Effort was there, but this team still would lose 2-1 at T&T

Effort was there, but this team still would lose 2-1 at T&T
by spade (2018-03-27 22:15:52)

In reply to: Some real bright spots tonight posted by wcnitz

But I would have felt better about the loss because they were certainly trying tonight. The team I saw tonight wasn't on point with too many passes, except for the long one to Adams which was gorgeous. Lots of easy passes were behind the players or too close to the defender and swept away, so the young guys have a lot to learn about who is fast, who is slow and where to place the passes.

That being said, the groundwork is certainly there and certain players Villafana and Miazga were all over the place. I didn't recognize enough names to say who else played well. I thought Wood was decent.

I don't expect cohesion

Most of these guys have never played together before (unless they happened to be on one of the youth teams together).

What spoke volumes to me last night was Miazga ready to murder some people after that studs up tackle, along with several of his teammates. Where were Pulisic's teammates when he was getting hacked? Invisible. I think guys like Bradley resented him and it showed. Too entitled - Lalas is an idiot but he was right about that.

Also, regarding T&T...I think this same squad with Pulisic and either Clint or Jozy up top, as much as it pains me to say it, would have at least drawn with them. Trapp is the future CDM of this team, we don't ever need to see Bradley again. He was a rock last night.