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This is it! We want the cup! Meet your starting XI for the #GoldCup2017 Final.— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) July 27, 2017
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Zusi at RB is the answer to the cliché question "what is the definition of insanity?" - especially against a team with the speed of Jamaica. It's going to cost us.
We are lucky it didn't but no more Zusi. No more Zardes (until he can recapture some form). No more Besler/Omar - there are people better than them. Would have been nice to see Hedges/Miazga, but alas.
Not sure Morris is upgrade on Dwyer, and definitely not an upgrade on Wood.
More later
@dr jon I agree on Besler. after all the stories about Besler and his resurgence I thought he was really bad with the ball against Jamaica. Obviously neither he nor Hedges are ahead of Brooks in the pecking order, but I now lament the Opara situation even more. Frankly I don't think either Hedges or Besler play a single match at the next world cup, so I am ready to move on.
Bruce did a good job of giving people multiple opportunities to show what they had. Strangly enough, the same cannot be said of Agudelo, which disappoints me.
Surprise of the tourney for me? It is a tie between how not-ready-for-prime-time Acosta looked and how many chances Arena gave Zusi. Those of you who pray should start including Deandre Yedlin regularly.
@DaMa - definitely agree. I am also shocked at how little Agueldo was used. I would have put him on the wing before Zardes. He is similarly athletic and he is much more technically proficient AND lets not forget Agueldo is YOUNGER than Zardes. Lichaj should have gotten more time. He did OK, honestly. On the overall, better than Zusi. IMO a RB needs to be a good defender first and a good crosses/offensive threat second and quick third. Lichaj fits this (and Yedlin now too). Zusi IS good in the offensive third, no doubt, but that is not what he needs to be good at FIRST.
I have to think that the Dempsey stuff is in part related to his health issues. He made a comment after the Costa Rica game that seemed to imply that he felt the heart issues held him back a little bit.
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