Just wanted to see what your opinions of his play were. I thought he played quite well. Defensively he is very sound. His size, speed, and skill make him a very intriguing prospect. Though he did not get to flash much of his offensive skill in this game. Much of this has to do with the width of the field and this being his first cap and all. Any thoughts?
I agree with your assesment. I also like the fact that he's aggressive and doesn't back down. As long as he doesn't play wrecklessly, I'm all about a big, strong, fast defender.
suarez is tough as nails (as i never say that cheezy saying). i look forward to seeing him play against the mexi's. (btw, what would "tough as nails" be considered in terms of english grammar? it's not necessarily an analogy -- but something else?)
As a Burn fan, I was really glad to see him get a cap. I was nervous, though, because he has not played very well for the Burn this season. IMO. To my suprise, he did seem to hold his own and give BA something to think about. The only draw back I saw was that he was a little to quick to pick a fight. I think it is possible to play with that same fire without getting into fights. Hopefully he will learn that.
I was glad to see him get some playing time, and felt he played fairly well. But, let's not forget that Wales looked awfully bad yesterday. There are several CONCACAF teams that could have beaten that Wales side. I feel that Suarez has to prove to Arena that he can play within himself far more than he does in MLS. He picks up a ton of cards and loves to rant at the refs. I highly doubt that Bruce would put such a player into an important Qualifier. The last thing we'll need in Mexico City or San Juan is for a player to get sent off for a harsh tackle or dissent. I'm also not sure he has the pace to play out wide. That's what's been rumored, anyway. And I doubt he'll have any shot whatsoever playing in the middle, what with Pope and Bocanegra nailing down the center (and Califf playing well recently). Also, one wonders how flexible he'll be in a 4 or 3 back set. Bruce has shown that he values players who can play multiple positions. On the plus side, exposure to a Nats camp, and real playing time, can only do Suarez good. If he can push his game up a notch, who knows?
Suarez in the center Does Suarez ever play in the middle of defense for Dallas? With his height, skill, and aggressiveness I had been thinking about how he could play in a more central defensive role. Seems like an interesting possibility. Any thoughts?
He definately looks like he can be explosive (temper-wise), but the source of his frustration/temper could be the Burn's performance as well. Playing on a struggling side can bring the worst out in a player.
He really brings excellent talent to the table. From what I have seen in some MLS games, he can be very dangerous going forward. As far as his temperment goes, I thought he behaved quite well last night. I have seen him lose his cool over less. He will mature with time. Half of us said the same stuff about Mastroeni when he was first called up and look at the player he has become. We seem to be sitting pretty on the right with Sanneh, Cherundolo, Hejduk, and Suarez. Onyewu will be in the mix before long as well. The leftback spot is a bigger concern. I had high hopes for Barrett, but he is not even starting in Denmark. Boca and Vanney are probably are best options over there.
I only remember one time in the entire 90 minutes that Suarez got into the attack. That is not what Bruce Arena is looking in an outside defender. He defended well, but would fit more into the equation as a centerback. I dont think with the play that we saw yesterday merits another call-up to the USMNT. Lets see other players at the outside back before we see Suarez again.
You can't make an assesment like that off of one game...and if Arena is assessing players off of one game, then we should be frightened. Also, I thought he did enough to merrit another call up. I like what I saw out of him yesterday a lot more than a lot of what I've seen out of Califf and Victorine.
This temperemant is a pet-peeve of mine and the USMNT can not afford to field a player with this type of fiery attitude in a WCQ south of the border. I've only seen Suarez play five games, and this was his best-behaved by far. But if he throws tantrums or pushes people around after the play is dead, you can bet he'd be seeing red in just about any road qualifier that we have...except maybe against Trinidad and Tobago.
Regarding Suarez's attitude, yeah I notice in MLS action that he sometimes is childish in his behavior in terms of reacting to other players' taunts and aggressive play, but more often than not he is the initiator of those reactions from other players, which can be a valuable asset not only for your club side but on the international scene. I really liked his tough play last night for the Nats, and his tussles with the Welsh were totally under control. Remember, his yellow card came on a tactical foul, not because of his attitude or aggressive play. Overall I see this first cap as a real positive for him in terms of Da Bruce's plans for him in the USMNT fold.
Suarez looked like he could blow his stack any time. It would scary to watch him playing against a central American club.
You gotta love the athletic ability regardless. Is it me or is he bigger than Sanneh? He looked like a friggin' giant out there!!
I'm kind of back and forth on Suarez. He's definetly a level above Victorine who is barely a starter on LA. He's a strong defender who has some offensive skills, even if we didn't see many of them last night. On the down side he may lack the speed and technique to be effective against a better winger. Right now he'd rank below Cherundolo and Hedjuk at right back for me, but could get time against more physical teams like Germany or Poland.
1. He's there because of his red card. 2. He hit a lot of overlong safe balls out of the back - which would seem to be Bruce's instruction to anyone getting his first starts at a fullback position. 3. I didn't see him getting to the cornerflag on attack, but defensively he did pressure way high up the wing. Successfully I think. 4. He and Brown were thugging it up clownishly. 5. On that note, it seemed like the US employed a new tactic for dealing with Wales' aerial game. Suarez would not "stand-up" a target man by staying goal side when a high ball was played their way- he usually tried to get around his man and attack the ball from the front, knock it down. Maybe the plan was to disrupt Wales' distribution and let Goose sweep up the second ball, I don't know. Does this sound familiar to anyone who watched the game twice?
I thought this as well. I liked how he played but I would have him work on that temper before I put him anywhere a WCQ in Central America. That crap won't fly in Costa Rica, Honduras or Guatamala.
Unfortunately, Pablo has been out of control for the Rapids this season. I haven't seen Suarez all that much, but he seems to have the same problem. Both players can have excellent futures with the NT but they have to grow up some.
I'm not worried about the temper as I have enough faith in Bruce's ability as a coach and communicator to convey (not to be confused with Convey) such concerns in an effective enough manner that he'll keep the kid in check. I think Bruce can do this far better than Mike Jeffries, whom I don't think gets through to his players very well. You can't argue with his toughness and sometimes a little mettle is needed out there, even in Costa Rica or Mexico City. I'd much rather have that than the wusses who did nothing after the Mexis racked Alexi Lalas in the nads in the 97 Gold Cup or the softies who stood around and did nothing after Jaap Stam put Joe-Max Moore in a headlock. Suarez made a few casual passes yesterday and he didn't overlap with Stewart that much but as for showing nothing offensively, am I the only one who saw that cross to Ching right before Suarez came out? That thing curled in and was so on target that I think it surprised Ching, who should have done much better with it? That's certainly a better cross than anything Frankie Hejduk (whose crossing has gotten much better) or Steve Cherundolo has ever gotten and as good as Sanneh's cross to McBride against Portugal last year. Don't think Bruce didn't notice that. Yesterday Suarez went against some pretty big guys with whom he could bang, which plays to his strengths and that showed as no one from Wale got around him. I'd like to see him play against a team with smaller, quicker technical players and if he can handle that, then I think he should be considered for the long term plan.