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| Soccer Preview: US vs. Guadeloupe in the CONCACAF Gold Cup |
In the last game the US looked horrible. In their first two games, Guadeloupe has not played well, but kept the games close. Against Panama Guadeloupe were essentially not on the field and went down 3-0, but in the last 30 minutes the team came to life and pulled two goals back with only 10 men. In Saturday’s game against Canada, Guadeloupe had a similar lack of offense and also spent nearly the entire game a man down, but Canada could only manage a 1-0 win off of a PK. Guadeloupe’s tendency to earn red cards is both good and bad for the US offense. If the team can keep up a constant pressure, Guadeloupe may get frustrated and start committing fouls to break up plays. This, however, means our players will have to suffer said fouls and avoiding desperate and studs-up challenges is a priority. Bob Bradley has already said he is going to be making changes to the starting line-ups because of the short turn around after the last game. I would expect Altidore to stay up top, but Agudelo has not done well so far and Wondolowski has done even worse. Dempsey or Donovan could see themself as the new strike partner or Altidore will be a lone forward with a new midfielder coming in. If Coach Bradley decides to go back to his 4-5-1, bringing in Kljestan would give the US a midfielder who is comfortable on the left side. In the past two games our offense has come mostly from the right side via Donovan and Cherundolo; adding a left-sided midfielder will allow the US to utilize both flanks on the attack. Bradley could also bring out Edu for another defensive possibility to let Michael Bradley move forward more. If the US keeps a 4-4-2, Edu could also see a start if Bradley decides to sit Jones after a minimal performance against Panama. Our center back pairing is almost guaranteed to change for this last group stage game. We’ve seen some promising play out of Ream, but with the US’s future in the tournament on the line look for Bocanegra to slide over to the center to make room for Spector or Bornstein on the left. Gooch has also been sitting on the bench, so we could see him come in as well in order to keep Bocanegra on the left and to keep our height advantage on set pieces. Guadeloupe has not found the back of the net much this tournament, but they were able to put in two goals against Panama so the US cannot take any chances going down again. Now the United States can save their coaches job with a win and give the country something to get excited about. The United States comes out with a fiery attitude and finally gets into the win column and advances to the elimination round. Play on the United States 
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United States Soccer is off a horrible loss in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and if they have hopes of advancing to the next round they need to defeat Guadeloupe in their next game. To be truthful the United States, will most likely advance regardless of the outcome, but a win will be good for the team’s mental health and stability.
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