Pre-match: 2018 World Cup Qualifying: USA vs Honduras; March 24th in San Jose

Who would you have gone with?

I'm not a fan of Brooks/Gonzo together and there are a few choices I would've made differently (calling in Spector and/or Evans, for one) but this roster has gotten hammered by injuries, especially up top.

 

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So Dempsey will drop into midfield and Lletget is an 8. Pulisic will drift wider when Dempsey drops. So it's a 4-2-3-1 in a way.

 

If we lose, it is going to be because Omar Gonzalez lets a guy run right past him for a goal. He is horrible. It's not a coincidence that we are 1-4 in the last 5 meaningful games he has started.

 

LETS GO TEAM USA

 

Morris isn't in 18.

 

Omar will dominate in the air but I fear what you say will come true. I would prefer we have a true 6 instead of Bradley in the role.

 

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Dont think so

Pulisic is cm,nagbe and lletget wings

 

Is kickoff not until 11 eastern?

 

The Gonzo - Brooks combo is the glaring issue. I also don't think Pulisic needs to be central just yet. I'm not a fan of Nagbe. Decent ball control but he's lacked finesse/finishing in the final 1/3. Also, I'd rather see Gcam at DMid than Bradley. Lleget is too slow to play out wide.

With the exception of Dempsey, Howard and JF, I hate this lineup.

Having said all that, I hope I'm dead wrong.

 

I don't think he's horrible as much as inconsistent. He swings between dominant and "dude WTF?"
A very puzzling guy.

 

I think its 10:55 est.

 

Need to call in another forward for the trip to Panama if Morris won't be able to go there either. Arriola or Agudelo would seem like the obvious choices

 

The Mexico game was 23 minutes late, so I expect the kickoff at around 7:50-7:55 PST.

 

Anyone watching the pre-game, Lalas and the Fernando guy arguing about WC shared between countries.

 

Hope we don't need a goal at 60'+ because we really lack attacking options off the bench. Wondo, Kljestan, Zusi, and Bedoya are all we've got.

 

I'm gonna fall asleep before the game even starts

 

I think there will be a lot of interchange between Pulisic/Nagbe/Lletget. All 3 guys can play any of those 3 spots

I like Cam at DM but he was never going to play there in this one. It was always gonna be either CB to pair with Brooks or RB because he's the only international-caliber RB in the squad, I would've personally gone with the former. Like I said, I think this squad really could've benefited from Spector's or Evans' inclusion to hold down that RB spot (I also would've brought in Chandler even if just for one game after Yedlin went down).

 

You must not have watched Dempsey play for us

...Lletget on a wing huh. Ok.

 

Neither ESPN nor mlssoccer.com, as of right now, have Orozco listed as on the bench. Is Zusi the backup RB?

 

good luck guys. I feel good about tonight at least

 

re: the lineup

pros: i like cameron at right back. i like that beasley isnt starting. i like 2 forwards.

cons: gonzalez starting. not really a fan of bradley starting either. dont think dempsey can go more than 60 minutes so dont like him as a starter cuz thats at least 1 sub spoken for right there.

 

Dont know what you're talking about. Dempsey has consistently been one of our best players

 

ok so when exactly does this game start?