Post-match: USA vs Panama friendly 10/12 (R)

yeah, after reading your post in the coaching thread, I was looking forward to some more interesting attacks up the middle. I have to say Panama stacked that middle and I’m sure made it difficult for anyone looking to pass or receive passes in the middle. The only time we looked good attacking in the middle seemed to be after Panama turnovers.

 

During the course of the game I was actually expecting to see that sub, but it didn't happen.

 

After the third time that Pulisic got hacked, I really, really wanted to someone to gratuitiously put one of the offending Panamanians on his ass really hard, really late, in the sort of tackle that earns a red during a real match but probably only gets a yellow in a friendly. Just to let them know that their continued and consistent hacking from match-to-match of our best player will not longer be tolerated and just might accidentally result in a season-ender to one of theirs...

 

Poch and Christiansen have prior history. The were in the same coaching classes when they were working on their badges.

 

umm really? All the nats games I have watched in Orlando (all games played in our new stadium) have been pretty tame, Atmosphere wise, compared to regular OC games and definitely nothing compared to our playoff games. I went and watched us play Panama in ATL (Copa America) with ATL season ticket holders and they said the same thing.

 

It came in knee-high, hot, and to his left foot. It was a tough chance.

 

Trying to figure outside the box ways to address this problem that concacrap will never address is a good question. We can get a hard man to just take a red in friendlies. We could also simply refuse to play the team in big cash home friendly's like this, we could just "take it,", we could try and make sure to do it in games lacking in VAR, personally, I think I'd just use friendlies and crappy Gold Cups to thrash them physically for it. I don't really give a ---- anymore about the Gold Cup. It's a joke of a tournament, a tournament that we can win when we totally suck (2017), and while bringing backups of backups (2019) and make runs to extra time of the SF's with even worse sides (2023). It's utterly pointless, other than a crown we can win, but being the least vile piece of manure in a manure confederation isn't a particularly valuable achievement to me. The Gold Cup had peaked my interest a touch earlier this year when there were rumors that we were going to bring an extra 4-6 sides, top sides, from the other confederations but....


Honestly? How do we address it, because it is a huge problem, with Guatemala, Panama, El Tri, I can't remember if Honduras and El Salvador indulge it as well, but honestly, we have to figure out a way to deal with it, because its beyond ridiculous. Part of the reason Copa America was a disaster was because of the reffing and our experience of it in prior tournaments, the bust ups with El Tri in '19, '21, and '23, the fact that some refs are so notoriously bad that Berhalter ramped up player anxiety before the Panama game that we'd get ----ed, and sure enough in less than 10 minutes Panama deliberately injured our goalie, and were not called for it. Period. It's in our prior coaches and players heads at this point, can't trust the region, can't trust the refs, can't trust any of it. How do you respond to that? Weak protests? Thuggish beat downs in revenge? Refusing to schedule friendlies w/teams guilty of it? Leave the confederation? Not sure....but simply sitting on our hands is not an option.

 

You know. for future reference, you shouldn't go posting the score of a game some people might have been planning to watch later -- in a completely unrelated thread, to boot.

 

51st minute

 

What was the official US formation for the match. I have seen several listed it as a 4-3-3. ESPN has it as a 3-4-2-1 and that is how it looked to me.

Sargent
Pulisic Aaronson
Robinson Morris Busio Musah
Ream McKenzie Sally
Turner.
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Kudos to Poch. Lets see what he rolls out v Mexico with only 21 players available.

 

For a while I thought McKennie could be a sort of an enforcer.

 

Apologies in advance if this is not the correct place to post this, but I was hoping to see if anyone knows a website or avenue to watch a replay of the Panama Match? I wasn't able to catch it live, and I don't currently have cable. Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

 

I saw it. He did that on his own. Carried the ball maybe 15 yards in the lead up to the shot, saw a gap and fired it. It was a nice play.

 

It's archived on Peacock (& Max I assume). You can get cheap deals if you don't have it.

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It is indeed archived on Max as well.

 

That's what it looked like to me. Imo, those who are calling it a 433 are paying zero attention. To me, it's very similar to what the women did in the Olympics. Jedi/Crystal playing upfield. Scally/Fox playing as an RCB.

 

Had time to make two touches, actually, but that not what I meant. He had a very strong game overall.

 

I tend to disagree with this, mostly because I don't think we need both outside backs bombing forward and leaving space.

A stay at home right back let us push Antonee high up the wing with Musah pushing on the right while we kept 3 back in defense. For me that looked like a clear plan and not Scally being poor.

We'll have to take a different direction when Dest gets back, but I thought we had options on both wings and decent numbers back with Scally staying home.

 

No, just noise maker. He is more skilled than given credit, less physical and way shorter.

 

The one I loved was when he had walked out onto the field, and after having just turned around, was face to face with a video cameraman. He was in full hug mode, and was ready to hug the guy immediately (but just ended up going with a pat on the shoulder). That made me chuckle.

 

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Is that a subscription or available somewhere?

 

Is that a subscription or available somewhere?[/QUOTE]@Bob Morocco never mind, I found it.

But where did you get the backward pass numbers?

 

Ftr, I think he’s plenty skilled, and perpetually underrated

 

I’d like to see Dest tried in the Yunas role

 

I hope to see us run it again vs Mexico. The 3-4-x-x has become a bit of the hot trend in the world game. Nancy at Columbus and Dolo at LAFC have also used with great success.

The 3 small CBs used v Panama was a bit risky but McKenzie showed great hops to win headers.