Excellent match by our young squad last night. Really impressed by the quick goal at the start of the 2nd half—just what we needed. I also thought McKennnie had a good game.
Regarding Pepi’s height: 6’11? ¡Muy alto! Peter Crouch would be jealous.
Just became a paid subscriber, and I wasn't disappointed. Great story as always, Grant.
I'm curious about what clicked at halftime. In the first half, play from the US seemed really slow and didn't create many attacking chances. That completely changed in the second half. Was it just a difference of getting more vertical and putting good crosses into the box?
Also, what did you think about Weah and Zardes in their 20-plus minutes? They seemed to create pretty well.
Thanks! I do think players like Musah and Dest started being more daring in their forward runs on the ball right out of halftime. And moving into space gave them a better chance to be more dangerous with crosses and shots.
Thoughts on the back line? I thought Zimmerman looked really good, and really helped cover for Dest and Antonee Robinson when they got forward. He also looked good eating up space and pressing forward.
The biggest *positive* surprises for me were Zimmerman and Arriola. There are comments on Zimmerman below, but I thought Arriola's work rate was fantastic - he disrupted, created chances, and generally looked dangerous going forward.
Excellent match by our young squad last night. Really impressed by the quick goal at the start of the 2nd half—just what we needed. I also thought McKennnie had a good game.
Regarding Pepi’s height: 6’11? ¡Muy alto! Peter Crouch would be jealous.
Christine, you just beat me to the 6'11" joke!
Yeah!, and Pepi plays like he is 10 inches shorter
It’s been corrected now, Grant was on it.
Just became a paid subscriber, and I wasn't disappointed. Great story as always, Grant.
I'm curious about what clicked at halftime. In the first half, play from the US seemed really slow and didn't create many attacking chances. That completely changed in the second half. Was it just a difference of getting more vertical and putting good crosses into the box?
Also, what did you think about Weah and Zardes in their 20-plus minutes? They seemed to create pretty well.
Thanks! I do think players like Musah and Dest started being more daring in their forward runs on the ball right out of halftime. And moving into space gave them a better chance to be more dangerous with crosses and shots.
Thoughts on the back line? I thought Zimmerman looked really good, and really helped cover for Dest and Antonee Robinson when they got forward. He also looked good eating up space and pressing forward.
Zimmerman was terrific. Impressive game from him. Thought Miles had a lot of misplaced passes, especially in the first half.
The biggest *positive* surprises for me were Zimmerman and Arriola. There are comments on Zimmerman below, but I thought Arriola's work rate was fantastic - he disrupted, created chances, and generally looked dangerous going forward.
Great game report.
Where do you think Aaronson goes after Salzburg?
Thanks! If I was a betting man, I'd say Leipzig.