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I'm actually impressed and proud of the team as a whole considering how poorly they started out. Bradley has found his starting 11 for the world cup along with his formation (4-4-2 counter). Donovan and Dempsey are clearly more suited on the midfield flanks as well. The emergence of Spector, Feilhaber, and Davies is another huge positive as it's a shed of light on a rather disappointing youth movement that has failed to pan out so far. All three look like future starters for years to come hopefully. I remember seeing Spector playing center back for the u17 national team when I was at the dallas cup around 6 years ago, he's really turned into a quality player. I'm still not sold on Bradley though his subsititutions today were horrendous. He had Feilhaber taken off for Kljestan, why Feilhaber should have came off is beyond me but for him. Then he took off Altidore for Conor Casey, why? Why not put in Adu? I dunno I could go on but it just didnt make sense. Overall though the team played with heart and truly cared, Dempsey was crying after the match, which is more than I can say for how they played and acted during wc qualifying.
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