Pre-match: Camp Strudel: USA vs Canada; 1-29-13

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by AutoPenalti, Jan 25, 2013.

  1. Chance

    Chance Member+

    Minnesota United FC
    United States
    Apr 5, 2012
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I like my lineups to look pretty :)

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    I really wouldn't be surprised to see Tally get the start in front of his hometown crowd. LB was a toss up, Morrow is really the only LB but who knows if JK just puts a RB there.
     
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  2. bmo180

    bmo180 Member+

    Jan 25, 2012
    not really a surprise, Hall is better than Johnson/Hamid, Jurgen just brings them in to develop them I think
     
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  3. KickersFTW

    KickersFTW Member+

    Jan 12, 2012
    RVA (Soccer hotbed)
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Lets just go Honduran on them. I mean same setting sort of. Hot weather and loud fans(hopefully lol)
     
  4. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bruin gets a hat trick tomorrow.:thumbsup:
     
  5. az2004

    az2004 Member

    Jun 5, 2012
    natural hattrick???

    canada was keeping their ammo dry for usa
     
  6. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's why they lost to a Domestic Danish team?
     
  7. az2004

    az2004 Member

    Jun 5, 2012
    i recall the 0-0 result we had with canada...

    comparing results is alwys dangerous, i prefer seeing how poeple play

    can we create a ton of good scoring chances, and give up none
     
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  8. Skevin

    Skevin Member+

    Aug 9, 2009
    Colorado
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Czechia
    There are a lot of players I want to see get a chance. Gonzalez, AJ Delagarza, Hall, Besler, Feilhaber, Diskerud, Zusi, Davis, Agudelo, Wondolowski, and Bruin.
     
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  9. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. Dr. Gamera

    Dr. Gamera Member+

    Oct 13, 2005
    Wheaton, Maryland
    If you buy into the notion of bogey teams -- opponents that a team frequently seems to do worse against than it "should" -- then Canada is one of the USA's bogey teams. It could always just be coincidence, of course, but last year's scoreless draw, the 2-0 result in the 2011 Gold Cup, and the 2-1 result in the 2007 Gold Cup stand out as "why didn't the USA blow out Canada?" games.
     
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  11. Clenbuterol

    Clenbuterol Red Card

    Aug 25, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
    Those were all "A" type teams vs. "A" type teams.
    I think most would admit that the USA has a deeper squad compared to our neighbors of the north. This being a non-Fifa date makes a huge difference.

    I think we win comfortably.
     
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  12. Dr. Gamera

    Dr. Gamera Member+

    Oct 13, 2005
    Wheaton, Maryland
  13. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Canada's GK sucks so bad. I'm expecting Bruin and EJ to score a header or two.
     
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  14. Dr. Gamera

    Dr. Gamera Member+

    Oct 13, 2005
    Wheaton, Maryland
    The one big blowout the USA has achieved over Canada (well, since the USA stomped Canada in 1925 and 1926) supports your point: what appears to my eye to be a largely young and domestic USA squad romped to a 4-0 victory over Canada in 2003.
    http://www.ussoccer.com/news/mens-n...en-down-canada-4-0-to-open-2003-in-style.aspx

    Realize as you glance over the line-up that, at the time, Tim Howard was still a MetroStar, Bocanegra was still with the Fire (and scored his first international goal!), and Donovan was still an Earthquake.
     
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  15. deuteronomy

    deuteronomy Member+

    Angkor Siem Reap FC
    United States
    Aug 12, 2008
    at the pitch
    Club:
    Siem Reap Angkor FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This (and the match following it) probably the biggest horror tale of a United States team in recent memory.
     
  16. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Jeffrey and Opara.:mad:

    Gonzo > Canada
     
  17. Clenbuterol

    Clenbuterol Red Card

    Aug 25, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
    We missed Agudelo.
     
  18. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bruin, Deleon, McInerney, etc....
     
  19. Chance

    Chance Member+

    Minnesota United FC
    United States
    Apr 5, 2012
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That was such a horrible match to watch. Hopefully we thrash Canada and give our guys a morale boost.
     
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  20. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That has got to be one of the worst cases of complacency in soccer.
     
  21. BimmerBenz95

    BimmerBenz95 Member+

    Feb 24, 2012
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Missing Agudelo was not the problem for the U23s.
     
  22. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ill disagree with that. It was a major problem for the team. It resulted in Teal Bunbury starting and took out Agudelo's creative moment which had opened space and confused defenders against Mexico and Cuba. We can laugh about Cuba all we want, but they tied a Canadian team we lost to.
     
  23. BimmerBenz95

    BimmerBenz95 Member+

    Feb 24, 2012
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We had Terrence Boyd who should have started in the 2nd game against Canada. The defense and Porter's coaching decisions were the big reasons why the U23s failed to qualify.
     
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  24. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    Going by people's quotes and such, it really sounds suspiciously like they were playing in and preparing for a 442, which kind of flies in the face of much of what Klinsi's done thus far. In any case, assuming we do play 442, here's my guess at the XI for tomorrow:

    ---------Johnson----Wondolowski--------
    Davis------Beckerman-----Zusi-------Gatt
    Morrow-----Besler---Gonzales----Beltran
    ------------------Johnson--------------------

    If that's not the case and we go more 433ish, then something like this:

    -------------------Bruin------------------------
    Johnson----------------------------------Gatt
    ----------Feilhaber--------Zusi---------------
    --------------------Beckerman----------------
    Morrow----Besler---Gonzales------Beltran
    --------------------Johnson-------------------


    EDIT: Diskerud for Feilhaber
     
  25. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    From what I've seen in Klinsmann's lineups, he's pretty flexible on formations.

    He's used
    -------ST-ST
    LM----------RM
    ----CM-CM
    LB-CB-CB-RB

    ----------ST
    LW----------RW
    ----8------8
    --------6
    LB-CB-CB-RB


    -------ST
    LW----CAM----RW
    -----8-----6
    LB-CB-CB-RB


    ----ST---ST
    -------CAM
    LM-----------RM
    ---------CM
    LB-CB-CB-RB
     

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