Without any premier league games to watch this morning, I subjected myself to the US-Ghana game for the first time since watching it live. A few thoughts:
1- As bad as Clark's turnover was, Demerit didn't close Boateng down quickly enough and Howard was far too easily beat at his near post. Not excusing Clark but that goal is on all 3 of them.
2- Boca and Gyan are side by side before Gyan's goal, but Boca let Gyan get possession on the ball and find space to fire it home. Boca simply got abused by Gyan. And Howard, with his shot stopping ability, has to do better on Gyan's shot, which practically went right over his head. He's a terrific keeper but he simply didn't have a good game.
3- We played an excellent second half and should have put more than one on the board, and even when we were struggling in the first half, we created an excellent chance which Findley failed to convert. Ghana to its credit, buried two of the few good chances they created for themselves, while we lacked the same kind of clinical finishing.
4- Dempsey was class all game, and Feilhaber was excellent after coming on at half time. Just why Benny hasn't done better for himself on the club level is beyond me.
5-Bornstein had himself a really solid game defensively and even provided decent service in the box a couple of times.