Almost posted the same thing last night. We need to score first and make them chase the game

Oops wrong group

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The Aussie bus continues to be tough to break through and #9's speed on counters- wow

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yeah, Ream is going to be a liability back there for the US.

Maybe, Australia was mostly playing long down the left side.
There are ways of providing cover for a player like Ream against tactics like that.
I think we looked magnitude sharper than Turkey as well offensively. Will be important to take the lead early against australia.

I could see this being a tight 1 goal game and I could also see us winning by 2-3 goals again

What was the field like in Seattle

PatAg said:

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What was the field like in Seattle

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I thought it looked to be the worst one so far, but still pretty solid.

Has anyone even heard of this Mike Grella idiot?

Whats he doing? He was a youth player that some people knew because he was "playing" in Europe and therefore must be going to be good like 15+ years ago

YokelRidesAgain said:

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oh no said:

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Did they say why an indoor stadium in British Columbia still has hydration breaks?

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FIFA likes money for commercial breaks with indoor and outdoor stadiums alike.

To standardize the game experience across all matches and avoid any controversy, they decided to have "hydration breaks" in every match regardless of conditions.

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You mean TV ad breaks???

JJxvi said:

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Whats he doing? He was a youth player that some people knew because he was "playing" in Europe and therefore must be going to be good like 15+ years ago

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He's made some comments about how Australia should be super easy wins for the entire group.

PatAg said:

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agracer said:

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yeah, Ream is going to be a liability back there for the US.

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Maybe, Australia was mostly playing long down the left side.
There are ways of providing cover for a player like Ream against tactics like that.
I think we looked magnitude sharper than Turkey as well offensively. Will be important to take the lead early against australia.

I could see this being a tight 1 goal game and I could also see us winning by 2-3 goals again

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Also to address the Ream concern… I was stunned when Ream won that foot race late (75' ish) against Paraguay. So I think he can do it when it happens infrequently. He got plenty of time that game to take it easy because we owned possession. Australia ought to be similar.

IMO it's against the big boys who play on the front foot where we'll see Ream get smoked because they'll be faster and running at him more frequently. I suspect for R16, rotating him (or maybe even benching him outright) will be mandatory.

I think Trusty is the other left foot dominant CB and I wonder if coaches think he's getting close to Ream with touch and decision making.

I think McKenzie is right-foot dominant but plays as a #5 LCB a lot for club. I don't trust him anywhere though.

I think if we happen to get a 3 score lead, we have to use Trusty to save old man Ream's legs. Honestly I was stunned it didn't happen last game.

I don't mind seeing McKenzie out there, though I acknowledge the drop off is big. Miles Robinson is the CB I hope we never need to use.

Just reported that Pulisic is day to day. Nothing ground breaking there.