Busio intercepts and plays to the ST making an inside out run. Bello makes an underlap, putting 2-3 defenders between the ST and him, turned back over. 0-0 '10
Bello turns it over trying to go 1v1 on the wing in our half. Stroud and he foul. Long FK is headed in. 0-1 Brazil up '15
US counter, Perez almost loses it, plays wide to Bello, burns his man after facing him up but slightly over hits the curling cross to the back post. 0-1 '18
No PK after Bello hits the floor running onto a 1-2 from Busio. Perez from the right goes wide low of the far post from 22. 0-1 '20
Stroud with a great slightly floated diagonal throughball from center to the right side of the box. Hagan tried to take it first time but doesn't get a clean connection. 0-1 HT
That was an okay half, aside from bad marking on the free kick. Our best offense remains the full-backs. We have absolutely zero creativity otherwise, should tell you a lot about these hyped up attacking mids who've contributed 0 so far this tournament. Midfield has held up, although its still not doing well. Defense has been very good, I thought, aside from Scally's poor marking on the free kick. I'm not sure Brazil has had any real chances besides their goal. Las almost kept that goal out, I have no clue how he got a hand on that, would've been a world class ave.
I don't even know why Hagan is on this team, it doesn't make any sense to me. Busio has been way overhyped. He scored against some CONCACAF minnows who can't trap a football, and we were told he was a big name for this cycle, done nothing against real competition in this tournament. He's a fine player, has some tools, a good striker of the ball near the net, but he's lacking a soccer IQ and lacking ability to create chances. He's probably best playing as a striker, but even then, he doesn't really have a hold up game. Fuentes is another one who has been way overhyped. He is good in possession centrally due to some very good ball control, but he has no idea what to do once he gets within 25-30 yards of the goal, almost always makes the wrong decision, doesn't make decisions quick enough, doesn't have particularly good passing vision or a long shot, doesn't create many chances for teammates. He's probably best suited as a possession based #8, if he can improve defensively. Hackworth hasn't given him much playing time this tournament, but Gaines is another one who was hyped up without having much offense in his game as an offensive player. Next camp I want some guys like Redzic, Pynadath, Saunders, Akale tried out, along with getting Reyna back into the team. We need to improve our creativity from the three spots behind the striker.
Perez hits a dangerous FK from 30 out on the left to the opposite 6 but we don't get on the end of it. 0-1 '46
More good combination play on our left and Bella's cross falls to the top of the box, trailing CM puts it over. 0-1 '48
US counter, good outside of the foot throughball to ST. Cross out for CK. Goal, Alejandre wins the deep, far post corner and it ends up in the net. 1-1 '53