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[QUOTE="Chuck, post: 4676207, member: 1646"]
I only watched extended highlights because the game was on too late for me, but here were my comments:
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[*]Pulisic plays so hard for the US and has such confidence.  He just never really got that chance at Chelsea where he made runs, but was rarely rewarded with a look from teammates.  I'm glad the tough club season(s) haven't hurt his confidence.
[*]CONCACAF is such a banana republic organization.  You know that the lesser team is just going to come out violently against the better team.  That's where Mexico is now.  I know the US isn't supposed to retaliate, but I'm not sure if turning the other cheek is the answer either.  Maybe they just needed to be smarter about retaliation.  Maybe even go hockey style and put in a few bruisers knowing they'll get the red cards.  
[*]Berhalter.  I called this during the Reina stuff.  It gave the US a reason to rehire him.  They don't want it to look like they let the Reina's get him fired, or they just used it as an excuse to rehire him.  I wasn't super excited with some of the other options that were being discussed, but this seems like a mid-level floor / low ceiling decision.   
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