re: France v USA International Friendly 1:55pm CST ESPN2/espn3

I thought Bocanegra played pretty well all game.


He had one bad clearance, but it wasn't an own goal or a disaster clearance.

He had a diving header stop, a slide tackle stop, he made up ground on an attacker that got loose because of Chandler.


I also thought Williams was all over the place first half. He disappeared like Mo Edu in the second.

Beckerman is too slow. Granted he had about 4 shots blocked because he stood in one place.

Dempsey has been diving like crazy lately.

No Bradley was disappointing.

Altidore is starting to use his body more which is great but he had a few runs in the box or lack of runs in the box which hurt the scoring opportunities, but for the most part .. I think he did well.

I think 'Dolo is starting to show signs of his oldness. I still think he is one of our better defenders still.

Jermaine Jones was our most technical player on the pitch and could be one of the most creative players today on the pitch. He had 1 play that was God awful and gave up possession on a break away and hit a ball too hard on the wing. Other than that, I thought he had a few crisp clean plays. I'd rather go out trying to make plays than to play ineffectively play short passes and lose possession. I also liked the fact that he faked a head injury so he wouldn't get a Yellow card.