I think the trip to the semis depends on how they look. like who do they beat along the way. If they beat Brazil or Columbia and lose to a good team in a nail biter I will give Greg the benefit of the doubt. other than that he should be fired.
so we were critical of the last 3 World Cup bids for good reason. Brazil building stadiums that went into disrepair months after the 2014 WC, Russia (no need to say anything), and Qatar who should have never hosted a WC. but the USA has evolved since 1994 when we had outdoor grass stadiums. now we have all of these billion dollar NFL stadiums that cannot grow a proper soccer pitch. this will be a problem if they don't figure it out.Argentina slams Atlanta field: 'Better that we won'
The Argentina national team slammed the pitch at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the inaugural match of the 2024 Copa América, with goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez calling the newly-installed grass surface a "disaster."www.espn.com
A lot of errors at times and very sloppy at times, yet very positive going forward as well. If this were a good team, I think we'd have been in deep trouble. An okay win to start.
Scoring has ALWAYS been the achilles heal of the USMNT. Even the best teams from 15 years ago couldn't score. We had dynamic players like Landon and Jozy, but getting them to actually, you know, SHOOT the freaking ball was always like pulling teeth. How can that not change after so many years?? Our scoring forward legacy has been a big pile of nothing.
Scoring is the hardest part of the game. Look how many elite strikers that are out there. There may be only a dozen or so in the entire world.
Granted, but when you get the ball in the box and don't even come away with even an attempt on goal, that's terrible and something we haven't had for as long as I can remember.
I agree and thankfully yesterday Pulisic took matters into his own hands early and listened to a set piece coach that I had never heard of until then. if they had not scored early it might have made for an even more frustrating game. not sure though...just happy to see them win at this point even if it is Bolivia. Panama should be another 3 points. they might need to beat Uruguay to win this group. I feel like Uruguay are going to pad the goal differential against Bolivia. but I guess we shall see. that can be a two way street if USA play to their potential vs. Panama.
absolutely inexcusable to not have your team mentally prepared for this game against Panama. this was a must win game.
Officially?
I took that as gmable was calling for him to be fired.
Correct
yeah it's so inconsistent with him. what he did at half should have been what they did after the goal. but a lot of his decision making coming back to haunt him today. only having Adams for 45 mins. losing your keeper, that's 2 subs down right there that completely change the game after Weah gets that red. he took Reyna off the pitch too early and keeping musah off the pitch is criminal. I don't think Carter vickers should be on this roster.
