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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think aggressiveness, competitiveness, athleticism - these are all qualities that have helped the US and they are legit valuable assets to have.  No matter how technical you are, you need some drive.  The Dutch only had 3 shots on goal last night.

The problem is that you gotta balance the above with some actual technical abilities playing at this world cup level.  I think we do tend to play a travel soccer style of game and the rest of the world is now catching up to the above traits we've had but they are technically stronger than the US so yeah, now they got more of a chance than ever to pass us by.

I was really shocked by how bad the US team.  Even in their first match - I mean they played Vietnam and had 28 shots but only hit 3??!!!  Come on!  They should have creamed Vietnam.  So yeah, against a team like the Dutch - good luck.  A team more aggressive than the Dutch would have crushed them.

Rose Lavalle has always been my favorite US player of the past few years.  I think there are likely others of her caliber but the team isn't using them, that's unfortunate as none of the older players including Horan, really need to be at another World Cup.  I realize Horan got the goal last night but she messed up for Dutch to score.  I don't think that the US will win it this year.   [/quote]

I agree with this assessment. Also why are they playing kickball at this level? There was so little plays from the back like what the Dutch were doing. Almost every time the goalie got the ball, it was booted. It’s like confirming that the team have no technical skills. I mean some of the stopping/trapping and passing of the the USMNT was pretty sloppy. [/quote]

because they grew up playing kickball... old habits are hard to break![/quote]

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