Who is the US number 9? He's terrible at football.
Day 14: Netherlands vs USA | Argentina vs Australia (Last 16 1&2)
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Fereira poor first touch again.
Who's the commentator on BBC with Dion Dublin?
USA just have no flair. Boring and rigid.
See my post after yours.
Who else see this dutch team and thinks, Totaalvoetbal?
Klaassen is team USA.
This game is crying out for Reyna and Aaronson
This has been simpler for NL than I expected.
USA seem like a RB side. Energetic, industrious and fast but not much more
USA need to play a few more triangles the Dutch are there for the taking..
Can tell US fans don’t have the same sensibilities towards this sport than most nations. Just a bit of fun for them. I imagine there’s more gravitas in basketball and the NFL?
USA look like a nation that calls football as soccer.
We are flashy and spectacular, like an expertly laid brick wall.
+100000000
Well I’m watching on BBC and Dion Dublin isn’t commentating so you’ve got me beat
It is Steve Wilson and Martin Keown. Poor old Dion.
Not usually, no.
Number 9 having an Altidore.
Musa missing easy passes in the final third hasn't helped them
He's not a true 9, and this tactic does not fit his style. He prefers to play deeper or off a center forward.
Dutch just bore you to death
NBA and NFL are not international games. They care a bit more about their performance in Olympics.
That Ferreira looks awful. Maybe bring on Reyna if he’s fit and use Pulisic through the middle
fecking Fereira AGAIN. Has he not had a poor first touch yet?
That's not strictly true
I was going to reply until I saw your post.
Beehalter needs to make the obvious changes at the beginning of the second half.
US need to stop trying to play it from the back.
Its Dion Dublin on the BBC app. Weird they don't just use the same commentators
Edit: They're using the BBC radio 5 commentators for the app
Gotcha, just been woeful so far. Do the US have anyone with presence in the box? Dutch rightly letting them do whatever they want out wide as there's no threat whatsoever.
Gotta love Van Gaal ball ....
Ref very lenient with some of these Dutch challenges, that should've been a booking.
This ref needs an industrial amount of finasteride and minoxidil.
Isn’t that the radio commentary?
Pulisic needs to play more central. He’s the key.
This. I still don't understand why GB sticks guys who are not true 9s in that role when it goes opposite to their lifelong playing style. Even Sargent isn't a traditional 9 from my understanding. He needs to employ false 9s and change tactics to accommodate the fact the US does not have a true striker.
Aaronson should have started in the False 9, or you move Pulisic or Weah into the role with Aaronson or Reyna outside.
De Roon invisible
OK I see. Lucky you not getting Martin Keown.
When Pulisic is your key, you're in trouble