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honz said:
It seems like every time I watch the US Team play the other team always dominates possession of the ball and gets most of the scoring chances. Is the rest of the world simply that much more skilled than our boys or do we just have really conservative game plans where we leave a lot of guys back?
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THAT IS EXACTLY what I was thinking. EXACTLY!

Whenever we had the ball, it looked like a slow mess of players all in the same place. Even when we tried to run something, it looked like our players didn't know what play to run, players were in the same spot and not evenly spaced, and were far slower than those on the other side.

Meanwhile, England looked far more skilled, athletic, and when they ran plays, it looked like they knew what the hell they were doing.

I, like Honz, kept thinking to myself, "we is the other team constantly on our side of the field? Why is our goalie doing most of the playing while their goalie could be asleep and no one would know the difference? How are we supposed to win if we're constantly on defense?"

Anyone with more knowledge and experience with this sport explain this to me. Are our coaches really that inept? Do they not understand that having a lot more shots taken on your goalie a bad thing?

Are we really just that unskilled?

Or are we just not very athletic?

Is this how Canada or some of those Olympics teams feel like in Basketball?

However, the skill gap between us and most olympic teams isn't that big. In fact, many foreign teams have far better skilled players than we do. Yet, we have the better athletes (Wade, Melo, Kobe, Lebron, Dwight, etc)... But today, it looked like we were much slower, less skilled, and horribly (conservative) coached. Seriously, like every time we tried to run a play our spacing was bad, and this coming from someone who never watches this sport.

I for one am mad that I wasted over an hour of my life watching something worthless. I know a tie is better than a loss in the standings, but I personally can't stand games where there aren't any winners.

Sorry for the rant... But seriously, why can't we compete and win? I understand that soccer isn't our #1 sport, but still. One muffed goalie block and we would have been blanked today. Without really any good shots at the goal. Not nearly as many as England got. It seemed like every 2 mins they were on the run getting good shots.

Anyway, I'm out and done for a while. I let those of you who know more about this subject to educate me. Please do, because I'm clearly frustrated at our seemingly pathetic excuse of an offense. Much like watching the Browns or Ravens play. *barf* Or Jamarcus Russel play QB....
 
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prodigy said:
I'd like a win but a tie is definitely is acceptable, nice start for USA, GO!
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I agree...

But I guess I'm used to games with more offense... Today I felt like watching two football teams slug it out with field goals... And finish with a 3-3 ending...
 
prodigal punk said:
Those vulvazulu's, or what ever those horns are called, are annoying as hell. It makes it sound like there is 73 billion mosquitoes in the stadium
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Does that happen at every single national soccer game? I would have muted my T.V. if I didn't watch the game with a group of people.

Awful game to watch too. Definitely not watching any more soccer for the next few years unless I end up going to Europe or something and a see a match in person.
 
Tim Howard is the ****ing man. Altidore and Donovan have to lead the team. Dempsey needs to keep scaring opponents with his bug eyes. And can anyone other than Cherundolo play solid defense, please?
 
We are lucky to tie with a simply better team.

What frustrates me is that the midfield was just DOMINATED by England, especially in the second half when they really were aggressive.
 
As a nation that generally doesn't care about soccer, why are we so exicted about the World Cup? I'm baffled.
 
The Thriller said:
THAT IS EXACTLY what I was thinking. EXACTLY!

Whenever we had the ball, it looked like a slow mess of players all in the same place. Even when we tried to run something, it looked like our players didn't know what play to run, players were in the same spot and not evenly spaced, and were far slower than those on the other side.

Meanwhile, England looked far more skilled, athletic, and when they ran plays, it looked like they knew what the hell they were doing.

I, like Honz, kept thinking to myself, "we is the other team constantly on our side of the field? Why is our goalie doing most of the playing while their goalie could be asleep and no one would know the difference? How are we supposed to win if we're constantly on defense?"

Anyone with more knowledge and experience with this sport explain this to me. Are our coaches really that inept? Do they not understand that having a lot more shots taken on your goalie a bad thing?

Are we really just that unskilled?

Or are we just not very athletic?

Is this how Canada or some of those Olympics teams feel like in Basketball?

However, the skill gap between us and most olympic teams isn't that big. In fact, many foreign teams have far better skilled players than we do. Yet, we have the better athletes (Wade, Melo, Kobe, Lebron, Dwight, etc)... But today, it looked like we were much slower, less skilled, and horribly (conservative) coached. Seriously, like every time we tried to run a play our spacing was bad, and this coming from someone who never watches this sport.

I for one am mad that I wasted over an hour of my life watching something worthless. I know a tie is better than a loss in the standings, but I personally can't stand games where there aren't any winners.

Sorry for the rant... But seriously, why can't we compete and win? I understand that soccer isn't our #1 sport, but still. One muffed goalie block and we would have been blanked today. Without really any good shots at the goal. Not nearly as many as England got. It seemed like every 2 mins they were on the run getting good shots.

Anyway, I'm out and done for a while. I let those of you who know more about this subject to educate me. Please do, because I'm clearly frustrated at our seemingly pathetic excuse of an offense. Much like watching the Browns or Ravens play. *barf* Or Jamarcus Russel play QB....
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I don't know what bob bradley's tactics have been in the past, but I can tell that a defend and counter strategy is what the US was employing, and it does occasionally create good chances. but it's not pretty, that's for sure.

as far as the spacing was concerned, I have no idea what was up with that... it seemed like michael bradley was always like standing next to somebody, he wouldn't give anybody any room, he made some good forward balls though.
 
As we are still a second tier team in the international field, it seems that we definitely take a heavily defensive posture against top-flight squads like England. They are confident enough to push offensively, and rely on their back line to quell any counters that may occur because of it. We want to try to prevent quick counters, so we don't push as much of the team up. Conceding an early goal made us even more cautious.

I would bet it looks quite different for the Slovenia and Algeria games.
 
Well I am pretty satisfied with the way that Germany played against Australia. We did miss too many chances and I DO NOT like how Germany is playing a zone of off corner kicks though. And I feel bad for that Australian... I don't think that tackle was worth a red card.
 
Maktub said:
As a nation that generally doesn't care about soccer, why are we so exicted about the World Cup? I'm baffled.
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Why do we get so excited about the Olympics? It's not for the intense Curling action, that's for sure. It's called national pride, bro. What are you anti-American?
 
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