PBP: United States vs Brazil; September 8th; 8pm ET

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  1. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    tbf we all said that about the 2007 U-20 group too
     
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  2. comoesa

    comoesa Member+

    Aug 13, 2010
    Christen Press's armpit
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wish Altidore had a better workrate.
     
  3. CrazyDCFan

    CrazyDCFan Member

    Mar 31, 2002
    Henan, China
    I'll take a shot if Taylor Twellman doesn't mention Landon Donovan's tweet within five minutes of the start of teh second half.
     
  4. matabala

    matabala Member+

    Sep 25, 2002
    Problem is we don't have anyone else who can bring a similar physicality in the midfield. That's a big hole when we're talking about a guy easily past his prime YET still not replaceable.
     
  5. SpencerNY

    SpencerNY Member+

    Dec 1, 2001
    Up in the skyway
    Seems like a couple of his bad passes have led to some dangerous Brazil counters.
     
  6. Cirris

    Cirris Member+

    Feb 25, 2014
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    I just think that if you watch ESPN and listen to Twellman too long you'll feel like the same whiny bitch that he is. I'm not saying Twellman is a bad color guy with his commentary. He just comes off as someone who is panicking, bitching, gushing, or ass kissing the player(s) and tactics.
     
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  7. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    A 20, dude.... ;)
     
  8. CU soccer

    CU soccer Member

    Mar 28, 2005
    Panama City Beach
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My buddy, Tyler, is 5 rows behind our bench. Says when Bedoya was subbed off, he yelled something back at Klinnsman while he walked to the bench. He said no one around him could make out what he yelled, either, but that his facial expression was "frustration" and "anger".

    Interesting?
     
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  9. CrazyDCFan

    CrazyDCFan Member

    Mar 31, 2002
    Henan, China
    If I have to see this Don-Ovan commercial again, god help my TV screen
     
  10. ChrisSSBB

    ChrisSSBB Member+

    Jun 22, 2005
    DE
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If he checks into a 5 man midfield, Brazil will have the US compressed in their own third the entire match.
     
  11. CenterLine

    CenterLine Member

    Jan 17, 2009
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We don't deserve to be on the same pitch. Douglas Costa & Willian are just another world apart from our guys. Hopefully they sub in some scrubs in the second half & we get a 2-1 win:rolleyes:
     
  12. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We need to see if he can give his boy Rick a call, hes the best player on his team. We could use him.
     
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  13. Chance

    Chance Member+

    Minnesota United FC
    United States
    Apr 5, 2012
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think I caught what he said on my phone...hold on here it is

     
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  14. SpencerNY

    SpencerNY Member+

    Dec 1, 2001
    Up in the skyway
    Anyone watching this on Unimas? 'Bout sick of watching them do the picture-in-picture cutaways to the Mexico pre-game festivities.
     
  15. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I said when they were walking out that Bedoya looked like he wanted to be anywhere else. Probably didn't appreciate being put in a position to fail, then embarrassed by the coach.

    Horrible man management by Jurgen.
     
  16. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
    Club:
    Levski Sofia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nguyen is not the answer at this level, sorry.

    Issue largely is all 10 of Brasil' field players have a far superior touch to ours. On top of that, they're better athletes too. Outside Dre we don't have any true pace out there, especially when the ball is at our guys' feet. Benny might help but that's if we had more skilled players around him, otherwise he's just out there with no options to pass to either, then gets eaten up by the pressure. But again, it's not just skill, it's a lack of pace too.
     
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  17. nealesk

    nealesk Member

    Dec 18, 2009
    Santa Fe, NM
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    he comes off like a freaking idiot who has had too many concussions and shouldn't be anywhere near a mic. but that's usually who espn likes to trot out. there isn't 1 person outside of Darke worth a damn in the ESPN set up
     
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  18. aarond23

    aarond23 Member+

    Feb 24, 2006
    Indianapolis
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not surprising, we cant expect to match up against Brazil on most nights, look at the talent gap, but they've done ok to keep them to one goal and we had 2 (count em 2) half chances.
     
  19. thedukeofsoccer

    thedukeofsoccer Member+

    Jul 11, 2004
    Wussconsin
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Right now - Jermaine Jenas > Jermaine Jones

    He was far from the only player change since the GC, not that surging at the end against Peru in a friendly could be indicative of a whole lot.

    This is Brazil, so getting out-played to some degree is expected, but this still seems a mediocre at best performance, and Jones is a big part of that. One of several culprits on the goal, by showing himself to Yedlin, then aimlessly running into a defender. He turned the ball over on the edge of the box another time. He turned the ball over several more times, and defensively he's getting caught out of a position and lunging. How about subbing him too?

    Williams-Bradley-Mix sounds better. Give more balance and clearer roles of defense and attack. And give some more aid to the attack. Klinsmann thinks defense almost exclusive about the first 80 minutes against top 10 sides.
     
  20. SpencerNY

    SpencerNY Member+

    Dec 1, 2001
    Up in the skyway
    I'd like to lay a lot of this on JK, but this seems a lot more like Brazil just being Brazil.
     
  21. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    "Heineken Light, the best light beer you've ever tasted, or your money back."

    Ad campaign rapidly making me hate NPH.
     
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  22. jeremygl09

    jeremygl09 Member

    Jan 20, 2012
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    It is amazing how when Brazil doesn't start Neymar they can pull someone off the bench that could honestly start for almost any nation in the world.
     
  23. Skevin

    Skevin Member+

    Aug 9, 2009
    Colorado
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Czechia
    "We should have started more of our Germans. Might have triggered PTSD with some of the Brazilian side."

    Stolen from Reddit but it was so funny I had to post.
     
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  24. Brasitusa

    Brasitusa Member+

    AC Milan
    Italy
    May 14, 2014
    Club:
    New York City FC
    What progress? I actually see regression. We used to be a tough match-up for Brazil. We used to always give them at least some trouble. And this, against *better* Brazilian teams. Today we see this apathetic, toothless team that can't put together any creativity and can't threaten Brazil at all, not even in counters.

    Supposedly the Klinsmann era was expected to get us to be more internationally competitive. We end up with the worst Gold Cup performance in a while, and going backwards when facing quality competition like Brazil. Likely, we'll lose to Mexico in October and won't make the Confeds Cup.

    I mean, what exactly have we gained with this Klinsmann experiment?

    I say, fire Klinsmann.
     
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  25. beerslinger23

    beerslinger23 Member+

    Jun 26, 2010
    And?
     

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