Chile was the better team. After the US goal, most US players could not handle Chile's press. They either made a bad pass, booted it aimlessly, or had it stolen. Chile appeared to take their foot off the gas in the second half and not press for another goal.

I was disappointed with Horvath. He's calm with the ball at his feet and his distribution was pretty good for the most part. He seemed slow off of his line to snuff out trouble in some situations. There was also a sequence in the second half where it seemed he did not call off Gonzalez on a bouncing ball near the end line either fast enough or authoritatively enough which resulted in Omar conceding a needless corner.

Zardes had a few nice plays and some terrible plays. Bradley is to slow of mind and foot to control the midfield in a match like this.

What a shame McKinney and Adams were not available. I would have loved to see how those two, McKinney in particular, stack up to Vidal who remains a beast.

Meanwhile Mexico under Tata Martino has scored 7 goals in its last 2 games (wins against Chile and Paraguay).

Ream scares me. He should never be allowed to pass back to the keeper.

I guess now it actually makes sense to play Bradley, since Adams and McKennie are unavailable.

I just wanted to kick off the Rondo discussion before the game.

Anonymous wrote:Too bad that Tyler Adams won't be there. With McKennie out, I was hoping to see Adams moved into the midfield where he belongs.

Instead I'm sure we'll have Bradley back and, whatever anyone thinks of his current form as a player, he's clearly not the future of the USMNT.

He wasn't the future 4 years ago. Politics. Gotta love 'em

Too bad that Tyler Adams won't be there. With McKennie out, I was hoping to see Adams moved into the midfield where he belongs.

Instead I'm sure we'll have Bradley back and, whatever anyone thinks of his current form as a player, he's clearly not the future of the USMNT.

Let's talk USMNT vs Chile here.