USMNT: To Rüssia With Love

[Titans Bastard]

Things That Worry Me:

- debuting a diamond midfield in a key game
- Gonzalez/Brooks as a combo....big but mobility concerns


With Altidore, Dempsey, Brooks, Gonzalez, and Cameron, let's score three goals off set pieces please.

If the diamond doesn't work well, we can switch into a flat 4-4-2.

 

[InstaFace]

how the hell is marquez still playing for Mexico? 38yo outfield player. Just crazy.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Boom.

 

[Mr. Wednesday]

First foul, first shot, first goal.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

That's the way to start a game.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Bradley still can't pass.

 

[Catcher Block]

Through pass is there. US not seeing it early.

 

[Catcher Block]

Bradley intercepts the ball in the attacking half with 15 yards of space in front of him.....and his first play is to go backwards. Frustrating.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Shame for Lletget, but if you only last 15 minutes, might as well get a goal first.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Fucking brutal, ball is RIGHT in front of your fucking eyes.

 

[Titans Bastard]

What a joke that out of bounds call was

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Bad call from the linesman cuts off a Pulisic breakaway.

 

[Infield Infidel]

He had an unimpeded route to goal too, awful call

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Don't pass it to that guy, Christian.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Who's calling this game, I can't take much more of the Bradley apologist.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Honduras getting a real sweetheart deal here.

 

[Titans Bastard]

BRADLEY with a sweet left-footed strike from outside the box.

That was awesome.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Who's calling this game, I can't take much more of the Bradley apologist.

Reverse lock.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Sweet.

 

[OCST]

Who's calling this game, I can't take much more of the Bradley apologist.

Um

 

[Mr. Wednesday]

Don't pass it to that guy, Christian.

Hospital ball from Pulisic, Bradley did well to win it back.

Ooh, very nice by Bradley.

 

[luckiestman]

Finally, Bradley with a positive play

 

[ernieshore]

I was just about to pile on Bradley too (Note: I still reserve that right).

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Who's calling this game, I can't take much more of the Bradley apologist.

That's Donovan as the third man in the booth.

 

[Titans Bastard]

Arena >>>>> Klinsmann

 

[cromulence]

This is fun.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

And Dempsey joins the party!

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Pulisic is great, Dempsey is great.

 

[OCST]

Pusilic... wow

 

[Titans Bastard]

Two great little chips so far tonight to put players in on goal. First was Altidore's chip to Pulisic, whose deflected shot resulted in Lletget's goal. Now an even better chip from Pulisic to Dempsey.

 

[cromulence]

That's a fucking gorgeous assist and goal.

 

[OCST]

I like Arena but he looks like a guy with a white van parked near a playground

 

[Infield Infidel]

We'll be lucky to finish this game with 21 legs intact

 

[OCST]

We'll be lucky to finish this game with 21 legs intact

Shhh... hope you didn't see what happened to Seamus Coleman today

 

[Titans Bastard]

Quioto has been on fire for Houston early in MLS this year. Losing him is a blow to Honduras.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Brooks gets juuuuust a touch on that to save a goal.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Finally saw a highlight of the Dempsey goal. That pass was awesome, and the finish might've been better. Dempsey was falling down and still went top corner.

 

[luckiestman]

We getting sloppy

 

[67YAZ]

That Dempsey goal is just a fantastic combo of strength, focus, and skill.

 

[InstaFace]

how the hell did brooks let up that near-goal at ~43'? He was tracking his guy as the cross was about to be launched, and he just pulled up as if it was going WAAAAY over people's head - and then it came an inch from being an open header from 5 yards out. WTF, John?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Golisic!

 

[SoxFanInCali]

15 seconds in, 4-0. Wow.

 

[OCST]

ASSASSIN

 

[Titans Bastard]

This is fun.

Another very nice pass from Jozy and a good finish from Pulisic.

 

[OCST]

Everyone looks good up front. Jozy, Dempsey, Pusilic- very fluid. Nice. Now get Pusilic out before he breaks a leg

 

[Infield Infidel]

Great pass and Pulisic did a great job staying onside

 

[SoxFanInCali]

FIVE.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

In the time it took me to come and talk about the beautiful Pulisic goal, a beautiful Pulisic assist!

 

[OCST]

FIVE GOALS!! FIVE!! AH HAH HAH!!!

 

[Cellar-Door]

Apparently Jurgen was worse than we thought