Comments on: USA vs. Honduras (2 – 1) Post-Game Thoughts

By: jeferson

jeferson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:58:57 +0000

e dai pessoal tudo tranquilo BRASIL

By: proudly egyptian

proudly egyptian — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:13:32 +0000

whoever thinks that egyt sucks or whatever their bad thoughts are about egypt totally don’t have brains or are out of their minds.i am an egytian myself and i don’[t accept it when everyone is talking bad about my home country’s national soccer team because this means you are talking bad about a whole country .not to mention USA is killing our distant brothers and sisters in iraq.USA is so merciless so i dont see the reason why brazil, sain and south africa should have mercy on them.i dont want to sound over Protective but it is the truth.besides. the whole world says that everyone thought that egypt would beat USA,SO EGYPT DID NOT PRACTICE HARD.i was there by the game because i live in south africa and i was crying when isaw that they hit essam al hadary so he lost concentration on the ball.and just because the world hates arabs doesnot mean that the whole world has to go on war against them.i have the guts to say that usa is a total SUCKER!!!!!!!!!KAKA, TORRES AND PARKER SHOULD TAKE DOWN USA WITH THEIR MIGHTY POWER. BITTOOL BIL’ARD ,HAN GIB AMRICA LIL ARD

By: Unbelievable

Unbelievable — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:48:28 +0000

For all who are Adu haters (which means if you don’t think he should be starting you are a hater and have no idea what this game is about), he is the best technically skilled player on the US side.

US Soccer is the last professional team sport where HUGE politics are playing a part. Donovan is the de facto leader of the team. That, in and of itself, makes me puke. Yes, he deserves to wear the jersey, but he is no leader. I know Donovan doesn’t like playing with Adu. And I am sure some of the “older guys” don’t want him in.

I swear to god, if I hear another person mention Brian Ching, I am going to take Bradley out myself (professional tackle that is…lol).

LETS MOVE ON!!! No more old stuff. Did everyone see Casey look to the bench in that close up of him? Immediately I was tellin the boys at the bar that he is being sub’d. I was like, yes! Who are they going to put in for him? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BEASLEY??!?!?!?!?!?! WTF!!!?!?!?!?

Bob Bradley must go…I’m tired of timid. I would prefer to play an attacking style and not make the world cup. I am darn serious. GET SOME BELLS!!! Everyone!!! Fans alike!!! If you are one of those american barrabravas…(You are insulting the name)…then try and live up to it and go shank an opposing fan in tailgates. Get some cajones…Filho de MAMAI!!!

We need to play an attacking style. Coaches throughout the system need to grow some bells. Youth, High School, College and especially the MLS. And make the fing fields wider!!!

GLTAL

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:54:06 +0000

Nicholas I agree about Dempsey. Although if he moves to forward then we should play a traditional 4-4-2.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:37:21 +0000

Ted,
I like that lineup (the 4-5-1). We hopefully will see it at least once in SA. We’re too thick on mid-fielders and too thin at forward for it not to happen.

Also, we might need to move Dempsey to forward at some point. We need something to get him going. There’s too much talent there for him to be this average in a Nats uni.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:58:51 +0000

Gooch is always good for a goal a game. Sometimes it is for the US but mostly it’s for the opponents.

Now is the time to get rid of Bradley. His coaching skills are good enough to get the US to be a upper quality team in CONCACAF. Not an upper quality team on the world pitch.

Sorry to be so pessimistic but when you struggle with the likes of Costa Rica and Honduras, you can expect to go 0-3-0 with a -8 goal differential at the Confederations Cup.

We need an international level coach.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:07:57 +0000

I assume your resume is up to par with previous USMNT coaches? (Note the hint of sarcasm.)

Hell, why don’t we all get in on it. We’ll come up with 10 acceptable formations/line-ups…have a couple rounds of voting. And then petition USMNT/Bob to give the winning formation a go after we wrap up qualifying? Good press for them and the blog.

By: Marlon

Marlon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:45:31 +0000

Appoint me as manager of the USMNT. Bob Bradley can stay on as a conditioning coach.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:39:21 +0000

So, if success is advancing, which probably requires 4 points…and Nicholas would be doing backflips for a 1-1-1 record, then we’re not all that optimistic our expectations can be met. I know people are overlooking Egypt because of who the other two teams are, but if we get past them and pull off another World-Cup style tie against Italy, it is possible.

I appreciate Marlon’s consistency…we need to get to the point where we EXPECT to do well in these situations. And right now I’m with the majority of folks posting here: it’s Coach Bob holding us back.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:27:05 +0000

I think success is qualifying from the group stage. I know Italy and Brazil are better, but we are past the point of settling for “progress” and not getting results. We can beat Egypt. If we can either beat Italy or Brazil, or tie both matches, then we stand a good chance of qualifying. That would be a success.