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LIuconn said:
Yes. Tough to get any read on the second game of this window in a friendly against a far flung opponent when most guys are just trying to get back to Europe without a knock
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Too much undeserved benefit if the doubt. Musah was awful, lost the ball virtually every time he had it. Our front line had no ball skills at all. Everyone looked slow. Poch has his work cut out for him.
 
Got to see what the new regime does.
Realistically, this is not the team that will be in the field (for the most part) in 2026.
I don't care if it's Canada, New Zealand or the West Indies that you face - soccer is a game where a freak score could sink the best of teams, especially when you are not playing your strongest components.
I am waiting to see what happens down the road before I start shaking my head uncontrollably.
 
Only watched a little bit last night, but what I saw didn't inspire me in terms of quality shot on goal. It was a friendly rather than qualifying game, but still they couldn't come away with a convincing win, especially after what Canada did to them on home soil???
 
KryHavok said:
Only watched a little bit last night, but what I saw didn't inspire me in terms of quality shot on goal. It was a friendly rather than qualifying game, but still they couldn't come away with a convincing win, especially after what Canada did to them on home soil???
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Mexico beat New Zealand 3-0. So there's that also. FWIW.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Again, this team is laughably bad. I thought for a long time this was purely on coach and tactics and that the talent was there, but these guys are simply not very good at soccer. A front line of Wright, Balogun and Pepi might be the least technically gifted attacking group I have seen a US team put out. Really pathetic.
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Palatine said:
Musa was the worst I ever saw him. Give away after give away.
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LIuconn said:
Imagine not bringing Marlon fossey into this team and keeping Shaq Moore around. Thank God ggg is gone
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None of this matters. Particularly these two games.

What’s concerning is that without having to qualify this team won’t have a “crucible” event to stress test things and help them come together.

That could have been the Copa, but Poch is going to have to manufacture that.
 
ZooCougar said:
None of this matters. Particularly these two games.

What’s concerning is that without having to qualify this team won’t have a “crucible” event to stress test things and help them come together.

That could have been the Copa, but Poch is going to have to manufacture that.
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The results maybe don’t matter, but the way the players show up does. They played poorly, no progress has been made in almost 2 years.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
The results maybe don’t matter, but the way the players show up does. They played poorly, no progress has been made in almost 2 years.
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Program is in limbo until Poch shows up. Directionless.
 
Familiar names for this camp. It’ll take Poch some time to visit the fringe and young guys who he'll give chances to moving fwd
 
meyers7 said:
Be interesting to see what he does with them.
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I won't expect much in the first couples of game. I suspect that practice will be when the real evaluations take place. Letting them fail in the first few contests will probably reveal more about strengths and weaknesses than game planning would. He still has a lot of players to see before he begins to implement a system.
 
2 hours was their longest training session? I don't know much about soccer I guess. But it sounds like progress

 
The Poch era has begun. Looks like they'll try progressing the ball up the middle of field and press for quick turnovers when they lose the ball.
Goal 1 was a good-looking team goal. Puli, McKennie and a few others were sent back to their clubs prior to Tuesday's Mexico friendly
 
ive been away for a bit with the 2 kiddos 3 and under but wanted to stop in and say - what a refreshing performance for the boys under Poch this weekend. technical and intense - loved to see the effort to regain possession and musah finding his first goal.
 
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