2017 Gold Cup

[ZooCougar]

Dempsey>Landycakes

 

[HuskyHawk]

That was great that he knew it was in. Can you play a better 12 minutes?

I think it's an interesting situation for him. Whatever else he does, Morris is like Rip Hamilton out there. He stresses the hell out of the D at a physical level. Then Dempsey comes in against a tired team and slices them up.

 

[whaler11]

Dempsey>Landycakes

That's not all that controversial.

Is Wondo>Landycakes?

 

[whaler11]

You know what's a terrible feeling. Knowing the goalkeeping is going to kill them in Russia.

 

[ZooCougar]

That's not all that controversial.

Is Wondo>Landycakes?

No. Even a rusty bulldozer is better than Wondo.

 

[ZooCougar]

You know what's a terrible feeling. Knowing the goalkeeping is going to kill them in Russia.

If we get out of the group it will be a miracle.

 

[Jimdish255]

This group looked a lot better tonight than I thought they would. Hard to argue with the result even though Costycakes had their chances.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

No. Even a rusty bulldozer is better than Wondo.

Sure, but even a rusty bulldozer may be able to move and even direct a ball in from the goal mouth. With Wondo, he's more like a solid granite grave marker.

 

[ZooCougar]

This group looked a lot better tonight than I thought they would. Hard to argue with the result even though Costycakes had their chances.

That was a pretty depleted Costa Rica. If they didn't look better then we would have had big problems.

 

[UConnDan97]

I've said it before and I'll say it again; Dempsey is the greatest American soccer player of all time. He proved it again tonight with his dribbling, his passing, and his scoring. He completely changes the game.

Strong game by the US. Loved Nagbe's play tonight, and thought that a bunch of folks had strong nights including Bradley.

Now queue up Zoo to tell me something about Pulisic again...

 

[ZooCougar]

I've said it before and I'll say it again; Dempsey is the greatest American soccer player of all time. He proved it again tonight with his dribbling, his passing, and his scoring. He completely changes the game.

Strong game by the US. Loved Nagbe's play tonight, and thought that a bunch of folks had strong nights including Bradley.

Now queue up Zoo to tell me something about Pulisic again...

He scored the equalizer in the friendly yersterday

 

[meyers7]

Still haven't seen one good reason why this team is better without Klinsmann.

Talent Pool.

You didn't think yesterday's lineup was a head scratcher?

Watching that dipsght Dozy Altidore was probably enough to make Dom Dwyer want to renounce his citizenship.

I don't see any difference. I see players out of position and a bunch of different formations. With Bruce it's a country club where everyone gets a trophy.

 

[shizzle787]

Let's hope Mexico loses.

 

[ZooCougar]

You could have scored that goal. Proves zippo. He's a crap Sunderland reject and always will be and he'll be injured next summer anyways.

 

[UConnDan97]

You could have scored that goal. Proves zippo. He's a crap Sunderland reject and always will be and he'll be injured next summer anyways.

Just out of curiosity, if you had to name the top 5 strikers in the US selection pool right now, who would they be.

For full disclosure, I'm asking as someone that believes Altidore has many limitations along with what he does well...

 

[ZooCougar]

Just out of curiosity, if you had to name the top 5 strikers in the US selection pool right now, who would they be.

For full disclosure, I'm asking as someone that believes Altidore has many limitations along with what he does well...

Dempsey
Wood
Dwyer
Morris
A healthy Aron Johansson if there is a such thing


Dozy is just legacy.

 

[UConnDan97]

Dempsey
Wood
Dwyer
Morris
A healthy Aron Johansson if there is a such thing


Dozy is just legacy.

So this is where I have to say that your bias is getting in the way of your evaluations.

Of course Dempsey is a correct answer (he provides more in 30 minutes than the others do combined), and I agree with you about Bobby Wood. In no parallel universe is Johansson better than Altidore. Dwyer may be equivalent to Altidore, but hard to say that there is any daylight there and I'd like to give him a chance with the same supporting cast. And I believe Morris will be better in a year or two but I would consider them about equivalent right now.

But Johansson, dude. Not on planet Earth...

 

[Waquoit]

I'm confused by the love for Nagbe. The one time he was in position to do something he nutmegged himself. He made some nice moves but they seemed to be in a vacuum, leading nowhere.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Let's hope Mexico loses.

Better yet, our B-ish roster beats Mexico's B-ish roster 2-0 or by any other score.

For Jamaica tonight, UConn alum Andre Blake between the sticks. Against Canada, Blake had a ridiculous save; top 10 play of the day (ESPN).

 

[bobbygt]

Dempsey>Landycakes

Pretty classy comments from Donovan about Dempsey:
link

 

[LIuconn]

I'd rather play the best. Bring on Mexico

 

[Waquoit]

I'd rather play the best. Bring on Mexico

I'm rooting for the UConn guy.

 

[whaler11]

Dempsey
Wood
Dwyer
Morris
A healthy Aron Johansson if there is a such thing


Dozy is just legacy.

Johansson made me laugh. Thank you.

 

[ZooCougar]

Johansson made me laugh. Thank you.

You ever seen him play in person? He's pretty good.

Altidore is crap. He has like a million caps against Nicaragua's B team. Ignore the goals.

 

[UCFBfan]

Andre Blake is a man in this first half of the game. Has made some crazy stops in goal!