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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone actually watch the match?  Interested to hear opinions.  I checked out the start through Costa Rica's second (PK from an obvious foul).  Despite being down 2 at that point, I don't think the US squad was seriously outplayed.  they had several good chances on which the CR keeper made excellent saves.  I wonder if they continued to create more chances than CR but were stymied.  [/quote]

Yes.  I watched the game.  I am the original poster.

Better than the match against Saudi Arabia but our quality in fundamentals was clearly lacking time and time again.  Flashes of good play from individual players but no concept of how to work together and even less ability to consistently connect passes with both feet.  One big sign of quality in a player is the ability to control crappy passes and messy play.  We had much less of that in display.  A few players did stand out and we didn't get dominated at all. We had a few more chances in the second half when the lineup changed but not much more.  The goalie from CR was a beast.  Seriously good.  But still, the loss was deserved.

BUT for all of the time and investment the sport has in this country, even by the suckers on this forum who fork over big bucks each year to have their kids be average players at best, we should have WAY better quality than we showed today.

Costa Rica wasn't a bad team.  But they definitely deserved to win and were the better side.  Out of desperation tomorrow, I think the coaching staff of the US team will do everything in their power to get a result against Canada.  To save face. But unfortunately, they can't rely on speedy players running by everyone or overpowering smaller players and that also won't work against Canada.  Unless they play football, we will be out of this tournament in the group stage which will send a shockwave through our system.  As it should.  Unfortunately, this team isn't capable of playing a brand of football that can beat world class teams.  Glorified kick and run with some individuals dribbling here and there.  That is all.  Sad.[/quote]

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