lol

Pretty meh game, at least we're still better than Mexico.

^ rofl

OG, you know its true and you know you love living here (legally I hope).

yup i do love living here, but that has nothing to do with the fact that Mexico > USA in soccer.

Young guys:

Bedoya was meh at best. Dude is a step slow at this level.

Feilhaber and Jozy were clearly playing not to get injured so that they can get transferred.

Gonzalez is going to be a stud. I don't think we lost much having him back there instead of Gooch or DeMerit.

mexico sucks

One thought for me really....


that was fun, nothing really means too much. The bit about Jozy's move coming this week was the biggest thing for me in that game.

so much more brazil fans than USA fans at that game.. We couldn't hold off the wave after the 2nd half

Fun game to attend. Jozy had some of his most beautiful non-finishes ever.

That was a fun game to watch.

This Neymar cat is pretty damn fun to watch though.

mmb, sorry had to delete your link (policy of powers that be at 2p2) - if anyone wants a link to his blog, pm me or him.

That's cool, wasn't aware of the policy or it wouldn't have gone up in the first place.

Here's the text instead:

I'm tired, it's late, but here are my starting 11 thoughts after the 2-0 win for Brazil.

1. I wasn't going in expecting the US to win so I won't say I'm disappointed in the result, it would've been nice to get a goal back somewhere though. Landon staying up in the box in the 3rd minute shows the kind of classy player he is, but I should would've loved to have seen him let the ref know he got run over and earn the penalty he deserved.

2. Michael Bradley had another solid game although he had some very uncharacteristic mental errors late in the game. Glad he got to wear the captain's armband too.

3. I would rank the performances of the 4 young guys:
Gonzalez >>>> Feilhaber = Jozy > Bedoya

4. Omar Gonzalez is a beast with a future. I'm saying he's as good, but it didn't look like we lost a whole lot with him out there instead of Gooch or DeMerit and the kid's only 21. On the flip side, we've seen young American defenders look really good against elite South American squads during friendly games in NYC before and we know how Heath Pearce hasn't quite turned out as hoped.

5. With Gonzalez (6'5") and Goodson (6'4") in the middle, that's a combined 12 feet 9 inches of defender you have to get a ball over. A scary thought for teams who want to play down the wings and cross it in.

6. Feilhaber and Jozy looked to be playing to avoid injury more than anything else. Considering all the transfer talk that's going on around those two right now I can't say I blame them.

7. Jozy's year with Hull did one thing for sure. That kid can draw fouls like no one else on the USA roster. He drew 4 fouls in his first 20 minutes of play that all lead to dangerous set pieces. Those are the things that really help the team. Not as much as if he was scoring again, but still plenty helpful.

8. Bedoya looks a step slow at all times out there and his lack of defensive ability really exposed Spector, who we already knew wasn't the greatest RB in the world. Unless the US can develop some better fullbacks any outside mid we play will have to be able to stop the attack.

9. Starting Landon in that second striker position made for a weird lineup at the end of the game when the US had 3 strikers and 3 central midfielders trying to play their part in a 4-4-2.

10. Brazil is soooooooooooo pretty to watch. They clearly had a flair that wasn't there with Dunga. Whether it was because of a friendly game they didn't have to worry about, or the infusion of young studs like Pato and Neymar, it was a joy to watch their skill even if it hurt to see the US lose.

11. If this was the last game on the sidelines for Bob Bradley, then thank you sir for all you've done these past four years. Good luck in Europe.

<<<<<< SHIP 2014 imo

best striker in concacaf (ainec) says what up

Grunching the game posts. I went to the game but was super drunk before/during/after so don't really remember anything about the game except cheering wildly for Bradley's goal and not realizing until after the game was over that it had been disallowed.

On another note, if you're parking at the new Meadowlands (25 bucks!) and you tell them you're going to the race track, they'll let you in for free and then you can park in the main lot.

Another thing, they really have to do something about stadium security. I was with a group of 12 people, none of us had tickets, and we all just walked right in. There are no turnstiles or anything, just a disorganized huddle at the gate where people are standing scanning tickets. If you time it right you can literally walk right past when the ticket person isn't looking. Easy game.

So I guess I can't complain about our performance since I got to park and watch for free.

On another note, maybe I better stop going to USMNT games. This was the second one I've ever been to....the last was this past Gold Cup Final. I'm like Sethy.

Bastard!

2-0 > 1-1 ldo

Re: 10, it was fun watching Brazil create space in the US box. Sooo much creativity.

touche

not to mention your game was an actual official confed cup game (played to the death) and not just a "meh, lets get it over with" friendly played for Mexico's bicentennial celebration.

I heard somewhere that Spain celebrates Mexican independence day too because it reminds them that they don't have to deal with you guys any more.

Michael Bradley's goal today... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-qW...ayer_embedded#!

Things looking decent for Klinsmann fans:

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/new...s-coaching-job

U-20s about to take on Paraguay, Colombia and Peru in a tournament the first two weeks of September.

The lineup:

GOALKEEPERS (2): Samir Badr (F.C. Porto; Fairfax, Va.), Cody Cropper (Ipswich Town; Athens, Ga.)

DEFENDERS (7): Gale Agbossoumonde (S.C. Braga; Syracuse, N.Y.), Anthony Brooks (Hertha BSC; Berlin, Germany), Bryan De La Fuente (Chivas USA; Bell, Calif.), Christian Flores (Club Tijuana; El Cajon, Calif.), Greg Garza (G.D. Estoril Praia; Grapevine, Texas), Emilio Orozco (Tigres; Oxnard, Calif.), Korey Veeder (Crystal Palace Baltimore; St. Petersburg, Fla.)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Victor Garza (Tigres; Edinburg, Texas), Kevin Huezo (C.F. Pachuca; Santa Ana, Calif.), Francisco Navas Cobo (Houston Dynamo; Richmond, Texas), Ernest Nungaray (Monarcas Morelia; National City, Calif.), Moises Orozco (Tigres; Oxnard, Calif.), Conor Shanosky (D.C. United; Sterling, Va.), Cesar Zamora (Chivas USA; Sylmar, Calif.)

FORWARDS (4): Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls; Barnegat, N.Y.), Jerome Kiesewetter (Hertha BSC; Berlin, Germany), Adrian Ruelas (Santos Laguna; Fontana, Calif.), Omar Salgado (Portland Timbers; El Paso, Texas)

First time in US history a U-20 squad has used all professional players.

Is there any way we can delete the photos in this thread? Maybe it won't matter once this page is finished, but it's really screwing up the loading for me, and it's something that has never happened before on 2p2, so I'm assuming the pictures are just too big.