Oso planning to go pro
Bunches of thoughts...Beasley was okay on the goal, the help defense was not. Beasley funneled Vela inside, no one else stepped to the attacker. Guzan & Howard to me are pretty similar. This is the worst our pool has been since probably the early 1990s when Meola and Friedel were just kids. Hope some youngster emerges soon. Horvath, Cropper, and Jesse Gonzalez should all get a shot.We have one all time win at Azteca, but it was a friendly.I expected a loss, so I'm pleased with the result. 7 points should see us qualify, but all four games remaining are winnable. We have a winning record in qualifying in both Honduras and Trinidad.I liked the strategy. Concede possession to marshal the defense. Keep it close and hope to nick a late goal. Almost got us the win. Arena has done a fantastic job. That said, I still hope he steps down after Russia. I don't think he's a long term answer, but he's an upgrade from Jurgen.
Arena will never do it but I stand by a 3-5-2. Fab as a wingback Bradley and someone else playing deep and Pulisic behind Jozy and whoever else plays on top.
Speaking of younger, now that I'm looking, Arena familiarity or not, I'd rather have Emerson Hyndman take that last MF spot over Lletget. I think he's going to be a very familiar face in the US kit for the next decade.
Granted, there should've been a penalty given, but the USA backline was awful. I put that down mostly to Ream. He may as well have handed the first goal to Costa Rica. Let Urena walk by him, then gave him way too much space in the box to get a shot off. Constantly gave the ball away and created far more danger than security.
Geoff Cameron is not that good of a defender though. At least not as good as people seem to think.When I saw Stoke vs Palace last year, he was the culprit to blame for three of the four goals Palace scored.
He's a perfectly fine center back on the wrong side of his prime. He's steady when paired with another competent CB, unfortunately Ream is not that. That pass was poorly advised and cost us, but we have far more issues than Cameron. He's been one of the only consistent performers back there