Swanhends wrote:Omar my main man

Why you!

He's mine damn it! I saw him first! You never even had OG as your sig! Ha!

USA: Guzan; Evans, Goodson, Orozco, Castillo; Bedoya, Beckerman, Kljestan, Diskerud, Zusi; Altidore.


get in you beauties

I was hoping we'd do Panama a favor

Me too, screw Mexico  

However, considering our record against Panama even on Panamanian soil it isn't likely.

OMG IF RESULTS STAY MEXICO IS OUT

5 MINUTES CMON

Panama 2-1 USA
Costa Rica 2-1 Mexico

Both Panama and Mexico would have 11 points. Both will have -2 GD. But Panama has scored more

NOOOOOO why did we have to do that right at the end. WHY?

Well it was fun while it lasted

Dammit USA.
What the hell...

We should start a "Your welcome Mexico" viral campaign  

Oh well, I am continually impressed by this USMNT, even when they had little to no chemistry they still found a way to dig in when it mattered and get the win. Amazing stuff going into the World Cup  

We did learn a few things from this match:
1. Mix isn't a CAM, which is fine I prefer him as a B2B midfielder as the real cover for Bradley. He is not cover for Jones/Cameron/Beckerman.
2. Zusi has to play centrally or on the right, what does this mean for Donovan? He will be fighting for a spot with Dempsey and the Johnsons.
3. Why aren't we giving Iceman a run in the SS/CAM role while Dempsey's form is MIA? Obviously 4/2/3/1 is our best formation and his link up play is to good to be wasted as the second forward in a 4/4/2.
4. We do poorly when we have wingbacks who can't get forward to any great effect. Instead we get caught out of position leading to stupid turnovers and leaving the back line high and dry. So, while we have Beasley and Johnson at LB, we still need an answer at RB to push Evans. No idea why Yedlin isn't at least getting a look given his pace and hustle. I would just require that he chill with the ridiculous haircuts  

The first and last time i celebrate a USA goal, we're even worse than dog shit atm.

TBH, I'm glad US second team went with everything they had. One factor that I've always loved about US is the "always play for the win" attitude.

Outlaws scarf for the World Cup

The friendly against Ukraine on Wednesday has been cancelled.

Conflicting reports now on whether the friendly will go ahead as planned or not.

Confirmed the friendly will go ahead. Thankfully, we need the game badly.

Recapping what I said elsewhere....what an awful performance.

Yes, it's a friendly and yes the prep was terrible, but these players had very little fire in their bellies. No hunger and no drive. No one grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. They all just rather floated through it. Ukraine, for obvious reasons, were far more motivated.

Only players who can hold their heads somewhat high for me are Johansson and Shea. That's about it.

I think of the actual borderline players Bedoya and Shea where the only players who potentially punched their tickets to Brazil.

The game was great honestly in that it served its purpose in making clear who should and shouldn't be on the team.

The next big thing for Jurgen is benching Dempsey and making Bradley or Howard Captain. Should be interesting, but at this point Dempsey should be happy he is even a lock for Brazil.

Stu Holden out for ANOTHER six to nine months after requiring yet another surgery on his right knee ligaments.

On a good note he did get engaged today, so his life isn't all bad

happy for Stu's engagement, good for him

but in all honesty his USMNT career is effectively over, sadly

what could've been man

Yeah, I still dream of the Bradley/Holden midfield we will never see...

No joke, I have a USMNT with Brolden on the back

Gutted for Stu honestly. Capable of being so dynamic in midfield when healthy, but yeah agreed. It's over for him now.

Jonny Evans ffs

It started with De Jong, not Evans

Julian Green has announced that he will be playing for the United States instead of Germany internationally.

How good is this kid? Does he have a chance to make the team this summer?

Busby Babe wrote:It started with De Jong, not Evans

No, de Jong broke Stuart's leg, but the knee issues that have since plagued him started with Evans' tackle.

But isn't it different knees? I think he's just had terrible, terrible luck