OT - USMNT Gold Cup Final Game of Group Stage

Submitted by alum96 on

Game means nothing to U.S. (already qualified for next round) and everything to Panama as Haiti shocks the tourney with a current 4 pts.  A Panama win pushes them into 2nd in the group but Haiti should be fine as a 3rd place team with 4 pts (top 2 3rd place teams advance).   A tie from Panama might push the to the next round with 3 pts.

  • Guzan
  • Chandler, Alvarado, Brooks, Johnson
  • Bedoya, Beckerman, Bradley, Morales
  • Wondo, Zardes

I'd prob play Chandler and Jozy this whole game and then sit them the rest of the tourney (ok maybe Jozy as a sub for 15 minutes) but I can deal with this mix as Zardes could use 60 min.  Wondo is fine for garbage games.... Ice Man rest of tournament up top with Zardes I hope.

I'd have liked to see Johnson at an outside mid but he seems stuck at D for the U.S.   Morales will be interesting to watch to see if he has any impact.

alum96

July 13th, 2015 at 9:21 PM ^

Yes I was thinking they'd give Mix the start as Bradley has played every minute but hopefully a short stint.  He hasnt played great but there are basically 3 choices for his position - he, Mix, or pull back Clint and push Bradley down to the holding mid.  I'd actually like that latter formation as I like Zardes up top and Clint doesnt seem to be getting much service in these games when he is too high up the field.

skurnie

July 13th, 2015 at 9:28 PM ^

Bedoya isn't healthy enough to go 90 but this is a perfect chance to get him some game experience as he works his way back. I'm betting no more than 60 minutes