re: *** Mother Russia v Uncle Sam Nov 14, 2012 9:00am CST ***

if it only weren't for that bullshite penalty

Dude should've let Howard take it. We're lucky the ref gave two yellows for diving in the box. I know they were the right calls, but that shite never happens!

Bradley looks like Gerrard with that fricking volley.

I halfway agree with your assessment. Once again though, we rely on Tim Howard to make spectacular saves far too often.

That was a very good example of the kind of road environment we'll see in the Hexagonal; loud, boisterous, lack of quality possession and calls not going our way.


YouTube of Bradley. In the words of sexist Andy Gray, "Take a bow son."

Would be nice to have some aerial presence for all the crosses we whip in. Seems like majority of our headers were pretty weak efforts

Jozy didn't start performing less than satisfactory until the midway through the second half. He did well to hold up play and create possession when we were struggling in that department. He really should have had an assist on the fantastic cut-back pass, only for Jermaine Jones to hit it to Moscow.

Once again I have to reiterate this point. Jozy Altidore scores goals at AZ Alkmaar, because his midfielders put him in good positions. He only really scuffed the one through ball, resulting in a clear chance, with a bad touch.

This is where Landon Donovan is so necessary. Robbie Keane has like 5 goals in the MLS playoffs alone, most of them from great service from LD. When Jozy scored a hattrick for us against Trinidad, every goal was assisted by Donovan.

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Once again I have to reiterate this point. Jozy Altidore scores goals at AZ Alkmaar, because his midfielders put him in good positions

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I know. If you look at the arguments back in the day, you'll see that when Jozy first started heating up last year at AZ I said that I wish we could have his teammates.

He was starved of service today, there's no doubt about that.That bullshite will continue to happen if Jurgen insists on Bradley/Jones/Williams. He didn't have a good match, though. He played better than Jermaine Jones by a fair margin, but he played poorly.

Bradley is so fricking good. He made several Toureesque runs out of midfield today that probably result in goals or at least solid chances if Jones and Altidore would've hade decent touches.

Altidore didn't play great but you can see his skill level at AZ Alkmaar he just needs to get more PT, and have the confidence that Jurgy won't drop him after one screwup. Would love to see him get a run of games with Dempsey, Donovan, and Zusi in the lineup.

The pk call was the right call i think. Horrible defense by not paying attention to the quick take and then Goodson needlessly going after the ball. However, the initial foul call that led to the free kick was awful. The Russian player was on the ground and kicked out at 3 different US players and then Johnson did a perfect job of shielding the ball and got called for it

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above his skill level when he puts on the US jersey right?

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have always kind of thought this..

But i do get what you are saying.. still our defense needs to improve