I don't want to take away the US effort one bit, but the Italians still have the far better finishers. As we saw in 2002 against Germany, you can dominate a better team, but still come up empty because the other just flat out has better finishers.
Agreed but the US team basically went all-defense at the end and managed to keep Italy out!
maybe so. but you have brain dead finishers if they cant remember to stay infront of the last defender. Anyway, thats your opinion and thats fine. Staying onside is simple and I think they tried to get a missed call to have a clean strike on goal... but regardless.. well done USA despite the Ref
For a while there it looked like the US finally had a bona fide goal scorer in Clint Mathis. Then it looked like it was going to be Josh Wolff....I still think Eddie Johnson can be a major star if they just give him some playing time.
I sure hope all the talk about Klinsmann being the next national team coach turns out to be true. He'd be a perfect fit for this team.
Once again, I fully agree with your assessment. The US owned the midfield for most of the game, they got around the box no problem, but lacked a solid finisher.
They had some great looks, but nobody to capitalize. We are sorely missing a creative striker, IMO.