USMNT 2024

[Biaxtar]

The depth is not there so far.

 

[IthacaMatt]

So many bad passes in the middle third of the field.
Musah, A. Robinson, Scally, Morris all guilty.

Sargeant seems invisible. I don't care about "lack of service"; he's had no impact.

Aaronson runs around a lot and creates chaos, but he misplaced a lot of passes, too.

Malik Tillman seems more of an athlete than a super-skilled player.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

So many bad passes in the middle third of the field.
Musah, A. Robinson, Scally, Morris all guilty.

Sargeant seems invisible. I don't care about "lack of service"; he's had no impact.

Aaronson runs around a lot and creates chaos, but he misplaced a lot of passes, too.

Malik Tillman seems more of an athlete than a super-skilled player.

Brutal game. Team could not string two passes together all night. Both goals created by bad turnovers. Just awful for 90 minutes.

Only positive was Pochettino getting an eyeful of the B-listers although that probably gave him a migraine.

I am honestly not sure whether the left winger was Tillman or Aaronson. Pochettino clearly wanting his left winger to tuck inside and play the role of a double-10, allowing Robinson to rampage up and down the flank. That started with Pulisic last game and continued last night.

He started with Musah on the wing and then, towards the latter stages of the first half, tucked him inside and put Aaronson on the wing to try and stabilize the midfield.

I thought Busio was lively early but faded fast. Everyone else was non-descript to bad to putrid.

I actually was most impressed with Zendejas and Vazquez. Both looked like the only guys who wanted to be there.

Aaronson is a good support player and fills a role with enough talent around him. He is not good enough the be "the talent".

Going forward, I am interested to see what he does with the A team - assuming that he has at least most of the A team available.

I have been on record as saying that I don't think the MMA midfield works unless there is a team that wants to get up and down with us - rare in Concacaf.

I am interested to see if he agrees or if he will also go with the MMA midfield against a team that is bunkering and countering.

Perhaps Musah on the wing is trying to find a way to get him on the field while still fielding a MAR (McKennie, Adams, Reyna) trident. Then, he could sub in for either McKennie or Weah.

 

[cusefan88]

I'm happy they finally played a decent away game. I think the program was incredibly soft with that. These guys need to play friendlies in hostile environments whenever possible.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Brutal game. Team could not string two passes together all night. Both goals created by bad turnovers. Just awful for 90 minutes.

Only positive was Pochettino getting an eyeful of the B-listers although that probably gave him a migraine.

I am honestly not sure whether the left winger was Tillman or Aaronson. Pochettino clearly wanting his left winger to tuck inside and play the role of a double-10, allowing Robinson to rampage up and down the flank. That started with Pulisic last game and continued last night.

He started with Musah on the wing and then, towards the latter stages of the first half, tucked him inside and put Aaronson on the wing to try and stabilize the midfield.

I thought Busio was lively early but faded fast. Everyone else was non-descript to bad to putrid.

I actually was most impressed with Zendejas and Vazquez. Both looked like the only guys who wanted to be there.

Aaronson is a good support player and fills a role with enough talent around him. He is not good enough the be "the talent".

Going forward, I am interested to see what he does with the A team - assuming that he has at least most of the A team available.

I have been on record as saying that I don't think the MMA midfield works unless there is a team that wants to get up and down with us - rare in Concacaf.

I am interested to see if he agrees or if he will also go with the MMA midfield against a team that is bunkering and countering.

Perhaps Musah on the wing is trying to find a way to get him on the field while still fielding a MAR (McKennie, Adams, Reyna) trident. Then, he could sub in for either McKennie or Weah.

Terrific post. Yes, Busio has been pretty good, but faded in game two. Loved your comment about Aaronson. I also thought Miles SU Robinson was also very solid.