Saturday, January 20, 2007

United States 3 - 1 Denmark (Fulltime)

A little bit better from the US in the second half. Not great, but better.

Full game ratings: Starters (Subs)

GK: Reis, 5, Steady.
RB: Albright, 3, There was some comment that Chris was suffering from a bit of the flu...it showed.
RB: (Pearce) 4, Some good work; looked comfortable out there but Denmark didn't press much.
CB: Boswell, 5, OK in second half, got a little overconfident and made some bad passes.
CB: Conrad, 5, pretty steady in second half; lost his man giving a free header away (that missed by a mile); good game in general; lost concentration once or twice.
LB: Bornstein, 5, Great run off the ball for his well taken goal; seemed to gain in confidence as the game wore on; moved into the midfield.
LB: (Namoff) 4, Did alright, not much chance to shine.
RW: Donovan, 5, moved to forward late in game.
CMF: Mastroeni, 4, Slightly better second half; picked up a yellow.
CMF: Clark, 4, Does soak up pressure; didn't hold onto possession well enough.
LW: Rolfe, 4, High work rate; not enough of a threat today.
MF: (Mapp) 5, GREAT run from the midfield line to the goal line to set up Bornstein's goal; nice pace at other times; very encouraging.
MF: Beckerman, NR; Only got a couple minutes of running in.
F: Jaqua, DNP, Mercifully removed at the half.
F: Johnson, 3, Ineffectual.
F: (Cooper) 5, Added a presence to the attack; very nicely taken goal on his breakaway (which I did not think was offside.)

Man of Match: Bobby Boswell

Denmark actually seemed like a pretty good side, even with a bunch of younger players on their squad. So this is a nice win, even if I don't think the uS played particularly well.

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