Deuce Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Jozy's first goal in a millennium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Jozy and Shea scoring Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 And now the 3-5-2 falls apart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sounds like a rather good game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 beeww Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 So the US lost? That 3-5-2 tactic looks a bit ill-thought, going off my (admittedly limited) knowledge of the personnel involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Yeah, let up two in the last half an hour or so. Pretty much lost all control of that match after an hour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 So the US lost? That 3-5-2 tactic looks a bit ill-thought, going off my (admittedly limited) knowledge of the personnel involved. Tbf the 2nd and 3rd Chile goals came after the U.S. had reverted back to a 4-4-2 to start the second half. Yedlin completely ran out of steam on the right and Gonzalez torched him for the last half-hour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I think there's merit in the 3-5-2. Yedlin's fitness will definitely need to improve for him to go the full 90 in that formation, and we'd need to find someone who can play on the left. Shea's definitely not the answer. Fabian Johnson or Greg Garza are the two best candidates, but neither are traditional wingbacks (though both can and do get forward). There's no way Jones fits as a CB. If we're going to play a 3-man central midfield, just play him in his natural position. Jones, Bradley and an attacking midfielder (Mix, Joe Corona, Luis Gil), with Dempsey playing off Altidore up top. Save for a couple nervy moments, I thought Birnbaum put in a good shift in his debut. He was certainly the best of the three CBs. I'd like to see Omar Gonzalez and John Brooks back in the side as soon as possible though. I was impressed by the little we saw of Zardes, seems like he could be a useful attacking option off the bench. Nguyen and Trapp didn't particularly stand out, though they're both capable of being contributors, and Bobby Wood was completely hopeless. Shouldn't even be in the picture at this point. I suppose it's better to work out the kinks now than in meaningful matches, but the performances since the WC have been totally underwhelming. What's most important is to find the best XI and give them playing time together. Constantly mixing up both the formation and the squad doesn't allow for any kind of synergy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I don't like it. It's a 4-3-3 for me. Yedlin & Johnson as the full backs, Omar and Brooks as the CBs, Jones, Bradly and Mix central, Green wide, Jozy and Dempsey up top (with Dempsey floating around). Unbalanced but makes most sense to me. Eventually Arjo and Gyau would fight themselves into the team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I see the thinking behind a 3-5-2, we have at least three players who fit as a wing back, and about five or six centerbacks of similar quality, except for Jones. Allows us to have two strikers on the field and a midfield three, but it has to be executed right, which it wasn't. Not sure Jones is good enough either, in theory he should be as a the ball playing cb, but I have a lot of doubts. In terms of guys going back to MLS it's only certain cases that bother me. Like Deuce said, Dempsey's was a good move, but someone like Bradley going back in their prime has already hurt us. Altidore and Mix are weird cases, Jozy fucked himself over by choosing a club (and league) where he was never going to succeed, and by the sounds of it Mix didn't have many great offers in Europe, according to Klinsmann at least. Fortunately, it seems like our best young prospects are heading to Europe. Rubin and Flores are already there and a few of the U-17 kids are going soon. MLS is a decent place to start for most, I just hope they don't get coerced to stay once they're in their early 20's. We've already seen Luis Gil stagnate because he's in a side with one of the best players in the league at his position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cameron Carter-Vickers at Spurs too - looks like he might keep playing for the US. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 He looks really promising, him and Hyndman were so far ahead of a lot of players at U20 WC qualifying. Huge for his age too, sounds like he'll be training with Spurs first team soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Do the NBC replays (on the website) not work for anyone else? The video loads and everything but then stops every few seconds and never starts back up again. It can't be my internet. So frustrating trying to watch yesterdays match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I've had trouble with it in the past Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Shame they can't get it working properly, seems NBC is doing a good job everywhere else though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I couldn't even sign in for months, it wouldn't accept my DirecTV account. Maddening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2015/02/07/jurgen-klinsmann-still-favors-michael-bradley-advanced-position-usmnt-despit My patience is starting to wear thin with JK. Been 4 years and I don't honestly know if the team is any better off than it was under Bradley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 #bradleythetruth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Zardes ain't nervous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I like Gyasi, hope he's a regular now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Has this Ibarra guy not made a move to MLS yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 When did Wondolowski get so tough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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