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  1. 100% should be second yellow. All commentary agrees
  2. If nothing else, a putting a yellow on Mexico's creative heart and soul is a positive step. Shame he's had all day to roam and link up play left, right, forward, backward and into next week
  3. I wonder why Brooks, McKenzie, Steffen and Kellyn Fn Acosta touching the ball 2/3rds of the half with the occasional blast up to Sargent results in your best players getting the ball almost exclusively off of turnovers and then in Pulisics case, getting baited into forcing the worst of his possible outlets? Herman making good players look completely lost was a hallmark of his time at Texas. Sound familiar?
  4. Getting mauled tactically yet again. GGG needs to go before he costs us qualification
  5. Sargent has a real knack for keeping the ball out of the back of the net, for better or worse On the flip side, great time for Jordan to get confidence with the national team. Gonna need it for the final
  6. Xhaka, Zakaria, Akanji took control away from the center of the field early in the 2nd half and neutered any creativity from the US players from that point on. No adjustment from Berhalter to speak of.
  7. Getting tactically outclassed here
  8. At this point I'm not sure what I want most out of the summer transfer window... The popular thought is a true 9 or at least a DP forward. However, I just don't like the Besler/Romaña combo in anything other than looking at their physicality. Tough call for management to make. That said, converting more chances into goals can cure a multitude of ills. My hope is we take a pass at Nico Lopez from Tigres, or pay up and poach some Brazilian goal scorer with great control, Claudinho maybe and use him in tandem with Dominguez up front
  9. The second or third angle from the TV replay really looked like he could have body blocked the ball if his initial positioning was fully inside the goal post. This also brings to light how poor Romaña has been in the air, giving up two easy set piece goals against the Rapids and now Sporting
  10. Wolff's inexperience really showed tonight. Should have subbed Ring well prior to the red card but he held out with the idea of reaching to KC's subs. Of course, all that goes out the window when you go a man down, at which point he makes a further mistake subbing off Cecilio. The back line is a weakness but adding more bench defenders won't make it any stronger. Keeping a player like Dominguez on is important to keep and make something of possession when you do get it, and he's the team's best dribbler by far. Keeping the ball just a bit longer and maybe drawing a few more KC fouls keeps the pressure off the defense better than Cascante or whomever. Berhalter also inexplicably was way off to the lateral side of the near post during the corner goal, where his only job is to cover the inside of the near post. Shocking from a coaches son
  11. If only Tuscaloosa could lure a Gigafactory and a meat-headed podcaster to set up shop then Alabama could really start luring in top flight talent
  12. I actually do think Alexis can give quality minutes year one, after seeing the spring game live. He got some awful balls thrown his way but he really stood out to me. Worthy has a lot of catching up to do but he gives the offense another dimension that we expected, on paper, to get from Smith. Maybe he can land at Johns Hopkins and captain their lacrosse team or something. T.O. and Whitt round out the guys that should be able to stretch defenses without regular drops. Juan Davis, Gunnar Helm could both see a good number of balls thrown their way as well, and I would have no problem with that whatsoever. Dixon and Washington likely remain part time options, imo.
  13. very good first half, with the exception of Hoesen, everybody looks tuned in
  14. Thing is Card forced fewer throws and took care of the ball better than Thompson, without the supposed "1s" around him. Casey looked about the same as vs Colorado, except Jamison actually held on to the pick six unlike the CU db that had the ball bounce off his chest. I don't see how that equates Casey to Klubs and Card to Ewers
  15. Don't forget Pereira, also Ring quite solid
  16. Cooking and cleaning? What kind of demographic are you envisioning?
  17. He's already heavier than 230 and when O'Neal starts dunking on your ability to separate, well... That's what Worthy and (maybe) WRX are for. Banks can be a similar body to Tuihalamaka, without the Polynesian super powers Rather have Tuihalamaka, personally
  18. TFB mentioned drops being an issue. Marcus Washington is probably a big contributor to that issue if past appearance on the field is an indicator
  19. I don't love the throwing motion either, but I guess he gets results. I'm starting to like Nelson more and more for '23
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