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World Soccer XXIV: The Road to Rio

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Our guys got away with stuff earlier in the match too, and Dellacamera and Cobi were praising Quesada for letting the match go. You can't have it both ways. (That being said, Beasley got kicked a bunch late in the second half.)

Simon Phoenix (i.e., EJ) continues to show that he's great against CONCACAF minnows. Wondo too. I hope Klinsmann doesn't delude himself into taking these results for more than they're worth.

Beckerman is terrible. It causes me agita seeing him in our lineup even when the top guys aren't called into the squad. Shea looked useless too.

Goodson played the really nice ball over the top to Bedoya to free him to set up Donovan's second goal, but he also was probably the guy who should've cleared the corner on Honduras's goal.

Parkhurst is a serviceable right back but offers little going forward. He's basically an older, worse version of Jonathan Spector.

Nice to see Holden looking like he's getting used to being back on the field.
 
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We should at least be able to know that we can use Johnson and Wondo in our more competitive friendlies, to further gauge them against stiffer competition.
 
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So does winning this gold cup put either the US or Panama in the mythical Confed Cup playoff game for 2017?
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
We should at least be able to know that we can use Johnson and Wondo in our more competitive friendlies, to further gauge them against stiffer competition.
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Eh... the problem is that neither one is young anymore (EJ is 29, Wondo is 30) and at this point they are what they are. In the Gold Cup, which we're (rightly, IMO) trying to win and will be playing the CONCACAF minnows that EJ has proven he can kill, and where we're not calling in Dempsey and Altidore, you use those guys because you know they're going to help you win those games. In friendlies, I'd rather see Agudelo or McInerney or Bruin or Boyd to see whether they might be able to make the step up to matches against tougher competition in competitive matches, because at this point, I mean, they are who we thought they were. (EJ has 17 international goals, which puts him in a tie for 7th all-time, but only one has come against anything other than a minnow. Altidore also has 17, and actually in more caps even though he's six years younger, but included in them are goals against Mexico and Spain and Turkey and Poland Slovenia and Germany.)

Interesting tangent: Among players called up to the USMNT in the past year, there are no attackers who are older than Will Bruin (23, will be 24 in October) and younger than EJ (turned 29 in March). That's a pretty massive gap in talent which, to me, makes it especially important that Altidore seems to have developed well during his two years at AZ.
 
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Grant Wahl points out a few obvious flaws in CONCACAF's ban on communications while serving a suspension. Klinnsman cannot be in the locker room or on the sidelines for the game. He also is forbidden from using radios to communicate with the team. Nothing forbids him from using a cell phone. He could use television to talk to the team at halftime. For that matter, he could borrow a page from "Big Bang Theory" and use a 'virtual presence' to coach the team. Nothing in the rules against that.
 
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Do I watch the game on Fox for the HD, or watch it on Univision for the better commentary (even those I can only understand about 30% at best)?

If I could get Univision in HD this would solve everything.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Do I watch the game on Fox for the HD, or watch it on Univision for the better commentary (even those I can only understand about 30% at best)?

If I could get Univision in HD this would solve everything.
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You don't like Gus?
 
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