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Message: [QUOTE="BlueMAB, post: 2841783, member: 920"] Quick thoughts: Lichaj doesn't belong anywhere near left back. Hope McKennie's injury isn't too serious. Trapp was playing out of position when Lainaz broke his ankles, not entirely his fault. CCV looked solid. We looked much better in the second half, even before the red card. We lack spatial awareness. Maybe it's inexperience, maybe these guys need more time to play together, maybe Sarachan is doing a crappy job getting players to understand their role, maybe too many guys playing out of their natural position, probably a little bit of all of the above. A win over Mexico (who we hadn't beaten in 3 years) is a good win no matter what. I don't care if it was their B team vs. our B team, they wanted to win. The run by Adams, and the cross by Robinson was a thing of beauty. Robinson was so much better than Lichaj at LB I can't fathom what Sarachan saw in practice that would make him think that starting XI would work. We still lack the skill and touch the top teams have. Too many heavy touches forced us to either turn the ball over, or stall the counter before it ever got started. Still too many guys afraid to turn or take defenders on (until the second half). Zardes wasn't horrible, Wood made a very nice attacking move toward the end. I don't "hate" Wood, Zardes, and Altidore, but they always seem to be asked to do more than they can. None of them are good enough to hold up the ball 1 v 3. Who is our best XI? Really hope Pulisic is health come October because I've got my tickets for the Peru fixture. [/QUOTE]

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