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The stats may not reflect this match. Honduras did forced Horvath into five saves, however all of them were fairly routine. Their best chance of scoring was on a cross to the far post which only required a tap in. However, the Honduras winger managed to blast it over the bar from just a few yards out. As for the U.S. we took our chances well. Our first goal came from a free kick. Hyndman chip it to the near post and Matt Besler headed it over the keeper and into the far post. The center back has scored in his last two games for us now. The second all started when Fabian Johnson picked up the ball near the halfway line, cut inside, and found Aron Johannsson at the top of the box. He turned and played in Darlington Nagbe with a nice little through ball which Nagbe finished through the keepers legs. Our third came from a darting run down the right from Nagbe who slipped past his marker. He played in a great cross between the center backs which was finished by Johannsson with his first touch. We need to keep up this form in front of net if we want to have a chance against Croatia.
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Very impressive win in Croatia. We sat back and looked to play on the counter, which allowed Croatia to dominating possession. Our tactic did play off leading to our first goal. A long ball was chested down by Jozy Altidore at the halfway line and the Toronto FC striker played in Darlington Nagbe who blasted one past the keeper at his near post. I have to give the team a lot of credit as we were well organized at forced the home side into a lot of long distance shots. They were able to level the scoring right after the break. After a short corner, Jorge Villafana held the ball for too long and lost possession. That led to a Croatia break and eventually Ivan Perisic hit one passed a helpless Tim Howard. It was pretty back and forth for the rest of the match until we picked up the winner. Michael Bradley was unmarked on a corner and headed one which looked to be heading wide. Omar Gonzalez found himself at the right place at the right time and tap home Bradley’s shot.
With Pulisic out through injury, Nagbe was giving his chance and put in one **** of a shift. Our starting wingers, Pulisic and Fabian Johnson, are two of our best players, however, Nagbe has really impressed when given the chance.
The stats may not reflect this match. Honduras did forced Horvath into five saves, however all of them were fairly routine. Their best chance of scoring was on a cross to the far post which only required a tap in. However, the Honduras winger managed to blast it over the bar from just a few yards out. As for the U.S. we took our chances well. Our first goal came from a free kick. Hyndman chip it to the near post and Matt Besler headed it over the keeper and into the far post. The center back has scored in his last two games for us now. The second all started when Fabian Johnson picked up the ball near the halfway line, cut inside, and found Aron Johannsson at the top of the box. He turned and played in Darlington Nagbe with a nice little through ball which Nagbe finished through the keepers legs. Our third came from a darting run down the right from Nagbe who slipped past his marker. He played in a great cross between the center backs which was finished by Johannsson with his first touch. We need to keep up this form in front of net if we want to have a chance against Croatia.
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Very impressive win in Croatia. We sat back and looked to play on the counter, which allowed Croatia to dominating possession. Our tactic did play off leading to our first goal. A long ball was chested down by Jozy Altidore at the halfway line and the Toronto FC striker played in Darlington Nagbe who blasted one past the keeper at his near post. I have to give the team a lot of credit as we were well organized at forced the home side into a lot of long distance shots. They were able to level the scoring right after the break. After a short corner, Jorge Villafana held the ball for too long and lost possession. That led to a Croatia break and eventually Ivan Perisic hit one passed a helpless Tim Howard. It was pretty back and forth for the rest of the match until we picked up the winner. Michael Bradley was unmarked on a corner and headed one which looked to be heading wide. Omar Gonzalez found himself at the right place at the right time and tap home Bradley’s shot.
With Pulisic out through injury, Nagbe was giving his chance and put in one **** of a shift. Our starting wingers, Pulisic and Fabian Johnson, are two of our best players, however, Nagbe has really impressed when given the chance.
