Comments on: England 2-0 USA – match report

By: tarheels

tarheels — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:14:22 +0000

Where is Altidore? If we want to do anything in 2010 Altidore and Adu need to be starting every US match. Altidore and Adu are 100 times better than any of the garbage we have been playing for 40+ years. Its time to let the youngsters play on the big stage if American soccer is to develop.

By: Haydar

Haydar — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:19:39 +0000

I don’t see why everybody is saying england were awful, i think they played good football, better than the Mclaren era anyway…
What i really enjoyed was that they were able to show glimpses of good attractive football while keeping what’s good of the old regime: Beckham whips it in and a random defender scores.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:15:11 +0000

I’m from America, and I wish we had soccer (football) like England does. I am a big supporter of the English national team. American soccer is just flat out awful.

By: Steve Amoia

Steve Amoia — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:15:48 +0000

Graham:

I believe that Mr. Capello learned that the England side can implement his tactics. You could see the difference between 3 days of training versus a longer period. The defense was very organized, and the team seemed to have belief in itself. Something that was not the case, in my opinion, during the tenure of Mr. McClaren.

Granted, this was a friendly; however, if you are an England supporter, I believe that there was another positive element. Mr. Capello showed that he is more than a hard-nosed no nonsense manager. While he stated the decision to make John Terry captain was effected before the events of Moscow, the signal it sent had to be very well-received by the entire squad. You build a team in stages, and one might look back at tonight as the foundation for that process.

As usual, I enjoyed your perspective.