Here is the overall breakdown of the game. Some might say Ghana played better and they certainly attacked more but the USA conceded a lot of long ranged shots and yes once they got the goal they parked the bus for 80 min until Ghana scored. The difference was after the goal they attacked and scored on a beautiful header by the sub and that was all she wrote. You can't really say Ghana played better than the USA because most of their shots were from outside of 25 meters.
Oh and to the dude who plays in the UAE league they might not have the best league in the world but I understand why good players from Ghana go there and can you really call it greed? If some Arab club offered you a boatload of money and you were from Africa wouldn't you take it? You got to look at it from the player's perspective it's easy to say if I was him I would play in Europe well most of us are from at least well to do or middle class families so we have that luxury.
Back to the game USA did just enough they attacked and they were opportunistic when they needed to attack and they defended for the most part of the game. JK has a very European style approach don't lose the game in the 1st 20 minutes(this time USA struck in 30th second) if you score a goal don't crazy and get caught with your pants down. Notice though once Ghana scored, USA didn't go for the tie they wanted those crucial 3 points. That is all you need to do in soccer Iran did something similar against Korea except we parked the bus from the start and had that counter from Gucci in the 70'th min then went back to the bus football. If it works you end up being a genius but coaches look like jacka$$es when it backfires.
Oh and to the dude who plays in the UAE league they might not have the best league in the world but I understand why good players from Ghana go there and can you really call it greed? If some Arab club offered you a boatload of money and you were from Africa wouldn't you take it? You got to look at it from the player's perspective it's easy to say if I was him I would play in Europe well most of us are from at least well to do or middle class families so we have that luxury.
Back to the game USA did just enough they attacked and they were opportunistic when they needed to attack and they defended for the most part of the game. JK has a very European style approach don't lose the game in the 1st 20 minutes(this time USA struck in 30th second) if you score a goal don't crazy and get caught with your pants down. Notice though once Ghana scored, USA didn't go for the tie they wanted those crucial 3 points. That is all you need to do in soccer Iran did something similar against Korea except we parked the bus from the start and had that counter from Gucci in the 70'th min then went back to the bus football. If it works you end up being a genius but coaches look like jacka$$es when it backfires.
US had a very professional game.
There was a subtle difference between the current US team and the usual naive game they play.
Ghana was extremely aggressive in attack and US contained them. They stretched them back to their own net forcing them the build their attack from the back (which is much harder than camping outside the opposition's box looking to probe.
They would hide behind the trench and once it a while would come out in groups and stab. Job well done.
You have to do with what you have. And you have to flex your game according to your opposition.
There was a subtle difference between the current US team and the usual naive game they play.
Ghana was extremely aggressive in attack and US contained them. They stretched them back to their own net forcing them the build their attack from the back (which is much harder than camping outside the opposition's box looking to probe.
They would hide behind the trench and once it a while would come out in groups and stab. Job well done.
You have to do with what you have. And you have to flex your game according to your opposition.