2019 Nike Friendlies

Seems we're sitting back

 

GOLAZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOMEZ

 

Wow. Great vision to pick out that pass and what a goal.

 

We are playing like Uruguay

 

Xavi Simons picks off a pass, finds the open man in transition, and he finishes it. 1-1.

 

Poor pass by Kizner? leads to goal

 

I haven't seen much of Sealy before this but he looks really good. Strong, good vision, plays a nice ball. Freeman has been underwhelming.

 

dang nyeman

 

After watching so many U23 professionals lose physical challenges and have trampoline first touches, it is nice to see Sealy be able to control the ball in tight space and then move the team forward.

This team is not playing Greggy Ball either from what I can see. Lots of forward passes and moving the ball quick.

Gomez also looks good.

 

Sealy, Gomez, and Slonina have stoodout to me so far

 

Another really soft couple of CMs in #16 and #18. Makes Nyeman play deeper than he should and not like he is playing well anyway. Freeman is really poor. Not need to see him anymore to figure out that Gomez is a very good player. Don't know how good is Sealey, but he is playing well.

 

sealy looking very dangerous in the box and unlucky to fire off the post

 

Sealy ballin out, Mcglynn looking good too

 

howd he miss that!

 

Sealy cramps and a goal ensues lol

 

3-1.

 

That was too easy.

 

Kizner looks really poor. How do they rate him better than Casey Walls???

 

This team is sad. No defending whatsoever. All of the sudden the youth teams are struggling.

 

Growing pains, nothing more, I'm sure.

 

Holy moly- they tie it 3-3 in stoppage. Paredes and Kitahara.

 

Amazing work of Paredes.

 

Dutch completely falls apart in injury time. Ouch

 

One advantage of youth is that they still have their optimism, so they somehow think they can come back, and here they actually did. I think that the Netherlands was the better side, but competing means you keep going, keep believing. With the USMNT it's more, "Oh, woe is us, this game is lost."

 

Dutch were caught ball watching at the end. So many US players running free on the outsides.