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Official US Soccer / World Cup '26 Thread (USA vs. Mexico 3/24 in Dallas)

 
Can't. Stop. Watching.

 
saltydeac said:
Great win but still not a fan of Berkhalter as this team should be doing better than just scoring off set pieces like teams of the past. Lots of talent in midfield and up front to be controlling ball more and creating more. Granted some of it is lack of time together and top players probably exhausted like Pulisic who has been playing huge game after huge game between EPL, FA Cup and Champions League the last 3-4 months.

There has to be better answers than McKenzie and Ream in our back four. Otherwise we are going to always be in a shootout as they just aren't good. Robinson, Miazga, Cannon, Brooks or some other players not currently on the team have to be better defenders against the best teams in the world. McKenzie just doesn't have the confidence and seems a couple years away from being able to be a mainstay and Ream is just horribly slow.

And just mind blowing how Musah doesn't get any time on the field when Acosta and Lletget are getting as many minutes as they do. Acosta maybe didn't cost us last night, but we need to let the young stud get mins. if Musah is everything folks have made him out to be. Either the rest of the world and Valencia is nuts or Berkhalter is and I'll go with the latter. Finally I think the team's scoring ability is going to be very fun if Dike or Altidore (is he still even an option for US MNT?) play up top. Sargent is a solid player, but need him to come on as a sub and not the starter as he seemed to tire out and miss some great opportunities as well as got pushed off an early shot easily that had him falling away as he shot it that Dike or Altidore would have gotten a much better chance.
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Agreed.
 
siff said:
Can't. Stop. Watching.

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I mean everything in his form there was perfect. Assuming that was his weak hand too
 
Assuming all favorites advance, that would leave the following matchups for the final Octagonal spots:

USA
Mexico
Costa Rica
Honduras
Jamaica
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El Salvador/St. Kitts and Nevis
Canada/Haiti
Curacao/ Panama
 
mersk862 said:
Close to 24 hours later and I'm still pumped about last night.
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Thought this was a good piece from Matt Doyle on takeaways from the Mex win
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/three-takeaways-from-the-usmnt-s-nations-league-win-over-mexico

Really interested to see what we look like (guessing wildly different) and how we play tomorrow coming off Sunday's win. Will tell us something about how we can refocus after an emotional win, something I imagine will happen during these three-game windows for qualifying.
 
DCDeacon said:
Thought this was a good piece from Matt Doyle on takeaways from the Mex win
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/three-takeaways-from-the-usmnt-s-nations-league-win-over-mexico

Really interested to see what we look like (guessing wildly different) and how we play tomorrow coming off Sunday's win. Will tell us something about how we can refocus after an emotional win, something I imagine will happen during these three-game windows for qualifying.
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Really good article, thanks. I'll admit that Berhalter did a fairly good job Sunday night if you choose to overlook the inclusion of Tim Ream and the sub of Lletget for Reyna.
 
siff said:
Really good article, thanks. I'll admit that Berhalter did a fairly good job Sunday night if you choose to overlook the inclusion of Tim Ream and the sub of Lletget for Reyna.
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Given our center back choices, starting Tim Ream as the left sided center back in a back 3 was not objectionable imo. Changing to a back 4 and then playing Ream at left back was however indefensible against a Mexico team that had exploited Ream's lack of pace every time he had been left isolated throughout the night.
 
Weah looking great tonight so far. Aaronson with the cleanup goal early.
 
HuskyDeac said:
Weah looking great tonight so far. Aaronson with the cleanup goal early.
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More confounding that Musah didn’t see the field in semis or finals. Looks like he has a lot of upside and more to offer than Acosta.
 
saltydeac said:
More confounding that Musah didn’t see the field in semis or finals. Looks like he has a lot of upside and more to offer than Acosta.
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Agreed. Really puzzled why we didn't see him.

Cool finish by Dike to make it 2-0
 
Dike looking terrified to score on that first cross he let go by. He finishes, gingerly now. Two weird plays.
 
DCDeacon said:
Agreed. Really puzzled why we didn't see him.

Cool finish by Dike to make it 2-0
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The more I watch the more my untrained eye thinks Berhalter is nuts to not play Musah in big games especially over Costa. When I hear Twellman to say same and that Musah provides something our other mids don’t provide I know he is clueless. And don’t consider Dikes shot as gingerly as much as confident and waiting until had clear opening. Nice 1st half and 3-4 of these guys need to be starters.
 
HuskyDeac said:
Also Musah is apparently cap tied. Cool.
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That was great to hear. Amazing it took Taylor Twellman mid game reviewing fifa rules to figure it out while other analysts have been clueless.
 
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