Not sure it was strategy so much as fatigue with all the starters. Subs were a little late, IMO.
OT: 2022 World Cup Thread
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GB reads the board and is just trying to piss you off...
Dempsey just skewered Moore and Wright and I can't say he's that far off...
IMO, I think defending for so long is more tiring than just regular game flow. You’re under constant pressure.
I’d only be pissed off if there wasn’t a reasonable reason for it. If it’s fitness, fine. If it’s for any logical reason, fine. If it‘s because of some personality thing, I’d be pissed.
We look fantastic between 18's. In the attacking end, the tendency to wait until getting to the end line before crossing is frustrating. Our goal came from a diagonal that resulted in an early cross into the box. We need to do more of that. On defense, I was hoping that CCV would be a significant improvement over Zimmerman. He was better at times, but just as sketch for stretches.
I was glad to hear that because listening to Holden you would think everyone is playing well, and that isn’t what I was seeing.
An underrated factor in the US getting out of the group was Tim Ream playing three solid games, especially with the other center back position having some issues.
They just said that Pulisic was taken to the hospital. Hope it's not something like an internal injury to the spleen or appendix.
tru but glad to see Z in there doing well big headers out of trouble
See my post on Pulisic being taken to the hospital. Let's hope it's just precautionary...
Wright absolutely should have taken the ball to the corner in the 98th minute. Eat that clock, earn the throw in, tick tick tick.
Zimmerman with the critical clearance of the ball rolling past Turner, atoning for the penalty awarded to Wales.
Zimmerman with the critical clearance of the ball rolling past Turner, atoning for the penalty awarded to Wales.
This boring game represents all that is bad about soccer. A superior team gets one goal and is content to sit on it and play not to lose. Incredibly boring second half.
Also, there was more diving in the game than in the Olympics. Soccer is for sissies.
Also, there was more diving in the game than in the Olympics. Soccer is for sissies.
Happy to see one of my favorite 4 teams make it … now hoping to see Germany, Denmark and Argentina advance!!!!
I never want to hear Shaq Moore's name again. I think we would have been better off with Shaq Carter or Shaq Doorson in there 🙂⚽
At that point in the game, it was clear that the US had no legs to attack or play possession soccer (mids and forwards have to work very hard to maintain possession). So I think GB wanted to go a bit taller and inject fresh legs into the center of the D to deal with all the long balls into the box. And that paid off because Zimmerman was clearing a lot of those long balls away from the box.
Dest is a good wing defender who adds speed necessary when we’re caught in counter attacks. But he’s short and, since the US had no energy to mount a full team attack, having Dest’s speed at on the edge at the back was less critical than usual because we always had numbers back already.
I’m sure GB would’ve liked to have Dest still out there, but someone had to exit and Dest’s other great ability, to overlap into the attack, wasn’t gonna get used anymore in that game.
That would suck. Stitch that shit up, rub some dirt in it and get him back out there.
Ok. I don’t know the game well enough to see all that.
All I see is a guy all over the field who attacks the ball and makes positive plays going forward.
He reminds me of a hockey player where the puck is always on his stick.
You can’t teach it, the ball finds him…legs or no legs.
its actually a really bad sign that Ream is head and shoulders above any other CB we have. he was supposed to be out of the picture entirely. but yes, he has been playing well. his ability to distribute the ball has been quite good.
I wouldn't have taken Dest out, but he's much better offensively than defensively. I guess he's not the guy GGG wants when the team parked the bus.
Zap he could just be out of fitness for 90. He doesn't play that much for his club.
