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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5323538, member: 405"]
Thoughts on the Venezuela friendly.  General observation - I thought we played better offensively than we usually do in these January friendlies with all MLS guys in their pre-season.  I like Poch's approach of using the first week for fitness, and the second week for tactics and strategy.  There was pretty good one-touch passing among a bunch of guys I'd never heard of before.

I thought Patrick Agyemang was an absolute handful up front, and was very happy for him to get his goal.  Reminded me of a better version of Jordan Pefok or Hadji Wright.

The announcers made a big deal out of that guy Jack McGwyn in midfield, and he looked the part.  Nice creative midfielder in the Gio Reyna vein.  Caden Clark, who had such a nice impact on the national team this time a year or two ago, was not very visible.

Shaq Moore and Miles Robinson had very good games in defense.  Schulte, the goal keeper, had a solid game. Gutierrez was pretty good, and Matko Miljevic had a goal, could have had another, and looks like a player with some attacking potential.

We'll see how they do against Costa Rica on Wednesday, but I thought that was a well played game, and a handful of guys looked like they could help the team.
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