I don't really follow the USMNT very closely, but I'm a bit surprised and concerned with the roster. Several players who did very well in qualifying were dropped for relative unknowns. Donovan is the obvious shocker. But now with Altidore going down injured, where's Eddie Johnson? Who is Aron Johansson? Where's Shea, Diskerud and Goodson? It seems like Klinsmann sacrificed our most experienced but older players for young and untested players, as if he's already looking ahead to 2018?
Yeah, we got a good win tonight, and the defensive performance may have been influenced by us scoring so early. Personally, I thought we looked poor overall. We showed almost no attacking intent for large portions of the game. We struggled to retain possession and resorted mostly to long balls from Howard. Ghana looked shaky on defense but we really didn't put much pressure on them. We were defending deep but Ghana was still able to get in good crossing positions and find open men in the final third almost at will. The defense looked slow to react and only abysmal finishing from Ghana kept us in the game. We'll see what happens against Portugal and Germany, but after tonight, I'm fearful we're going to get blown off the pitch.
