***** USMNT vs the Samurai Blue Unfriendly Game Thread *****

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Shocking that a midday game in Germany between US and Japan doesn't have a huge crowd in Germany.

Jesus if he's a half inch taller or half inch more vertical, that's 1 nil US.

Sargent and Pefok score that.
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Ken Scarborough said:

Shocking that a midday game in Germany between US and Japan doesn't have a huge crowd in Germany.

Jesus if he's a half inch taller or half inch more vertical, that's 1 nil US.

Horrible miss from Jesus
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Aggies1322 said:

Ken Scarborough said:

Shocking that a midday game in Germany between US and Japan doesn't have a huge crowd in Germany.

Jesus if he's a half inch taller or half inch more vertical, that's 1 nil US.

Horrible miss from Jesus
5'9" 9 will do that to you.
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I like seeing Reyna back in the starting 11 for USMNT
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i wish Wales wasn't playing their match at the same time as us.
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Great Save.

I've seen enough of Zimmerman.,
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Why are they so determined to create a GK controversy. Turner has been the best GK in performances for the NT in the last 2 years. Its not a controversy right now. Turner is the #1
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oh no said:

i wish Wales wasn't playing their match at the same time as us.
They played yesterday against Belgium. Are they playing again?
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Japanese press extremely well.. but we're way too lazy playing it in the back.
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wangus12 said:

Why are they so determined to create a GK controversy. Turner has been the best GK in performances for the NT in the last 2 years. Its not a controversy right now. Turner is the #1
They are hung over from Octoberfest.
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central defenders can't give the ball away like that. keep it simple and keep possession. zimmer should have just conceded a goal there.

that miles injury is killer.. is mackenzie ready? how's miazga been playing? ...brooks might be too slow in recovery, but he doesn't give the ball away like that in possession.
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Ken Scarborough said:

oh no said:

i wish Wales wasn't playing their match at the same time as us.
They played yesterday against Belgium. Are they playing again?
oh my bad. I see it's on tv right now; must be a re-air
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oh no said:

central defenders can't give the ball away like that. keep it simple and keep possession. zimmer should have just conceded a goal there.

that miles injury is killer.. is mackenzie ready? how's miazga been playing? ...brooks might be too slow in recovery, but he doesn't give the ball away like that in possession.


Yeah, or Berhalter could let John Brooks play.. its more than just injury stuff at this point. He just isnt giving him a chance.
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Are they piping sound? They keep talking about how quiet it is, but it sounds loud on TV.
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Aggies1322 said:

oh no said:

central defenders can't give the ball away like that. keep it simple and keep possession. zimmer should have just conceded a goal there.

that miles injury is killer.. is mackenzie ready? how's miazga been playing? ...brooks might be too slow in recovery, but he doesn't give the ball away like that in possession.


Yeah, or Berhalter could let John Brooks play.. its more than just injury stuff at this point. He just isnt giving him a chance.
Brooks' give up on a couple of goals in qualifying, no thanks.

I'd rather a guy make a mistake trying than make a mistake but not trying.
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Midfield is non-existent right now
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oh no said:

Ken Scarborough said:

oh no said:

i wish Wales wasn't playing their match at the same time as us.
They played yesterday against Belgium. Are they playing again?
oh my bad. I see it's on tv right now; must be a re-air
I'll forgive you this time. Next time I"ll mock you mercilessly.
Rudyjax
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Our attack is like the A&M offense.
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We look like trash.
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McKennie with the amazingly bad give up and then just standing there.
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This is bad.
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He looked off... no?
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At this point I'd rather just go back to working and not try and do both.
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This is my fear of having to play only CONCACAF teams for so long
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they just clinically dissected us and scored an easy goal.
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HIs shoulder looked off.
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Dre_00 said:

Finally, a start time I can get behind.
OK, if these guys are going to play like this, then feel free to continue scheduling games at 3 AM CET.
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I don't think so. It looks even to me.

Realistically, it should be 2 or 3 goals already and all the chances are from self-inflicted mistakes.
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why so sloppy? all 11 should either be in late season (MLS) or early/mid-season form (euros).
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Jesus is not only too small, he is lazy and not clinical. Weird selection over Pefok.
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Keep in mind that Japan is a damn good team. Very technical on the ball and very organized in offense and defense. I always watch them play during world cups because of this.

Our back line is so unorganized and that isn't helping today.
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i don't think Long and Zimmerman have played together as a pair that much, so friendlies like this are critical for them if they are going to be the guys in Qatar, but does anyone know how they've been doing in MLS this year?
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another bad giveaway for Long
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We haven't strung 5 passes together yet. Its absolutely brutal
Dre_00
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I know next to nothing about this Japan team other than that historically they typically put up a good fight to get to the knockout stages of the WC. But this would seem to suggest that this particular 11 is not their best 11.

EDIT: Twitter link isn't working. Removing broken link.
 
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