PBP: USA-Canada, Friendly, 9/7

What a save by Schulte. This could be 0-3.

 

Ref doing us no favors, but we suck anyway.

 

Tim “Giveaway” Ream

 

ream is terrible.

thats the first really good thing ive seen schulte do, so thats fun.

 

Ream and Johnny have not been having the best of days.

 

What's crappy about it? Canada is playing great and giving us the business. The US being dominated does not make it a crappy game.

 

He had a big save early on a volley from the left.

 

The team speed of the Mounties has been telling.

 

Aaronson the closest we have to a field player doing ok today.

 

He has had 2 great saves today that could have both easily been goals. So, not the first good thing he has done.

 

The fall off in attacking quality of our outside backs from Dest and Jedi to "the rest" is cliff-like.

 

Canada has a freak at CB, LB and tons of speed/toughness/skill at the forward positions. We have slow CB/FBs that can't pass out of the back and our "difference makers" up front are getting owned. CP should have equalized... but that was one chance in 35 minutes. Canada could have 3 by now. We are just not very good IMO.

 

I thought it would be hard for us to look worse than in Copa, then this friendly happened.

 

if working the ball back to our own goal counted for anything wed be really good at that

 

But he will have a chance for a lovely trip to some luxury CONCACAF spot come November.

 

Have we committed a single foul?

 

Seems like he set up the team "to be brave" and try to play out of the back exclusively. Could be coming from Poch for all we know though since he likes to play that way.

In any event, it sets up perfectly for an amped up Canada. Reminds me of that forgetful friendly against Mexico towards the beginning of last cycle.

 

Can a group of players appear any less prepared against a manager whose tactics they should know exactly what they will be?

 

It's mostly crappy because we are playing like crap. Canada is having most of the ball.

 

Guys don't want to be there.

 

Balogun pushed some guy at the top of the box earlier

 

Wait. A cross from the wing! There is hope! We have hope!

 

To have the tournament they had in the summer, and then come here and play worse, is embarrassing for not just the players, but for the entire Federation. Friendly or not, they know what the perception of fans and media are of them in this moment. To come out and look rudderless, uninterested, uninspired, and spineless is troubling. Poch has a HUGE job on his hands.

 

Poch probably super excited not to have signed a contract with us yet.

 

pending a better look the first looked a lot like the defender breaking it up.

you all like him just as much as you want, though.