USA starts out group play vs Honduras today. Should skate through the group stage (Panama and Haiti are the other teams). I'm not worried about Mexico down the road, I'm more worried about Costa Rica. We should win the whole thing, but we find a way to play down to the level of these CONCACAF teams, and their incessant flopping/diving/dirty play I think really gets into our heads sometimes.
I'm guessing we'll see a Starting XI tonight of:
Guzan
Chandler/Gonzalez/Brooks/Johnson
Bedoya/Diskerud/Bradley/Zusi
Altidore/Dempsey
And the subs will be Yedlin, Zardes, and Johansson (or Beckerman if extra defensive mids are needed)
I'd rather not see Chandler, Bedoya, or Zusi starting, but that looks like the trend Jurgen is going with.
I'm guessing we'll see a Starting XI tonight of:
Guzan
Chandler/Gonzalez/Brooks/Johnson
Bedoya/Diskerud/Bradley/Zusi
Altidore/Dempsey
And the subs will be Yedlin, Zardes, and Johansson (or Beckerman if extra defensive mids are needed)
I'd rather not see Chandler, Bedoya, or Zusi starting, but that looks like the trend Jurgen is going with.