re: usmnt: who do you want to see more of? who can you do without?

I like your roster UA, but hopefully Demerit isn't still someone we need to depend on. How old is that dude?
Before you read this, know that I did not watch the first 30 minutes (so it's my fault we sucked the rest of the game.)

I would give donovan a 4 for his performance last night. It's still obvious that he has the most class of everyone on the team, but just because it's pretty and you can see what he's TRYING to do doesn't make it effective. He had 2 solid opportunities before I started watching so he probably deserves more like a 5.5

He was getting kicked in the heels all night by Costa Ricans and seem to be a little overburdened with a new role and being one of 2 veteran field players. He was flustered and was lashing out at the refs a little more than I'm used to. I know he's done that a lot before, but he seemed to lack composure last night

Break looked good, but I don't think he had an all world performance. It's obvious we were trying to find him on crosses, he just needs more chemistry with the squad to make better timed runs.