Guardado is a legend! One of the best ever for Mexico. But Mexico outclassed the US National Team Today.
Fire Poch! Bring back GGG! I thought the Mexican National Team is the worst it's been in generations, and GGG has only been able to beat Mexico because of that? The US had 1 shot in the game?? :facepalm I know it was a lot of B Team for the US, but holy crap!
Ironically the team is the worst its been, but surprisingly they out classed the US tonight everywhere. I am very optimistically concerned about the approach Poch has, and I'm very sus of the over reliance on all these European guys now... the US should have beaten Mexico, and GGG's tactics made Mexico look foolish. Will be an interesting ride to see. 2 games in 1-1... If Poch ends up losing more then winning, there will be calls for his head by next summer. January Boot Camp is VERY critical he HAS to get it right. I expect a good amount of young MLSers and guys like Aaron Long, pulled into camp
Of course it's way to early to draw any conclusions and it's been an A team / B team mix for the US, and mostly B team today, but man that was awful. And TBH they were lucky to beat Panama a few days ago. Could have easily been a 1-1 or 2-2 draw or even a 2-1 loss.
Gregg Berhalter had... 0 wins vs Mexico in Mexico, so yeah it's shocking that the USMNT with two dozen players injured wasn't able to win in Mexico in Poch's second ever game when they have done so exactly once in their entire history lol I guess the fact that Jurgen Klinsmann did so against a much better Mexico team than the one Berhalter or Poch have been facing, with crap players that included guys like Brek Shea, Terrance Boyd, and hero Michael Orozco Fiscal, means they should re-hire Klinsmann!
Gregg Berhalter was also undefeated vs. Mexico in Mexico so there is that . Poch will never achieve that in his USMNT coaching career, already behind. Of course I was mostly joking (thus the smiley about bringing GGG back - usually an indicator that someone's not serious) but still, not sure how you get only 5 shots in the whole game against any team, one on target, let alone the "worst Mexican team in many generations". That's some kind of "special effort".
You start by not having like 30 players there, including 11 of your best ones Injured: Balogun, Reyna, Weah, Cardoso, Richards, Adams, Dest, CCV, Paredes, LDLT, Cowell, Booth, Wiley, Ledezma, Yow, Dike, Kochen Sent back (injury or fatigue): Pulisic, McKennie, Pepi, Fossey, Steffen Not called up: Maloney, Luna, P Aaronson, Zimmerman, Pefok, Reynolds, Slonina
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There are always injures and guys who are otherwise not available. Reyna and Adams are almost always injured and Adams has barely played in the last year or two. Dest hasn’t been with the team much recently and Scalley’s been starting in his place. In fact the back 5 was pretty much starters. Ream’s CB partner changes all the time. There’s no regular there. Aaronson may not be a regular starter but 1st off the bench on the A Team. And then Musa to make 6 or 7. So arguably the team was at least half starters. And remember, this is “the worst Mexican team in generations”. *Any* team should be able to beat them, right? Right? Maybe you somehow manage to lose the game but not completely played off the pitch. Not making any grand conclusions about the future - the guy’s barely started. But we shouldn’t be afraid of calling balls and strikes as they come in.
What a meaningless statement, yes there are always injuries but sometimes there are more injuries than at other times. For example Reyna had important goal contributions in all three Nations League semifinal-finals that the US won, despite being "almost always injured"... in fact the last time the US beat Mexico in Nations League the two goal scorers were... Reyna and Adams.
It’s not a “meaningless statement” at all. The fact is that we had arguably 6-7 starters from the A team and got completely skunked - I mean it was like PSG vs. Houston Baptist, by “the worst Mexican national team in generations”. I’m just calling balls and strikes here - just about what happened - not making grand pronouncements about the future. If you don’t like what happened in the game don’t blame me.
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This is nonsense... name the 6-7 starters from the A team that they had. Since there are 11 starters that would mean only 4-5 starters were out...
I already named 6-7 guys who have started for the US nats A team. You can read it in my posts above. You almost never get your 100% top guys all starting at the same time, even at World Cup, not to mention there’s some debate even about who those 11 would be.
Clever attempt to slightly change the wording from "we had arguably 6-7 starters from the A team" to "6-7 guys who have started for the A team", but those are very different things. Naming 6-7 guys "who have started" for the A team is different from naming 6-7 starters for the A team. For example, Josh Sargent started for the A team at the 2022 World Cup.... but that was before Folarin Balogun filed a one time switch to the USMNT, where he has been a regular starter for the A team above Sargent (who has been at best third behind Ricardo Pepi who was also missing). So again, which 6-7 "start for the A team" over players who were missing including Pulisic, Dest, Reyna, McKennie, Adams, Richards, Balogun, Weah, Pepi, etc?
Again you’re not going to have your very best 11 every game even if you know who those guys are. Adams has been out for 1-2 years, Gio is usually injured, Dest is often unavailable, etc. All the guys I mentioned are in the top 15 or so of the A team: Turner, Ream, ARobinson, Scalley, Musa, Aaronson.
So you're expecting the USMNT to not suck playing Mexico down in Mexico (where the US has won once in their entire history, apparently making Klinsmann the best USMNT coach ever) because they had "Turner, Ream, ARobinson, Scalley, Musa, Aaronson"... Robinson no one denies is good, Turner despite not playing at all for club is there by default given the dire state of the GK pool, Ream a 37 year old CB who has been below average in MLS, Aaronson who has never played well for the US... and two guys whose 5-6 word last names you can't even spell correctly... OK! I cannot remember the last time Brenden Aaronson had a good game in a #USMNT shirt.At some point that has to matter, right? https://t.co/c7lobiysxE— Kyle Bonn (@the_bonnfire) October 16, 2024
So you’re not denying that the US started 6 guys in their top 15 or so? Now (goal post move) it's about how it's almost impossible to win in Mexico and that I misspelled a few names? Remember this was a friendly. You’re not going to have your World Cup starting lineup. And losing is one thing; looking like Houston Baptist against PSG is another. Again I’m just calling balls and strikes here. If you don’t like what was a ball or a strike it’s not my fault.
Everybody is now officially triggered by everything. Won't be too long before grunts are the only acceptable form of communication.