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

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.