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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 4451591, member: 153"] Shocking 1st half, shocking 2nd half. Netherlands suckered the US in the 1st half. I couldn't believe that was Berhalter's plan against a team of this quality. Did he really think the game against England showed he could match wits with teams like this? It's just embarrassing to see us floor it against them and the only logical outcome is the one that actually happened: we're exposed on the backend. I have no problem with our players attacking, our attacking players that is. I do have a problem pushing EVERYONE up when the game is 0-0. That being said, I found the Netherlands just lost all composure from the middle of the 2nd half on. I was shocked to see them so careless on the ball, turnover after turnover. You are up 2-0 against a team with no goal scorer. What are you doing? LOL. Ridiculously good chances in that situation for the US. Berhalter was bad all game but de Gaal was criminally bad in the 2nd half. I hope the Portugal coach bags out of this world cup so that he gets fired, because I'd love to see Santos step in for us. He would get the most out of this group of players. Bring in a professional coach, please. Claudio Ranieri. Etc., someone who has experience with national teams. [/QUOTE]