3rd colombia Goal Scorer was Michael Bradley's man.

On the first Colombia goal, everyone seems to want the CB (Brooks) to charge out and close James. By why would he do that when our DM (Bradley) is standing two yards in front of him? Bradley seems to be more worried about what everyone else is doing than just doing something.

 

I have nothing to benefit from “changing” the narrative. Yes, Delgado was jogging around centerfield. Which was understandable because he, like Bradley and I’m sure Acosta was expecting more from that 2v1 situation.

You created this thread around a narrative. I’m sorry that objectively it simply doesn’t fit that narrative.

 

To his credit, Bradly did speed up at the end when it looks like he noticed that the other two US players were running past him.

 

He looks pissed off. That’s the explanation. Other than seeing how much faster Acosta and Delgado are compared to Bradley - I’m not sure what else there is to see.

When I screwed up on the field my captains in time didn’t give me a back rub or participation ribbon. It was usually a verbal whipping. You think if Robinson pulled that in the premiership his captain would embrace him with less vitriol?

At some point this is high stakes, professional soccer and in a competitive environment you’ll see that.

What I think you are presuming here is that Bradley is incapable of self reflecting on his own partial responsibility for the sequence. Therefore, for him to upset with Robinson is hypocritical because somehow Bradley had a way to change that outcome through his own decisions. I’m not sure Bradley, even at full sprint, was making a huge difference the more I see this GIF and rewatch online.

Maybe Adams could have, but I’m skeptical.

 

Let’s get at the first part of his post that you bolded. It seems that you’re questioning whether or not neems benefits from changin the narrative.

Can you explain that further?

 

Soros pays me to post on BS, btw.

 

I must say, he or she (feilhaber/adu) does post a lot / creates many threads on the current situation and you two love duking it out (sometimes it almost seems like you guys are having fun) but I was looking at a lot of his posts and a lot of the stuff he posted that looks to be, reaching, actually turned out be correct. And that's the frightening part.

some of the extremely reaching ideas for example that he posted are that Michael Bradley will be named Captain once he returns and play 90 minutes after being away from the team for such a long period even though he did not earn it. He actually turned out to be 100% percent correct on this and again to me that is extremely frightening and does not bode well for USSF.

Don Garber and Dan Flynn are the highest soccer executives in this country, due to the roles they have, they will be in constant contact with media executives and have a business relationship. The media executives will want to maintain this relationship for their end of the spectrum. Its the media executives that bid for the packages.

Its actually not that far-fetched at all to suggest that the Soccer executives and the sports media executives had a talk on how to handle the Michael Bradley situation. Not only was I at the game, but I recorded it, and I did notice that there was a very- timely orchestrated plot to promote Michael Bradley's leadership and his importance to this team on Foxsports1. You don't even have to be a smart person to recognize this.

So what I noticed is Feilhaber/Adu seems to be desperately trying to post a lot about whats going on (maybe he knows someone on the inside and what the team really feels? so he is essentially what the gutless media soccer writers aren't, a voice of factual criticism) and on the opposite side your desperately trying to counter his posts in every thread for some reason.

I don't want to enter this boxing match, so hopefully my post is just viewed as a friendly opinion.

 

That's the point, isn't it? Bradley at "full sprint" is unable to make a difference against talented players. Time to pasture this guy, move on from the lion of backpassing. Play the kids, let them learn and grow from mistakes. Bradley is well beyond ANY learning.

First job of the new coach: remove the armband from Bradley, then remove Bradley.

 

I think it is fair to criticize MB while also recognizing his past accomplishments. His first year or so, he was a bit of a liability who seemed only a play away from a stupid foul near or inside our own box to give away the game. Then he improved, and for about 8 years, was one of the best midfielders to ever play for the national team. I think that was still the case after he returned to MLS. Heck, I think he was still one of our best 6-8 players through the last qualifying cycle.

All that said, since about the end of this year's CONCACAF Champions League final (where he was great), he has since been slow and sloppy. If we are healthy and have guys like McKennie and Adams healthy, I don't think he should see the field. At this point even a guy like Acosta may be superior, or at least a better investment for the future.

To further frustrate the problem, he is a hard guy to bring into the roster but not start. Given that, at least until he earns it by again being a top performer in MLS (which he may never), I am fine saying thank you very very much for your service, but it is time to move on.

 

List of MLSers who have RECENTLY played as center mids right in front of a backline (most of them in a 4-2-3-1 as part of the "2"):

1. Canouse
2. Nguyen
3. Nagbe
4. Feilhaber
5. Durkin
6. Lletget
7. Tyler Adams
8. Sean Davis
9. Trapp

That's just off the top of my head, there are others!! (doesnt even include players like morales, hyndman, danny williams, roldan, delgado, etc who are currently playing center mid at an arguably higher/equal level than bradley at the moment)

Personally, I think all of these players are better RIGHT NOW than Bradley for the USMNT. Who cares what MB did 10 years ago?????? RIGHT NOW, he's decent in possession but a sloth that bogs down the team and keeps it on the backfoot and offers little resistance defensively...all in the name of "leadership"...

How anyone could watch MB and the SUMNT vs Colombia and - given all of these other options - think that Bradley should be on the field is insane, imo.

 

Delgado is a wimp. Hack that guy down, pull him back, take an f'ing card. Read the play! It doesn't take a genius to see that the guy 2 feet in front of you is in prime position to score. I guarantee an international defender from some of our neighboring countries would have two cleated Pulisic from behind in that instance if given the chance.

 

For all the justified complaints about players not getting back, we also have to remember that Robinson should have won that lofted ball instead of letting it bounce around in the first place. The other guys just poorly (and yes in Bradley's case, not at all) tried to cover for this mistake.

 

The problem is that Bradley waited until the Columbia player went burning past him before he made any real effort. Then it was too late no matter what he did.

 

Maybe part of why A. Robinson looked so bad was his central midfield left side partner was MB90 that cant go 90 anymore.

If MB90 had made a decent recovery run instead of jogging we would of only lost 3-2.

 

The first ball too. We are up on a set piece late in the game. Grab a shirt, hold on till help arrives or you're called.

It is one of the weakest parts of our game. Too many late game goals scored because we are unwilling to stop the run of play.

We need Cobi Jones!

 

We need the other Jones IMHO. Jermaine would have scythed Falcao down at midfield and then taken off and looked for another player to grab.