Pre-match: USMNT vs. Ecuador, May 25th in Frisco, TX (8:00 PM EST)

Ecuador's uniforms are legit.

 

I will say I do really dig the backline (Birnbaum is the only questionable one, but he hasn't looked too bad on the NT so far). Everything past the backline my feelings range from 'meh' to 'why god why'. Which is why we'll lose 2-3 from 3 defensive lapses while looking good in the attack.

 

After the game he's going to attack his players for not attacking, after playing 3 defensive midfielders, and two workrate wide players, and an old man at striker.

 

Somebody call Don Ovan.

Hopefully he doesn't have a game for Wells Fargo FC tonight.

 

THAT identifies our real problem. We have not developed youthful midfielders over the past 10 years. Consequently, we have to scheme around this when matches count.

 

The amount of bomb pop jerseys in the stands is a strong indictment of how shitty our new jerseys are.

Also, there's no way I'm updating my avatar.

 

This isn't an MLS match. Hopefully, Ecuador have no pace at left back.

 

Can't believe Wood isn't getting the start.

 

what a train wreck! The look on Jones faces when Johnson had the ball go through his legs....out wit the bums!!!

 

Body language from.all on the pitch is poor. We are a battered bunch, guys going down on stiff but not unreasonable challenges....Klinsmann's game plan and management is a joke

 

If this is our team, I don't see how we do more than possibly steal a few points in the cops.

 

Horrible to watch. Probably worse to play for judging by the players body language.

 

Holy Sleepwalk! Yedlin getting caught upfield, Beckman can't run, Johnson megged by his own teammate, Birnbaum confused, Zardes lead touch, Zusi and Jones were decent which isn't much of an endorsement.

 

My interest in the national team is rapidly declining in the Klinsmann era.

 

This lineup with Brooks in. Bedoya at Zusi's spot ad Dempsey in for Bedoya's spot and you got yourself a team.

 

You're not the only one. Louis Van Gaal or Klinsmann for most unwatchable football?

 

Jones' passing really isn't very good. The IQ is high, the execution isn't there and getting worse with age.

 

If you believe that Zusi is playing midfield for SKC then: a)you don't watch SKC, b)you don't know what a midfielder is, or c)both a and b.

SKC's typical 4-3-3 lineup

Zusi Dwyer Davis
Espinoza Feilhaber
Mustivar
Dia Besler Coelho Abdul-Salaam
Melia
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Vermes did play Zusi at RB in one match this season!