USA-Netherlands friendly

[OumaFan]

Beasley is a regular starter for Rangers when he's healthy but he's almost never healthy.

[OumaFan]

Holden out six weeks at least with a fracture in his leg. De Jong apparently showed himself a yellow piece of paper as a sympathetic gesture.

He should just be glad Holden doesn't play for Arsenal.

[El Kabong]

hattonthehammer, did you see Beasley play vs Brazil?

When Beasley is settled he's a very good player and if we had to move Dempsey up to striker(which may not be a horrible idea) then it's not out of the question for Beasley to start for us.

Donovan showed us in this game that he still needs someone to get the ball to him. I think Cherundolo and Spector are the best assets for us at left back because they are guys that will look for a pass down the pitch to clear the ball (something we rarley do) and they are good at placing some dangerous crosses. Pearce had a couple good crosses go in in the match as well so he shouldn't be left out.

The US has better skill and more importantly we're begining to play like we belong on the field no matter who it's against. Don't get me wrong we can obviously still get shell shocked but the possibility is out there now that wasn't before that we could damn near beat anyone on any given day. Now if our team could play consistently with poise and composure and make cleaner passes/first touches then we're going to be a top 10 team very soon if not by the end of this World Cup. We also have to continue to grow our talent if we can get Zizzo and Sztela and McCarty to produce to replace the older players then we'll be able to build on our successes and limit our failures.