Saturday, June 26, 2010

Ghana-USA


First off I would like to say...WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU START RICARDO CLARK!?!?! I SAID THAT HE WOULD COST US THE GAME AS SOON AS I SAW HIS NAME IN THE STARTING LINE-UP!!! Now that that is out of the way. Ghana finished their opportunities, simple as that. US played very well in the second half, Ghana played very well in the first. The time-wasting by Ghana annoyed me, but then again who wouldn't waste time in that kind of situation? I'm sure I would have faked an injury or two to slow things down. I also think the US should have started Feilhaber. He's a good player. Bradley did well in the midfield and has nothing to feel bad about. Same with Edu. Altidore should have stayed in the game. If Altidore did have to come out for injury or something, it would have been nice to have Brian Ching in the squad to replace Altidore. Altidore served us best when he played the holding, strong forward role...not that role that he likes to try and play when he dribbles and loses the ball. All in all, the US is definitely getting MUCH better at soccer. We are figuring out our style.

Korea-Uruguay

Ok, so Suarez is pretty unstoppable. He might as well pack his bags because some big club is about to snap him up. Uruguay did get a little help from the ref. I would have been frustrated as a Korean player with the calls. I think this game really could have gone either way.