I thought Zusi was great tonight. Most of our chances came through him. I would not bench him for Landon. If Landon wants to play take out Eddie Johnson (who played well), or leave out Landon.
I thought Altidore played well. I was impressed with his finishing ability (which it seems he lost for a while), but especially his ability to hold the ball and lay it off for someone else (and then make a run into the box w/o the ball). Dempsey was a bit disappointing with his finishing and distribution. It looked like he was trying a bit too hard to me. He is still the best player on the roster (save maybe Howard).
In the middle: Bradley is really the centerpiece. He is really playing well. He really dictates our style. I liked his runs with the ball and his distribution was on again tonight. Versus Panama we saw Cameron with Jermaine Jones out. Tonight Jones started and was weak IMO. He gave the ball away far too much and wasn't on the same page with Bradley. He made a couple of nice runs, but lacked finishing touch. I'd rather he played a more defensive role. His defending was also poor. His challenges a bit rash at times. I think Cameron has more to offer, and hope we gets some time in the Gold Cup. It will be interesting to see was happens here. I thought Cameron played a couple of good balls when he came on late (though he made 1-2 poor plays as well).
Defensively, Fabian Johnson does well going forward, and the back line is solid if a bit slow on the wings. Besler had a couple of nice tackles, and Gonzalez was good with his head, but they [all 4 of them] still don't give me a lot of confidence. They are solid vs Concacaf teams, but versus top Euro squads? Eh. They seem to wait for the opponents to try to force something and aren't winning the ball as much as I'd like. It may hurt them versus teams that are better in the final third.
Howard still is Howard. He is really solid. No questions asked. He'll be ready to go in Brazil.
