Completely disagree. Mexico has not outplayed the US one bit. They've out flopped the US, that's for sure. Both teams had close misses.I love Pulisic. But he is not enough. Score is 1-1 but Mexico has completely outplayed the US. We are longballing and taking long range shots because we cannot connect on enough passes to create quality scoring chances.
I love Pulisic. But he is not enough. Score is 1-1 but Mexico has completely outplayed the US. We are longballing and taking long range shots because we cannot connect on enough passes to create quality scoring chances.
We must have been watching a different game.I love Pulisic. But he is not enough. Score is 1-1 but Mexico has completely outplayed the US. We are longballing and taking long range shots because we cannot connect on enough passes to create quality scoring chances.
Is it the absence of goats in the street?As I read through the posts in this thread (with the exception of the original post), I now understand why soccer in this country is decades away from truly competing on the global stage.
Maybe, but you have to play with the team you have.USA was not able to carry the ball past midfield while maintaining any semblance of attacking shape.
Early into the second half USA defenders simply gave up on trying to connect with its midfielders and simply booted long balls to a lone striker up top, who was going against a well positioned 4 man Mexican backline, pretty much a hopeless attacking situation. Essentially, every time the US won possession in its own end, it just gave possession back to Mexico and allowed them to reset.
Bypassing the midfield meant Pulisic, our best player, barely touched the ball. Pulisic eventually realized he wasn't going to get the ball at midfield and either pushed deeper to get a shot at collecting long balls or stayed back to help out on D. Pulisic is an attacking midfielder, so having your best player abandon his natural position is, IMO, a strategic failure.
The US defense concentrated in the middle and left Mexico's wingers wide open. Despite the concentration in the middle, Mexico was still able to go up our gut several times and get even more defenders clogging the center before kicking out to their wide open wingers, their left wing in particular had acres of space.
Luckily for the US Mexico's left wing was terrible. If Mexico's left winger had offensive skills and speed, they would have banged in at least 2 more goals IMO.
? yellow card count preservation?I am not sure what the US coach was really trying to do by making all those changes before the game.
to me, everyone for the most part stayed positive & did their part... so they are listening / behind arena. I dont recall seeing ream or arriola play much for the usmnt; although my memory sucks & I dont watch every game.... with that being said, i dont recall seeing acosta playing much either, but they all did well yesterday.Everyone complained about the last coach and he has been replaced, lets see how this guy does
I think they were hoping for a win or draw against mexico and counting on a win against costa rica.? yellow card count preservation?
hopefully team continuity is developed before sep 1.... what, there are 3 or 4 games scheduled before then & they play panama, who tied costa rica 0-0
to me, everyone for the most part stayed positive & did their part... so they are listening / behind arena. I dont recall seeing ream or arriola play much for the usmnt; although my memory sucks & I dont watch every game.... with that being said, i dont recall seeing acosta playing much either, but they all did well yesterday.
how many shots did usa have inside the 18yd box?..... bradley had 2 of the shots & they were taken > 30yds out... not ideal by any stretch of the imagination..... from range or the person taking them.