Official USMNT/USWNT Thread

[rckabillyRaider]

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another sub par performance. 1 pt on the road is better than nothing I suppose.

[AtomAnt48]

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I watched an awful stream. Should have been 2-1 if the ref played the advantage Altidore would have scored. Guatemala played really dirty.. Lot's of flops and pushing, but the ref "didn't see it".

Oh well. Still 1st in the group and the US doesn't have to go back there anytime soon.

[SlimKibbles]

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I watched an awful stream. Should have been 2-1 if the ref played the advantage Altidore would have scored. Guatemala played really dirty.. Lot's of flops and pushing, but the ref "didn't see it".

Oh well. Still 1st in the group and the US doesn't have to go back there anytime soon.

I didn't get to see the game but hearing that doesn't surprise me one bit. Seems like every time the US plays on the road in Central America somewhere, that kind of crap happens.

[Matt10]

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I think it was a good performance. The pace of play was incredibly fast - just blazing fast. The ball skips very quickly, like playing on slick astro turf. Our boys controlled the ball pretty well for what aggression they had to face - surprised Dempsey got up a couple times, honestly - he was beaten up pretty good.

We got very lucky the handball by Bocanegra wasn't called; that could have easily changed the match completely.

I'm still upset about Howard's lack of an attempt to save Papa's free kick - he knew he was going to go towards his left side - like any free kicker does - why did he act surprised?

I wouldn't say it was a sub par performance at all. We had a lot of chances, just didn't take advantage - we looked a lot better on the attack and defensively sound for the most part.

[shupirate98]

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I think Howard wasn't expecting Pappa to shoot. Probably expecting him to step over and then Ruiz would shoot. Wasn't ready.

[ImTellinTim]

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Howard was wrong-footed on that one. His weight was going the wrong way, and when he realized it, it was far too late to get anywhere near the ball. It was a combination of a really nice FK and Howard being slightly on his heels.

[Matt10]

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Howard was wrong-footed on that one. His weight was going the wrong way, and when he realized it, it was far too late to get anywhere near the ball. It was a combination of a really nice FK and Howard being slightly on his heels.

I understand, I just expected a lot more - but the foul shouldn't have been given up in the first place, but then we can get a bit too nit picky from there.

Regardless, a good result I'd say - in a very harsh environment. Deuce's goal was nice, yes? I thought so

[ImTellinTim]

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It was a quality striker play from our only real quality striker, that's for sure.

I thought when we got possession with space that we wasted it a lot by flying foward too fast. The pitch did seem like US Open greens, so the more I think about it, the more I'm excusing some of the miscontrolled passes and forward balls. At times, we just looked disjointed, but the ball was bouncing and skipping around a lot.

I'm still disappointed in the draw. It makes the upcoming home and home with Jamaica very important.

[Whitesox]

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It was a quality striker play from our only real quality striker, that's for sure.

I thought when we got possession with space that we wasted it a lot by flying foward too fast. The pitch did seem like US Open greens, so the more I think about it, the more I'm excusing some of the miscontrolled passes and forward balls. At times, we just looked disjointed, but the ball was bouncing and skipping around a lot.

I'm still disappointed in the draw. It makes the upcoming home and home with Jamaica very important.

It is slightly disappointing, but I expect it when we go to Central America. I'm not too worried about qualifying from this group.

[Matt10]

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Agreed - the game's pace was out of this world fast. I wish there was another game right around the corner though - can't get enough USMNT action.

[Eton Rifles]

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I think Klinsmann learned a lesson and that is you can work guys only so hard. They looked great in the first 2 games but they look kind of fatigued after that. Hopefully he understands the double sessions are a bit too much for guys who are mostly just ended their seasons.

[jt45]

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Big friendly tonight with El Tri at the Azteca. I'm calling Mexico 3-1. We don't have a full squad and they have brought in the big guns.

One thing to watch will be the back line for the US. Supposedly, Maurice Edu is starting at CB. If he can handle it, then it opens up some of the glut at CM and gives some nice depth at CB.

[rckabillyRaider]

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the backline is a huge question mark and to a lesser degree, the midfield for this game as well IMO. Should be a fun game to watch regardless.

[ImTellinTim]

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I fear that this one could turn into a rout.

[jt45]

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I fear that this one could turn into a rout.

All signs point to yes.