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Color me completely stunned right now.  I can’t believe how this game finished up.  I can’t decide if we played well or played bad.  Maybe we played worse than we should have against a team like Costa Rica, but part of me thinks we played better than the scoreline.  One thing is for sure, there is [...]

It was essential for the US to get a win tonight in Salt Lake City, and we came through with a pretty solid performance. Generally speaking, I would say we played well. Our attack was able to create several very good chances, even beyond the goals we scored, and we were able to [...]

Expected but still disappointing result.
We didn’t look like the same team that played in the last couple of games of the Confed Cup.  We weren’t terrible, but we definitely weren’t at our best.  Just a couple of quick thoughts on the game.
We lost this game in the midfield.  Our lack of ability to possess the [...]

The USMNT just finished the group stages of the Gold Cup last night with a draw against Haiti.  Just coming off a busy schedule with the Confederations Cup, we brought in a batch of players that hadn’t been playing with the full senior team lately.  Given the number of players with little to no experience [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]