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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4694509, member: 405"] Actually, other than Miazga failing to hold the line on that corner where we gave up the goal, I thought that these 4 were among our best performers tonight. I think the biggest tactical mistake was starting two inexperienced guys at holding midfielder - Sands and Austin Morris. Morris was the worse of the two, but neither were very good. You noticed that when Roldan came on around 60 minutes, we suddenly had a lot more presence in midfield. This was the type of game - against the best opponent in the group - where you need a guy like Kellyn Acosta or [I]Christian[/I] (edit) Roldan (Carmelo Roldan was an IT guy who used to work for me ...) to give some solidity to your midfield. These 2 young guys just failed their big audition, but it's mostly BJ Callaghan's fault with the lineup call. Among the other guys, Tolkin stuck his boot in a lot and was around the ball but he didn't have much of a game; mostly played safe balls backwards, or tried "down the line" balls for Jordan Morris that went out of play more often than not. Morris was sort of dangerous, had that one great chance, but he's a B League kind of player. He's not going to help you in a World Cup, but he can in a tournament like this, or World Cup qualifying. Among the dual national recruits, I thought Zendejas had some nice combination play on the right side of the offense. Sonora didn't do much to impress. Both were replaced. Djorde M. was ok in midfield, but is not as much of a creator as that kid Cade Cowell, who looked pretty good, pretty dangerous in the last 3rd. Clutch moment for Turner to save Leon Bailey's (weak-ass) penalty attempt. Nearly made a hash of it by pushing his save right in front of goal, where Bailey missed a gaping goal with his weaker foot. Good thing Vazquez smashed home that late equalizer, or we would have been looking at needing at least 4 and maybe 6 points from these last 2 games against the minnows of the group. [/QUOTE]

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