2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship: USA vs. Costa Rica 11/16 7:30 ET

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by Dave Marino-Nachison, Nov 12, 2018.

  1. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    USA looks to be the stronger side. If our boys could just play 1-touch more often.
     
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  2. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    McKenzie's passing seems to be off early in the match
     
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  3. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Real’s passing seems to be permanently off.
     
  4. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What a GOLAZOOO! fine through pass from McK
     
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  5. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mendez, you beauty!
     
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  6. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We'll take it!
     
  7. salvikicks

    salvikicks Member+

    Mar 6, 2006
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Watching as a Galaxy fan is bitter sweet.
     
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  8. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Llainez, you beauty!
     
  9. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I can only imagine. Barf.

    Not true. Our sporting director let his own son go on a free...so there’s that.
     
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  10. Peretz48

    Peretz48 Member+

    Nov 9, 2003
    Los Angeles
    Yeah, but B. Kleiban is still there.
     
  11. bballshawn

    bballshawn Member+

    Feb 5, 2014
    Delaware
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    #36 bballshawn, Nov 17, 2018
    Last edited: Nov 17, 2018
    Damn not one mention off the disgraceful referee? I can't describe how bad he was, surprised more of our players didnt get hurt.
     
  12. gunnerfan7

    gunnerfan7 Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Santa Cruz, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #37 gunnerfan7, Nov 17, 2018
    Last edited: Nov 17, 2018
    I didn't get a chance to watch in real time, and I'm about 70 minutes in, and I can't believe there hasn't been a Costa Rican red card yet. Brutal.

    As an aside, it's CONCACAF games like these when I enjoy a comprehensive victory the most. A lot of this tournament was spent beating down terrible teams. There's little joy in beating USVI 11-0, or what have you. But when we stomp a Costa Rican team that's hacking the crap out of our players (and, like clockwork, the ref is not giving them a yellow until they've committed 4-5 yellow-card offenses), to make it to the U20 WC, I am ecstatic.

    Let's finish things off by beating Honduras and then beating Mexico!
     
  13. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I would like to play him 1v1 for 90 minutes under the same rules. Inside a cage. The total gape of a human being he was.
     
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  14. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    No doubt. I'm not sure we're going to have any players left when we face Mexico, though.

    What we're continuing to see in our youth programs is the building of depth. We just blew a good CONCACAF side off of the field with a "B" team. Costa Rica isn't typically one of the teams that resorts to the type of physical tactics we saw in this game. Their frustration level led to that. If a proud team like Mexico, Costa Rica, etc. go down they want to go down with a fight. For the bazillionth time, the CONCACAF referee lost control. That's so expected at this point that it has to be planned for.

    Many kudos to Tab Ramos and his staff. This was the easiest U20 qualification I can ever remember. The way we blew past the competition belies the fact that there were potential pitfalls along the way. T&T and Costa Rica aren't St. Lucia and Nicaragua.
     
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  15. SUDano

    SUDano Member+

    Jan 18, 2003
    Rochester, NY
    Anyone have a replay link? Couldn't watch it live.
     
  16. USSoccerNova

    USSoccerNova Member+

    Sep 28, 2005
    Talent and depth continues to get better each cycle. Costa Rica, traditionally the third best team in our region, looked hopelessly overmatched. Our ever-increasing investment in scholarships, scouting networks, residential academies, better coaching and improved competition is really starting to pay dividends.

    Ref was trash as expected. This game would have been 8-0 without our players feeling they had to get rid of the ball extra quickly or risk getting hurt. Unfortunately, Honduras is probably going to be even worse.
     
  17. deejay

    deejay Member+

    Feb 14, 2000
    Tarpon Springs, FL
    Club:
    Jorge Wilstermann
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
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  18. PhillyJawn_guy

    PhillyJawn_guy Red Card

    York 9 FC
    United States
    Nov 17, 2018
    Philadelphia, PA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The U-20's just had to spoil the party by actually doing well. We want all levels to fail miserably especially MLS so the USSF can be ousted and replaced with something better and functional.
     
  19. ielag

    ielag Member+

    Jul 20, 2010
    Dudes just bounce off McKenzie at this age level, he’s an ox. And made a hell of a pass that set up Mendez’s golazo.
     
  20. Danny Woodhead

    Jul 12, 2015
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    Cape Cod Crusaders
    That was the best game Akinola has played in a while. Accurate passes, didn't try to do too much, and had a nice goal. Hope Uly is well enough to play over him for the next two games, but it was still nice to see.
     
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  21. deejay

    deejay Member+

    Feb 14, 2000
    Tarpon Springs, FL
    Club:
    Jorge Wilstermann
    Nat'l Team:
    Bolivia
    Wow! That was cathartic and hope filling. No hesitation now on my part. Costa Rica is a decent team that knows how to handle the ball and defend but has scoring issues. The boys made plenty of mistakes but they were skilful and connected to each other against a team that was prepared to bunker. Even better, for the second cycle in a row we look like we have the best talent in the region.
     
  22. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Probably Soto was affected by travel, but he was the worst player on the team.
     
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  23. Peretz48

    Peretz48 Member+

    Nov 9, 2003
    Los Angeles
    That point about travel perhaps being a factor with his performance is a reminder that it may be premature to judge players on one game. Beyond travel there are so many other factors that affect players and that we just don't know about. I hope Soto shows his stuff against Honduras and then hopefully against Mexico.
     
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  24. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
    Thank you, Chairman Mao.
     
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  25. PhillyJawn_guy

    PhillyJawn_guy Red Card

    York 9 FC
    United States
    Nov 17, 2018
    Philadelphia, PA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What?? I want the OPPOSITE of Communism which is what the SUM/MLS relationship is giving us.
     

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