The Gold Cup Champs Mexico vs Gold Cup Losers Los Nads (9/6/2019) Jersey

this victory feels good, it feels so good to beat them

 

It’s more of the fact we should’ve had about 3-4 of those since 2011. We had great rosters but were totally in our heads.

Yesterday was a masterclass and it looked like they were toying around in the 2nd half.

 

Did they win the WC in 2010?

 

Mexico was toying with them lol

If our guys like have been a bit more composed and took advantage of all the clear chances they had, the score line would have been worse than the 2009 Gold Cup final

 

Didn't watch but news made my day

These guys are going backwards

Was there a ******** chant?

 

It was 1/8 of the loudness of a regular chant

 

Playing a high line and using your GK as a sweeper means the team will be susceptible to line breaking passes and in this respect, I thought Reyes had a very good game. His anticipation was on point and he formed a very good partnership with Sanchez and released Tecatito into space quite a few times with lofted balls behind Dest.

Obviously watching the game live gives you a different perspective than watching on tv with the added bias of commentators who highlight certain plays and build up narratives, both good and bad.

If you look at Salcedo, Moreno, Araújo and Reyes individually, you’ll see where each one excels and where their deficiencies lie and I can almost guarantee the fact that we will be seeing quite a bit more of Reyes now that he’s back in Mexico.

Luckily for us, Tata is a level headed dude and will certainly apply the correct context to each player’s performance.

One minor note regarding the opponent. I was at the friendly in Nashville last year and commented on the fact that several of these young players the US has coming through are about as average as one can imagine and the poster boy for this is Weston McKinnie. I truly don’t know what people see in him. He was completely dominated by Herrera, Guardado and Charly. Individually and collectively. At one point he pushed forward and tried to pressure both Reyes and Moreno and they had no problem getting by him when they needed to. Aside from one clear run where he galloped into open space, he was generally anonymous. Which is par for the course so far in his career vs Mexico.

 

I watched the game twice and I rarely saw anything threatening from McKinney.

However, even more bizarre, I can’t remember a SINGLE Zardes play. It was like he wasn’t even on the field. For someone who is excelling with Columbus, I expected a little more firepower. He was beyond a ghost.

 

When midfielders and wing players aren't good enough then the striker will never see the ball.

 

My lord and savior

 

Zardes reminds me of Zaldivar, limited mobility and completely reliant on service.

Imagine that, Zaldivar as our starting #9.

We can empathize with US fans in this regard. That’s not fun.

 

I read the first few pages of the nads' game thread and a good chunk of the comments were about how useless Zardes was.

 

Is Zardes the dude that looks like Simon Phoenix?

 

I thought it was Jozy.

 

Yup the demolition man

 

or Ruby Rod (Fifth Element)

 

How does Mexico benefit from CONCACAF being bad?

Or did I miss something?

 

Copa America por favor

 

I don’t give a shit about the rest of CONCACAF

So just because the Nads are sucking ass this should not affect Mexico

 

Mexico hasn't looked any better or any worse with CONCACAF sucking or doing well. So the notion that we get better based on CONCACAF being more competitive doesn't really pan out because it hasn't in the past.

 

So, you don't buy into CONMEBOL being a better fit for the long term growth of the NT?

What about players competing in Europe/CL being a driver of improvement?