I'm very frustrated. 3-0, worse than England v. Paraguay, Sweden v. T&T, or even Germany v. Costa Rica.
But the game is over, and it was pretty convincing evidence that the US is NOT #5 in the world. I couldn't figure out how we got that high anyway, with losing 1-0 against Morocco and managing only 1-0 against (not exactly a world power) Latvia.
We play like a brickmason lays bricks - very predictable buildup, no creativity, no flashes of brilliance. Way too methodical. This seems to be Arena's style. I don't enjoy watching it much, on the other hand it worked pretty well in 2002.
I also don't know why this article (and most others) make such a big deal out of Donovan. He's scoreless in something like 12 international games. McBride is far more dangerous - witness his goals for Fulham against Mu.
I hoped against the odds that we'd at least repeat the exciting play of the 1994 World Cup. Brazil were very lucky to have escaped with a 1-0 win, and might not have done so had they not cracked Ramos' skull (he was creating most of our chances at that point). Maybe we should bring back Multinovic!
The bottom line is that in 2002, we scored in the 4th minute against Portugal, this time we give up a goal in the 5th.
And as good as the US was in 2002, they still let a Polish team that was already eliminated, dominate them. They were lucky to get through.
The US team as is is built for one thing, beating Mexico. That's nice, but that alone won't get you very far in the World Cup, especially on the European continent.
Probably so. Perhaps it's because we start kids off young and we never keep score of the games so it doesn't hurt their "feelings" if they lose. Perhaps our team will have a BIG party after this 3-0 trouncing because they were trained to not care if they won or lost.