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Wow. Pulisic.... the future. Right when things were looking stagnate, bleak, pedestrian - this kid shows he's world class. He can energize the next generation of aspiring players.

He's the best US player I've ever seen. He has an awareness most US players lack.

More importantly, his skill and confidence in his skill is world class.
 

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The US finished 6 of the 8 shots they put on target. How's that for clinical finishing?
 

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Need a tie in Panama. Play for a tie.
 

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Any of you guys watching tonight? :usa2:
 

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10 min in and it looks like the ref is going to sit on his whistle. Looking like a classic game in central america. Will probably get ugly
 

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We couldn't even keep this lead til halftime?
 

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I'm ok with this result. We're in pretty good shape now
 

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So here is how the standings look with 6 games left. Remember top 3 automatically qualifies. 4th place goes to a playoffs.

1) Mexico 10 points
2) Costa Rica 7 Points
3) Panama 5 Points
4) USA 4 Points
5) Honduras 4 Points
6) T&T 3 Points

Upcoming fixtures for us in June in home to T&T and away vs Mexico. We should all expect those 3 home points. Would be really nice to get a point out of that Mexico game.

Looking at upcoming fixtures, we should be in 3rd place entering that Mexico game and Costa Rica host Panama while Mexico host Honduras. Fully expect Mexico and Costa Rica to get those 3 points. So yeah we should be in pretty good position once we take care of business vs T&T
 

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Tie works, but that goal allowed before halftime is further proof of how inferior US Soccer is. Off a long thrown in for crying out loud.
 

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Pulisic doing GOAT level things as usual.

That throw in goal though was fucking terrible. Fabian Johnson,Geoff Cameron, etc need to get healthy asap. Our defenders, especially the back line is atrocious. Howard hasn't been particularly good (why would he be, he's old) but he's still saving our ass because of that shitty line
 

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Tie works, but that goal allowed before halftime is further proof of how inferior US Soccer is. Off a long thrown in for crying out loud.
hmm...that was pretty pathetic (and wasn't the throw in off another Bradley turnover?)...but, in June could be Brooks, Cameron, Yedlin and Johnson on the back line and all 4 of those guys on the bench. Not sure that's a goal if just Brooks or Cameron alone is healthy. So, maybe we are a little better than last night showed...
 

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Wow. Pulisic.... the future. Right when things were looking stagnate, bleak, pedestrian - this kid shows he's world class. He can energize the next generation of aspiring players.

He's the best US player I've ever seen. He has an awareness most US players lack.
He sure seems to be on another level. Kid may single-handedly change US Soccer on the International level...
 

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hmm...that was pretty pathetic (and wasn't the throw in off another Bradley turnover?)...but, in June could be Brooks, Cameron, Yedlin and Johnson on the back line and all 4 of those guys on the bench. Not sure that's a goal if just Brooks or Cameron alone is healthy. So, maybe we are a little better than last night showed...

This is an excuse that I hear a lot and may very well be valid. However, players have cycled in considerably over the last couple of years and the end results have been poor since the last world cup - lose the Gold Cup, blow the Confed Cup (again), stumble out the gate in qualifying.
 

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This is an excuse that I hear a lot and may very well be valid. However, players have cycled in considerably over the last couple of years and the end results have been poor since the last world cup - lose the Gold Cup, blow the Confed Cup (again), stumble out the gate in qualifying.
yup totally agree. But It isn't like we were down 2 or 3 starters. Even conservatively speaking we were down half a team and what Pulisic brings to this team is something we have not see in the past.:2cents:
 

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Pulisic is showing the truth, while he is something special he is showing we need our players to get over to Europe. Playing against top notch competition week in and week out over in Europe will only improve our players.
 

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Pulisic is showing the truth, while he is something special he is showing we need our players to get over to Europe. Playing against top notch competition week in and week out over in Europe will only improve our players.
I doubt Bruce would push this. JK did and I'm guessing it had something to do with his firing. They wouldn't come out and say it but too many people are making money on how we develop our young players right now and they wont have any of that sort of talk.
 
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