BJ ran Berhalter's system man. He was a stand in.

He's the opposite. He's a 10 who can play on the wing. He's a lock picking 10 for AC Milan alot. Part of his problem is he can also be a scoring one. What he can't do is assist to himself. US doesn't have enough scorers. When Weah is really on- they do well but Weah is very inconsistent player

He started playing the game at 16.. there's just a limit. Its amazing he is as good as he is tbh

Well that's conceding and saying- its over. That's back ups for stars

To add a 10, you add him on instead of Mcglynn. McGlyn is a deep passing and shootin expert- what you need against deeper blocks generallly

Pulisic is a 10 and played 90. In deep low blocks, throwing in more guys that like to dribble isn't likely to help a lot. Berhalter was blamed before for similar type of results and he started Gio... its not the personnel or the selections.

That's not to say the US program has not made progress. They definitely HAVE! They're just not as good as many want them to be. Even Brazil can struggle to break down 11 guys in tight blocks. They have more guys with special quality to break through consitently. US has to just keep going.

I think i’d have to see it. Yes CB’s can step forward to create 2v1’s. Basically numerical superiority but there’s a diminishing return when teams sit deep bc you’re just crunching space. If anything- they probably could have teased the pressure out more

That when they won 2-0, US had 11 shots and 4 on target vs when they lost they had 12 shots and 5 on target. The difference is when Panama won they 1 shot on target vs when they lost they had 3. I don’t think there were any tactical problems really.

You don't generally overload a back five- you spread them out. You might try to get numerical supeiority on the edges but its opportunistic. Similar to BG games- the tactics were fine. Players did't finish and Turner goofed up his positioning on the one dangerous shot.

Every player is fitting into a role. You'd be taking off Wes to get one of those in. That's hard to do imo. Anyone else- just jams up space. Right now the is 8 shots with 3 on target with 67% possession. As usual- at some point- players need to finish.

Sublime passing though is how you break down these blocks imo. Dribblers dribble into numbers. If Panama press higher it actually opens up space to attack.

We haven't been though. As an example. Wes cut and got that cut back cross and was the one on a back door header. Pulisic has been everywhere. Now the back three and 2 6's are static but that's it

I don't care much for Scally overlapping to be honest. There is a point where numbers don't help. If you're pulling in your CB when they have 10 men in the box (I counted) -its not going to help. Its about often about where you create space over numbers.

TBF- combos on the edges with Wes and back post crosses have been our best chances and those are attacking from the width. Its just really hard to score with 10 men in the box