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Though it was a huge game with a crazy result, this is going to be a pretty short post.  I honestly think the game can be summed up in pretty short terms and my “analysis” is pretty straightforward.
In our matches against Egypt and Spain we showed that we could come out with energy and force [...]

I know I’m a game late on this, but wanted to throw my thoughts out there anyway.  (plus my brother asked why I was slacking off)
Count me as one of those that thought a win against Spain was impossible for the US.  Oh how I enjoyed being proven wrong.
In thinking back over the game, three [...]

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So color me shocked.  I’m not really sure what to say about this game.
Obviously, its a great result for the team, but you have to wonder where the kind of energy they showed today was for the first two games of the tournament.  I would also throw out that Egypt isn’t the same kind of [...]

Pure and simple, this game was an embarrasment.
Brazil is traditionally one of the better teams in the world and few people expected us to win, but the way in which we lost was just sad.  We showed no heart and barely any fight throughout the whole thing.  And again, I really have to question Bradley’s [...]

Okay, so I’m several days late on this one so I’m going to make it really quick.
First match of the Confederations Cup against Italy was sort of painful to watch.  We started out better than I expected us to play.  My hopes were sort of dashed when Ricardo Clark got a red card.  My hopes [...]

I’m in Great Falls, Montana right now for work, and I wanted to share some quick thoughts on the area.
This might be one of the most picturesque places I’ve ever been to.  It doesn’t top Scotland for amazing, but there is a little bit of the same kind of feel.  I drove out of the [...]

Much better result, marginally better performance.
Getting a win in this game gets us a fair amount closer to qualifying for the Cup. The problem comes in that I, along with a few others that watch the soccer world, am starting to have doubts about how well we’re going to do if we do qualify.
We still [...]

Tell me this doesn’t scream of corruption or intimidation.

We didn’t lose, we got embarrased.  If we keep playing like that, we’re not qualifying for the Cup.
So many things went wrong with this game its hard to know where to start, so I’ll just jump right in.
Our defense was terrible on the night.  Their attacking players had way too much time to do whatever [...]