Yeah, he misread the play and stepped up far too aggressively.Lichaj got burned again there, lucky the shot went wide.
Yeah, he misread the play and stepped up far too aggressively.Lichaj got burned again there, lucky the shot went wide.
On the other hand, a better ref may have sent 3 El Salvador players off by now.A team with more skill than El Salvador could have 4 or 5 by now.
Really would love to see a team like Spain or England play through a Hex cycle, just for fun.This is looking like one of those games where, for the last 30 minutes, the only thing we should be rooting for is for none of our players to sustain a serious injury.
...and then hold Dempsey back from killing a few more. He's got the wild eyes. Gonna be like that Portland game a year or so ago.Altidore wants to kill a man.
I only watched the second half, but there is no way Gonzalez is an international level CB. He struggles with basic fundamentals consistently, such as not letting the ball bounce in the box on a cross. The fact that he appeared generally drunk for the second half means he has no place ahead of Cameron, Besler, Brooks, and likely a few younger CBs too (although Hedges didn't impress me either). Lichaj's goal was super nice and while he did have one fuck up on D in the second half, I've been really encouraged by his play. More so than with Morrow anyway. Bradley really needs a DMF behind him to play his best, which would be good in matches where Bruce wants to control the MF. Having Besler and Brooks at CB, with Cameron at DMF and Bradley at CMF would be a really strong spine. A 4-1-3-2 or a 4-1-4-1 could be effective with our personnel.OMAR DON"T SCARE!
edit: O-Gonz has definitely impressed me an increasing amount over the course of this cup. He's an only-slightly-poorer man's John Brooks, minus some of the footspeed and passing accuracy. Sure he has 43 caps already, but I think I'm willing to trust him at the big-boy level.
I want Croatia or Romania; Spain would get beat up and score a bunch of goals; England would lose on penalties. (It was right there.)Really would love to see a team like Spain or England play through a Hex cycle, just for fun.
Hey now, CONCACAF makes the team captains talk about not using words to hurt, so that chant problem is totally solved.CONCACAF just allowed an ineligible player to play in a game in their continental tournament (and only penalized the team because they took a point in that game) and continues to allow Mexican fans to do a chant FIFA has clearly taken a stand against (their hypocrisy, notwithstanding). I wouldn't hold my breath for anything more than a slap on the wrist.
Then some duder from Canada hit an absolutely gorgeous strike from distance against the run of play.
Honduras may be the dirtiest program in CONCACAF.Honduras is impossible to watch on a good day. Giving them free rein to play a completely cynical game is going to make this super painful to watch.
And that's really saying a lot, frankly. But yeah, I completely agree.Honduras may be the dirtiest program in CONCACAF.