and a good second half goes down the drain.
That corner came off a free kick set up by Jozy trying to run through a guy passing the ball backwards 50 yards from the goal on the sideline. Just a really bad foul.
Combine that with Klinsman's constant tinkering with formations, etc and it is a very frustrating loss setting up a long stressful hex...
Just lack of organization all day. I like Pulisic though. He's gonna be great for the US
am I missing something?
1. Klinsmann playing 3 back to start the game was idiotic.
2. Bradley is either really good or really bad. Tonight he was really bad. That seems to be the case more often lately. The problem is that we rely on him way too much.
3. Fabian Johnson had a few nice plays but was not very good overall.
On the plus side, I am excited to see Wood and Pulisic out there; and Brooks was good.
I don't see him in the MLS so I can't speak to his performance there, but ever since his superb play in the previous WCQ, he's been mediocre. He use to be a box to box guy that annoyed the ball handler. He was creative with the ball and showed great vision and awareness.
Now he doesn't seem to have the legs to get up and down. He lacks creativity and is more likely to spill an errant pass than find an open lane to set a guy up for a shot. He's still a workhorse, but perhaps past his prime and in need of a lesser, say Jermaine Jones-like role.
He's tough, but I do not think he makes those around him better. Having him in the middle makes for inconsistent play.
Who knows what's going on with Nagbe, and maybe he's not good enough. But we we have a real black hole in he middle.
not just tonight.
I used it for a place to vent. Sorry for that...Jones was not healthy and didn't play well.
I think he was relatively fine for 60-65 minutes. I think he had to stay on because JK decided to play a keeper with an iffy groin. It predictably failed, so he had to sub Guzan.
In a general sense, I think Jones adds a much needed toughness dimension. I just don't think he and Bradley can ever consistently put together 90 minutes together. Bradley took the cake on assedness tonight.