Yeah no argument there. Even when they have numbers nobody knows where to go. Everyone runs in a straight line, no overlapping, no runners trailing the play, no touch, etc etc.
USMNT Summer 2024: Beauty is in the Eye of the Berhalter
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"Pulisic trying to do it himself"
weak midfield connection, weak passing to unlock the defense. (tbf, a decent defense that's parking)
weak midfield connection, weak passing to unlock the defense. (tbf, a decent defense that's parking)
“Gregg what was your plan to score tonight?”
Gregg: Turns on 50 slide PowerPoint about corporate synergy.
Gregg: Turns on 50 slide PowerPoint about corporate synergy.
He's lost a step, maybe two. Before all the injuries he'd just glide past people on the wing no matter how crap we were at getting him into good places. Seems to have had a good season in Italy but I don't know that he can do that superhuman stuff for the USMNT any more. Had a little of that burst against Panama but generally speaking I don't think we can just try to get Pulisic on the ball and hope for the best moving forward
They could line up again tomorrow and play another 90 and probably the USMNT doesn't score another goal. I don't think the 90 seconds matter much
Can't fault the effort tonight even if we can gripe about the execution. This tourney was over after the Panama game.
Going to fire Gregg then hire advisors to tell them the best man for the job..... whether that be Gregg Berhalter, or Gregg Berhalter
Official xG is out.... 0.29 for the USMNT
via Carlisle, though others have it as 0.58
View: https://twitter.com/JeffreyCarlisle/status/1807972737253515628
Either way, we created nothing, same as the last 5+ years against any decent opponent.
via Carlisle, though others have it as 0.58
View: https://twitter.com/JeffreyCarlisle/status/1807972737253515628
Either way, we created nothing, same as the last 5+ years against any decent opponent.
I think so too. Getting knocked out with three points in an easy group is a debacle and the stakes for 2026 are too high. We're stagnating and we need fresh ideas. I do suspect that current USSF leadership will behave differently than the Dan Flynn / Sunil Gulati era.
I’m not serious. Everybody knows they are keeping Gregg anyway citing circumstances beyond his control probably.
It’s moments like this that make we wonder if the contrarian blowhard is just schtick that he turns off and on or if he just stumbles into the occasional correct observation like the proverbial broken clock.
Nothing more encapsulates this era than that we only scored 3 goals in the group, a group that included Bolivia who gave up 8 goals to the other two sides.
I feel like we just got to watch Dempsey's struggle for his soul. He didn't want to say anything like some reactionary post match blowhard but he eventually gave in and went for it. Made me laugh at least
Would we even have advanced with a one goal win given the final score in Panama? Sad/funny that we weren’t far off from Pepi’s horrendous misses costing us dearly.
Pulisic talked about "finding an identity again" in those post-game comments. Not a good sign coming from a guy who has been one of Berhalter's greatest champions in the locker room.
Yes, we were +1 coming in (2-0 and 1-2) and Panama were -1 coming in (1-3 and 2-1)
I'm not sure "easy" is a fair description. They just lost 1 - 0 to the Elo #5 team, they beat the sad sack, and they lost a game where one of their players lost his mind and got himself kicked out of the game 20 minutes in. The group always hinged on their result against Panama, it was the game where they could least afford that kind of stupidity. I'd almost rather have been in a group with a friskier last place team so that everything didn't hinge on getting a result against Panama.
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