OT: World Cup

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:14 pm

Dempsey is the man!

PoconoPony · Post by **PoconoPony** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:20 pm

Real battle. I'm worried about our last line of defense. Hope we have the speed to stay up in the 2d half.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:24 pm

Jozi Altidore pulls hamstring-probably out

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:41 pm

Dempsey gets kicked in the face. Ghana has controlled the ball since the early goal.

Big12Mustang · Post by **Big12Mustang** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:01 pm

1-0 now we need to keep it up.

malonish · Post by **malonish** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:13 pm

I hope that we Ghana win this game.

:mrgreen:

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:18 pm

The Americans still lack the technical skill to control the ball and build an offense-but Demsey's goal was great

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:20 pm

Ghana is getting way too many quality chances

zimo · Post by **zimo** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:24 pm

I feel like we're just waiting for Ghana to score.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:29 pm

BTW for those that don't know-Group opponent Portugal lost 4-0 to Germany and Point Differential counts so its essential to get a victory here

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:48 pm

Great shot Lad

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:04 pm

malonish wrote:I hope that we Ghana win this game.

What the heck? That was a brilliant joke

JasonB · Post by **JasonB** » Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:18 pm

The entire US formation revolves around Altidore up top. Bradley was awful today, I am not sure what is going on there. I believe the US was planning on a 4-5-1 for the tough games in the group, but without a target forward that becomes exceptionally difficult.

Dukie · Post by **Dukie** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:14 am

Biggest problem for us last night was that our training camp for the month prior to Brasil should not have been in Palo Alto. They should have been in the hottest, most humid corner of the southeast somewhere. Probably Houston to get good facilities. Bradley runs our midfield and he couldn't run by the second half. The injuries to Besler and Altidore are exactly the type that relate to conditioning as well.

SMUer · Post by **SMUer** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:16 am

JasonB wrote:The entire US formation revolves around Altidore up top. Bradley was awful today, I am not sure what is going on there. I believe the US was planning on a 4-5-1 for the tough games in the group, but without a target forward that becomes exceptionally difficult.

You nailed it. I disagree that we lack technical skill; we have the ability to maintain quick, two touch passing for entire games (recently vs. Turkey and Nigeria). Our style demands massive work up top, and while Altidore isn't the most impressive strikers , he's a work-horse up top which allows our mid-field to push forward and attack. Bradley was bad yesterday, and he was also hanging back which cripples us in the middle. I guess they really respected Ghana's speed. I'm sure whatever happened with Bradley gets fixed by next game.

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