WC Matchday 16: [URU v KOR] + [USA v GHA]

[Run DMB]

Got me a projected 2014 lineup? I'm curious what the defense is going to look like. Striker and midfield probably won't change much.

Howard

Spector Gonzalez Onyewu ?????? (someone awful, no doubt, although Bornstein played the best game I've ever seen him play today)

Donovan Bradley Edu Feilhaber

Altidore Dempsey

I don't see it being very different. Some young players will undoubtedly emerge, but for now I'm not seeing anyone that could challenge for a spot. Holden and Torres will be in the mix, of course, but I don't know of anyone outside of this roster who has much potential. Same guys, four years wiser.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

his lack of respect for other nations

I'll agree with this one. Totally.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Howard

Spector Gonzalez Onyewu ?????? (someone awful, no doubt, although Bornstein played the best game I've ever seen him play today)

Donovan Bradley Edu Feilhaber

Altidore Dempsey

I don't see it being very different. Some young players will undoubtedly emerge, but for now I'm not seeing anyone that could challenge for a spot. Holden and Torres will be in the mix, of course, but I don't know of anyone outside of this roster who has much potential. Same guys, four years wiser.

Surprised not to see Chuck Deezy. And how about Heath Pearce? Is he really that bad?

 

[Dz0KsRS]

Ghana pwned USA. Not expected, but it was very good game. Good work of Ghana players and Rajevac.

 

[Daniel David]

Too bad, I'd rather see the US through. To make matters worse, André Ayew, who is the only player I like form the Ghana team, is out of the quarter-finals due to an unfair yellow card...

 

[Krypton X]

Bit of a bummer to have the US gone, could always count on a thrilling finish everytime they play.

Tim Howard and Richard Kingson going for the same ball at the end of e.t. was hilarious.

US had their chances and didn't take them, had a few defensive blunders and Ghana made them pay. There's little margin for error in these knock-out games.

Good on Ghana, they've surprised me with their resilience thus far. Will need it in spades to overcome Uruguay, won't be easy to stop the Forlan-Suarez-led assault.

 

[Integrity]

Great game, the U.S sucked ballz

 

[Run DMB]

Surprised not to see Chuck Deezy. And how about Heath Pearce? Is he really that bad?

Let's see how Chuck Deezy recovers from that car crash. His strongest attribute was speed, and I'm anxious to see if that speed will still be there once he hits the field.

Pearce is pretty bad at the international level, and he'll be 30 by 2014. I hope someone better comes along.

 

[Pogba4Now]

45 goals in 127 international games for Donovan. Legend! I'd love to see him in Europe more often.

 

[Gunnersgoal22]

As a Yank I'm devastated because I thought I saw a path for this team to go deep into the competition with their great unity and spirit. Also disappointed because I think overall USA is probably a better team than Ghana so this was a game I actually had high expectations for.

It's tough for the US to go on from here because they won't have anything truly meaningful to play for until another four long years from now. European sides can look forward to Euro 2012 which is a great competition and only two years away. A tournament like The Gold Cup just doesn't compare and any good thing this US team does in the next four years doesn't mean anything if they don't have a good World Cup. I just wish this team wouldn't have to wait another four years until they play their next game of true significance.

 

[KingPaulV]

Gutted....damn early goals, but the second half performance deserved more...Damn you Bradley! why did you start Findley and Clark!?!!

 

[Sevillista]

If Howard had scored at the end he would have been a national hero.

I think we got a couple of great matches today. Both matches were tense until the last whistle, pretty evenly matched teams, and both winning teams played rather convincingly.

 

[B9Goal]

Gutted....damn early goals, but the second half performance deserved more...Damn you Bradley! why did you start Findley and Clark!?!!

Clark does not deserve to wear our colors

 

[yoyo913]

Anyone catch this freaky f*** during the game?

 

[RobbieD_PL]

Yeh i saw him.

 

[smf_fede]

Hehe saw that Ghana freak