Posted by Creaven on March 4, 2010 under USMNT, United States | 
In six months, the United States-Holland friendly on March 3 in Amsterdam will be remembered by U.S. fans for one of two reasons:
1. People will vaguely remember Jonathan Bornstein throwing away any chance of a starting spot at the World Cup and the national team resurrection of DaMarcus Beasley.
Or.
2. People will vividly remember it as the match Stuart Holden’s 2010 World Cup ended before it began.
I really hope it’s No. 1. Not only do I like Holden, but I think he’s a critical player for the U.S. If it was up to me, he would be the starting right midfielder against England even if everyone is healthy. But that’s assuming Nigel de Jong didn’t snap his shin in half (see the previous blog post).
When it comes to the team’s performance, I thought it was a mostly positive 2-1 defeat. To the grades…
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Posted by Creaven on August 1, 2009 under USMNT, United States |
I really tried to care about the Gold Cup. After the group stages, I got pumped up; I told myself I was going to have the best Gold Cup commentary on the Internet. Then the United States played Panama in the quarterfinals and I fell asleep in about the 20th minute. Then the U.S. played Honduras is the semifinals and I fell asleep in about the 30th minute. Gold Cup matches were like taking NyQuil is visual form.
I did stay awake for the final and before I get into who I think Bob Bradley is going to take with him to Mexico, let me go on a little rant about El Tri’s 5-0 trouncing…
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Posted by Creaven on June 3, 2009 under USMNT, United States |
Ouch. It was literally painful watching the United States’ 3-0 defeat to Costa Rica Wednesday night. They never found a rhythm and after the first 15 minutes the match felt over (because it was). Adding insult to injury was listening to the nonsense of JP Dellacamera and John Harkes (especially Harkes) for two hours. Even the broadcasters didn’t show up.
Let’s go over the American players:
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