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1. Congrats to miazga for his first start. Did anyone watch CP22 today he looked really good and made the defender look stupid one time when he pulled the ball back when attacking one on one, that’s a quality the US needs and hopefully he is developed the right way

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2. Great games today…both liverpool v. Tottenham and Dortmund v. Werder were excellent, and on NBC and FOX proper
   Can’t beat that!
   Off to desert, the game of games, Barcelona v. Real Madrid.

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3. El Clasico boys… Visca Barca!

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4. Pulisic has been a spark off the bench, created a chance that lead to goal by BVB

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5. Gotta say, Yedlin had a great game today. He has the reputation of being defensively suspect, and in his early games at Sunderland’s he was all over the field, and not in a good way, but in his last few games he seems to pick his opportunities to go forward a lot better and is a lot more composed in defense. His growth is evident and he looked like one of Sunderland’s better players today.

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   • Yea he looks miles more comfortable on the ball and in defensive positioning. Now his con is turning out to be a loose touch going forward and lack of knowledge of what to do with the ball in the attack.

     Someone needs to train him on crossing on the run, and running fastly WITH the ball rather than the knock forward and catch up technique he relies on too much. Fun to watch him grow. I am backpocket hoping for another Tottenham loans out to Stoke. Cameron and Yedlin getting club minutes for a season would be fun lol

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   • … And then Jorge V can get loaned to Hertha to play next to Brooks… Haha

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6. Pulisic is on the bench

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   • Pulisic making some stuff happen out there! Caused the corner that led to the third goal & getting some good chances afterward.

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7. Dortmund vs Bremen on Fox today as well at least according to my Directv guide at 11:30 CT.

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8. Can we start a GoFundMe to get a friendly between Sunderland and TFC? Who’s with me? lol

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9. And now that Gus Poyet is back as manager, surely Sunderland will finish mid-table.

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10. Jozy altidore not in the Sunderland 18 for some strange reason, maybe his blockbuster trade that happened yesterday has some paperwork to finish…

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    • Defoe channeling his inner Sunderland Jozy by just whiffing completely on a perfect cross…on the positive side Yedlin continues to play pretty well for Sunderland. He’s still got to work on his crossing, but he continues to improve on his defensive positioning and decision making when going forward

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      • Lol. If jozy had done everything Defoe did today he would have been chased out of the country. Defoe, he’ll get praise for “putting in a shift” though, perspective is reality… Or sometings

      • Dude. It’s over. Let it go

      • Btw, Bryan, lest you thought I forgot:

        SUNDERLAND……..L……..O……….L……….

11. chandler, cameron, yedlin starting; morales, zelalem on the bench.

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12. This Aston Villa side are awful. One of the worst Premier League sides I have ever seen.

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    • There was a very bad Derby County team a few years ago with American Eddie Lewis running up and down the wing with very little effect. Good hustle, but no reward

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13. Miazga looked good in the first half. Nearly had an assist and defended well. Guzan nearly stopped Pato’s PK. Couldn’t blame him for either goal.

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    • Was the 4th goal really Guzan’s fault? it wasn’t that hard of a shot, but he seemed fully extended to his right in a dive and parried the ball to the side, not the middle.

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      • He tried to catch the ball, instead of parrying the ball off to the side. If you watch the replay, you can see him try to catch the ball which was a bad decisions considering Chelsea had players ready for any rebounds.

      • So the problem was he didn’t make the catch?

      • guzan probably should’ve gone with a stronger parry there–looked like he was caught between two minds trying to decide whether to parry or catch. but no, i wouldn’t say the goal was his fault, considering at least two defenders could’ve tracked pedro if they gave half a sh!t.

      • Thanks Nate. That was the point I was trying to get to. Yeah, Guzan could have done better, but to say it was a terrible keeping error – like the announcer on NBC Sports – was an overstatement. That particular color commentator – I can’t remember his name – has a habit of calling out individuals, unfairly in my opinion.

14. MIAZGA

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    • sorry, just got a little excited there. 1st half comments: miazga’s looked a little unsure, letting ivanovic take most of the 1v1s, but nothing too worrying. he also could’ve had an assist off a set play if not for a good save from guzan.

      also, aston villa makes chelsea look like barcelona. guzan’s a goddamn saint.

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      • Why not be excited for Miazga – the first American to start for Chelsea? Great for him, a young 20 years old (right) and for american soccer. Better to be unsure against a toothless Aston Villa than,well just about any other team.

      • absolutely–just didn’t want anybody to see my comment and think he scored or something.

        and yes, looking a little tentative in your first epl match is nothing to be ashamed of; he actually didn’t do much wrong at all, just backed off a couple times when he should’ve stepped up. i thought it was a very good debut for him.

15. Chelsea is starting a US international at centerback in a real EPL game. Yes, there are some disclaimers about the import of the game and lateness of the season. But still. How many US internationals have started at centerback in the EPL (or any good league) for a traditional power?

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    • Amazing it came right after an INTL break when he traveled stateside

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16. Matt Miazga starting today

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