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On June 11, 2014, John Brooks scored this goal against Ghana

Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:22 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:22 pm
AMERICA THE frick UP, FC
This post was edited on 6/11/16 at 10:22 pm
Posted by uway
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Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:28 pm to
Feel better about CB than we have in a long time
Posted by lowspark12
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Posted on 6/11/16 at 10:36 pm to
First USMNT goal by sub in a WC match, iirc.
Posted by thenry712
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Posted on 6/12/16 at 3:10 am to
After watching the highlight, this was perhaps the worst example of awful zonal marking on that goal. Not only does Brooks have a free header, because nobody checked his run, three other American players would have had a free header.
Brooks' header also bounces off the turf and could have been deflected had one of the Ghanaian defenders actually reacted, and the Ghanian keeper positioned himself in no-man's land. Zusi's corner was wonderful, but it's the kind of corner that normally gets cleared 20 meters ahead.

I remember thinking before the goal that Ghana seemed weirdly slow to get back to defend the corner--even after Fabian Johnson's run to earn the corner should have alerted the Ghanians, that the Americans still could break on the counter.

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