Post-match: USA vs Paraguay

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by Cool Hand Luke, Jun 11, 2016.

  1. Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke Member+

    Aug 13, 2008
    Austin Texas
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. blacksun

    blacksun Member+

    Mar 30, 2006
    Seoul, Korea
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And F*** that ref
     
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  3. schrutebuck

    schrutebuck Member+

    Jul 26, 2007
    I believe an additional yellow card for Brooks, Bedoya, Johnson, Bradley, Wood, Orozco, Beckerman or Jones will get them suspended for the Semifinal against Mexico when the US beats Brazil.
     
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  4. GoBigBlue88

    GoBigBlue88 Member+

    Feb 11, 2009
    Club:
    AC Milan
    My take!

    1. Overall, I'm pretty proud of this squad. Good test, and definitely not your typical game you go out and play. But outside of a ~10 minute emotional eruption, they seemed to weather the storm and adapt to the game's (de)evolution.

    2. Cameron & Brooks continue to impress as a CB pairing. Brooks absolutely deserved MOTM. So happy for him that he rebounded from that Gold Cup performance.

    3. Yedlin didn't deserve the first yellow, but that still doesn't make his next decision any more excusable. Frustrating. Yedlin has disappointed this tournament so far, IMO, but he's still clearly the RB you keep working with and projecting to continue growing as a player.

    4. I'm really, really unimpressed with Fabian Johnson. I thought this tournament would be a good opportunity to prove he's the man at LB, and one of the team's best players, after a tumultuous post-WC cycle. But I'm just not seeing it. His play looks borderline apathetic at times. It's not terrible, but it's not anywhere near the level he's hyped up to be either. I really didn't like, in particular, how content he was to let Brad Guzan make multiple consecutive saves, instead of throwing his body in there.

    5. No complaints in the midfield from me tonight, outside of Zardes' non-finish. Everyone did their work here and put in a good shift. Yes, Jones was gassed. No, Bradley still isn't at the form he needs to be. But everyone in the midfield did a good job adapting to what this game became, and that's all you can ask of them here.

    6. Let's talk about Zardes a bit though. This was a good game from him. I know that non-finish is frustrating, but he did tremendous work this evening. Great tracking back, impressive winning the ball out of the air, some half-decent holdup and cutback play, and he made the first goal happen (off a good find by Bradley, by the way). His touch was better than Dempsey's by far tonight, so I'll be interesting to see how many people get on Zardes vs Dempsey.

    7. Bobby Wood might have even played better with 10 men vs 11. What a shift. He's still missing some sharpness at the edge of the box, and his decision-making needs to speed up. But dude just puts in work. Plays strong, tough, and with an edge. It bit him on the yellow today, but I love the way Wood played the game today. He still has a lot of room to grow, but he seems to have the mentality necessary to be a big part of this.

    8. Nothing new, but: way too many touches just outside (and a few times, inside) the box from Dempsey tonight. From a lot of players, if I'm being picky, but this team still seems to miss out on 2-3 opportunities per game because Dempsey won't get the ball off his damn foot. I get that it's just Dempsey doing Dempsey things, and he is who he is. But it's still costly at times.

    9. Orozco for Yedlin is a huge downgrade next round, no matter how much Yedlin has underwhelmed this tourney. Yikes.

    10. Impressive from Guzan tonight. Proud of the guy. He has to hear the critics out there, so this was a huge showing. US goalies seem a bit immune to club form, for whatever reason.

    11. Bonus #11 thought: this center official was a total embarrassment. US exacerbated things a bit for sure, but he lost control of a good 20 minutes of this match, at least. He escalated things when the game would have managed itself otherwise. Officiated his feelings more than the game. Total embarrassment of an official. Hope to never see him again.
     
  5. cnaw

    cnaw Member

    New Mexico United
    United States
    Jul 28, 1999
    New Mexico
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I need to double my HBP meds after that. But yeah, F*** Paraguay.
     
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  6. Bajoro

    Bajoro Member+

    Sep 10, 2000
    The Inland Empire
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So finally Pulisic and Nagbe might get their chance? :)
     
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  7. Editor In Chimp

    Editor In Chimp Member+

    Sep 7, 2008
    Brooks has been great the past two games.

    Dempsey is still our best attacker.

    Jones is all heart. Zusi did really well when he came in. FJ is a cipher, still.

    I'm really bothered by how the entire team and bench lost their composure. We're lucky Paraguay was CONMEBOL Guatemala.
     
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  8. aarond23

    aarond23 Member+

    Feb 24, 2006
    Indianapolis
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not unless one can play right back :)
     
  9. cleansheetbsc

    cleansheetbsc Member+

    Mar 17, 2004
    Club:
    --other--
    Biggest loser of the tournament: Jozy Altidore.
     
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  10. DeAndresHaircut

    DeAndresHaircut Member+

    Jul 24, 2015
    Pennsylvania
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sooooo are there still people out there that think Besler is better than Brooks?

    Also, my boy DY........... that was so so so dumb
     
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  11. Master O

    Master O Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Do yellow cards reset at all in this tournament?
     
  12. Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke Member+

    Aug 13, 2008
    Austin Texas
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    After the quarters I think.
     
  13. SaratogaGooner

    Nov 23, 2009
    Clifton Park NY
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We're not good. Very disorganized. Not sure what the plan was in the second half. I've watched a lot of soccer and that looked like "no plan" to me. Weak offense. Not impressed.......-again.
     
  14. blacksun

    blacksun Member+

    Mar 30, 2006
    Seoul, Korea
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    After the quarters.
     
  15. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
    Club:
    Levski Sofia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  16. Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke Member+

    Aug 13, 2008
    Austin Texas
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    once you go a man down, whatever plan you may have had is in tatters.
     
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  17. DeAndresHaircut

    DeAndresHaircut Member+

    Jul 24, 2015
    Pennsylvania
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    lol some of y'all are so miserable it doesn't even matter
     
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  18. aarond23

    aarond23 Member+

    Feb 24, 2006
    Indianapolis
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You're not completely wrong, but having to play with 10 men its going to be a little ragged and ugly.
     
  19. Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke Member+

    Aug 13, 2008
    Austin Texas
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    SportsCenter got no love for the Confederations Cup
     
  20. Bajoro

    Bajoro Member+

    Sep 10, 2000
    The Inland Empire
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm at a disadvantage watching the match on a cheesy stream with Russian announcers for most of it, but it seemed that much of our fouls were unnecessary. Very disappointed in DY but I don't think it's all that much of a downgrade b/c whoever replaces him won't be giving the ball away nearly as often.

    I'm just not as impressed with Yedlin as everyone else around here seems to be. It was OK during the WC because he was coming on as a late sub wing without being a defensive liability, running with the ball in space. It seems like as a fullback he folds so easily under pressure, makes bad decisions and leaves himself with no good options. I may be wrong so I don't mind if someone tells me why.
     
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  21. bballshawn

    bballshawn Member+

    Feb 5, 2014
    Delaware
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    donovan saying maybe i shouldnt have retired like he was gonna be called up again lol
     
  22. schrutebuck

    schrutebuck Member+

    Jul 26, 2007
    2nd time, actually. You'll probably think of the 1st time in the next 15 seconds after reading this.
     
  23. tbonepat11

    tbonepat11 Member+

    Jun 21, 2001
    I was at the game and just left. The referee was atrociously bad. When he came up hurt the crowd got a kick.

    Zardes muff in front of the net was unbelievable. Everyone was like in shock at how bad that was.

    There were actually quite a number of Paraguayan fans and they were very nice and pleasant. Great crowd.
     
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  24. nbstriker8

    nbstriker8 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Dec 10, 2008
    new beige
    Club:
    SL Benfica
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    John Brooks.

    Do people still think he doesn't bring his A game for the Nats? That guy is an absolute beast
     
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  25. Bajoro

    Bajoro Member+

    Sep 10, 2000
    The Inland Empire
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was referring to all the midfielders who now carry a yellow. EDIT TO ADD: And does anyone doubt Pulisic would be a better right back than Yedlin?
     

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