PBP: 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship: USA vs. Canada 5/2 6:00 ET

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by ussoccer97531, May 1, 2019.

  1. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    The two dmids seem new to me. Can't find them in previous iteration.
     
  2. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Interesting to see us playing a 2-man back line on that second goal.
     
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  3. Luksarus

    Luksarus Member

    United States
    Jul 27, 2018
  4. Runhard

    Runhard Member+

    Barcelona
    United States
    Jul 5, 2018
    Ussoccer looking like a fortune teller about this group right now.
     
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  5. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Who lose the ball in midfield on the second goal? Was it Leyva or Kayo?
     
  6. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Univision guys say this is a 4231 which is correct as far as I can tell. The two dmids seem ineffectual on both sides of the ball. They seem to be wondering where they are supposed to be and what they are supposed to do.
     
  7. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yow and Reyna just aren’t connecting with Busio’s crosses inside the box. Final product isn’t there.
     
  8. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Scally steamrolled by a Canadian
     
  9. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Yeah, that was just a wisecrack on my part, commenting on just how exposed we were on that play.
     
  10. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    The team is a little top heavy with both Busio and Reyna maybe trying to do the same thing? I'd play Busio centrally.He's had first team minutes lately.
     
  11. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Close from Yow with a great pass from the...…..CB?
     
  12. TarHeels17

    TarHeels17 Member+

    Jan 10, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Most exciting part of the game so far is Richie Ledezma tagging Chris Gloster in the comments.
     
  13. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Multiple attacks have died at the feet of Busio in the last 10 min or so.
     
  14. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Where?
     
  15. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Watching this age group you’d have no clue they are in the same footballing program as the players born the year before and the year after them. It’s also even more hard to believe when you consider 2002 is the best WC result we’ve had in the modern era.
     
  16. TarHeels17

    TarHeels17 Member+

    Jan 10, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One of the first comments. I think it's scrolled too far to see now but you can probably see it when the replay is available.
     
  17. gunnerfan7

    gunnerfan7 Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Santa Cruz, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't worry, I repped it. Pretty surprised that he's there, tbh. Though, mainly that's because I'm not really on social media at all, so it's weird for me to see these kids interacting on social media in real-time.
     
  18. TarHeels17

    TarHeels17 Member+

    Jan 10, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm gonna chalk this one up to a new coach just coming in. We look disorganized and lackadaisical. If Bradenton was good for something, it was good at getting the players to treat this tournament like the Super Bowl.
     
  19. Luksarus

    Luksarus Member

    United States
    Jul 27, 2018
    Canada had two plays of danger, but knew how to take advantage of defensive errors.
    We were very weak in the offensive.
     
  20. Gacm32

    Gacm32 Member+

    Chelsea
    Switzerland
    Nov 28, 2010
    Geneva
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    The only person who can switch play is Reyna. The CB's are atrocious on the ball, Amour, Kayo, and Yow all look mediocre at best. Disappointing display thus far.
     
  21. gunnerfan7

    gunnerfan7 Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Santa Cruz, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yow and Busio have gotten chances. And taken none of them.
     
  22. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    First half thoughts.

    Has anyone played well? Terrible defending by Armour on the first goal. Leyva gets beat on the second goal. Nice finishing from Canada. Pepi invisible, Busio invisible, Reyna and Scally trying to do too much. Most of the rest aren’t any good. Not so surprising. This age group definitely has this in them.

    Losing this game doesn’t end our chances, like it probably should, due to the new qualifying format. As long as results go as expected, we’d likely have to beat Costa Rica to qualify for the U-17 WC. Very possible we could do that, but a lot less likely than usual with this contingent.
     
  23. SUDano

    SUDano Member+

    Jan 18, 2003
    Rochester, NY
    If we're going to teach our players to possess the ball and improve ball skills which we have. We also have to teach them how to not give the ball away in midfield and how to handle countering teams. Our team isn't terrible just not knowing how to play a bunkering team. In these type games we always have to score first to pull them out. Now its like playing against a concrete wall.
    Tough to score against a defending team. They are all playing below their standards.
     
  24. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    We have to have ideas in the middle third. Carleton did that for us in 2017. Best hope with this contingent is to move Busio there, especially with Stroud not in the team. Stroud, Busio + a destroyer would have been a good midfield with Reyna moving forward.
     
  25. TarHeels17

    TarHeels17 Member+

    Jan 10, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Get me Kobe at LB (sub Gray in for Armour) so both Busio and Reyna can combine through the middle. AOC on for another midfielder and go 442. Otherwise this is brutal.
     
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