By RYAN TOLMICH
FOXBOROUGH, Mass – After securing three points from the Gold Cup opener, the U.S. Men’s National Team returns to action Friday night with a spot in the knockout rounds up for grabs (8:30pm, Fox Sports 1).
The USMNT slipped by Honduras, 2-1, in Tuesday’s opener, earning a distinct advantage in group play heading into Friday’s clash with underdogs Haiti. With that being said, Friday’s clash gives USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann the chance to rotate some new players into the mix, especially given the grueling heat of Tuesday’s opener.
Join SBI as we provide live commentary on all of tonight’s action. As always, you are welcome to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Tonight’s SBI Live Commentary is after the jump):
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last play of 1st half, a pass to Jozy to the top of the box and it gets a way from him… cameras cut to US bench, Jurgen sinking his head in his hands in disbelief.
Antigoal couldnt trap a bag of cement… I give up, what a waste of space.
MOTM performance from Zardes in just 45′.
Zardes had a nice assist, but he’s terrible! Totally flat-footed, completely surprised by any ball into his feet. (With the very notable exception of the chip he brought down and cut back to Dempsey.) Maybe it’s being forced to play out on the wing, but Zardes is where possession goes to die.
Altidore seems afraid to shoot. His holdup play, though, really is world class. Zardes is so easily bodied off the ball, as is Zusi. Oh, Zusi. Wow is he slow.
Ream looked good, though. Dempsey is so fücken crafty, I will never complain about him again.
Anyway, a win’s a win.
Please, please tell me Norde is going to match up with Zardes so we can get the Battle of the Bad Blonde Mohawks…
Jozy passes the weak link armband to Zusi
Zusi went 93+… he needs more minutes… however, Antigoal couldnt even give a decent 45″…. I saw him walking and ball watching most of the 1st half.
That is how you Guzan!
Wonder if Jozy is crying in the locker room right now?
Gyasi does not celebrate for club or country lol
Even before Zardes assist I was wondering if this substitution was as symbolic as it was strategic
I still think Jozy is probblly the better goal scorer, but Zardes presses non-stop the way Klinsmann wants. A few more positive moments from Zardes and Klinsmann might have to really think about it.
Altidore still has the first touch of a landmine.
I concede any arguments about Jozy…
Lol at the Jozy hate. Name a plAyer outside of Aron that had a good first half? The lineup, tactics and formation are all wrong. Mix looks lost. Jurgen went on and on about Dempsey scoring goals, but he plays him in a spot where he comes all the way back to get the ball off of the CB. Pitiful first half all around. Haiti had the better of the chances, and we are lucky that they didn’t put one away.
Then JK takes off Jozy. Ridiculous. He’s the best striker in the pool.
Want to rethink that?
Sorry Jag… couldn’t be further from the truth… When JK went nuts after the latest ‘blew it” from Jozy, It was obvious he was done for the night.. Rightfully so. Hopefully the Jozy Altidore tryouts are finally history! Altidore is just too gunshy, timid and afraid to be an aggressive striker.. stick a fork in him, he’s done!
Can someone please explain with some reasonable clarity why every pitch we play on is worse than my U-16 practice field decades ago?
Your U-16 doesn’t have as many seats and Chuckie B needs his cash son,
On a serious note, it seems that for CONCACAF referees USMNT has to do everything, including scoring goals, beyond any reasonable doubt.
Who are the available subs
http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-07-10-us-mens-national-team-vs-haiti/lineup
Beckerman for Mix, Zardes for Johannsson, Fabian on, Jozy off, move Dempsey up,
????
What would you change?
Only take Jozy out and bring in Zardes.
Well I didn’t really mean to do all 3 at the half,
Ok ok, gotcha.
almost got it, just Garza came off, not Mix
Welcome to Le Cirque De Klinsiee!
Between Klinsie’s crazy Line-ups and CONCACAF refereeing we got the perfect ingredients for the best circus show in town.
Man, you must’ve been really disappointed with the wins in Europe, nothing to bitch about in those games.
I used to be an antiscore apologizer, but can’t do it anymore. I can’t remember the last game he played well. I can no longer blindly pen him in to the starting line up or even 60th min sub. We need to keep giving others a chance.
Lol at everyone complaining about Jozy. We scored a legit goal on the play who cares if he didn’t shoot…
Jozy has donor been the problem tonight.
So not not donor. Whoops
True. He looks bad but this is second game where an arguably bad decision by him has led to a goal.
Aaand, he’s had another couple bad plays. At this rate we should have no trouble scoring 😀
Yeah he doesn’t look great but everyone on the team is playing like hot garbage so I’m not going to stress over a few mistakes, especially if one of them leads to a goal, there’s nothing Jozy could do about the linesman f****** us over
What, what goal, did I miss anything?
Obviously if you don’t think that Johannson’s goal that was ruled offside was 100% legit
I agree we were robbed, but at the end it did not count. Sorry for Johannson.
Jozy what are you doing? Good god man this team is not in sync. Haiti is playing better.
Bench Jozy, bring in beckerman
I hope they lose. Teach them a lesson. This is just unacceptable.
Jozy… wtf with the cutback with a clear lane and angle to take the shot. Boooooooooooo…
That offside call was amazingly bad
Jozy seriously sucks tonight
Everyone sucks tonight.
Except Ream and Gonzales and Bradley. Duece has been ok, Johansson had a goal incorrectly called offside.
Jozy is a presence these days and that’s about it. He’s occasionally good at flicking the ball to another teammate and playing a 1-2, but he relies too much on a ‘perfect’ ball being played directly to him. He looses control a lot. I’ve watched some Toronto games and he just looks tired most of the time and has no hustle. I wonder if he has too much muscle and gets tired too quick. He also bitches way too much for someone who hasn’t looked good in a long time.
The two who look comfortable are Ream and AJ. Deuce doesn’t look bad but if Mix and Zusi are invisible Deuce will be useless in that spot. Plus teams know to take him out every chance
Bradley spraying some hopeful (and on occasion clumsy) balls in this formation without a true d-mid to cover the backline and support him roaming box-to-box.
Whole team is out of sync. So far we have the highest consistency in turnovers over any other metric.
I thought Evans was left off the team with an injury. Not unhappy to see him there over Chandler, but I am surprised.
that was the other Brad
This field sucks
Did Jozy put his hand on his heart for the Haitian national anthem atleast?
Shenanigans
The guy makes me puke.
does anyone know if Foxsoccer2go app would work in the air with wifi? Need to know asap
I will score some goals tonight for El Comandante and bizzy.
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I agree, Panama should’ve had a couple more players sent off for touching, accosting and constantly protesting the ref’s decisions. What a dirty team that is. I hope the USMNT puts them out of their misery in the final group stage game. Good they got a dose of their own medicine.
Jozy needs to put his hand over his heart during the anthem. Period.
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Are u equally as mad at the other players who don’t do it? If so, why did u not point them out as well?
Ridiculous lineup. Dempsey at CAM? Not a fan of seeing Zusi in either. Bradley as a #6? He is best as a deep lying mid, but only when playing next to a D mid. Regardless, we should still easily prevail.
Let’s go USA! Let’s go Jozy, score some goals for the homeland!