USA-Egypt Player Ratings [R]

[burud111]

I'm going with:

Altidore - 6
Davies - 6.5
Donovan - 6.5
Dempsey - 6
Bradley - 6.5
Clark - 6.5
Bornstein - 5
Onyewu - 7
DeMerit - 6.5
Spector - 7
Guzan - 7

Feilhaber - 6
Casey - 5.5

[The Soccerwiz]

The whole team gets a 9 for guts and effort, today is too nice of a day to nitpick.

[FC Tallavana]

Altidore - 6
Davies - 5
Donovan - 7
Dempsey - 6
Bradley - 8
Clark - 7
Bornstein - 5
Onyewu - 9
DeMerit - 8
Spector - 8
Guzan - 8

Feilhaber - 6
Casey - 5

[Marko72]

NOTE: I joined around the 15th minute, and I go by the 6 point "average" scale.


Guzan - 6.5 Good on him for getting the clean sheet when he needed it, but I'm nervous with him between the sticks. Shaky in the late going, particularly with defensive organization.

Spector - 7 Strong match, good cross from deep to Dempsey, has solidified his place on this team.

Demerit - 6.5/7 His best match with the US thus far.

Onyewu - 8 A rock in the air and playing like a savvy veteran.

Bornstein - 6 Has quietly strengthened just a bit over the course of the tournament. I'm still nervous having him going 90 for us.

Clark - 6.5 Much the same form as his pre-sending off against Italy.

Bradley - 7 Getting himself into lots of good attacking positions, but not finding his finishing touch until he had that one well-taken one today.

Dempsey - 6.5 Good goal when he needed it, still looking to be one of our biggest underperformers.

Donovan - 8 Consistently creating danger, and showed quite a lot of fight. Man of the match (and the tournament for us, IMO).

Altidore - 6.5 Much better holding up the ball, was finally able to turn his man a few times, unlucky on that strike that stuck the defenders' arm.

Davies - 6 Got the scrappy goal we'd needed to get things going, but honestly not a whole lot more.


Feilhaber - 6 Calming midfield presence today.

Casey - 5 Absolute lack of touch is disturbing.

[JeffreyWyatt]

I base off 6 being average.

With your backs against a wall, to come out swinging like the US did today elevates point levels. (yes, Egypt wasn't 100%, I realize)

Guzan- 6... didn't have a whole lot to do, can't really give him more than that

Bornstein- 5... he is quizzical, can't judge headers, and picks interesting times to get forward.

Demerit- 7.5... was really solid today

Gooch- 8.5... Didn't lose a header, did he even lose a tackle or 50/50 ball day? Stepped up in excellent positions and was really brilliant today

Spector- 7.5... Great, Great assist. Had a few not so solid defensive seconds, but when the midfield is so pinched in, some stuff will happen on the wings.

Clark- 6... solid game, did pretty well defensively. Wasn't my most noticed player today.

Bradley- 7.5... Really active, played very well in the middle, well taken goal. A few errant passes I'd like to see him rid himself of by next year

Dempsey- 7... Besides Harkes lamenting his existence, Dempsey covered a lot of ground and put in a hell of an effort. Yes, he's tired, no way around it. Mentally I don't think he's 100% due to body fatigue and is making some bad dribbling ... but he's got heart and had a nice header for a goal.

Donovan- 8.75... MOTM Was everywhere, without him, this team doesn't run. Has shown his heart all tournament and should be making a lot of teams take notice with these performances. No need to say anymore, fantastic today.

Davies- 7... Would have been a 6 without a goal. His speed causes people fits and as soon as he plays a bit more for our side, and understands everyones games, he'll be a solid forward. Great poachers goal, we need those!

Altidore- 6.5... The kid is tired and not fit, but keeps working his ass off and holding up the ball. Should have had one or two goals today, and hopefully he'll make up for it against Spain.

Casey- ummm... 6? I dunno, just ran around, slowly and held the ball up, I think that was his job today.

Feilhaber- 6, did nothing special really, but held the line and provided fresh legs in the midfield... though it's only a 6 don't think his contribution wasn't very helpful to kill off the game.

Bob- 6 congratulations, you finally got your team ready for a game and no one got a card. the lineup wasn't exactly inspired, but the guys played well today and for that you get a 6, bringing your average score for the tournament up to a 3 per game for the tournament thus far. Spain is the only game that counts, get them ready for that and I may think you somewhat competent.

[Cool Hand Luke]

Altidore - 6
Davies - 6
Donovan - 7
Dempsey - 6
Bradley - 7
Clark - 6
Bornstein - 5
Onyewu - 7
DeMerit - 7
Spector - 7
Guzan - 7

Feilhaber - 6
Casey - 4

[Altidore_Adu_Fan]

Bradley = 8 = Just Great
Onyewu , = 8 = Deserves to play in a top 4 league
Donovan = 7, Donovan should of had 2 goals and move to England dammit!!!
Guzan = 10 Clean Sheet
Spector = 6 = Thanks for the assist
Dempsey = 4.5 = Mehhh!! Should never be a midfielder for are team vs Spain put him next to Jozy & let Torres or Adu take his place

Rest Of Players = 5

[deuteronomy]

Altidore - 5 looked like an handful but still has a lot to learn
Davies - 6.0 added speed, opportunistic (but lucky) goal
Donovan - 7.5 He was everywhere, without him we would be lost
Dempsey - 6 both good moments (goal) and bad (decisionmaking)
Bradley - 7.0 Worked unusually hard, nice commposure on his finish
Clark - 6.5 effective the first half
Bornstein - 5 entirely too much scrambling for my liking
Onyewu - 7 very nice match, dominant in the back today
DeMerit - 6.5 solid workmanlike effort
Spector - 6.5 effective, great cross on Dempsey's goal
Guzan - 6 was not tested, good leadership and distribution

Feilhaber - 6 his possession skills helped the second half
Casey - 5 needs to work harder in running the clock down

[mdfc]

Guzan 7 - liked distribution
Spector 7 - welcome to the team
Gooch 7.5 - did misjudge Egypt's last chance, but he has been our player of the tourney
Demerritt - 7 - you can see the confidence growing - did you see his facial expression on that great tackle in the 2nd half?
Bornstein - 6.5 - has gotten better each game, gets hung out to dry too often
Dempsey as a midfielder - 4 - created chance for bradley early, but then just turns it over and offers nothing in defense
Dempsey as a forward - 7 - play me there coach
Bradley - 7 - strong game in midfield, just needs to cut out the one rash challenge a game
Clark - 4 -don't understand why he is there, not a great ball winner and a miserable distributer of the ball
Donovan - 8 - MOTM - class throughout, and while he still should have shot on that 1st chance, every striker is supposed to know the 1st guy makes a near post run
Davies - 7 - a hustle goal is exactly what we needed to get us going
Altidore - 5.5 - he's only 19, he's only 19, he causes problems

subs
benny - 7 - effort of bench which is the idea
casey - 5.5 - keep the ball upfield dude, but he did win a few key defensive headers

bob - 4 - we all got to see how much better dempsey is as a 2nd forward, the clark/bradley combo still doesn't work, and why would you not throw on another sub in the last few minutes to a) waste time and b) add fresh legs to pressure the ball?

ref - 4 - these guys have no idea what a yellow card tackle looks like

egypt - 3 - putrid display
italy - minus 9 - suck it
it shows if not for clark's red card they may have left SA with 1 or 0 points

[IKickAndIm50]

Ref - 9 for not giving us a red, not a 10 since he still gave out multiple yellows and missed the obvious handball egypt committed

Donovan - 9, ran his ASS OFF, he WAS A ********ING DEFENDER HALF THE TIME, then he nutmegs egyptians and takes on like 5 at once and still got past, the man is a GENIUS

Mike Bradley - 8, solid solid goal, and solid play

Guzan - 9, repeatedly strong, great saves, nothing really spectacular, but repeatedly doing the right thing under enormous pressure can be spectacular in itself

Onyewu - 10, the man saved us, this man saved us

Dempsey - 8, if he didnt score 5, since he scored thats a +3

Spector - 7, Needs more speed for crying out loud he misses so many balls, but at least he's visionary and technical

Davies - 6, got lucky on the goal, was crappy otherwise

Altidore - 5, what did he even do really? some almost chances i guess, but almost is nothing

Feilhaber - 8, nice energy as always

Casey - 6, he sort of failed again but at least he tried more

DeMerit/Bornstein - 7, not very noticeable but i guess they helped make clearances out of our back area

[Arid_Torpor]

5 average

Guzan: 6
Spector: 5.5 (4 in the first half. 7 in the second)
Onyewu: 8
Demerit: 7 (has he replaced Boca yet?)
Bornstein: 5.5
Dempsey: 6 (4.75 at midfield, 7 up top).
Clark: 5
Bradley: 7.5
Donovan: 8.5 (MOTM)
Altidore: 5
Davies: 6

Feilhaber: 5.5
Casey: 4

Bob: 6.5

[DaPrince84]

Guzan: 7
Spector: 7
Gooch: 8
Demert: 7
Bornstein: 6
Bradley: 7
Clark: 7
Dempsey: 8
Donovan: 9
Davies 7
Altidore: 7

[polska26]

Guzan 10 not much work but great saves when needed

Spector 6
oneyewu 8
de meritt 7
bornstein 5 still need a left back

dempsey 6
bradley 8 still hate him
clark 7
donovan 8

davies 7
altidore 8

[Julio84]

Guzan 7
Spector 7
Gooch 8
Demerit 6.5
Bornstein 5
Clark 5.5
Bradley 7
Dempsey 7
Donovan 8
Altidore 5.5
Davies 6

[Manolo]

Donovan's performance was as close to a 10 as ever by any US player since Casey Keller vs. Brazil. Without his running, dribbling, and passing, the Egyptian defense wouldn't have opened up as much as it did to lead to the first goal. A goal on that brilliant run in the first half would have made it a 10, and would merit nomination as the best U.S. goal ever scored in a meaningful game.

[elephantstone]

Guzan 6 - nice overall play, but flapped at a couple crosses to generate some nervous moments.
Bornstein 5 - No horrible mistakes, but didn't add anything coming up the flank, and was generally uninvolved.
Gooch 8 - Total f-ing man in the middle, distributed well out of the back, total shutdown.
DeMerit 6 - Mostly solid play; much more comfortable with him in the middle than Califf.
Spector 7 - Has to be the first option from now on, even post Cherundolo recovery.
Clark 6 - Solid but unspectacular. Disappeared as the match went on.
Bradley 6 - Poor first half, work rate helped him in the second, and a good finish on the goal.
Dempsey 5 - Not bad up top, but a total disaster in the midfield. Lazy clearing and poor defensively. Goal is a +1 bonus on his score.
Donovan 8 MOTM - Everywhere. Almost scored the goal of the tournament, set up Bradley for two clear chances (one he finished), did all the defensive dirty work Dempsey did not, still the fastest, best player on the field at 90'+. Outstanding. Would be a 9 with a finish on one of his two chances, a 10 with a finish on both.
Altidore 6 - Good work on the Davies goal and elsewhere; unfortunately his lack of play is starting to show.
Davies 7 - Sometimes you need a scrappy garbage goal to get yourself started. I thought his work up top cleared a ton of space in the midfield for Donovan and Bradley to operate.

Subs
Feilhaber 5 - Bradley plays him out of position, and again he basically disappears. Pointless.
Casey 5 - Terrible touch, could have done a lot more to help us kill the clock.
3rd sub - Will appraise when Bob uses it in the Gold Cup. We get 5 to play with in our first match because he's saving them, right?

[TheDoc]

I am glad to see the BB has brain washed alot of our fanbase about how forward sin general are supposed to play.

Saying Davies had a bad game is absurd!

Watch him play without the ball, he is the only American that ever makes runs to get into open space.

He held the ball up, made great passes/crosses, took on players, and stayed with the ball no matter what.

Unlike Bradley or Altidore or Donovan who gave up on many plays that could have been so much more.

But you know what I dont care, we won!

I think almost everyone gets a 7, save the subs.

Except BB who gets a 2. Again I am not sure if he is a spokesperson for AT&T and thinks just like unused minutes that his subs rollover.

The guy is terrible and it shows that our team is better than our coach.

[lmorin]

Altidore - 5.5 mixed; needs more club time
Davies - 5.5 consistent
Donovan - 6.5 One big judgment error.
Dempsey - 5.5 Goal redeemed him
Bradley - 6.5 Very nice game; contribution to offense massive
Clark - 6 Nicely invisible plugging the holes seen in previous games
Bornstein - 5 Not prime time
Onyewu - 6.5 Excellent
DeMerit - 6 Solid
Spector - 6.5 Another good game
Guzan - 6 One missed punch; pretty good

Feilhaber - NR
Casey - 4.5

The fact of the matter is that a moderately healthy US team with a halfway decent duo in the central midfield played an Egypt team that started the game without its #1 scorer and lost 3 more starters through injury. Good for the US, but Egypt was far from its best.

[DaPrince84]

lol @ the poor ratings for Clint... he wasnt bad at all... dont let Harkes fool u

[schrutebuck]

Here's Goal.com's ratings, I will only copy and paste the numbers

http://goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2009/06/21/1339141/player-ratings-egypt-0-3-usa

U.S.A
Guzan: 6.5
Spector: 7.0
Demerit: 7.5
Onyewu: 7.5
Bornstein: 6.5
Dempsey: 7.5
Clark: 7.0
Bradley: 7.5
Donovan: 8.0
Altidore: 6.5
Davies: 7.5

SUBS:
Feilhaber: N/A
Casey: N/A