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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5019635, member: 405"] Terrific 2nd half. Reyna was the key player. It's hard to understand why he isn't finding game time at some club. He sees a pass unlike anyone else on our team. Defensively, I think Matt Turner losing the starting job at Nottingham has hurt his confidence. He should have saved that goal in the 1st minute of the game. Defensively, I thought Miles Robinson was a bit rusty in possession, and I thought that Cliff Richards was poor on the counter attack, especially with balls hitting the turf. He misjudged the bounce more times than you want to see. Maliq Tillman had some good moments in the first half, but we were kind of blunt in attack. Pulisic, Weah were not bad. McKennie gave away too many balls, and looked a bit off the pace. Robinson at left back had a mediocre game. Scally didn't really impress in the first half. Balogun made some runs, but never really threatened. Pepi and Haji Wright were both very active. Pepi tracked back a lot to defend and help with build-up play, lots of nice combination play. Wright, of course, made direct runs at the goal, and they were slipping passes into him nicely. I liked Tony Meola's comment about Brendan Aaronson, that he brings a bit of chaos, and we needed some unpredictability at that point in the game. He works very hard and is a 1 man press, very good at unsettling the other team high up the pitch. I'm feeling like we have some work to do defensively, but we have a lot of talented guys on this team, and it was really nice to see pretty much all of them on the pitch together. We certainly dodged a bullet, but I think we are going to see a better performance in the final. Reyna should start. Use Adams for the first 45-60 minutes, and then bring McKennie off the bench for him. Keeps Weston fresh, and he can be the impact sub. He seemed a bit off the pace today. I would guess we'll see Dest at right back in the next game. I wonder if he'll switch central defenders. Neither were great. [/QUOTE]

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