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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4046064, member: 405"]
I thought Mexico looked more dangerous in the first 30 minutes.  Lozano got a pretty good chance after about 16 minutes.  Mexico has world class attacking talent.  We did well to shut them down, and I think that a lot of that had to do with cutting off their supply - which goes right to your point about the US dominating the midfield.  I agree, first it was Musah with a couple nice carries, then McKennie came to life.  For the last 2/3 of the game, we dominated the middle of the park.  They were dangerous out wide on the counter, but I thought that we played very well for the most part.

It's truly the first time I feel like Mexico isn't technically superior at almost every position on the pitch.  I feel like this young new US team has a lot of guys who are comfortable on the ball, good with close control, know where the good passes are, can make them, and can still stick in a tackle.

P.S. - I think that while many are critical of Berhalter tactically, one thing I notice is that these guys know [I]where[/I] the pass should be, where it's available, what's safe, what's possible.  Part of that may be down to them getting great instruction on world class teams over in Europe, but Berhalter has these guys knowing how to bring the ball upfield pretty effectively, at least when he has the first team all in there.
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