The Yanks missed two penalties and could not impose their will on Nicaragua till late within the second half, however the standings do not lie: The U.S. received Group B, and listed below are Brian Sciaretta’s participant scores.
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Brian Sciaretta
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July 15, 2017
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THE U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM was removed from good in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Nicaragua however it was additionally a lot improved from its disappointing win over Martinique on Wednesday. The People averted evident defensive errors and created quite a few alternatives. Ultimately, the group managed to get the three-goal outcome it wanted to win the group however abysmal penalty taking made this sport a lot more durable than it needed to be.
Bruce Enviornment modified your complete beginning lineup from Wednesday and that was a sensible transfer. This group was extra targeted and didn’t get pissed off after blowing possibilities or lacking penalties.
The Beginning Lineup
Invoice Hamid: The D.C. United backstop didn’t have a lot to do however when referred to as into motion he responded. His greatest second got here within the 74th minute with an outstretched save. Score: 6
Jorge Villafana: The Santos Laguna left again was principally invisible. He wasn’t examined a lot defensively and didn’t play an element in something harmful. Score: 5.5
Matt Besler: The veteran introduced expertise to the backline and performed nicely. His distribution out of the again helped generate a number of harmful sequences. His passing general was key. Score: 7
Matt Miazga: The New Jersey native was the hero, scoring a late objective to gave the U.S. the Group B title. It was his first worldwide objective and it got here at an enormous time. Apart from his goal-scoring heroics, the Chelsea participant was barely examined. Score: 6.5
Graham Zusi: An honest sport from the Orlando native who had a couple of good moments pushing ahead. Within the first half he made a daring run by a number of defenders solely to shoot some extent clean alternative straight on the keeper. His free kick arrange Miazga for the essential third objective—the most effective performs of the sport. Score: 6.5
Dax McCarty: The Chicago Hearth midfielder had a reasonably good sport. His passing was good, which is typical of him. However he was stripped of possession too many instances. Total he was good maintaining performs alive and discovering holes within the protection. Score: 5.5
Alejandro Bedoya: The group’s longest-tenured participant had his greatest sport for the U.S. in a very long time. He was a helpful playmaker, fed Kelyn Rowe on his objective, and helped draw the second penalty. Defensively, he was strong. It was an entire efficiency. Score: 7.5
Kelyn Rowe: The New England Revolution attacker continued to get pleasure from a robust event and was very energetic within the first half. Within the second half he scored a really good objective that turned out to be extra essential than it wanted to be. It was odd he was taken out so early. Score: 7
Joe Corona: The Membership Tijuana mainstay did nicely to attain the opening objective however apart from some tidy work in that sequence he didn’t hit many decisive passes in his playmaking position. His second-half penalty was poor. Score: 6
Chris Pontius: The Philadelphia Union attacker might be on the checklist of gamers to get replaced earlier than the knockout video games. He didn’t actually do a lot to likelihood his standing however he had very good cross to Dom Dwyer to attract the primary penalty. Score: 5.5
Dom Dwyer: The Sporting Kansas Metropolis ahead by no means actually bought going. He had an opportunity to spice up the U.S.’ possibilities however botched a penalty. Score: 5
The Substitutes
Jordan Morris: The Seattle native introduced pace to the sport and was harmful at instances. He was an improve over Dwyer. Score: 5.5
Paul Arriola: The Tijuana winger got here on for Rowe and whereas he was energetic at instances he did play as much as Rowe’s degree. Score: 5.5
Juan Agudelo: The New England ahead didn’t add a lot to the sport. Score: 5
The Coach
Bruce Enviornment: Enviornment modified each participant from Wednesday’s disappointing efficiency and this was significantly better. A 3-0 victory shouldn’t be a foul outcome contemplating the 2 missed penalties. The group created possibilities and may have scored much more butall instructed it was a extra targeted effort devoid of defensive errors. One unfavourable, nevertheless, is that the substitutes supplied little and the choice to take away Rowe was questionable. Score: 6
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