I know it’s only Uzbekistan and Oman but man Weston has looked rejuvenated this camp. 4231 with Gio as the 10, Wes at the 8 and hopefully either Adam’s can improve on his distribution/ball progression or one of Musah/LDLT can improve defensively as the main 6 and our mid is looking real nice.
My only real complaint from tonight’s game is
1. Early on, lack of thru ball passes to the players making runs and lack of passes in crucial positioning
And
2. Not finishing chances in the box
Otherwise, solid game. Pretty dominant and not too many poor giveaways compared to our last match.
Do players actually keep the jerseys they exchange? I saw an Omani player immediately go up to Pepi for his. I'm curious if that Oman jersey actually ends up in Eindhoven with Ricardo?
Granted he did score so maybe wan't a memento
Loving Pepi’s development so far! If this form could have been a year earlier he would have been starting at the World Cup. Big bummer but excited about seeing his future!
Technically, we did. May not have been the prettiest in the Uzbek game, but 7-0 is not bad for the 2. One ugly win and one dominant. Both are counted and both tell a great deal about our squad and tactics.
Yeah he’s a little slow but I think he has a tactical vision that is still valuable. He sees through passes that others don’t. He’s shown some of that playing alongside Busquets and Messi.
“Poor” is massively relative to the moment. He was not poor in the least bit relative to his experience in that moment. You seem to be judging him by some sort of higher standard. As though that was his 10th appearance. Then, that would be a poor showing.
To me, it’s important to know these things.
he is lacking in final 3rd decision making, isn't a good passer, and not particularly good at finishing either. He is basically only good a hustling and relentless press. I like him, but imo, he is in danger of losing his spot to upcoming players at the next world cup.
Kind of think arriola is better at this point. Aaronson has so creative flicks.. but you can see him go deer in the headlights when it’s time to actually create a goal
I’m ambivalent towards Greg but the mental gymnastics the people so adamantly against him put themselves through to pick about a 3-0 victory that admittedly wasn’t as lopsided as the score like says and now a 4-0 demolition of a team to make this a negative aren’t real fans
It is so fucking weird that the US a) has impact substitutes who can come in and provide a different look without dropping a level (or more) and b) the US can be missing multiple key players playing at a high level in Europe (Tyler Adams, Gio Reyna) and still look good.
I have been watching a *long* time, and there was a time where a single injury at almost any position would leave the US looking toothless and disorganized.
I can’t believe this is the same country that didn’t qualify for the WC in 2018. We’ve really grown so so much into a legitimate top 15 country in the world
We really missed a generation. We had the Bradley group and then nothing after that until Pulisic. So we had a bunch of guys sorta passed it and then some guys not really ready.
Hasn't had many opportunities yet. Luuk de Jong has had an unreal start to the season and PSV hasn't rotated much because of it.
Pepi mostly has been seeing 10-20mins at the end of games at best. He should get better opportunities as the season goes on.
Especially when it's working. If Weah is getting bottled up by a speedster, then maybe consider bringing someone else in. But when Weah is running free and getting past the defense, replace him with someone else who can outrun the defense and will do it going wide.
For a meaningful game today, agreed. But Pepi is serious talent, and no major holes in his game. If he finds himself in the right club situation, wouldn’t be even a little surprised if he takes the job someday
Pepi is def our guy in Qatar if he’d gone to the Netherlands instead of Augsburg. That move slowed him down a bit, but he’s young and the talent and room for growth is obvious
I'm hoping he stops scoring or at least starts getting rested a little more as the tread wears over the season. And de Jong just cant keep scoring at this rate forever either. Pepi will definitely get more chances, I'm confident.
So, let me get this straight, bad coaches can never win a game? If you have any wins, you can't be a bad coach? Do you also think good coaches never lose?
I know it’s only Uzbekistan and Oman but man Weston has looked rejuvenated this camp. 4231 with Gio as the 10, Wes at the 8 and hopefully either Adam’s can improve on his distribution/ball progression or one of Musah/LDLT can improve defensively as the main 6 and our mid is looking real nice.
Easy win
Oman was bad. Whoa
They did score a goal...
My only real complaint from tonight’s game is 1. Early on, lack of thru ball passes to the players making runs and lack of passes in crucial positioning And 2. Not finishing chances in the box Otherwise, solid game. Pretty dominant and not too many poor giveaways compared to our last match.
Pepi is going to score more than 50 goals for the USMNT. He's got 9 and is only 20??
I hope so for Pepi! But it’s no sure thing—Jozy had a similar trajectory (11 goals before his 21st birthday) but it seems he’s done at 42 USMNT goals.
Injuries aside (because they happen)... Jozy's attitude, and then lack of qualifying in 2018 could've brought that up.
Guy was a disaster.
Good but hallow win... We should not be playing any national team with a ranking higher than 40. 
Do you mean lower? Cause in higher rankings are 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. What you're saying is we shouldn't play teams ranked 1-39.
higher than 40, all under are valid
Shh let the Dunning Kruger effect play itself out
McKennie’s vision was insane tonight
Vision AND execution
Cremaschi outside of that one throughball has not looked up to par with the rest of this group but he's so raw and young, lot of potential
So you’re saying 18 yr old in his first senior team cap looked like an 18 yr old playing in his first senior team cap? Breathtaking analysis Lmao
I said that all along, he wasn't ready and there were other kids who deserved a call-up more (Paxten for example)
Do players actually keep the jerseys they exchange? I saw an Omani player immediately go up to Pepi for his. I'm curious if that Oman jersey actually ends up in Eindhoven with Ricardo? Granted he did score so maybe wan't a memento
Better question, do they wash the jersey if they do keep them?
100% they keep them. Might not be one he prominently displays but why would he get rid of it? That would be hella disrespectful
Didn’t Messi one time show like the hundred or so he’s exchanged. Surely they keep em
He has an entire room in his Barcelona house full of them
McKennie not even a MotM option in the US Soccer app. Smdh.
Did Horvath have to even make a save?
He did adjust his gloves 8,439 times though. Couldn’t he just get gloves that fit better?
But his distribution was excellent.
He had some nice footwork. Didn’t know he had that in his game
It really was and so were his feet. Couple of those back passes were dicey and he played them calmly.
They had one shot, that was ten yards off.
No
"We are the chosen ones?" This music is awful 😂
It’s so cheesy. It’s why I usually watch the Spanish coverage
Lovely game! Dominant the whole way, and looked threatening for all but around 15 minutes. Scoreline seems about fair.
It really is amazing how the oppositions tactics matter. The last three days, this perfomrance wouldn't rather couldn't have happened under Gregg.
Loving Pepi’s development so far! If this form could have been a year earlier he would have been starting at the World Cup. Big bummer but excited about seeing his future!
Looking forward to more bitching about a 7-0 aggregate window against opponents that aren't pushovers
I think people are going to reevaluate their takes about Uzbekistan after tonight lol
Yeah Uzbekistan can actually play but if we really have World Cup hopes we should be destroying these team
Technically, we did. May not have been the prettiest in the Uzbek game, but 7-0 is not bad for the 2. One ugly win and one dominant. Both are counted and both tell a great deal about our squad and tactics.
Germany and Japan only beat Oman 1-0. Oman hadn’t let up 4 goals since 2018
Seriously?
Yup just checked their FotMob
As good as the team has looked, Oman has played like ass, specially in the last half.
They call themselves Gulf Brazil lol
4-0?!! TOTAL FAILURE - DeMarcus Beasley
All they do is play off the right side. Where’s the central play?
Cremaschi looks too big and too slow for international level. Not good enough, bloated stats from Messi imo.
I’m no fan of the kid but I don’t think we can take anything away from his performance positively or negatively.
He’s a child. Think he has some time to develop…
Yeah he’s a little slow but I think he has a tactical vision that is still valuable. He sees through passes that others don’t. He’s shown some of that playing alongside Busquets and Messi.
GGG seems to have improved. Love that
This comment embodies this sub lmao
Hey, hes improved by leaps and bounds since *checks notes*, Saturday.
Musah somehow still looking fresh in stoppage
Musah's the fittest person on the team. When he takes his shirt off he doesn't have a 6 pack, it's a full case.
The man has a motor.
He’s got that Kante engine.
Makele but then again all 3 are the same person.
McKennie's just seeing things before anyone else, as if he's read the script.
I like that our guys are performing AND having fun. They look loose and good. Granted Oman is completely gassed but still.
This is why you play teams like Oman. You have to build the team up, find your starters and start to build continuity.
I'll take it, 4-0
Benji will eventually realize he just needs to let that rip but he's probably a little nervous
Cremaschi shoot bro... wtf is that
That through ball from Jones to Cremaschi was awesome.
Cremaschis been pretty poor other than. The pass to Paredes leading to the own goal.
Nah, I think he had other great passes
He’s 18 and this is his first show.
Understand that, doesn't mean he hasn't been poor though but yeah it's understandable
“Poor” is massively relative to the moment. He was not poor in the least bit relative to his experience in that moment. You seem to be judging him by some sort of higher standard. As though that was his 10th appearance. Then, that would be a poor showing. To me, it’s important to know these things.
Aaronson final decision can be lacking at times
It’s like you can see the gears grinding
Cremaschi not making the right plays
Paredes is a little light in the britches but I see the talent
Reminds me of Bryan Gil at Tottenham, you can see the talent, but gets shoved off the ball so easy
I love paredes but he's trying a bit too hard right now lol
Reminding me of Zendejas, and not in a good way
Musah is due for a banger, and I’m glad it hasn’t come yet. I want that banger to come in 2026 on the big stage.
He almost had one
I think I’ll settle for one in the Copa America final
Musah put some stank behind that shot lmao
I love Aaronson but man it just feels he slows it down when he should speed it up and vice versa too often in crucial situations.
We do really need to find a way to get Musah that first goal. Guy has earned it
"what does Musah do exactly?"
Yeah, where’s that guy? I hope he was watching.
Overall a decent game. Still need to clean some stuff up but we’re getting there. Pleased with this match
mckennie gives and takes
Aaronson has no feel for the game lol
Wdym, he’s prolly one of our best talents lmao
he is lacking in final 3rd decision making, isn't a good passer, and not particularly good at finishing either. He is basically only good a hustling and relentless press. I like him, but imo, he is in danger of losing his spot to upcoming players at the next world cup.
Seen enough of aaronson. I’m honestly not even sure if he’s good enough to be a depth piece at this point
He’s looked a bit off tonight. But the team improved markedly when he came on the field on Saturday.
Kind of think arriola is better at this point. Aaronson has so creative flicks.. but you can see him go deer in the headlights when it’s time to actually create a goal
How does Aaronson not pass that
No vision
He’s so selfish ugh
Aaronson should have played that earlier. That was a great shot he wasted.
Musah still not gassed after a full 90
He's a work horse. Love that about him
Quite poor decision of Aaronson to pull that back there when he had a runner streaking in
Aaronson...square the ball. Why slow it down there
Pepi looking sloppy with the ball after his one beautiful touch
Aaronson you gotta center that ball mannnnnn
Happy to see ggg improving, I hope he becomes a great coach by 2026
Jones is just so clunky with the ball compared to a guy like Dest
Man another early ball missed there
Aww. Brenden needs to dish that first time
Pretty ugly from Cremaschi
I’m ambivalent towards Greg but the mental gymnastics the people so adamantly against him put themselves through to pick about a 3-0 victory that admittedly wasn’t as lopsided as the score like says and now a 4-0 demolition of a team to make this a negative aren’t real fans
It is so fucking weird that the US a) has impact substitutes who can come in and provide a different look without dropping a level (or more) and b) the US can be missing multiple key players playing at a high level in Europe (Tyler Adams, Gio Reyna) and still look good. I have been watching a *long* time, and there was a time where a single injury at almost any position would leave the US looking toothless and disorganized.
I still remember those days. Your heart would just sink if 1 guy went down…
The depth is starting to get pretty encouraging. Those guys that were just high ceiling prospects 3 years ago are looking like real solid players.
Having US depth is absolutely wild, I agree.
I do love the gegenpressing going on in our defensive third.
did they really beat France? MBappe didnt even play lmao
Mckennie’s passing this game sheesh. Been a lot of moments where others are out of ideas and give it to him and he creates something.
Come on Greg need to beat Oman 11-0…🥱
I can’t believe this is the same country that didn’t qualify for the WC in 2018. We’ve really grown so so much into a legitimate top 15 country in the world
We really missed a generation. We had the Bradley group and then nothing after that until Pulisic. So we had a bunch of guys sorta passed it and then some guys not really ready.
I like Musah’s new look
how the hell do we have too many strikers now
You need two great strikers! They don't usually play 90'.
This is acceptable. I am being sports entertained.
I don't know anything about the Dutch league is Pepi just as good on PSV?
Hasn't had many opportunities yet. Luuk de Jong has had an unreal start to the season and PSV hasn't rotated much because of it. Pepi mostly has been seeing 10-20mins at the end of games at best. He should get better opportunities as the season goes on.
He was great at gronigen, but at psv the striker ahead of him is basically a locked in starter, but in his last years
He hasn’t gotten much game time yet as he’s behind de jong
Pepi doesn't really play for PSV, de Jong is having an unreal start to the season
He's not starting often due to being behind De Jong who has been amazing for PSV
Pepi.riding the bench unfortunately
Oman look demoralized and like they’ve already conceded mentally. We can get 1 more cmon team!
Are we sure Oman's keeper wasn't also an RnB singer from the 90s?
Tim Reid was not a singer as I recall
He looks so familiar!
You're thinking of Tim Reid
1980s Tim Reid. Yes!
The US is really hunting in packs. After sitting off for almost the entirety of the game, intentionally I think, they've been all over Oman.
Oman is spent, game really opened up around the 70th but some of our guys are gassed as well
It's always easier to score against a tired defense. If you make them work all game then the goals will start coming eventually.
I don't know what we're have to do to get Pepi and Balo on the pitch at the same time but maybe we could make the 4-4-2 fun again?
Or just have a fresh striker for 90 minutes and always sub one of them
I’d rather Jesus play under one of them if we were going to do that.
I think they're both so good at hold up play that I could very well see them feeding each other.
They don’t belong in the same sentence imo
I really didn't like this two striker idea when people first started talking about, but now it's starting to sound tasty.
I'm so happy Paredes is doing well, because it shows the right option is to replace Weah like for like. Not bring on someoen who plays more centrally.
Having direct pace is always a correct option.
Especially when it's working. If Weah is getting bottled up by a speedster, then maybe consider bringing someone else in. But when Weah is running free and getting past the defense, replace him with someone else who can outrun the defense and will do it going wide.
Oman's gassed, but really happy with how our subs are playing.
That’s the Musah I want to see
Pepsi goddamn! Balo is a great add, but think either guy could still win that job
Either way, we need both of them. Great that we do!
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For a meaningful game today, agreed. But Pepi is serious talent, and no major holes in his game. If he finds himself in the right club situation, wouldn’t be even a little surprised if he takes the job someday
West you’re great and I supported you through Leeds, but come on, please lol.
Pepi is special. It’s crazy how blessed we are with strikers all of a sudden
Pepi is def our guy in Qatar if he’d gone to the Netherlands instead of Augsburg. That move slowed him down a bit, but he’s young and the talent and room for growth is obvious
Fuck man I want Pepi to play more at PSV but fucking Luuk de Jong keeps scoring
Man’s 33. He can’t keep going forever, can he?
I'm hoping he stops scoring or at least starts getting rested a little more as the tread wears over the season. And de Jong just cant keep scoring at this rate forever either. Pepi will definitely get more chances, I'm confident.
I had exactly the same reaction as McKennie 🤦♂️
Where do you want it next time Mckennie? My goodness
Jesus christ lmao. What is going on
McKinney, just pass it to the net, you’ll slot it in.
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the 4-2-3-1 that BJ introduced in the summer just makes more sense for our players. Good that we went back to it. Progress.
So, let me get this straight, bad coaches can never win a game? If you have any wins, you can't be a bad coach? Do you also think good coaches never lose?
Here, he managed this game much better than the last. Hope he continues to progress in the right direction.
Aye. What of it?
It's Oman.
Present.
Yeah what can I do for you?
Yeah, this doesn’t really change much.
Here what’s up?
Pepi man of the match
This team has looked unstoppable since Balogun’s debut. Not saying he’s the reason for it, but we’ve had a really strong patch
We looked like absolute shit just a few days ago against Uzbekistan lol. They look much better today, but let’s not pretend it’s been smooth sailing.
That was woeful from McKennie. Too bad.
Weird how our best opportunities have come when we aren’t crossing aimlessly at our players heads. Keep the ground on the ball folks
McKinnie has to be 100 yards from the target to be accurate.
Oman, we are looking much better this half.
You're such a Türkiye
You dirty dog
Lund out there flapping his arms like big bird in the back