re: Things we learned from the send off series

I'm not sure how to feel, but I'm glad the diamond has been put to rest.

IF that Nigeria team was any kind of proxy for Ghana, then I would feel pretty good, but I think Ghana will be a much stiffer test.

Overall it felt like we created a lot of chances but lacked the quality to convert most of them. We'll just have to be much more clinical and better with the final pass to have a chance IMO.
And yeah, as much as I've defended JK on here, I know he left off a player that could have provided that. I personally expected more out of Bedoya and Zusi.
On a positive note, I think we have the potential to play a lot better in Brazil. I think Bradley (as good as he was) and Dempsey especially will turn it up a notch.

Defensively, we allowed a lot of chances. They didn't become goals, but our group opponents are going to be much more lethal on those chances than Turkey and Nigeria were.
It's heartening that we didn't allow any early goals, which is something we really haven't done often at all under JK for whatever reason.

It would be really interesting to see how the 4-3-2-1 does against Belgium. I'm glad they have the scrimmage to work on it, seeing as we've only played it in one match.