing out those 2 players before the 2nd half even started.
I was just telling my brother right before I saw this thread, that the US needs a #9...a straight assassin in front of the net that will get goals no matter what. Jozy is a beast and has some insane talent, but he's not ready yet. Will Herc be the guy? Is there someone in the pipeline? Simply put, like Camper said, we need a top forward.
Agree on Howard. The first goal should not have beaten him so easily on the first post. Ridiculous. Look at it again; he had no idea where he was. He looked shaky a couple of other times as well.
Not having Davies did hurt. He's the one that plays really well off of Altidore. Wish he was healthy.
And finally, the defense has sucked for the past 2 months. Today was nothing different. Shocked that Bornstein played so well, and for the most part the defense played well, but they let up a couple of times and Ghana pounced, which is what good teams do. I'm really not that depressed like I thought I'd be...the U.S. pretty much did I thought they'd do, and for times today played really good soccer.
Now, if Spain goes out vs. Portugal or later Paraguay, then you need to hide the women and children...
