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MNT’s 2022

meyers7 said:
Turner
Dest CCV Ream Robinson
McKennie Adams Musah
Weah Sargent Pulisic

Ok, here we go. Let's see what we can do.
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Don't mind CCV coming in, ZImmerman has the experience but I think CCV is better overall. Hopefully he doesn't have the Mark McKenzie jitters.

Sargent is probably the right choice if you're going for the #9. Would've still obviously preferred Weah Pulisic and Reyna/Aaronson.

No excuses, let's go boys.
 
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Travelman32 said:
If we are being honest that is about as ugly as a team can possibly look while still advancing.
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Got 3 results in 3 games. Should have beat Wales, but it was always going to require beating Iran.
 
I'm happy we advanced. Didn't expect it. But damn Gregg, WTH????? And worse why are the assistants letting it happen????
 
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That was an exciting game. This is also the 3rd game is several days. If Berhalter felt our guys up top were gassed, there's no point in continuing to push upfield, then defensive substitutions was the right idea.

Musah, Weah, Adams, Robinson to a degree. They didn't seem to have much left.
 
I don't follow the team as much as many of you. But man, there is a dropoff in talent as we get deeper in the subs. Every sub seemed to lower our skill set a bit more.
  • Our main guys are really solid to great. I think Robinson was too amped up. Some really bad touches as LIuconn mentioned. But Pulisic, McKennie, Dest, etc. pass the eye test.
  • Aaronson was the one example of a sub that seemed just as strong as the starters.
  • I don't usually love Sargent. I thought he played well (although he may be better defensively than as a striker. Hes just not dynamic).
  • I thought Zimmerman played well in the air (on the whole) when he came in. He cost us the game against Wales so he had keep us in the lead.
  • Why was Shaq Moore in the game? He just doesn't belong on the field during an important World Cup moment.
  • I liked Haji Wright... until that last minute scuffed shot that could've been taken to the corner. That's not a lack of experience, that's hubris. Even my high school son would know to take it to the corner (but he might not).
  • I don't think I've seen CCV before. I'm not sure what to think of him. I was a bit worried that he was going to tackle (American football) someone at the wrong time. I respect that he was very physical, but controlled his fouling. Then I saw he plays for Celtic and was glad he didn't think Iran was Rangers.
  • I really hate our attack. It doesn't fit our players. We play like we're old school Germany with cross after cross. Half our guys are below 5'9".
  • Do we really know what's up with Reyna? Does Berhalter just hate him, or is he really hurt or worse than we all think? I don't get it.
But, we're through. I was expecting a tie from before the game and right until the whistle.
 
upstater said:
That was an exciting game. This is also the 3rd game is several days. If Berhalter felt our guys up top were gassed, there's no point in continuing to push upfield, then defensive substitutions was the right idea.

Musah, Weah, Adams, Robinson to a degree. They didn't seem to have much left.
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Musah could barely move at the end and made several noob mistakes late.
 
SubbaBub said:
Did you miss qualifying?
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I meant as far as advancing to the round of 16 in the world cup. Hard to find an uglier path out of the group stages than that. But whatever, they advanced.
 
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Travelman32 said:
I meant as far as advancing to the round of 16 in the world cup. Hard to find an uglier path out of the group stages than that. But whatever, they advanced.
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You could do a lot worse. Hell, I thought 2010 was uglier. In 2002 we got played out of the stadium by Poland and still advanced.
 
Travelman32 said:
I meant as far as advancing to the round of 16 in the world cup. Hard to find an uglier path out of the group stages than that. But whatever, they advanced.
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We have always won ugly as scoring has always been a shortcoming.
 
Chuck said:
I don't follow the team as much as many of you. But man, there is a dropoff in talent as we get deeper in the subs. Every sub seemed to lower our skill set a bit more.
  • I don't usually love Sargent. I thought he played well (although he may be better defensively than as a striker. Hes just not dynamic).
  • I really hate our attack. It doesn't fit our players. We play like we're old school Germany with cross after cross. Half our guys are below 5'9".
But, we're through. I was expecting a tie from before the game and right until the whistle.
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Sargent is really dynamic for his English Championship team. He scores nifty goals and makes nice passes. I've said since last season that he's our best striker. He gets involved, he holds the ball, and he can punish you with assists and strikes. He may not be the caliber of striker on many of these teams, but he's our best.

I think our attack was special today because Iran needed a tie and was packed in. We weren't passing or dribbling through them. We had to go over and to the wings if we were going to score. The US played more direct against Wales and England.
 
SubbaBub said:
We have always won ugly as scoring has always been a shortcoming.
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They don’t have elite offensive talent, but they shouldn’t have this much trouble generating opportunities.

Of course, not playing your most talented offensive player isn’t helping either.
 
upstater said:
Sargent is really dynamic for his English Championship team. He scores nifty goals and makes nice passes. I've said since last season that he's our best striker. He gets involved, he holds the ball, and he can punish you with assists and strikes. He may not be the caliber of striker on many of these teams, but he's our best.

I think our attack was special today because Iran needed a tie and was packed in. We weren't passing or dribbling through them. We had to go over and to the wings if we were going to score. The US played more direct against Wales and England.
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Sargent is a very good striker, except for scoring goals. He does everything you want a #9 to do and does it pretty well except the primary thing. A good #9 needs to be scoring at least 0.5 goals per game. I'm sure his record in the EPL was the reason he sat vs. Eng. He's a known quantity at that level and it's not good.
 
Dest played the game of his career. What an effort. I hope he keeps emotions in check on Saturday.
Musah was 100% gassed by 70’. We need to get these guys some hgh or something this week. Lots of intense minutes for the midfield 3 already on short rest
 
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Chuck said:
I don't follow the team as much as many of you. But man, there is a dropoff in talent as we get deeper in the subs. Every sub seemed to lower our skill set a bit more.
  • Our main guys are really solid to great. I think Robinson was too amped up. Some really bad touches as LIuconn mentioned. But Pulisic, McKennie, Dest, etc. pass the eye test.
  • Aaronson was the one example of a sub that seemed just as strong as the starters.
  • I don't usually love Sargent. I thought he played well (although he may be better defensively than as a striker. Hes just not dynamic).
  • I thought Zimmerman played well in the air (on the whole) when he came in. He cost us the game against Wales so he had keep us in the lead.
  • Why was Shaq Moore in the game? He just doesn't belong on the field during an important World Cup moment.
  • I liked Haji Wright... until that last minute scuffed shot that could've been taken to the corner. That's not a lack of experience, that's hubris. Even my high school son would know to take it to the corner (but he might not).
  • I don't think I've seen CCV before. I'm not sure what to think of him. I was a bit worried that he was going to tackle (American football) someone at the wrong time. I respect that he was very physical, but controlled his fouling. Then I saw he plays for Celtic and was glad he didn't think Iran was Rangers.
  • I really hate our attack. It doesn't fit our players. We play like we're old school Germany with cross after cross. Half our guys are below 5'9".
  • Do we really know what's up with Reyna? Does Berhalter just hate him, or is he really hurt or worse than we all think? I don't get it.
But, we're through. I was expecting a tie from before the game and right until the whistle.
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I share many of the same sentiments. I don't follow soccer too closely until the world cup but that is starting to change. I had to go completely off the grid all afternoon because I was watching tape delay. The goal was brilliant and Pulisic's injury was of course a game changer. I thought Aaronson and Zimmerman really stood out down the stretch. Even if the USA doesn't have the firepower to score more often, it seems it should have been able to play a better final 15 minutes. Man that was brutal!

There was one play near the end where I thought a US player messed up but then the announcer said he wasn't aggressive because he was in the box. Turns out it was just inside the left corner of the box and that could have been the type of play where if he had gone in heavy, Iran would have had a PK, which is what I was fully expecting to happen to the US. So maybe it was a great play after all.
 
Saw somewhere Adams ran 13 km today. He's gone 90 in all 3 games.

Aaronson ran almost 8 km in his 45 minutes
 
Today was a huge win and one that will propel this group moving forward. Super proud of their efforts and our starters all played well. Why nitpick? We won, we received top efforts from our top guys, and advanced. Couldn't be happier.
 
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