***USMNT Thread***

Discussion in 'Soccer Board' started by SugarShaun, Nov 11, 2015.

  1. DirtBall

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    Let Busio go to goal here
     
  2. Sub-Zero

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    Lol that time wasting free kick literally wasted no time
     
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  3. DirtBall

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    Damn that was a crunch
     
  4. NCHusker

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    Damn that was a strong effort by Blake.
     
  5. JGator1

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    ouch, not good
     
  6. NCHusker

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    Throw Blake forward in every corner he was all over that.
     
  7. Andy Reocho

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  8. snowfx2

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    Top 4 leagues, come and get Sands and Robinson.
     
  9. NCHusker

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    Robinson MOTM for me
     
  10. TheSkeeter

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    Acosta is my MOTM. He was fantastic
     
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  11. TheSkeeter

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    He’s a close second for me. Either would work.
     
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  12. NCHusker

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    My second choice.
     
  13. Shiggityshwo

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    hell yeah fellas

    semis aren't played on this shit pitch are they?
     
  14. chuckmasterflex

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  15. DirtBall

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    Luckily Qata
    Austin I think
     
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  16. Capt Wigs

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    Stole the match.
     
  17. ASG Sucks

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    Hope that’s the case for Miles for sure, even though it’d suck to lose him as an Atlanta United fan.
     
  18. TheSkeeter

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    I don’t know about that. Didn’t give up that many good chances and controlled the second half pretty handily.
     
  19. clemsonvianj

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    too many easy giveaways for me, as opposed to Robinson. did make some huge tackles though and was the 3rd best player for me (behind Robinson and Turner).
     
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  20. TheSkeeter

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    I don’t think Turner made more than 1 good save to be MOTM. That says a lot about Robinson and the defense though.
     
  21. snowfx2

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  22. clemsonvianj

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    loved Turner's positioning and the fact that he didn't do anything stupid with the ball on an awful surface. agree though, defense was very good overall and excellent at recovering from stupid midfield giveaways.
     
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  23. snowfx2

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    Yeah, Acosta was brilliant in breaking up plays but passing lacked a bit.

    Robinson’s 1v1 defending is elite CL level. If he can improve his line breaking passing more, very high ceiling.
     
  24. TheSkeeter

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    Also, I’d like someone smarter than me to rewatch and confirm, but I really felt like the Acosta-Busio rotation was excellent.
     
  25. miles

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    Normally am not a huge fan of twellman on the mic but that’s an awesome call. Got so excited his voice broke
     
  26. Shiggityshwo

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    yeah that intensity wasn't something I realized he had
     
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  27. TheSkeeter

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    Huh? That’s Stu Holden.
     
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  28. miles

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    Whoops, yeah meant holden
     
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  29. snowfx2

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    Yeah he’s super saucy
     
  30. Shiggityshwo

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    thought they both were fairly sloppy on the ball tbh, both were pretty disruptive defensively though
     
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  31. snowfx2

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    Williamson would’ve been better next to Acosta, but I have zero issues with GGG throwing Busio in there for 90’ for experience.
     
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  32. TheSkeeter

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    I think I’m forgiven midfield sloppiness on ball because of the shit turf more than others in this thread. There’s several passes from all that looked like the right ideas that the turf ate up. But hopefully playing on a non-shit turf next week we see the passing to go along with making space for each other.
     
  33. mc415

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    agreed wasn’t impressed with them going forward with the ball, but they were stout defending
     
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  34. Shiggityshwo

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    wanted Williamson in for either one of Busio/Lletget
     
  35. snowfx2

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    Lletget has struggled in the GC because he’s supposed to be driving the attack, but he’s so much better as a complimentary piece.

    Bummed that Luca de la Torre turned down the call up.

    I’d start Roldan over Lletget against Qatar because he’ll go and find the game more.
     
  36. miles

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    Reminder that Hoppe trialed at multiple MLS academies and they all said no thanks
     
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  37. snowfx2

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  38. miles

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    Yeah, looking at most of the lineups in this cup the obvious issue staring everyone in the face is that we don't really have anyone anywhere on the field that can create offensively. Like 90% of our chances have been off set pieces or crosses into the box. Hoppe can do a little of that but it's not really his bag. Williamson is needed from here on out imo.
     
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  39. snowfx2

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    The Kleibans are straight up garbage. Fucking cut Hoppe when they took over the Galaxy academy.
     
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  40. miles

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    I hope no one ever lets Gary forget that he called Mckennie "Fucking terrible" the year before he became a regular player for Juve.
     
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  41. BP

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    This may be a dumb question but how is Qatar in the gold cup?
     
  42. Illinihockey

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    Money
     
  43. WC

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    They got invited since they’re the next WC host- it’s happened with some South American teams before as well.

    But mostly
     
  44. WC

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    Also I love Hoppe. He’s actually got some fire and creativity which this current roster lacks.
     
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  45. Shiggityshwo

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    if only ggg brought some other wingers on not named Jonathan Lewis so we could actually see Hoppe at cf...

    even out of position he's looking like the best player on the squad though, you can tell he's processing things at a much faster speed than basically everyone else
     
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  46. Coke

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    And clearly told the kid to dial up the physicality ten-fold. Rather see him getting shoved to the ground in a duel than not making the challenge.
     
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  47. WC

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    I came into the Gold Cup generally being fine with a semifinal game and not expecting much more but I’ll be damned if I’ll accept a loss to fucking Qatar on our own soil.
     
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  48. miles

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    Really wish we had a roster capable of allowing Hoppe to get a look at CF.

    He and Robinson have been the standout players on the whole team with him playing out of position.
     
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  49. SugarShaun

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    Am I wrong or do some people think he doesn’t wind up at ST. I feel like that’s a thing but I can’t remember where I was reading it
     
  50. WC

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    Who are the preferred socials/websites/blogs people follow for USMNT stuff for both club movements/form and national team stuff?