Skip to main content

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.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

A Note of Optimism About the Note

 If you have been trying to watch the St. Louis Blues attempt to play hockey of late it would be hard to believe the word optimism could ever be in play. The losses continue relentlessly, often in the "never in the game" style, but increasingly in a "lose from winning position" flair which is enough to make someone turn on the news for an upbeat change of pace. (Wow, plane crashes and LUNACY!) This team still can't score with the regularity needed to win consistently in this league. The coaching staff knows they have precious few natural goal scorers (one is precious few), so they attempt to make up for it by getting what I call "process" goals, i.e. goals scored by virtue of constant pressure, crazy bounces, accidental deflections, etc. Basically, any goal you can get from a player who doesn't have the knack for scoring them on their own. The Blues are something like zero for their last 12-15 breakaway chances, and zero for their last 25-30 2 on 1...

Matt Damon: "James Bond Should Be A Wuss, Like Me."

Alright, maybe Damon didn't say that exactly, but he might as well have : Hollywood star Matt Damon has dismissed James Bond as being stuck in the past. The actor, who appears in the Bourne thrillers, said: "The Bond character will always be anchored in the 1960s and in the values of the 1960s." The suave spy was "so anachronistic when you put it in the world we live in today", he said, but added that Bourne was no better or worse than Bond. Damon was speaking in London, where The Bourne Ultimatum, the third film in the franchise, is having its UK premiere. "Bond is an imperialist and a misogynist who kills people and laughs about it, and drinks Martinis and cracks jokes," he told reporters. "Bourne is a serial monogamist whose girlfriend is dead and he does nothing but think about her." Bourne mooning over his dead girlfriend is something we should be excited to see? Give me a break. At least Bond lives in a world where it is killed or be ki...

Blues Beat Bugbear

 The St. Louis Blues have not had many out-of-character results so far this season. For the most part they have been handling the teams they usually handle and doing nothing against the teams that seem to always have their number. There is some solace to be had just knowing that you are going to probably beat Calgary, and will probably lose to Columbus, just as the sun will most likely rise in the East tomorrow. Granted that isn't an ideal set of affairs for a sports team, but Blues fans have learned to take what they can get. Which is why it is fair to say last night's victory over Utah was unusual. The Blues do not play well against that collection of players. Ever. So, any victory would be noteworthy in this matchup, but the resilience they showed last night was an added bonus. The Blues still have crappy puck luck, but last night they didn't let it get them down and, miracle of miracles, the puck luck evened out for the game. For a change the PK wasn't always runnin...