Confederations Cup Final- USA v. Brazil (LET'S WORK!!!)

[Young Drachma]

Aw shucks.

[k0ruptr]

Oh... Now you sub...heh

[Scoobz0202]

OOHHHH NNOOWWW HE SUBS!!

jesus

[EagleFan]

Crap, saw that coming the way that developed. They are scrambling too much.

[Chief Rum]

I'm actually glad this happened. Removes the monster in the room. Now maybe it frees the US from the prevent defense, and gets them attacking again.

[SirFozzie]

Damnit

[RainMaker]

They're just lucky to still have a shot to send it to a shootout.

[Chief Rum]

Not syaing, mind, that I wanted Brazil to score, but if you assume they were going to score, glad it finally happened, so the squad can move forward.

[kingfc22]

US hasn't done anything since the 30th minute.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Not syaing, mind, that I wanted Brazil to score, but if you assume they were going to score, glad it finally happened, so the squad can move forward.

The US seemed to be playing like they were asuming Brazil was going to tie it.

[JetsIn06]

that was kind of close

[larrymcg421]

That was a great kick by Donovan.

[JetsIn06]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

US hasn't done anything since the 30th minute.

Yep. They look dead out there.

[JetsIn06]

Damn that was scary.

[RainMaker]

That Kletzkin guy complete more passes to Brazil than the US.

[k0ruptr]

Geez.. this is nuts

[k0ruptr]

yep...

[JetsIn06]

NO

[Chief Rum]

Shit.

[kingfc22]

F***

[mauchow]

Howard.........Of all shots to block.

[RainMaker]

Well, good effort in the first half at least. Rather embarassing 2nd half.

[EagleFan]

Dammit

[Young Drachma]

well that settles that.

[MrBug708]

[JetsIn06]

[k0ruptr]

Agreed, Embarrassing 2nd half.

[mauchow]

Brazil is loads better.. obviously we knew that from the get go, but it just continues to show without a doubt who the better players are.

Doubtful the US can score in the next 7(roughly) minutes.

[Flasch186]

well crap

[EagleFan]

I can't believe how extremely different those halves were.

[k0ruptr]

good as chance as any that was...

[mauchow]

Huge oppurtunity there. Missed by a few feet.

[JetsIn06]

That was our shot right there.

[Scoobz0202]

Is it wrong of me to blame this on Bob or is that just the emotion speaking?

[k0ruptr]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Is it wrong of me to blame this on Bob or is that just the emotion speaking?

I'm not sure he's really to blame. I guess it depends how you look at it.

[EagleFan]

They say, no shame in losing this way but I disagree. If you just look at a 3-2 loss you would think no shame but I see shame in this loss with such a poorly played second half. If they played a solid 90 minutes and lost 3-2 that is one thing but to get mauled like this in the second half is quite shameful.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Is it wrong of me to blame this on Bob or is that just the emotion speaking?

That's what I was thinking. I mean, they call them managers for a reason. I dunno.

[k0ruptr]

Good Match, Nice try USA.... better luck next time.

[RainMaker]

I don't know how you can blame Bradley. Even after the subs they were getting their ass kicked. Although I don't know what the gameplan was in the 2nd half. Up 2-0 and play soft defense?

[k0ruptr]

Fuck, what I really meant to say Is this shit pisses me off, why the fuck did I even think we had a chance. ARGH

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

That's what I was thinking. I mean, they call them managers for a reason. I dunno.

If you blame Bob for the second half, you have to give him credit for the first half and for the tournament run as well.

Personally, I want to know what the bleep Klezthan (sp?) was doing.

[Scoobz0202]

yea, but the subs he put on had no right being on the pitch, imo.

Where's Adu and Torres?

He did nothing to help the attack.

[MIJB#19]

Don't sell your team short, people. It's not an every day situation for any team to take a 2-0 lead over Brazil in a tournament final. Team USA survived the three-way tie and ended Spain's world record tying unbeaten streak. Results haven't been all that bad.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

I don't know how you can blame Bradley. Even after the subs they were getting their ass kicked. Although I don't know what the gameplan was in the 2nd half. Up 2-0 and play soft defense?

The subs he made offered no pick-up to the team. Wasn't there someone on the bench that could have brought some energy? The two subs he made did little to nothing. Not to mention taking off our best scoring threat.

I will never understand why coaches take off top strikers in one goal games.

[k0ruptr]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Don't sell your team short, people. It's not an every day situation for any team to take a 2-0 lead over Brazil in a tournament final. Team USA survived the three-way tie and ended Spain's world record tying unbeaten streak. Results haven't been all that bad.

this is true, and while I agree, I know they could of played a better 2nd half. thats what makes it rough.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by rowech

The subs he made offered no pick-up to the team. Wasn't there someone on the bench that could have brought some energy? The two subs he made did little to nothing. Not to mention taking off our best scoring threat.

I will never understand why coaches take off top strikers in one goal games.

Easy to blame the coach. The team didn't show up in the 2nd half. Can't blame 2 subs for that.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

yea, but the subs he put on had no right being on the pitch, imo.

Where's Adu and Torres?

He did nothing to help the attack.

But do the subs make the difference here? I thought it was systemic decisions and attitude--taking a defensive approach--along with Brazil's functional excellence that led to this loss.

The lack of presence of Adu and Torres or other offensively-inclined players is a long standing criticism of Bradley. Reminds me of the Angels, fans complaining (me one of them) that we keep throwing in an Izturis in there in the lineup when we have Brandon Wood ripping it up in AAA. Pro-Wood fans (most of Angel nation) wonder WTF Scioscia won't bring him up and play him. And then other fans basically say "In Scioscia we trust". Frustrating for those of us who want Wood up.

Same with Bradley and guys like Adu and Torres. He just doesn't seem to play them enough. Even more annoying with Bradley, though, is that, unlike Scioscia, he doesn't have the track record to deserve people looking away.

[DaddyTorgo]

*sighs* boooo on Bob Bradley. His fault they decided to bunker up in the second half and abandon what was working so well in the first half.

Definitely a game of two halves. Still, a 2-0 win over the #1 team in the world and a 2-0 half against Brazil are nothing to scoff at, neither is 2nd place. Still, you can say that they should have won this one.

[Scoobz0202]

It's almost like Bradley isn't prepared for the big matches.

I can't say it would have been any different with Adu or Torres out there, because that is why we were gassed in the second half, because we have no depth.

But it's just so frustrating to be sitting here and see Brazil making subs while Bradley stands there with his thumb up his ass. It was obvious we needed some fresh legs, and it was obvious this defensive play was imploding on us. So he brings in shit defensive players, and Casey coming on in the end almost made me want to throw up.

I give him props, we beat Spain. Brilliant game. But it's one of those things where I think with a different coach we would have beat both Spain and Brazil and won our first FIFA cup.

[RPI-Fan]

Originally Posted by MIJB#19

Don't sell your team short, people. It's not an every day situation for any team to take a 2-0 lead over Brazil in a tournament final. Team USA survived the three-way tie and ended Spain's world record tying unbeaten streak. Results haven't been all that bad.

We don't need your condescending back-handed compliments. We didn't go the South Africa to "take the lead on Brazil" or have results that "weren't all that bad". We showed up with one goal - win the tournament - and did not reach that goal. While there are certainly positives we can reflect on, we did not reach our goal and that is a disappointment no matter what. Maybe in Netherlands second-best is what you strive for, but not for us.