It's one thing to lose. But it's another thing to look like you've never played together before.
The Czechs are an excellent team and they may well have won even if we hadn't played like complete garbage. But we could've made it a little harder on them. Pumping in long balls to a lone forward playing against a quartet of 6'3 defenders? Too many balls were in the air period. When we played quickly and on the ground, good things happened. Only problem is that I can count on hand the number of times we actually did that.
Was there anything good about our performance? Eddie Johnson had some moments. Landon Donovan looked dangerous too the three or four times he touched the ball.
But energy? Zilch. Passing? Utter crap. Creativity? Huh? Decision making speed? Glacial. In game adjustments? Non-existent.
Embarassing.
Not the result, but the performance.
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