Silver lining?

This is the team and tournament to have this happen. I'd rather have this team face struggles and obstacles instead of roll through the tournament. This entire tournament in my opinion is for bloodying the newbs, and seeing how much the youth and (B & C team) bench players can grow and develop at the international level…

I haven't kept up....do we have our A players available for the Gold Cup roster? Or is this tourney our B team?

B, C, and D…

AgGrad99 said:

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I haven't kept up....do we have our A players available for the Gold Cup roster? Or is this tourney our B team?

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Looks more like a C team…but technically the B team

But do we have any of the top guys available?

Or are we rolling with this roster the whole tourney?

JJxvi said:

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I blame Berhalter

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Yeah, well, this new coach doesn't do badass bounce passes on throw ins like Gregg does on the reg…

SofaScore Grades:

Ferreria - 7.1
Zendejas - 6.4
Soñora - 6.4
J. Morris - 6.1
A. Morris - 6.1
Sands - 6.5
Yedlin - 6.5
Miazga- 6.7
Long - 6.7
Tolkin - 6.0
Turner - 7.0

Closer to a mix of B and C. Some players on the team are good enough, or expected to keep developing, to be in the mix for the World Cup roster.
Which is why its a bit silly to be overreacting about being down 1-0. I think Jamaica was the 3rd or 4th favorite to win it all, they brought their best (including a lot of dual nationals that play in Europe and were born there.)

Probably more useful to try to look at specific players and how they are playing in the group stage games, or what promise they show.
There have actually been bright spots in the game, we need to get Zendejas either on the ball more, or just find him in the attacking 3rd more. Will be interesting to see how we come out in the 2nd half

This new coach is a proven genius, but clearly Berhalter picked this team and is shadow managing the team!

Neither Morris look good.
Lord of the Rings guy doesn't look good. Good hair, but bad play.
Sonora looks predictable, slow and bad.
This is a tough watch.
Zendejas needs more touches.

I was being critical of Sonora but he hasnt really been bad.
But with the tactics and lineup we employed, he had to be much better for us to unlock Jamaica. He consistently didnt hit the quality of pass or throughball needed, or was just plain to slow to decide what to do on the ball at crucial moments. He did have moments of positivity, just not enough or far enough forward on the field for it to matter.

I'm watching Univision, so I can't tell, who was subbed on and off at half?

Looks Long off for Neal

Haha, that was a hell of a whiff…

7 needs a sub.. dude is booty. Get Cowell out there

2nd ball in the box Sonora has botched
Good build up though... Hard to criticize Yedlin finding someone open, but I think he should have played that ball into Ferreiras path. He made a great run

The Morris' just aren't very good

I'd bring in Mihailovic over Cowell, he's a legit creator.
I would bring in Cowell for Jordan Morris though same time

gougler08 said:

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The Morris' just aren't very good

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I think Aidan Morris has played pretty well outside of the couple flubs....but they were big flubs

I wonder how much practice the team has had with a double pivot, doesn't look like a lot

That was a slick backheel

That was our first spell of really good possession, and with intent too

Crowell trying to spark something. We need it, there's no energy from any of our players. It's like they're all afraid of making a mistake, which is leading to mistakes…

This team sucks. Going to bed.

Need to make a double sub at 65-70 min
Sonora off for Mihailovic (could be talked into one of Morris or sands instead and keep an extra attacked on)
Vasquez on for either Ferreira or zendejas

Really a lot of players could sub out, those are just spots I see as needing more impact in the attack

Means we will probably see Roldan next off the bench

The slow suffocation of CONCACAF time wasting to finish the last 30 minutes of the match…

This team is trash

Mihailovic , Jones & Reynolds were set to start but Gregg Berhalter wanted Tolkin , Yedlin & Soñora in the starting team
This line up is made by Gregg fyi

It’s showing tbh #USMNT

— Edgar Moreno 🇺🇸🇲🇽 (@ConcacafEdgar) June 25, 2023

I wonder the veracity of this.

That's total bullcrap…

Pretty sure Mihailovic WAS in the mix for the world cup but then got hurt at some point. I remember seeing he was playing well

That looks extremely made up..

Didn't watch Univision's pre-game so I can't vouch for this, but matches the previous tweet.

🚨 Univision confirms Greg Berhalter changed the line up prior to the game.

• Bryan Reynolds & Djordje Mihailovic were expected to start.

— 29 (@DiegoMendoza29_) June 25, 2023

Its gonna be a long 4 years with the anti-GGG stuff