Gold Cup : USA moves to the quarters
Sunday, 10 June 07, 04:50 PM
Already ! It's already done. After its second victory in a row, the US Men's team has insured its qualifications to the quarter finals in the Gold Cup competition.
Bradley's boys only had to wait a short half hour to concretise a real domination against Trinidad & Tobago yesterday at the Home Depot Center, in Carson California, which is also the National Training Center. At home, after the victory against Guatemala earlier this week, two goals (one in each half) were enough to condemn a team of Trinidad not very well inspired. Brian Ching and Eddie Johnson were the heroes of the day.
But not only. I particularly liked Justin Mapp's performance. What a game. He gave the impression, everytime he touched the ball, to "give air" to his teamates. I want to enlight also the great entry, in the second half, of my favourite Donovan.
Coach Bradley, still, took some risks in changing a lot the composition of the team, right in the middle of the competition. He did well and proved that the USA had a quality team.
With 6 points, the Americans are sure to move to the quarter finals. Last game of group B will be in Foxborough (Massachusetts) in two days against El Salvador. Piece of cake ?
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2 Comments
I thought USA improved. T & T were definitely not the same team that played in the WC and showed. It should have been 4 nil to the US, but 6 points nevertheless.
I think Bradley should use this game to experiment more but we gotta play to win. This is perfect training for the harder games coming up and the Copa America. Time to build confidence and chemistry.
is bradley gona call out the same squad for Copa America cause that's a whole lot of games for his squad (same question goes for Hugo and his Mexico)
anybody know?