[Huss]

Grade the US performance against Mexico:

[CHICO13]

Where's the D? I would give the overall effort of the team a C- and Arenas coaching tactics a D+

[afgrijselijkheid]

really a C-... and folks, C- doesn't cut it at azteca

[Portista69]

The US was lucky that the scoreline was only 2-1 The scoreline doesen't justify the dominance by the Mexicans, the score could have easily been 5 or 6-1

[Leedsutd12]

i graded them an F because for thing when u go to the azteca you have to be prepared to play. They were no ready to play at all. I think the tactics were nice they were looking good to me. I really liked the idea of having Johnson up top on his own but Beasely should be out wide so he can run at people. I think the defense played the worst defense ive ever see. They didnt mark, they didnt go into tackels, they didnt communicate. The midfield gave the ball away everytime they got it. Reyna looked like he was gonna pass out the whole game. Hes a great player but not after hes been out for months with an injury, he needed more time to recover before a big game like that. Overall i was very dissapointed in there performance. props to Eddie Lewis because he played well and had a nice strike.

[CHICO13]

Originally Posted by Portista69

The US was lucky that the scoreline was only 2-1 The scoreline doesen't justify the dominance by the Mexicans, the score could have easily been 5 or 6-1

Or 2-2

[Moishe]

C- at best. Questionable lineup, Formation? I'll give most of the blame to The Bruce. DMD has always been at his best out wide so why he was inside was iffy. As good as EJ is, he still needs support up front. Landon still isn't getting it done. Reyna wasn't fit and Mastroenni didn't show up to play. We made a show of the Colorado camp which was obviously a guise and use tired Euro's that haven't spent enough time together. I changed my mind, I'll put this all on The Bruce.

[mschofield]

C because it was an average performance for the US at Azteca. Not a surprising result either way, but one that 10 years ago we'd have seen and said well, what do you expect. Not a D or F because we did score and we didn't get beat by 3-4 goals. But no better than average (course, with grade inflation, that probably makes it an A-).

[Mosco]

Well we will see if Mexico is as strong as theyare when they meet again in Colombus. Ohio I just want to see for my ownself that Mexico is stronger than the usa so this game in October will determine that Mexico is the stonger foe!!

[evanpemsocr]

I think we came out with the wrong mentality, I dont care where we are or who we are playing, we shoudlnt let that dictate how we play. The best defense is a good attack, if we have the ball then they dont and they cant score without the ball. We sat back and gave them the ball and gave them opportunities to score. Our defense was very weak, i dont like berhalter at all. Beasley shouldnt be in the middle, we should have made subs earlier in the second half. But since our goal was a better goal than the two they had, and we played hard so I give us a C.