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USA – Honduras (1 -3) Post-Game Thoughts
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Tonight’s loss should be taken with a grain of salt. I doubt more then two or three of the players we saw deployed by Bob Bradley tonight will be on the plane to South Africa. That said, it’s a little embarrassing to be trounced by Honduras on your home turf. Hopefully this will be a wake up call for players like Benny Feilhaber and Jonathan Bornstein. This match was screwed the second Conrad got himself sent off, but there’s no use moping about it now. Here are some of my notes and thoughts on the game.
- Hopefully Gooch will be ready for South Africa because the American defending tonight was just awful on all fronts. The referee called a bit of a soft penalty on Conrad, but that’s no excuse for his mental lapse. He probably deserved to be sent off.
- The B-Squad looked better when it had Stuart Holden in it.
- I could just be grasping for straws, but is Jonathan Bornstein actually getting a little better? I don’t think he’s the answer at leftback, but he put in some tackles that impressed me.
- I can’t say the same for the other fullback. Hopefully both Spector and Cherundolo stay healthy because I can’t see any upside to Marvell Wynne. Yes, he runs fast, but he is almost always out of position and when he does get forward he chooses the wrong pass.
- I felt bad for Feilhaber. He was really struggling with almost no quality around him.
- Admittedly, Findley would probably do much better with service from the first team players, but I wasn’t wowed by him or Cunningham tonight. I still like my Dempsey – Donovan up top with Holden and Beasley on the wings (assuming Beasley keeps up the form he’s had at Rangers this season).
- Another classic Conor Casey performance. Go up top and contribute little to quick movement of the ball, attempt to hold up play, and miss a sitter. It’s not really Casey’s fault, but I really hope he’s not a serious striking option for us in June.
- Didn’t see enough of Bedoya but he may be a good option for us come 2014.
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USA – Honduras (1 -3) Post-Game Thoughts
where is this edgar castillo guy? the defender from mexico who switched to the USA? is he really tha ... [Read More]USA – Honduras (1 -3) Post-Game Thoughts
Is Bradley a "Mad Genius" ..... hear me out. It seems to me that he is obsessed with getting MLS pl ... [Read More]USA – Honduras (1 -3) Post-Game Thoughts
Will there be more USA friendlies before the world cup besides el salvador and the netherlands? last ... [Read More]USA – Honduras (1 -3) Post-Game Thoughts
If you check the lineups Honduras had 6 players who also started their last qualifier against El Sal ... [Read More]USA – Honduras (1 -3) Post-Game Thoughts
Bradley vs Capello..we got no chance!!! i just wanna know how our defense is going to handle Rooney ... [Read More]
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