Gio is so much better than anyone else on this team. It pops off the screen whenever he's on the ball
SO young a lot to be optimistic about need a finisher at the top that are taller than 5' 9" Well done to the fellas
young team got taught a harsh lesson by a blue blood. hopefully they remember that and use it in 4 years.
I don’t know but he didn’t do anything out there. When he first came to the USMNT it was when he was young and fast. Didn’t see any of that or anything good from his time today.
It was also pretty much the ceiling of expectations. Getting to the quarters would have been a wild dream scenario.
That last 25ish minutes when we were desperate for goals and being aggressive and direct is how this team should play all the time
gonna be honest here I don't think that wet fart of a showing will change the way our men's team is viewed on to the road to '26
Tale of two big things here, main reasons for failure: No plan B from Gregg, just a complete inability to adjust to the Dutch sitting deep. Without Sargent we had nothing resembling a functional 9 and he still refused to come up with a different idea. Lack of depth/quality up front and in the back. I don’t think Ream and Zimmerman were the primary problems on the goals today, that was more fullbacks and midfield being caught out, but there is just a glaring lack of talent on the ball in back and up front. Gregg is not the guy to take the next step for 26, need someone willing to move pieces and play to the strengths of the team. Best core we’ve had going forward but clearly a long way to go to really expect a final 8 appearance
Still so fucking proud of this group. It sucks, it hurts, and it’s going to take a while to get over it but we’ve got everything we need to make a statement in 26 and we will.
We go on and on about how we don't have a good 9 and to some extent it's true but the issue goes way past that. The balls the Dutch were playing into the box and creating dangerous situations with are balls we don't even look for. We're happy to just cycle it around the back so we can keep keeping possession.
Need to get a new manager, improve our depth and most importantly find a good forward in the next four years.
Certainly showed the holes in the squad. The starting ~XI are quality, but we don’t have the depth to survive a WC. I think this game is fundamentally different if MMA are fresher.