PBP: Battle for 3 points: USA @ Honduras; 4:00 pm EST

this is ********in aweful.
we cant string 3 passes together, no possession at all. crap.

 

Doesn't sound very promising from the feed...

 

Boniek is such an entertaining player. Great touch.

 

Even not at his peak, he can provide better transition from back to front.

 

this is probably one of the most hostile crowds in the entire world. doesn't surprise me, it will take us some time to settle down into a rhythm. Even the best teams in the world have this problem

 

Lol... nice assumption on the level I have played and coached at. Easy to make blanket statements but it shows you have no clue what you are talking about

 

First attack that looked semi dangerous.

 

Poor ball by Chandler, but Mike sent him a little too wide. Mike should have gone to his left there I think.

 

Sure he does, he acts disinterested.

 

Dropping into straight 442 defensively now. 2 banks of 4. Looks like Dwill Right mid, Dempsey left.

 

Quicker ball in Chandler, please.

 

What frickin' position is Eddie Johnson even playing?

 

Watching the usmnt is like watching the lakers with mike brown

Total clash of style between coach and players. Never thought I'd say this:
We need b Bradley back

Side note if I have to hear another piece of shite comment about late runs into the box I'm gonna turn this crap broadcast to mute

 

17' 0-0 USA looks our usually-frazzled selves when faced with velcro-control. We can't string micro-touches together that fast -- haven't in more than a year. When we speed ourselves up to that passing rate, our mean-time-to-a-miss is only 3-5 passes.

18' 0-0 Honduras isn't getting much from their ping, tho -- they miss a chip over endline.
19' 0-0 Honduras's back line passes diagonall to midfield left. USA steal it, surge forth with numbers, a good 5-v-4 rush to box top. We cross high from 12m wide right, outcurls over 9m left post and misses everybody. Eventually into left touch.

 

US looks like they are not even interested in this game, I guess they forgot that this a qualifier for Brasil 2014.

 

Points here would be an amazing start!

 

That is true, as much as idiots here don't recognize it. There's nerves and a feeling out process, as well as trying not to give up an early goal. Also an inexperienced squad as far as road WCQers go.

Far different than being lazy/uninterested.

 

The run to Mike's left didn't leave enough room for a pass to space.

 

You guys overrate the USMNT too much, this Honduras team beat canada 8-1 something we could only dream to do, we only beat A&B 3-1

 

This passing around the back crap is better, nothing exciting, but settling down and starting to work around and feel the game out.

 

What the ********. Shoot you jackholes.

 

*Jones*

 

Jermaine Jones kills a promising attack

 

Everyone taking too long to make decisions. They have much less time with the ball than they seem to think.