The US Men's National soccer team beat Poland today in Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1-0. There was a snow storm in the final 20 minutes and the 13,395 fans appeared to be living it up. The snow got so bad that the officials pulled out the yellow, high-resolution ball in the 80th minute.
Player thoughts, in no order (and not all of them, just the ones that made impressions on me):
- Dempsey: Good game, dangerous all around. Has a knack for drawing the foul, and doing so in some good places. Potentially the most creative dribble our squad has. Gotta like him and I hope he starts in the cup.
- Keller: No fail defense, wall in the back with a few strong saves in the 1st half.
- Cherundolo: My vote for man of the match. Dangerous out of the back, strong D. All around, all over the field. Near miss on the first half free kick.
- Lewis: Good defense, needs to improve his crosses.
- Onyewu: Great game – but scares the bejeezus out of me because he puts sleeper holds on guys in the box. One day I fear the PK.
- Beasley: Looked weak to me. Touch was off all game. As usual, he has the potential and you can see it…but in this particular case, potential was all it was.
- Twellman: Got the assist. Can’t argue there. However…he seemed otherwise quiet most of the game.
- Johnson: Did he play? I think he got lost.
- Convey: Exploded on the pitch as a sub and ate some Polish lunch. I liked him more than Beasley.
- Mexico beat Ghana 1-0
- Czech Republic tied Turkey 2-2
- Italy beat Germany 4-1
My Soccer Blog - has all the updates on the international friendlies. This is my wife's favorite.
Du Nord - Tons of links to external resources. Good launching point for your soccer needs.
World Cup Blog - I stream this to my google personal start page. Good place to jump to various country info.
Remaining games on the road to Germany: Germany, Jamaica, and 3 more to come - all prior to the big show.
2 comments:
I'll finish your list--
Donovan: steady, good, but not great-- i liked some of his passes to cherundolo on the right side
Zavagnin: i think dmid is a thankless position-- no major mistakes
Mastroeni: a step up from Zavagnin, with a more dominating presence
Berhalter/Bocanegra: they seemed the same-- can't lose, except the foul that Bocanegra gave up for a stupid play
Wolff: he failed to create opportunities tonight to then thwart... what about bringing an extra midfielder and leaving wolff at home...?
are you happy I posted???
No on can ever say I married the wrong woman...she is into soccer more than me. I am not sure though, that Bocanegra meant that foul.
e.d.s: You should see this guy play - it is a sight. 6' 3", 205 lbs. You do not want to mess with him.
riffle: The co-ed league misses you dearly.
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