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Originally Posted by Joel
altidore may have a bright future, but i think he pays immature, and slacks a lot.
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Originally Posted by papabear
-I think Altidore is coming along nicely. He still has his mistakes, and he can linger on them a little too long sometimes, but for the most part he works hard and does what the team ask of him. Hopefully he has been picking Chings brain when he has the chance because they seem to want to use him in a similar role. Praying he gets more minutes with his Club though.
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Yeah, I think this about sums it up. Ching would be playing in this tournament and starting if he hadn't of injured his hammy. Jozy will overtake Ching someday, maybe even next year, but not yet. Almost there. More club minutes would be really nice for Jozy.
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Originally Posted by papabear
Now we get the privilege of likely being embarassed by Spain. The crazy part is even though we won by three yesterday, we were still too sloppy with the ball (mostly Dempsey) for my taste. There have been times in the past where I thought the US national team was really ready to compete with the big dogs...and then I watch them get embarassed and remind me of how far away they are. I don't think we have a chance against Spain, but maybe I'm wrong again. I'm hoping they at least put up a solid game against them
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Spain will totally boss possession, so either the U.S. needs to bench guys who can't keep possession (Dempsey), or they need to just play for the counters.
btw, the U.S. played decent in Spain in a pre-Euro friendly last year, and guess who stood out when given a half to play in that match... yep, Freddy Adu. Some
YouTubes of the match starring Adu.
I really looking forward to watching it... as a Liverpool fan, it's almost like watching the Reds play the USMNT since Spain has quite a few on their roster. And until last year's Euro, Spain had something of a reputation of choking in quarter/semifinal matches like this one in spite of sometimes being the favored team.
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Originally Posted by Joel
oh, and i'm really bummed i'll be out of town for the upcoming aztex/dynamo open cup match up.
why do they send the dynamo on the road for this? anyone? i notice that the winner of this game will go on the road again in the next round, no matter what - even if it's dynamo against another usl team (could happen). what up with that?
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Beats me. I only like watching these games to see some Dynamo reserves get a run anyway.
btw... Dom is going to coach the MLS All-Stars given the Dynamo have the best point/gm average in the league right now. I'll be interested to see how many orange (and former Dynamo like De Rosario) he picks for the roster. Another match I'll enjoy watching.