2015 Gold Cup

[BoredViewer]

Time for Yedlin, plz.

 

[Cellar-Door]

This sod looks like garbage.

 

[Titans Bastard]

Bedoya's never going to beat Lawrence 1v1

 

[OCST]

Jamaica coach looks like the kind of college prof who would keep a bottle of wild turkey in his desk and pass it around to his students after class

 

[Titans Bastard]

Ladies and Gentlemen....
 
 
It's Alan Gordon Time.

 

[OCST]

it's pronounced gorDON

 

[Zososoxfan]

yedlin. cmon.

 

[Joe D Reid]

Bedoya looks like he's been taking touch lessons from Brek.

 

[Billy R Ford]

I never thought I'd say this, but boy am I glad to see Alan Gordon.

 

[Bosoxen]

Jamaica coach looks like the kind of college prof who would keep a bottle of wild turkey in his desk and pass it around to his students after class

I had a professor like that. But he was a programming professor, so I'm pretty sure it was weed, not crappy whiskey.

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Bummed I'm not watching. Glad (sardonically) my disdain for Beckerman found new supporters.

 

[dirtynine]

Love the home kit in our traditional "wet, matted chest hair" colors.

 

[Zososoxfan]

10 minutes too late, but whatever

 

[Bosoxen]

Pretty sure I just heard a "puto" chant. Guess the Mexicans are showing up.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Man, it would be hard to take losing by a goal created by a goalkeeper handling outside the box call.

 

[Titans Bastard]

Gordon dangerous.  And a great knockdown for that Bradley shot.  That's why he's here.

 

[Zososoxfan]

Yedlin Zardes and Johnson should be bombing diagonal runs nonstop for 15 minutes, make some space for clint

 

[dirtynine]

Adding Yedlin to a game that is already non-stop action. Gonna get nuts.

 

[McBride11]

Bummed I'm not watching. Glad (sardonically) my disdain for Beckerman found new supporters.

I was one of the biggest anti Beckerman guys when he first started getting time in 2007-9. But he undeniably brings a stabilizing presence to that D and the team is better with him on the field. Mostly as it frees up Bradley.

Well Yedlin on. Lots of offensive pressure now.

That wasnt a foul???? - maybe not

 

[BoSoxFink]

Nitty gritty, not sure they're gonna score here....

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

I was one of the biggest anti Beckerman guys when he first started getting time in 2007-9. But he undeniably brings a stabilizing presence to that D and the team is better with him on the field. Mostly as it frees up Bradley.

Well Yedlin on. Lots of offensive pressure now.

That wasnt a foul????

Yeah, the role is critical, I'm just always bummed we can't find someone with the greater than 10' running radius to cover it.

 

[Titans Bastard]

Beckerman is basically the Mark Bellhorn of the USMNT - his weaknesses are things that people notice and his strengths are more subtle and often less appreciated.
 
Like Bellhorn, once physically decline sets it, it gets ugly fast.

 

[Zososoxfan]

2 stops by the JA keeper I had no faith he'd make

 

[McBride11]

'Mix Diskerud as the lone defender'
Words you never ever want to hear. But he played it perfectly.

 

[BoredViewer]

Zardes and FJ have been on different pages all game.

 

[Titans Bastard]

Zardes has to time that pass better.

 

[djhb20]

My only chance of following this game is reloading this page. Can't get anything else to work on the awesome 3G connection I have here in Argentina.

Hoping there's OT that I can watch on a TV.

 

[Arroyo Con Frijoles]

Awful from Zardes

 

[Zososoxfan]

2 young players not sure how to work the flank, that will get better

 

[Titans Bastard]

2 young players not sure how to work the flank, that will get better

 
Ideally within the next five minutes

 

[Infield Infidel]

Beckerman is basically the Mark Bellhorn of the USMNT - his weaknesses are things that people notice and his strengths are more subtle and often less appreciated.
 
Like Bellhorn, once physically decline sets it, it gets ugly fast.

Evans seems like he has the skills to replace him, and has played DM before, but Klinsmann doesn't seem to want to try him there

 

[djhb20]

Can we get Carli Lloyd on? Could get 2 goals in the remaining 5 minutes.

 

[Titans Bastard]

Evans seems like he has the skills to replace him, and has played DM before, but Klinsmann doesn't seem to want to try him there

 
Evans has played a lot of CM for Seattle in years past, but generally alongside Osvaldo Alonso who has more of the DM duties.  Sigi uses him as a CB now.

 

[Zososoxfan]

Guzan hoofing it up every two minutes is not effective

 

[BoredViewer]

Can we please not just blast it from our side of the field?  

 

[BoSoxFink]

Stop with the fucking long balls in to the box. They're useless!

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

We could take some lessons from Jamaica about how to manage the end of the game with a one goal lead.

 

[McBride11]

Evans is also 30. Maybe you meant as a stop gap, but he wont be around in 3 years.

 

[BoSoxFink]

This play blows. I know it's strategy but it's annoying

 

[Silverdude2167]

3 minutes? How is that possible they wasted 1:30 from that foul by yedlin

 

[BoSoxFink]

Game set match. Huge win for Jamaica.

 

[McBride11]

Credit where its due, great time kill by Jamaica.

So whens the playoff game??

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

That should just about do it. 
 
So, of the three teams left, who do we root for to win -- I guess a Jamaica rematch in the play in game?

 

[Silverdude2167]

yah that guy only laid on the ground for 34 seconds not a minute+. 

 

[BoSoxFink]

Terrible loss by USA. That will cost them big time in FIFA standings.

 

[OCST]

well, fuck a duck.

 

[McBride11]

What the USA gets for not capitalizing on multiple chances within the six.
Jamaica capitalized and played a fairly solid game.

 

[Zososoxfan]

Unfortunate loss. There's a lot of nice pieces on this squad, but getting a sold XI out there is tough. JK needs to figure out how to maximize the good and minimize the bad. Not easy. Oh well, go Jamaica!

 

[Titans Bastard]

Well, this sucks.  Jamaica capitalized on chances and the US attack always looked a bit disjointed.  I thought that Jamaica would have success on the counter, but it was set pieces that did us in.
 
https://twitter.com/Soccerwriter/status/624002637340524544
 
 
 
EDIT: apparently that's in an official game (non-friendly)

 

[Arroyo Con Frijoles]

The playoff against Mexico should be good