US El Salvador, the defense

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  1. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The only part of the team that didn’t suck.
     
  2. OWN(yewu)ED

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    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    wellll..........DeAndre Yedlin did indeed suck. Dest wasnt his usual self for obvious reasons
     
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  3. VictoryWePredict4Thee

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    Jul 4, 2019
    What obvious reasons?
     
  4. OWN(yewu)ED

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    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    playing left back
     
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  5. Rezelby

    Rezelby Member

    Aug 1, 2010
    So let’s move a RB that starts for Barcelona into a position he has never played well with at USMNT for……. DeAndre Yedlin?

    I feel dumb just typing it
     
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  6. VictoryWePredict4Thee

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    Jul 4, 2019
    If he's tgat bad there why does GGG play him there?
     
  7. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    The center backs and GK were good. The fullbacks (and wingers, except for Reyna in the second half) weren't.
     
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  8. OWN(yewu)ED

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    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wont pretend to understand the logic, tbh. I find it extremely disagreeable, and today further validated that
     
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  9. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    (P.S. When I said the fullbacks weren't good, that includes Jedi. He still has yet to have his first solid national team performance...)
     
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  10. VictoryWePredict4Thee

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    Jul 4, 2019
    Keep playing Dest on the left Gregg.
     
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  11. OWN(yewu)ED

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    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am intentionally treading lightly on laying into the coaching and game planning, becauese again, I think recent results dictate a bit of smiling and nodding.

    But Kelyn Acosta at right back. Why.

    We have 49 GOOD right back options in our pool. Kelyn Acosta should never.........ever...... ever ever ever ever evvveerrrrrrrrr be playing right back ever again at this level.
     
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  12. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    Because Berhalter doesn't trust Jedi. You know what? Neither do I.
     
  13. sXeWesley

    sXeWesley Member+

    Jun 18, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There is far less cause to trust Yedlin, Bello or Acosta at FB ffs. Yedlin the supposedly experienced veteran was absolutely useless tonight.
     
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  14. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    I mentioned in another thread, but will repeat: Dest is nothing but conceited bafoon. Get him the fvck off the team. Not losing the game with him on the field for 60 minutes is a pure luck.
     
  15. Lloyd Heilbrunn

    Lloyd Heilbrunn Member+

    Feb 11, 2002
    Jupiter, Fl.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Really, really solid and organized defensively.

    Since the opponent played a lot of long, high, pop up balls, Championship Ream was in his element, and did quite well.

    Both Robinsons were good.

    Dest is going to cost us one of these days getting trapped with the ball, and should be on the right.

    Thought we were really ineffective overlapping from the outside though...
     
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  16. dlokteff

    dlokteff Member+

    Jan 22, 2002
    San Francisco, CA
    Dest wasn't great, but this take is good lord, turrrrible. Go root for someone else.
     
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  17. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Definitely not rooting for him, he is always garbage.
     
  18. sXeWesley

    sXeWesley Member+

    Jun 18, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Deandre Yedlin is absolute ********ing garbage. That anyone would complain about Dest while Yedlin is on the other side shitting himself all over the field is absolutely baffling.
     
  19. sXeWesley

    sXeWesley Member+

    Jun 18, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He was garbage against Canada and Alphonso Davies?
     
  20. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    That's why GB subbed that poor Yedlin and moved our superstar to the right. Yes?
     
  21. sXeWesley

    sXeWesley Member+

    Jun 18, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Like I said, that was a baffling decision, on par with 24 caps for Jackson Yueill.
     
  22. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
  23. neems

    neems Member+

    Liverpool FC
    United States
    Apr 14, 2009
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think the FB performance and selection was absolutely meant to be an aggressive, vertical move by GB to help the attack and that was knowingly coming with risk. I thought each FB had moments in attack but largely they were ineffective and Yedlin was looking rusty. Dest at least had one of our SOG and created a chance or two.

    As per usual, pregame thread was flooded with doom and gloom about Ream, but also unsurprisingly Ream continues to be solid like most of his recent appearances. I thought Robinson was actually quite shaky at times which is a surprise given how consistent he was again the same or better level at the Gold Cup. These WCQ games do up the intensity away from home.

    I’ll probably watch this one a second time if possible and revise as needed.
     
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  24. nobody

    nobody Member+

    Jun 20, 2000
    Center backs played well enough, not that El Salvador was particularly threatening. But Dest dribbled into traffic time and again and Yedlin did nothing to support the attack. Turner's distribution was horrid. Not only did he give up a free corner tripping over the ball once, but the everything long style his lack of skill on the ball requires meant we never were able to build from the back and virtually every time we won the ball in the back it turned into a 50/50 ball hoofed up field.
     
  25. VictoryWePredict4Thee

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    Jul 4, 2019
    Put Bello out there then but Dest obviously needs to be at RB.
     

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