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Again, I've yet to see that. January-camp games aren't really determinative of anything since they're largely experimental sides testing out new players and formations; and our other friendlies have been less than convincing (a 1-1 tie with Chile in which they were the better team; a 1-0 win vs Ecuador on a fluke goal; a 1-0 win vs a young mexico team; a 1-0 loss to Jamaica that was playing mostly USL players; and a 3-0 loss to a full-strength Venezuela). I already mentioned the less than convincing performances at the Gold Cup vs Panama, Jamaica (yes, we won 3-1, but Jamaica dominated that match after the lightning delay until Pulisic sealed it with a goal against the run of play), Curacao, and mexico.
For the first 25 minutes or so, Berhalter is brilliant. Once the other teams make tactical adjustments, he struggles to respond. And if we don't get an early goal during the first part of the game, our team tends to struggle and look very unconvincing the rest of the game.
I said he's the Muschamp, but he's more like the Butters. He can script it the first few minutes and then falls apart.
Martino put Pizarro on the left side at halftime. Instead of replacing Ream with a more athletic left back or switching Cannon to that side, Gregg left it and it caused the goal.