PBP: U.S. vs. Portugal, Friendly, 11/14/17, 3:45 EST

Time is off.
It's 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time.

 

Line up is out.

 

so a midfield of Adams, McKennie, Williams, and Acosta? yikes.

 

————————Horvath
Yedlin——Miazga——Brooks——Lichaj
Adams—Weston—Williams—Acosta
——————Agudelo
—————————Sapong


Looks like 3 DM’s with 2 strikers.

 

should be fun..hope they stay organized.

who has a link to a free stream? please?! i don't have fox soccer.

 

------------Horvath-------------
-Yedlin-Miazga-Brooks-Lichaj
-Adams-Wes-DWill--Acosta--
-----Sapong--Agudelo-----

 

Wow. This is going to be terrible. I was having a hard time even figuring out how to make a lineup out of that 11. You got it. Acosta and Adams as OM's. Against Portugal. Wow. My prediction: major suckage.

 

Weston is a CM. Adams is a full/wingback/midfielder. Acost out of position.

 

Any chance its a compact diamond?

----------------------------- Horvath -----------------------------
-- Yedlin ------ Miazga ------------ Brooks ------ Lichaj --
------------- Adams ---- McKennie ---- Williams ----------
------------------------------ Acosta -----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------- Agudelo ----------------- Sapong --------------

This is what I expect. Push everything to the outside. Hope Miazga and Brooks win everything in the air. Not going to be pretty to watch in sense but excited to see some of the young guys, for sure.

 

Excited for Adams, but goodness gracious that's a terrible XI. No wonder Sarachan hasn't been a head coach in a decade.

EDIT: Ummmmmm...

I'm told the formation is a 4-1-4-1 w/Danny Williams holding, Agudelo at LM, Adams at RM, and Sapong up top. #usmnt

— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) November 14, 2017

 

This makes sense right here

 

This isn't bad at all.

No Ream or Bedoya.

 

Journalists are saying a 4-1-4-1, with Agudelo on the wing or the LM. I think this is probably the most believable. That is a ton of work rate in be middle of the field.

#USMNT starting lineup for the final game of 2017: pic.twitter.com/eSujf07dT4

— Paul Carr (@PaulCarr) November 14, 2017

 

expect several changes at half time too, so sarachan can get a look at several players.

 

Acosta is playing in the middle of a 3 man midfield, Adams as RM.

 

Avg Age = 23.5

Should be a tad lower, but not bad.

 

I'm not too disappointed by this line-up, just not a lot of attacking players on the pitch.

 

Acosta has played left back before, Adams has played on the right late during the season and Weston is playing higher than Williams.

But looks like Agudelo playing LM instead and them tucked inside.

 

Love the suckage comments. Like you were expecting all world from the 23 selected? It's about seeing the pups play on a big-ish stage. I could do without Acosta or Agudelo for sure but maybe I'll be surprised. Just so happy to not see a bunch of all too familiar names.

I do think Horvath is going to get tested.

 

"Surprise" result...US 2 Portugal 1

We've always matched up well against the Lusitanians

 

Kind of surprised Portugal is only -310 to win. I'd expect at least -550 or -600.

 

Probably due to friendlies being less predictable.