---------------------------------------------- Match 22 … Slovenia vs USA … June 18, 2010 - Ellis Park, Jo'burg ... This thread is neutral and strictly moderated. Please take strongly partisan discussion to the team boards or to the World Rivalry board. ... ---------------------------------------------- No Flames - No Trolls ----------------------------------------------
Since I posted this in the just closed pre-match thread, here are the lineups confirmed by FIFA: United States: ------------------Howard------------------ Cherundolo---DeMerit—Onyewu---Bocanegra Donovan-----Bradley-----Torres-----Dempsey -------------Altidore----Findley------------- Slovenia: --------------Handanovic-------------- Brecko------Cesar------Suler------Jokic Birsa-------Koren------Rado.-------Kirm --------Novakovic----Ljubijankic--------
Torres gets his start today. Lets hope he's ready because he'll have to help Bradley shut down the counter attacks. After seeing his focus in the Turkey game, I think that he'll do alright. Get 'em, Gringo.
Let us all hope this USA v. Slovenia match gets a better official than Germany v. Serbia received; that game had the most awful ref in FIFA history... sad when Refs determine games! Go USA!!!!
It's going to be interesting to see how the USA does as a favored team. But with Torres replacing Rico Clark, it gives us a better chance to play a possession game.
Torres is badly needed in this game. His ball control, passing, calmness, vision is by far superior to the other midfielders. 2-1 USA
My wife and I will watch much of the second half of US match at a Mexican restaurant we like. Good luck to Mexico the rest of the way!
Why the Heck is Bradley starting Findley again? WTF!!! Making same mistakes as Bruce in 06. Even Joze shouldn't be starting. Put in the guys who were scoring goals. Herculez and Buddle. Joze is not ready yet and would be better used as a Sub as well as Findley.
01' 0-0 #8 Clint Dempsey and #9 Zlatan Ljubijankič go up for an aerial ball. Dempsey leads with a left elbow, foul. Ljubijankič stays down, rolls around, huddle. Hold breath -- no card. N.B. All diacriticals courtesy of Wikipedia's Slovenia page -- it's the one thing ESPN's otherwise-excellent GameCast page overlooks
http://espn.go.com/espn3/player?id=6227&addata=worldcup2010 http://www.atdhe.net http://livetv.ru/en/allupcoming