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re: God's country: USA vs Costa Rica 10 PM ESPN2

Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:23 am to
Posted by Joe Blow
Member since Nov 2007
2631 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:23 am to
Back spasms. Should play vs Belgium.
Posted by acgeaux129
We are BR
Member since Sep 2007
15011 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:23 am to
quote:

Shea (tonight)


I only watched the last third of the game, but he seemed to play well IMO.
Posted by mrsmiller
not in europe
Member since Sep 2008
13067 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:24 am to
i think shea played very well tonight
Posted by Meursault
Nashville
Member since Sep 2003
25172 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:25 am to
4-5-3 on the year. With losses on American soil to Paraguay, Spain, Panama, Mexico, and now Costa Rica.

Who's ready for the HEX???
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19562 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:26 am to
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Man, Bradley was a fricking tool for not playing Torres.


To be fair, this was the most complete match I've seen Torres play, and I've probably watched at least 25-30 between club and country.

You'd hope he'd improve in 3.5 years.
Posted by TN Bhoy
San Antonio, TX
Member since Apr 2010
60589 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:26 am to
El Gringo MOTM. Shea, Agudelo, and Howard get above average. Altidore and Chandler get pass marks. Everyone else bar Castillo . Castillo gets a deportation.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116237 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:26 am to
quote:

Why didn't Dempsey play?




No idea


His club probably didn't release him? Chill out dudes. The early parts of the match were great. No biggie in the long run. Should we have won? Of course, but it doesn't mattter. We pinged the ball better than I have ever seen. Torres was great tonight. He should have been taking set pieces.
Posted by mrsmiller
not in europe
Member since Sep 2008
13067 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:27 am to
Posted by TN Bhoy
San Antonio, TX
Member since Apr 2010
60589 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:28 am to
quote:

Torres was great tonight. He should have been taking set pieces.




This. That was his bright spot in the WC. Why do we insist on Cakes taking all of them?
Posted by acgeaux129
We are BR
Member since Sep 2007
15011 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:28 am to
Clearly he had potential though. No way fricking Bornstein should take a slot from him.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19562 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:29 am to
quote:

Chandler get pass marks.


Meh. He had a couple of good runs, but also committed an uncalled penalty.

He's so young... he DOES look like a high ceiling type of player.
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
11468 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:30 am to
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Man, Bradley was a fricking tool for not playing Torres.


he did. didn't work at the time due to him or whatever factor
Posted by ATLienTiger
NOLA
Member since Oct 2006
26861 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:30 am to
Shea was very good for stretches, I want his endurance to improve because at times he gave the ball away carelessly.

Landon had some bright spots but he also didn't really produce for the most part.

Rogers lost possession, and Castillo was a liability back there.
Posted by Joe Blow
Member since Nov 2007
2631 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:31 am to
He was having back spasms so they didn't want him sitting on a plane for that long. They talked about it, first half.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19562 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:34 am to
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Clearly he had potential though. No way fricking Bornstein should take a slot from him.


Who? Torres?

I doubt our left back had any impact on the playing time given to our 5th or 6th central midfield option.

"If it hadn't been for fricking Marcus Hahnemann, Charlie Davies could have gone to South Africa!"
Posted by hendersonshands
Univ. of Louisiana Ragin Cajuns
Member since Oct 2007
160115 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 12:48 am to
Told you Torres just needed a shot. Castillo should be shot. I'd like to see that 4-3-3 with Donovan pushed up and Holden where he was
Posted by btwnthehedges91
Athens
Member since Sep 2008
8214 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 2:09 am to
We need some Stubear.

ps. Shea is the man. he's gonna be a play maker for us in the future for sure.
Posted by americanoutlaw
Lafayette
Member since Jul 2010
4724 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 6:17 am to
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Shea was very good for stretches, I want his endurance to improve because at times he gave the ball away carelessly.

Grant Wahl tweeted that he had played about 400 minutes (4.5 games) in the last 9 days. Shea looked good, but the man is running on tired legs at this point.
Chandler definitely looks like he has a lot of potential, but it's obvious he hasn't figured out how the team plays yet.
I agree with everyone's criticisms of different guys, but I will add that Edu looked God awful to me. His positioning and decision making defensively was horrible, and he never seemed to be in the right place to break up a counter
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19562 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 8:26 am to
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Edu looked God awful to me. His positioning and decision making defensively was horrible, and he never seemed to be in the right place to break up a counter


Remember that he had 5 attacking players in front of him and two on the outside in defense.

He was basically patrolling the center 2/3 of the field by himself.

GIVEN THE TASK, I thought he acquitted himself well.
Posted by Tiger n Austin
Austin, Tx
Member since Dec 2005
6686 posts
Posted on 9/3/11 at 8:51 am to
Torres plays great but man he gets knocked off the ball easily..and we were playing Costa Rica. Imagine what the Euros would do to him.

We are a Great striker away from being dangerous team. We are about as dangerous in the attacking 3rd as Fulham. To me, Agudelo and Jozy are the same player..decent as holding the ball up but no real pace or creativity.
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