Subs: Johnson, Guzan, Cannon, Pines, Gioacchini, Roldan, Hoppe, Yueill, Lewis, Williamson, Bello (Arriola remains out)
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Captain: Zimmerman
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Despite the performance, both the white and the red jersey were awesome. Which do you have?aggiephoenix02 said:
I save the good ones for important times! I have two jerseys that I only wear while watching the USA play World Cup games (the 1930 & 1950 World Cup jerseys), so I've worn each less than a hand full of times.
Today's game isn't a tournament final, it's not even Qualifying, so today's game gets the 1998 loser jersey...
I really don't think Hoppe was on the wing last game. He was all over the place as more of a roaming playmaker. In the rare moments they were set as a formation, it looked like two up front to me.PatAg said:
I'm not entirely sure how we are going to play this with both Dike and Zardes in..they could just play Zardes on the wing, similar to where Roldan and Hoppe played, he does have some experience there. I'm not sure how well he will play here, but I dont see us actually going 2 forwards.
aggiephoenix02 said:
Are you talking '98? White with the thin blue and red horizontal stripe across the chest. I wish I had the powder blue instead, I can't remember another baby blue USA jersey...
Edit: The red was awesome. But I live in Texas, and it's hot here, so I always go with white jerseys...
I think he was intended to play in a role similar to Reyna/Pulisic, where they squeeze inside and have freedom to roam.deadbq03 said:I really don't think Hoppe was on the wing last game. He was all over the place as more of a roaming playmaker. In the rare moments they were set as a formation, it looked like two up front to me.PatAg said:
I'm not entirely sure how we are going to play this with both Dike and Zardes in..they could just play Zardes on the wing, similar to where Roldan and Hoppe played, he does have some experience there. I'm not sure how well he will play here, but I dont see us actually going 2 forwards.
No idea if Zardes is capable of the same, or maybe Hoppe is in the doghouse for getting too creative with his positioning.
I hope not, I thought Hoppe as a rover was creative for us, and disruptive to them...Entourageag07 said:
Would've like to have seen Hoppe get the start again but this should be a resolute defensive team as mentioned above.
Yeah I don't think he's in the doghouse either, but I still have lingering distrust of GB's decision making so I tend to assume the worst. I bet we see him today.PatAg said:I think he was intended to play in a role similar to Reyna/Pulisic, where they squeeze inside and have freedom to roam.deadbq03 said:I really don't think Hoppe was on the wing last game. He was all over the place as more of a roaming playmaker. In the rare moments they were set as a formation, it looked like two up front to me.PatAg said:
I'm not entirely sure how we are going to play this with both Dike and Zardes in..they could just play Zardes on the wing, similar to where Roldan and Hoppe played, he does have some experience there. I'm not sure how well he will play here, but I dont see us actually going 2 forwards.
No idea if Zardes is capable of the same, or maybe Hoppe is in the doghouse for getting too creative with his positioning.
He definitely roamed a lot, though. I dont think that would put him in the doghouse, and I imagine we might see him at least as a sub again at some point in this tournament.
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