International Friendly: USMNT vs. Mexico (Fox Sports 1) [OPEN Thread]

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Mr. Yost

April 15th, 2015 at 9:08 PM ^

United States (4-4-2): Nick Rimando; Greg Garza, Ventura Alvarado, Omar Gonzalez, DeAndre Yedlin; Mix Diskerud, Kyle Beckerman, Michael Bradley, Joe Corona; Jordan Morris, Gyasi Zardes

Mexico (3-5-2): Cirilo Saucedo; Carlos Salcedo, 'Maza' Francisco Rodriguez, Hiram Mier; Efrain Velarde, Carlos Esquivel, Mario Osuna, Luis Montes, Gerardo Flores; 'Cubo' Erick Torres, Eduardo Herrera

swan flu

April 15th, 2015 at 9:23 PM ^

This young roster is displaying some nice control and build up. Hope to see this brand of footy at the gold cup. Also fuck mexico. Fucking goons.

MichiganTeacher

April 15th, 2015 at 9:49 PM ^

That was a semi-decent cross from Corona but yeah, he'd be a sub at halftime for me.

Thing about putting Yedlin at midfield is we desperately need outside defenders. After a playmaker (I'm losing faith in Bradley), I'd say capable defensemen who are also dangerous on the wings are our biggest need. Not that Yedlin necessarily fills that need, because yeah, he's inconsistent to say the least. But maybe JK just wants to give him some time there and hope he develops into that role? /shrug Who knows.

Rhino77

April 15th, 2015 at 9:59 PM ^

We need to start producing quality strikers. When I see young guys like Harry Kane come along for other countries it makes me sad. We have the athletes.



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swan flu

April 15th, 2015 at 10:11 PM ^

It's not about athletes, it's about coaching. We can have hundreds of phenomenal 12 year old talents, but they are still being coached by weekend warriors. At best they get to play for a travel team, but that costs big money. The mls youth academies will help but you still need to identify talent across a massive area.

MichiganTeacher

April 15th, 2015 at 11:12 PM ^

So if it's caused by less-than-elite coaching and development and not a lack of innate ability, wouldn't that be a skill gap, not a talent gap?

At any rate, I think that the gap comes from diluted competition, maybe even more so than lack of coaching. At the top end, we've got world class coaches. But the competition is not always elite, especially for kids coming through college, and playing in that diluted environment hurts, I think.

swan flu

April 16th, 2015 at 6:52 AM ^

No we don't. You can't look at the senior national team to evaluate a country's coaching talent. Look at the league and youth coaches, that's where the development is happening. MLS coaches compared to coaches in other countries is like comparing NFL coaches to division 3 college coaches. And our youth systems compared to those in Europe are lacking. We don't have the coaching in the development sense, not the in-game sense.

swan flu

April 16th, 2015 at 6:52 AM ^

No we don't. You can't look at the senior national team to evaluate a country's coaching talent. Look at the league and youth coaches, that's where the development is happening. MLS coaches compared to coaches in other countries is like comparing NFL coaches to division 3 college coaches. And our youth systems compared to those in Europe are lacking. We don't have the coaching in the development sense, not the in-game sense.

Mr. Yost

April 15th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^

Yedlin out wide a midfield, More of the Jermaine Jones expiriment as a wide defender with the loss of Yedlin and Beasley. And Bradley perminantly moved to the back of the diamond or more of a defending mid role like Beckermann rather than an attacking mid position.