2022 World Cup

[orangenauburn]

Jesus clearing out the ball dropping to his foot at the top of the box at the eighth minute is something no other player would do on this squad.

 

[ForCuseSake]

I don't think it's just Sargeant. Not having Reyna available in a bigger role for whatever reason hurts. We have dominated possession and can't pick a pass in the final third. Reyna is without a doubt the most capable guy on the roster to do so.

I can’t understand what’s Berhalter’s deal with Reyna.

Why was he put on the team if he’s injured to the point of only being used out of desperation.

 

[qdawgg]

If you want to take a positive from this it would be we can dominate possession against a world power and have them playing more defensive to counter. The negative is we can't play and win against the best that way if we don't have enough finishers.

That’s something that needs to be figured out moving to the future. We need some finishers, not guys who can score against Granada, the inability to score for us is so evident at this level. Not just this game.

 

[ForCuseSake]

If you want to take a positive from this it would be we can dominate possession against a world power and have them playing more defensive to counter. The negative is we can't play and win against the best that way if we don't have enough finishers.

Tale as old as time - no world class American finishers.

My kingdom for an American Lukaku.

(I don’t care how badly he missed in Belgium’s last game, I love Lukaku)

 

[Orangezoo]

That’s something that needs to be figured out moving to the future. We need some finishers, not guys who can score against Granada, the inability to score for us is so evident at this level. Not just this game.

Agreed. High quality finishers essentially such that the opponent doesn't matter.

 

[orangenauburn]

Reyna coming in. Probably too little too late

 

[Orangezoo]

Tale as old as time - no world class American finishers.

My kingdom for an American Lukaku.

(I don’t care how badly he missed in Belgium’s last game, I love Lukaku)

We had a glimmer of hope with Dike until he got on the pitch in a USMNT uniform lol

 

[Orangezoo]

Reyna coming in. Probably too little too late

Yeah he should have been a first half move. Then sub him off early second presuming we snagged a goal by then which we should have but didn't have the right 11

 

[OrangeFoo]

I can’t understand what’s Berhalter’s deal with Reyna.

Why was he put on the team if he’s injured to the point of only being used out of desperation.

My theory on Reyna… he plays the game at a different pace and a different way than anyone else on the squad. He sees and tries passes no one else can envision which is going to cause a LOT more turnovers. Egghead is playing this close to the vest, don’t make mistakes, concede few chances approach. Reyna would completely bust that approach because he tries things no one else does. I guess if I were to summarize Reyna is high risk high reward, Gregg is a low risk, eek a win out type guy.

That system works against teams which rely on a mistake to carve out chances, but the Dutch don’t care, they haven’t gotten out of third gear and can create quality chances just with their movement and passing. It’s like they are the 40+ year old pick up team playing hoops who is schooling everyone else because of their passing and shooting.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Reyna coming in. Probably too little too late

Better chance of lightning striking with Gio on the pitch.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Musah fell asleep again on that Dutch counter.

Got lucky there.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Damn

 

[qdawgg]

Not going to have too many more chances. Can get lucky once. We won’t get lucky twice. Need a smarter approach.

 

[orange79]

Berhalter’s refusal to sub out when things clearly aren’t working is what sinks us. Just mind blowing decisions on his part this whole tournament.

Retire!!!


Am I doing this game thread correctly?

 

[qdawgg]

Retire!!!


Am I doing this game thread correctly?

He’s still young compared to our SU coaches so can’t argue he knows more than us

 

[Orangezoo]

At all youth levels we better be focused on developing finishers. With what we are seeing in the midfield and defense there is depth and talent. No more excuse for not building real options at the 9.

 

[ForCuseSake]

Thank you, Gio.

Those are the cracks we’re gonna get against the Dutch.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Retire!!!


Am I doing this game thread correctly?

More like go back to club coaching.

It’s a really bad idea to have the same coach for two World Cup cycles. But knowing us soccer… Berhalter ball will stick around for the more

 

[jordville]

How many times is Pulisic (& others) going to lump it into the box on set pieces vs the Dutch center backs? We aren't winning the air game vs them. VD is a monster.

 

[Orangezoo]

We have to get a higher class coach in there for 2026. Gonna have 3 years to put together a contender to take advantage of being host.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Tale as old as time - no world class American finishers.

My kingdom for an American Lukaku.

(I don’t care how badly he missed in Belgium’s last game, I love Lukaku)

This is actually not true… Clint and McBride were pretty good strikers. So was Mathis, Donovan. It’s more so in recent years we really had this issue.

 

[ForCuseSake]

I don’t understand bringing on Haji Wright and taking off Weah.

I’d rather have a half tired Weah than a rested Wright.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Although that 2nd goal by Blind right before halftime was a gut punch, one of the things that I like about our guys is that the defense typically keeps the ball in play and recovers it when they turn the opponent over.

In the bad of days of guys like Gooch playing Center Back, all they could do was boot the ball out of play, over and over, just returning possession to the opponent, and keeping the attacks coming.

Reyna started the 2nd half, not much to show so far, after about 10 minutes of play.

 

[orange79]

Wow! Beauty of a save by Turner.

 

[ForCuseSake]

This is actually not true… Clint and McBride were pretty good strikers. So was Mathis, Donovan. It’s more so in recent years we really had this issue.

Clint and McBride were excellent American strikers.

But they would be backups on WC contending teams.

I loved Dempsey’s game but he wasn’t a world class technical finisher.