USA Passing Statistics [R]

[burud111]

In the Confederations Cup,
USA has no players in the top 65 in terms of pass completion rate.
http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/statistics/players/passes.html
Per my counting:

66. Onyewu 74%
81. DeMerit - 71%
90. Kljestan - 68%
103. Dempsey - 66%
108. Bornstein - 65%
109. Donovan - 65%
110. Clark - 65%

7th to last: Altidore - 45%
3rd to last: Casey - 38%

For me this is where the gulf in quality exists, in these numbers.

[KALM]

It's bad but it's not that bad. We've played 90 minutes a man down, and during that time period our passing options were more limited than they were for teams playing with 11 man.

[lmorin]

Other teams have played a really weakened US. The Egypt game will have changed a lot of the numbers, I suspect.

[jamison]

For me this is where the gulf in quality exists, in these numbers.

I watched Chad Pennington for 7 years.

Completion percentage isn't everything.

[KALM]

These are FIFA's passing statistics for the match against Egypt, only. Unfortunately, our pass completion rates aren't a great deal higher even without the man disadvantage. One thing I should note is that Onyewu's numbers appear to have been much worse in this match than they were in the previous two matches. Demerit's numbers surprised me.

Passes Attempted (+ Pass Completion Rate)

Dempsey - 56 (75%)
Spector - 47 (63.83)
Donovan - 46 (67.39)
Clark - 41 (73.17)
Bradley - 38 (71.05)
Bornstein - 38 (68.42)
Demerit - 38 (76.32)
Onyewu - 35 (62.86)
Altidore - 27 (51.85)
Davies - 19 (42.11)
Feilhaber - 10 (30)
Casey - 2 (100)

Long Passes Attempted (+ Completion Rate)

Spector - 11 (45.45)
Clark - 9 (77.78)
Donovan - 8 (62.5)
Dempsey - 7 (85.71)
Bradley - 7 (57.14)
Bornstein - 4 (75)
Onyewu - 4 (50)
Demerit - 3 (33.33)
Altidore - 2 (100)
Davies - 2 (0)

Medium Passes Attempted (+ Completion Rate)

Dempsey - 35 (71.43)
Demerit - 28 (82.14)
Bornstein - 27 (62.96)
Donovan - 26 (80.77)
Spector - 25 (80)
Onyewu - 25 (64)
Bradley - 23 (78.26)
Clark - 23 (69.57)
Altidore - 17 (35.29)
Davies - 12 (58.33)
Feilhaber - 6 (33.33)

Short Passes Attempted (+ Completion Rate)

Dempsey - 14 (78.57)
Donovan - 12 (41.67)
Spector - 11 (45.45)
Clark - 9 (77.78)
Altidore - 8 (75)
Bradley - 8 (62.5)
Bornstein - 7 (85.71)
Demerit - 7 (71.43)
Onyewu - 6 (66.67)
Davies - 5 (20)
Feilhaber - 4 (25)
Casey - 2 (100)