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Klinsmann on USSF: He's wrong about Clint not showing up and right about everything else

The US will place higher than England in the end. At least we went out with a fight.

God Save the Queen. Same song, different lyrics

You know who's been completely terrible? Wayne Rooney. Totally terrible and useless in every match.

There's some tactical genius by Capello. Bring on the forward who can't score goals.

Jesus, Germany are just viscous in the counterattack

I wonder why.. We had a bunch of movements like that over the last two games. We couldn't finish any of them. Really? You would know better than I, but I can't seem recall any possessions that started on our own side and included 7 quick passes (each one getting us closer to their goal) that completely shredded the defense and led to a wide open shot. We had a ton, both against Algeria and Ghana. That was what made it so frustrating. Every time we built from the back we shredded Ghana. From the start of the 2nd half to about the 75th minute we tore them apart with quick passes, but had zero luck/quality in the finishing department.

Lampard has the absolute worst luck of any English player.

I wonder why.. We had a bunch of movements like that over the last two games. We couldn't finish any of them.

hahahaha suck it John Terry

Impossible to tell. There are plenty of great players at that age like Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack etc that make up for physical deterioration with experience and mental mastery. Because of that I think Clint will still be effective enough to be a key player near what he is now. Landon I'm not as sure because of his size. By then Stuart Holden will be in his prime and serving in killer crosses from the right wing and taking all the dead balls. Who knows what will happen in four years. Voros McCracken over at BigSoccer does a top100 list at the end/beginning of every cycle. Here are his top 33 midfielders for 2014: 1. Landon Donovan, 32, Los Angeles Galaxy 2. Michael Bradley, 27, Borussia Munchengladbach 3. Clint Dempsey, 31, Fulham 4. Jose Torres, 27, Pachuca 5. Maurice Edu, 28, Rangers 6. Stuart Holden, 29, Bolton Wanderers 7. Benny Feilhaber, 29, AGF Aarhus 8. Freddy Adu, 25, Benfica 9. Alejandro Bedoya, 27, Orebro SK 10. Geoff Cameron, 29, Houston Dynamo 11. Ricardo Clark, 31, Eintracht Frankfurt 12. Sebastian Lletget, 22, West Ham United 13. Luis Gil, 21, Real Salt Lake 14. Michael Stephens, 25, Los Angeles Galaxy 15. Sacha Kljestan, 29, Anderlecht 16. Jermaine Jones, 33, FC Schalke 17. Robbie Rogers, 27, Columbus Crew 18. Brad Evans, 29, Seattle Sounders 19. DaMarcus Beasley, 32, No Club 20. Michael Hoyos, 23, Estudiantes La Plata 21. Alex Zahavi, 23, Sporting Lisbon 22. Dax McCarty, 27, FC Dallas 23. Eddie Gaven, 28, Columbus Crew 24. Mikkel Diskerud, 24, Stabaek 25. Danny Cruz, 23, Houston Dynamo 26. Marco Vidal, 28, Pachuca 27. Blair Gavin, 25, Chivas USA 28. Lester Dewee, 22, Olympique de Marseilles 29. Brad Davis, 33, Houston Dynamo 30. Jared Jeffrey, 24, FSV Mainz 31. Baggio Husidic, 27, Chicago Fire 32. Sal Zizzo, 27, Hannover 96 33. Andrew Oliver, 20, Westside United Remember that some guys will come out of nowhere and some guys will fall off a cliff. Our midfield will be ok. Its our backline and keepers that are concerning.

No, I thought he was average. Maybe Heskey hurt him worse than they let on, but he was pedestrian. The first goal today-Demerit took away the far post, he just didn't position himself well. The 2nd Slovenian goal, he didn't make himself very big. Ghana had three opportunities today, and Howard made one save on the counter in the 1st half. That was it. With our backline leaking goals, we needed him to be better, and he wasn't up to the task. Also, a healthy Gooch deals with that cheap ass long ball that led to the winner. So frustrating. Finally, out of pure spite I want England and Mexico both to lose, and lose badly tomorrow.

Same here. It's not necessarily that they lost in the second round. That's where I expected them to go out (albeit against Germany). It's not even so much how they lost (though that's bothering me quite a bit). It's that they're likely to never have an easier group, and really really likely to never have an easier path to the semifinals. Just can't help but feel they let a golden opportunity pass by. So many opportunities to finish them off when it was 1-1. How many poor first touches did we have? Altidore, Benny...Mikey not taking one extra touch... The silver lining is that our player pool is getting better and better. We may never have an easier path, but we are less likely to need one down the line.

I was actually very pissed that the US acted sportingly and played the ball back to Ghana there. He was obviously acting, so why reward it?

I read this and immediately broke out in a string of expletives. So frustrated all mother *$(@#)@Q)*$* game. Their back line is big. Their back line is fast. Their back line is strong. Their back line can jump like stinking cheetahs. WE AREN'T GOING TO BEAT THEM ROUTE 1 IN THE AIR. PUT THE BALL ON THE [expletive] GROUND OR BEHIND THEM. That was easily the most frustrating thing today. The best movement we had all game was a string of one and two touch passes culminating in Bradley being played in behind the defense. Every time we played one/two touch, we broke them down, but we lost the patience needed to do it. For a team with some WC veterans...just don't know how they lost composure like that. It just had to be tired legs, right? That's the only rationalization I can come up with that doesn't drive me nuts. They were just tired . . . right? I think that's what it was. 2 emotionally and physically draining games, and then another comeback and extra time? Our key guys-Donovan, Dempsey and Bradley-played every minute of all four games. They ran out of gas.

I read this and immediately broke out in a string of expletives. So frustrated all mother *$(@#)@Q)*$* game. Their back line is big. Their back line is fast. Their back line is strong. Their back line can jump like stinking cheetahs. WE AREN'T GOING TO BEAT THEM ROUTE 1 IN THE AIR. PUT THE BALL ON THE [expletive] GROUND OR BEHIND THEM. That was easily the most frustrating thing today. The best movement we had all game was a string of one and two touch passes culminating in Bradley being played in behind the defense. Every time we played one/two touch, we broke them down, but we lost the patience needed to do it. For a team with some WC veterans...just don't know how they lost composure like that.

If Klinsi doesn't get the job, my vote is for Sigi Schmid. Don't really want Bradley to stay on. Even with today's lineup screwup, he's done a very good job and rebuilt the midfield. One cycle is enough, though.

Played Well: Clint Benny Bornstein Edu Played Poorly Everyone else. Landon's touch was really poor in the 2nd half. We had no forwards for most of the tournament. Davies finishes the chance Findley scuffed. Jozy just looked out of gas. Gomez came in and never had a chance, since Ghana scored 3 minutes in and we panicked and just started hoofing it upfield. Boca and Demerit killed us. No reason for veteran players who have played in the EPL to get burnt on a route 1 ball like that. Howard's positioning was crap on both goals. 'Dolo's service into the box was terrible. Bradley worked as hard as he could, but you could tell he was running on the fumes of his fumes. Clint was the MOTM and Benny was a close, close 2nd. Clint worked as hard as he could have possibly worked, on and off the ball, drew the PK, constantly demanded the ball and usually did something useful with it. Lots of what-ifs in this one: what if Benny's first touch hadn't been so heavy at the start of the 2nd half...what if Jozy could have hooked that ball into the net when he fell over...what if Donovan had been serving the ball in late instead of 'Dolo...what if Edu starts? In the end, though, when most of your team was mediocre to poor, and you still take a team to AET...you should probably have won the game. Poor lineup decision, poor play from Clark and a tired and exhausted team.

Yeah, thats another factor in why this loss was a kick in the sack. American's don't tolerate that kind of gamesmanship, and Ian Darke was wrong when he said any country would do that. We wouldn't, England and Germany wouldn't.

We have some decent prospects (3/4 of the LA Galaxy's defense) but we need to start getting them ready early this cycle. Boca and Gooch and Demerit will transition to Gonzalez, Ream, Opara, and Franklin. Jon Bornstein was our best defender today by a wide, wide margin.

That stings like holy hell on a ton of levels.

PLEASE

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We have maybe one more rush in us

Terrible service