USA vs Honduras Tonight

[OumaFan]

Dempsey's played well at midfield for Fulham. Maybe different systems.

To be fair Casey is leading MLS in goals but obviously Bradley doesn't see Cooper fitting in with how he plays for whatever reason.

[El Kabong]

When our only big guy for set pieces is Onyewu it doesn't help us out. All of the forwards we have used are 6'1 or shorter...I just think it would be to our advantage to give Cooper a shot.

[OumaFan]

Bocanegra and Dempsey are both very good at set pieces though.

I think Bradley doesn't like the fact that as big as he is Cooper plays more like a small guy. Ching's more of a target forward even though he's shorter. I don't know much about Casey, I only saw him play for about five minutes last night.

[OumaFan]

Oh yeah I forgot, LOL at Mexico. What the fuck is wrong with them. They'll still probably make it but they're 1-0-3 through four games.

[El Kabong]

I was never sold on Ching, I have never seen him do much. Cooper would be a big litteral and figurative presance on the pitch.

I think Dempsey plays striker better than midfield, he makes short passes well, he can finish, and he can use his footwork better when he has a little space rather than in a congested midfield. If they put Donovan at striker, then putting Dempsey at CAM would be another option, I just think he's too slow to play the wing and I think Donovan is our best box to box player.

We haven't seen much of Eddie Johnson lately...I like his speed on the pitch as well, but he's like Beasley when he's hot he's hot and when he's cold it's like he has never played soccer before.

[VictorCharlie]

is it just me or do we depend on set pieces for too many goals? It seems we rarely work the ball up through the midfield or on fast breaks to create good shots on goal..or when we do we miss bigger than Dallas. Something that stuck out about this team to me was a decreased level of athleticism compared to say the 2002 team. The past two world cup teams weren't flashy but they played solid defense, controlled the ball, didn't make many mistakes and matched up well athletically (speed, size, strength etc) with other teams.

[El Kabong]

Yeah, we aren't using our athleticism, I don't know what has changed about our team but we have seen a lack of chemistry recently.

I think the guys who played on our U23 team have good chemistry: Adu, Altidore, Bradley, Feilhaber, Kljiestan, et al. ... like any fan I want crisp clean passes, good ball handling, and I want us to set our attack up and not just get free kicks. We need to look prettier is what it boils down to, we have looked like crap in our past two games.

We need Rafa to coach us