The Worst Game I've Ever Seen The US Play
Can you believe how bad that game was? That was worse than the Poland game in 2002. Worse than any of the games in 1998. Seriously, we were just outclassed in every facet of the game.
Keeper: Keller didn't make any great stops. All of the three goals were nice shots, but a world class keeper probably stops at least one of them.
Defense: Shredded. Pope is old - good-bye. How can you let Koller shove you out of the way on that first goal? Not to mention that Gooch was nowhere to be seen. On the second goal, Gooch had a HORRIBLE clearance. And Rosicky ran right by Gooch on the third goal. They guy has talent, but looked like a complete rookie out there. The Lewis/Convey left side was a disaster - somehow, they both pushed up on that first goal and noone remembered to cover. Awful. The only one who looked up to it was Dolo.
Midfield. Did I say below that the midfield is the strength of our team? I take it back. Beasley could attack for sh*t. Donovan had one or two nice touches, but completely disappeared for most of the game. Convey push up a couple of times, but could not do anything with the ball. Reyna - meh. But the worst, worst, WORST part of it was that we could not even string a couple of passes together! I'm not asking for South American style passing, but FOR CRYING OUT LOUD STOP PASSING IT DIRECTLY TO THE OTHER TEAM! We had zero possession in the offensive half for most of the game - and the possession we DID have was spent going backwards!
Offense: McBride sucked. As I said, he is mediocre at best. The only guy who came to play was Johnson (much to my surprise).
Keeper: Keller didn't make any great stops. All of the three goals were nice shots, but a world class keeper probably stops at least one of them.
Defense: Shredded. Pope is old - good-bye. How can you let Koller shove you out of the way on that first goal? Not to mention that Gooch was nowhere to be seen. On the second goal, Gooch had a HORRIBLE clearance. And Rosicky ran right by Gooch on the third goal. They guy has talent, but looked like a complete rookie out there. The Lewis/Convey left side was a disaster - somehow, they both pushed up on that first goal and noone remembered to cover. Awful. The only one who looked up to it was Dolo.
Midfield. Did I say below that the midfield is the strength of our team? I take it back. Beasley could attack for sh*t. Donovan had one or two nice touches, but completely disappeared for most of the game. Convey push up a couple of times, but could not do anything with the ball. Reyna - meh. But the worst, worst, WORST part of it was that we could not even string a couple of passes together! I'm not asking for South American style passing, but FOR CRYING OUT LOUD STOP PASSING IT DIRECTLY TO THE OTHER TEAM! We had zero possession in the offensive half for most of the game - and the possession we DID have was spent going backwards!
Offense: McBride sucked. As I said, he is mediocre at best. The only guy who came to play was Johnson (much to my surprise).
posted by Al at 8:58 PM
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