We’ve got some real dawgs on this roster in Adams, Tillman, Luna, Berhalter in terms of injecting toughness into the team. Fans will love seeing that. First half was average, second half was much better. We were in control but I think it was an error by Poch to wait so long for subs. Arfsten is terrible defensively, why would you leave him in so long with a 2-1 lead? He and DLT contributed to giving up the equalizer with some really amateurish defense, but i would argue neither should have been on the pitch at that point.
Manager will have to learn from this as it was Freese’s heroics in the shootout that saved us. I couldn’t believe his save in the penalty right down the middle, crazy one as keepers these days NEVER remain stationary. Very gutsy play on that and then came up with some other good saves. He’s still shaky in some ways but you have to give him the starting job for the foreseeable future given the GK issues we are having. Maybe Turner finds regular club playing time and takes it back, who knows.
Agyemang did a lot of great work and hold up play, including in contributing to the second goal. But that’s not going to be enough. He has to continue developing his speed of play, decision making, and finishing if we wants to play at this level. Happy for him and his meteoric rise, but he’s not showing enough to be with the top national team roster consistently.
Tillman, Adams, Richards are the guys really setting the tone right now. Big win, let’s see what happens Wednesday in another dogfight.
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06-29-2025, 09:06 PM
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