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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 4000836, member: 237"]
Will be curious to see what you think. I thought I was seeing it but last night just doesn't add up for me. Assuming Greg saw something leading up to this game that he thought would come to fruition but didn't.

At minimum it looked to me like the goal was to grab a point and if things worked out in our favor we steal 3.

What also perplexed me, is why we didn't see Hoppe. If your goal is to be more conservative and keep the game between the 18s which it looked to be last night, Hoppe absolutely is a good pick. He is good in traffic, gets back well and is creative. Higher class player too. Weah struggled and to me Hoppe should have been the selection (not class here just in terms of strategy). Now I could be dead wrong here but based on how he was used in the Gold Cup where the strategy was very similar unless my eyes deceive me, he could have had a big impact.

Another thing- ( I was hoping to keep this short but.. oh well)

Neither Bello, Yedlin or Moore got it done and that is a real dissapointment. Robinson and Dest make a huge difference in Concacaf play so far at least and the aforementioned just were not good. Hence back to my comment around Hoppe and getting an emotional player on the pitch who can make something happen.

Overall the vision to get a draw here at the worst much akin to the more conservative approach with the Gold Cup approach backfired. Canada's draw was a big plus for us last night.
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