OT: Copa America Centenario - USA vs. Colombia 8:30pm CDT, FS1
And here come the lads! USA (ranked 31st in the FIFA rankings) versus a strong Colombia team (ranked third) in the opening match of the Copa America. The game is at the 49ers' stadium in Santa Clara, California. I don't think the line-up is out yet, but I see (on Bigsoccer.com):
G - Guzan
D - Johnson, Cameron, Brooks, Yedlin
M - Bradley, Jones, Bedoya
A - Wood, Dempsey, Zardes
GO USA!!
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The Gold Cup clusterfuck last summer didn't help.
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Opponent's FIFA ranking in parentheses.
- W Honduras (86)
- W Haiti (74)
- D Panama (56)
- W Cuba (126)
- L Jamaica (47)
- L Panama (56)
- L Mexico (16)
- W St. Vincent (148)
- D @ Trinidad (64)
- L @ Guatemala (91)
- W Guatemala (91)
That doesn't look like a top-20 resume to me. There are some brutal results on there and it's almost all at home.
The last time the US won a competitive match against a team currently in the top 30 was the win over Mexico in WC qualifying three years ago. The last such win outside the US was confederation cup seven years ago.
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Yeah, Bradley should be the DM and the Hessian should be the box-to-box, I guess. Dempsey is looking like a 10 (or false nine, as Brian had pointed out in his post).
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The line-up I posted is not official - it's from Bigsoccer.com. The official one comes out in a few minutes.
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I like the lineup (minus Zardes' horrendous first touch and maybe even Guzan). Not real optimistic for tonight's match.
64,000 tickets sold through yesterday (67,000 capacity)
They have the lineups up before anywhere else. It was great during the WC and they seem to be keeping it up.
Helluva first post!
Este es el once inicial de nuestra Selección: Ospina; Arias, Murillo, Zapata, Díaz; Torres, Pérez, Cuadrado, Cardona, James; Bacca
Cuadrado is so good. I hope Juventus can find a way to keep him.
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I see this being very ugly, 3-0. Hope I'm wrong.
that's how not to defend a corner
The audio on FS1 is about a half-second ahead of the video...annoying.
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lol Guzan
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can't be offside there, no one is near you
Bedoya has been invisible thus far. I'd expect Nagbe or Pulisic shortly after HT
His first touch is borderline awful and he has given away like 6 midfield passes already. I know he's liked because the dude will run and run all day but man, 2-3 times just a better touch would give us goal chances.
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