Matchday: USA-Netherlands

Torres starting.

It's in the streaming window but for some this might be easier:

STARTERS
1-Tim Howard; 2-Jonathan Spector, 15-Jay DeMerit, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 13-Jonathan Bornstein; 22-Stuart Holden, 14-José Torres, 4-Michael Bradley, 10-Landon Donovan; 12-Jozy Altidore, 19-Robbie Findley

BENCH:
7-DaMarcus Beasley, 9-Eddie Johnson, 11-Heath Pearce, 16-Maurice Edu, 17-Alejandro Bedoya, 18-Brad Guzan, 21-Clarence Goodson

Vamos, Gringo!

Wait a minute.

Shouldn't all these guys be called Gringo?

I'm gonna hide, now, so I can watch tonight.

You better run and hide! LOL! good luck!

lo-o-o-ong day ahead for our outside backs...

Hate their speedskaters, but I love their football.

Please get up, Stu

Torreeessss!

Just missed...

Is it KOYTE or COWTE? This is bugging me

God, what a flop.

2 games in a row? let's see pearce

Concerned about that shakey back field.

Well, we just got the make-up call.

Paging Jeff Agoos...

Volleyball anyone?

holden was down a lot longer than one minute. bornstein commits two idiotic moves; thankfully only one was called.

findley and bornstein have to come off.

good to see that nothing changes. bornstein is still bornstein and the second forward (findlay) is still useless.

glad demerit's back. wish beasley wasn't.

Hopefully this puts an end to the Bornstein experiment, at least. Too bad Holden went down, he looked like the best player for the US in the first thirty minutes. Donovan needs to show up for the second. Findley is way out of his element. The passing needs to be more accurate overall.

All that said, not a terrible overall effort against a top team on the road.

I thought Beasley looked decent, actually.

Lalas: "If I had headbutted someone every time they said something bad about me or my family I'd have never finished a game." lol

I agree with boo, much to my surprise. DMB has been OK, with some nice touches and no obvious mistakes. of course, I am just counting the moments until he does commit one, but so far...

did torres get the yellow for arguing? glad to see edu, but I'd like to see torres stay on.

beasley wasnt bad, he was ok. but what's the point, this is the best we can expect from him. if we're taking an older versatility/utility player than isnt Hejduk a better choice?

torres wasnt great but he wasnt bad. dont get why bradley thinks bornstein can do no wrong and torres can do no right. id like to see torres given a chance at something other than defensive defensive midfielder.

Where is the Everton Landy Cakes? This looks like the old Disappearing LD at major games.

van de vaart...that's the guy who ripped the heart out of dcu last summer, right?

Harkes keeps complementing Bradley for passes that lose possession.

bedoya and davies were together at BC? how did they not win some titles?

Bad, bad officiating this game. Not saying it's necessarily biased, but it is bad.

bornstein might want to take that vacation to honduras now. they'll be nicer to him than any US audience.

that's our EJ. a clumsy move and a backpass.

down two, five minutes to play...yeah, we need a new central defender!

ok, so a central defender scored the goal, but not the one they subbed in! how on earth did two guys get behind the dutch? no one has gotten behind them -- onside, at least -- all game.

After the second half, I'm going to upgrade my assessment of Beasley to "very impressive". Probably our best player today.

welcome back DMB. i don't care how short we are on strikers, NO MORE FINDLEY! and bornstein, pal, you did yourself and the team no favors today. good for torres too.

Why are you guys commenting here? The party was up there.

oh. ha, ha, I wondered where you all were.

Bornstein looked like a candidate for those SW Airlines, "Wanna get away for awhile?" commercials. AWFUL. He has made Pearce look all-world.

duh.
post match thread coming soon?

Sad that Bornstein missed his hattrick (that handball inside the box really could have helped his stats).

After that display from Findley and Johnson, I'm rooting for taking both Beasley and Bedoya and having Donovan and Dempsey slot into the forward role when needed.

Yes, I believe that Bedoya should go to South Africa, if Beasley's going to go, he needs a healthy young body to lean on.

It's official, we now have three settings in the midfield: Clark, reactive, defensive, stingy; Edu, stout, positive, reliable; Torres, creative, classy, possession. The last isn't too bad defensively.

Bornstein should have never seen the second half...same for Findley. Beasley's effort was a pleasant surprise.