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You can change all the coaches you want... it will make little difference (just talk to El Tri).

1- Charlie Davies deserves to play more ( I do not know where he plays). He has what all other forwards in the US do not...hustle. Created all kinds of problems for two of the biggest teams in the world. Jozy...you need to take note
2- The best thing to could have happen to US soccer was to loose..... ... what you say?
The look on the players faces after the game is more important than anything else, it tells me they were upset they let it get away....AND THAT is what they need to start believing. put it away and work all 90 minutes.

We seem to forget that Brazil was frazzled for most of the first half. AND....yes I will say lucky.... for a lucky first goal in the first minute of the second half would have created a different game. (for those of you about to freak out lucky means it went through the defender's legs as he stepped up - the fact that he received the ball and turned and shot was great skill)

should it have been 4-2? yeah I think that was a goal.
Are we at the top? no, but the work has to continue, it was good enough to beat Spain - I do not care what ALMA thinks. We need more depth and the Gold cup will give many youngsters an opportunity.

In my opinion this was perfect timing, a tight loss may pay dividend in the future

i agree with you,they accomplished alot, but they looked really bad in their losses tho.

aaahhhh yes USMNT let it slip away with a poor second half showing the early goal shifted the momentum Brazils way in half 2 but i have to agree with FUTBOL you live and you learn and the boys played with heart it was just not enough. We all seem to forget that Brazil is a remarkable football nation and though dissapointed they were the better team hands down.

On a side note I feel we blew it with our failure to mark Luis Fabiano knowing how dangerous he is in front of goal he was just too free it was just a matter of time before he scored. either someone was terrible at their job tracking him or that was just a biiiigggggg oversight on the coaching staffs part .

Can't say I saw a huge difference between halves, other than Brasil was a lot sharper in the second. They had, what....90% possession in the second half vs. 65 or 70% in the first half?

We had 2 chances in the game and finished them both. Brasil had 5-6 good chances in the 1st and didn't put anything in, primarily because Howard was fantastic. But to me it was the same story all game.....just more intense in the second half. My observations:

1. Brasil won EVERY ball in the air. Either first ball or second ball. A major advantage in winning or holding possession.

2. We don't have anyone who can beat people off the dribble. No one can create a dangerous opportunity off the dribble.

3. Our outside defending was non existent. The right mid for Brasil was beating our left back like a drum in the 1st half and serving up ball after ball in the box. In the second half.....Brasil looked undefended in the last 35 yards of the field outwide on both sides. Were we pinching defensively? Then why were they so able to receive the ball centrally without a lot of pressure 25-30 yards out? Seemed to me.......we just gave way too much space in the second half. Much less aggressive.

4. Missed Bradley in the midfield. I liked Davies uptop.

Watching Brasil yesterday.......was like having flashbacks to watching my sons team play Northwestern. At some point the levee's going to break and when it does.....(fade to old Zeppelin....)

The double whammy playing Brazil:

1. Stay back and defend and you lose.
2. Get numbers up in the attack and you lose.

Daddy,

That wasn't Brasil's right mid, that was their right back bombing it up the right side all game. He is phenomenal, but the US did exploit him once with the counter attack on the second goal.

I'm sure you're right. Why we didn't counter more often is beyond me. Brasil pushed up so hard.....space is behind the backs. Donovan's goal was a thing of beauty....