Match Thread: U20s v. Colombia -- 5/30/13, 11:30 a.m. ET

I dont think Torre is strong enough...have seen him bodied off balls or challenges more than once...and ya his distribution leaves something to be desired.

 

I can see why he didn't start for ucla. Weird Ramos didn't call up more CB options...one in Tijuana in particular. I like Hernandez's game alot. His versatility is very good too

 

Payeras in for Torre.

 

Nice combo by Hernandez and Morris to create a good scoring chance.

 

Yes..Payeras for Torre. Time to see who distributes better

 

I thought Payeras did pretty well in that respect against France, considering the circumstances.

 

Goal Colombia.

I didn't get to see it but right when I turned it on they scored. 1-1.

 

Morris loses his mark on a set-piece and Colombia heads it in. 1-1

 

Morris having a lively half, just skims the crossbar.

 

Morris with a very nice run, settle, beats his defender then hits one with the outside of his right foot off the top of the bar, out for a goalkick.

He's been impressive.

edit: Apparently he left his mark for the Colombia goal. So, I guess I should say he's been impressive going forward.

 

Koroma is maddening. You look at him and there just should be more productivity there.

 

Except for the losing his mark on the goal thing.

 

Ha, I had just edited my post to reflect that. I didn't get to actually see it unfortunately.

 

Benji Joya on for Acosta.

 

Goal Colombia off a cross. 2-1.

Koroma at fault for completely leaving his mark, of course.

Not a good initial punch by McIntosh off the corner, Colombia gathered it again, fed it out wide and crossed it in nicely. Our guys fell asleep in the middle again.

 

US defense forgets to mark, oh, anybody, and Colombia punishes them.

 

I had forgotten how prone to hyperbole and how loose with actual facts Phil Schoen is. He knows the game but his struggling with details is maddening.

 

Tab should have taken out Koroma and switched Garcia to the left

 

I'm not assigning McIntosh all the blame, but a better goalkeeper would punched away the cross that resulted in the second Colombia goal imo.

 

One thing our guys really fail at is that they telegraph their passes far too early. You can see what they're going to do with the ball a good 2-3 seconds before they do it and these teams have been punishing them for that. It is leading to many of the giveaways in fact, rather than just inaccurate passes. France was especially privy to it from the opening whistle, but Colombia is starting to really catch on and take advantage. That MUST be fixed but unfortunately that's a problem with refining fundamentals and it really isn't up to Tab to instill it.

 

Did we just get scored on after subbing during a set-piece???

 

Miller with a really poor touch let's it trickle out of bounds.

 

I'm sure that one game he played at Santa Clara was more than adequate preparation for this team, I'll have you know!

 

Danny Garcia with another nice set of moves earns a FK. Not much else of note though.

 

60' Trapp (I think) attempts a goofy diving header when the ball is almost on the ground, and it hits his arm and goes clear of the area. Easily could have been a penalty.