When Hürzeler is american than half USA are Germany

This is just the next phase of the usmnt cycle. They are in the get inspired phase after getting a decent result. USMNT is playing the game like a final, Brazil a friendly. Reserve your comments for when the games mean something

Only "wrong" point about him is that he will not be in the firts Bundesliga next year, but will be in the Premier League with Brighton. But this was not clear at the time you pubblished the video. Too bad for german soccer not having the chance to see gis team. He renew his contract just few days before be contacted from Bighton (... or was this a great chess like move?). Brighton paid 10M to free him from St. Pauli, making this the highest amount the team got in trading. And not for a player (this is 5M) but for a manager! 😉

Thanks a lot for this video. I will share it with a large group of people I chat about soccer. Greetings from Hamburg!

Pepi put in a hustle shift as Gregg still doesn't know how to use a striker....to score goals. Same with Gio. Which, get back to your point and others, on a fundamental level, Berhalter doesn't know how maximize talent. Credit Reyna and Pepi for buying into the game plan by essentially back-checking on defense. Still, I'm not sure Pepi had a shot all night long.

I think another highly important takeaway is that every Concacaf team played MUCH better in their second friendlies. Nations League has a huge impact on our ability to compete at the highest level. Sure it’s great for European countries because the continent is loaded with talent and Nations League is much better World Cup preparation”than random “meaningless friendlies. But we’re playing Grenada and Cuba. When we come up against quality teams we look shell shocked. I wish we could go back to meaningless” friendlies during international breaks. A low stakes friendly against Spain’s B team is still way better preparation than a meaningful game against Guatemala.

Jake, good stuff. Did you get a new camera? If so, what is it? Picture looks very hi-def. (or just using a ring light?)

im here because I want fabian to replace gregg berhalter as usmnt coach!!! PLEASE !!!!!

It was a better performance, that's undeniable. As for GB out, I don't think it was the right decision to rehire him, I'm not a fan of 2 cycle coaches at the international level. Personally, I would've hired Hugo Perez, cause he had El Salvador playing more than the sum of their parts - which is what we need. GB is an average coach, he gets this player pool to meet minimum expectations (dominate CONCACAF and get out of the Group Stage at WCs) but rarely exceed expectations. His system requires archetype players, which works in a club setting but not at an international level. Further, the slow plodding buildups in attack do not produce results against better national teams. I believe we'll see more of the same at Copa that we have always seen. They'll get results against Bolivia and Panama, maybe get something against Uruguay than lose in the QFs. That being said, I do think the fanbase has an inflated opinion of how good our player pool really is. I think much of our fanbase thinks we have a great set of players held back by a bad manager. I wholeheartedly disagree - we have a talented but wildly inconsistent (at club and international level) player pool who are coached by an average manager. Even if US Soccer fired GB tomorrow, the chances they'd find and hire a manager who is any better are slim and we'd see the same problems - with different tactics but same results..... a collection of players who cannot maintain fitness and collectively put together a string of good performances.

Playing through the midfield is critical to success, and there’s a huge positive psychological and competitive component that is born out of finding success with it when you know the opponent is trying their hardest to deny it. While he wasn’t perfect, Musah did a great job of actively seeking pockets deep in our defensive third, forcing defenders to collapse and creating windows to allow unlocking passes to the wide channels. It requires bravery, endurance, and clean/quick technique. We have a lot of talent in the middle of the pitch. We need to prioritize and showcase it, and find creative ways to ensure that it is being utilized to the fullest. But it never needs to be complicated. Give the players free license to perform and create. In return, simply hold them accountable for their fitness, focus, and effort. It’s a fairly straightforward transaction.

No other nation on earth would celebrate their national team coach actually utilizing tactics on a bare minimum level. Berhalter got a mid result against a good team today, but it doesn't change the fact that he has single handedly set back mens soccer in this country by 20 years at least. He's wasted the most talented generation we're likely to see in a long long while, easily the most talented generation in national team history. Genuinely one of if not the very worst national team coaches of all time for any nation in any sport.

GREGG BERHALTER FINALLY DID IT (after 6 pitiful years and a World Cup later)

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The USA's coach saved his reputation after that terrrible loss against Colombia. Now he can say that he tied with Brazil, and his position is saved. However, please be aware that this is the worst Brazil national team in history.

So does this one game change everything? Honestly it just pisses me off. First off, we have watched 5 years of these uninspired types of games with poor play and management. And as for ALL of these players they play entitled. None of them fears for their position. And that goes for Gregg too. A bit of fear for your job is a pretty good motivator.JMHO

I don't care, Gregg still needs to go, at least after the Copa. 5 years is too long for a coach at this level to learn one simple thing at a time, what with the world cup 2 years away and we are at risk of throwing the Copa America away too (if he regresses after this).

Dest is suspect on defense. He would have got destroyed by V.

I'm pretty sure that both Brazil home and away jerseys have a collar. Endrick just likes to straighten his collar out to try to fulfill his prophecy (becum the next Pele).

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It was a friendly against a very weak Brazil. They are 6th in the Conmebol qualifiers. Brazil with a new coach and nothing to prove or to play for.

The keys for righting the ship are simple: 1) Put your players in a position that aligns with their strengths and 2) Adapt your tactics to the opposition. Shifting from a mid-block to a low-block kept Brazil from totally running over us but I would have liked to have seen a more dangerous transition game via lethal counters. May be better to start Balogun in the future if this is the plan going forward. But the performance was leaps and bounds better than the Columbia. There was no place to go but up. We need to see this type of intensity and tactical astuteness more consistently. But will Gregg change for the better and break his bad habits? I'm still skeptical.

All I saw was Brazil staying on the streak they’ve been on which hasn’t been good

Thanks Jake. I was at the game. Great atmosphere, 90% brazilians and the rest US fans. Funny, when they mentioned Belhalter , head coach, brazilians joined the boos from US fans. 😆. Traffic after the game was horrible. Now i know why Orlando was not selected to host games for the WC26.

Scally was obliterated from the start until his sub, and Musah has to play 100% somewhere.

Scally to me has not been good. He is slow (no fixing that) and he is afraid to move forward. He did it more against brazil cuz reyna defended to cover him. I wanted to see what shaq moore could do. Of course berhalter never played him

What I learned is this: When the guys are up for it, they can match anyone. Weah taking people 1 on 1 is not a good idea. Way too many turn overs and him having to track back to defend with Jr. attacking on his side was not smart. He needed help. Center Backs need more depth. We're razor thin at depth. Turner needed this game for confidence but also to show he can't be cute with the ball. Our attack can give ANY team problems. HUGE change from 10 years ago when you crossed your fingers for a goal. Midfield continues to be our strong spot. Needs to learn how to get our striker involved more to put pressure on the back line.

No questioning Messi is the greatest of all time? You lost me there brother, he may be but NO WAY is it unquestionable...

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I liked that Gregg no longer looks at Malik as a proper sub for Gio. I am still not sure how we can use Malik at a high level but it's certainly is not as a Gio replacement

i was really impressed with the defense and their different reaction to pressure than what we saw vs colombia. our passing through the middle of the field gives me hope for the copa

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0:35 Excellent. When you're about to enter the TEST or the official Competition, it's not time to change anything unless you either have to or you 're certain of the outcome of the change. You also have to be reminded that some coaches some times.. they choose to let the players under perform. There are benefits from this. I'm not saying that's what Gregg did, I have no idea... but this is a real thing that winning coaches choose to do. Sometimes it doesn't work, so let's wait until after the end of Copa America. But, the US Soccer FED must be ready to pull the trigger as you will not have a lots of time for 2026 You have to do both, TRUST Gregg and be ready for a Change. No need to create negative atmosphere around the players and the USMNT. Let everyone know they have two important Tests and let them work.

First time watcher. I appreciate your measured analysis and optimism even though I’m not quite as convinced that Berhalter is the problem. I’ll be back for Copa America videos !

I love your positive attitude and optimism Jake you don't need to apologize for that ever. While most of the team performed at their level I think Matt Turner played quite a bit above the level he has shown in the last year which is very fortunate for us on the night, but I worry that we can't rely on that performance regularly. I feel like Gregg was okay for the last WC phase but we are 2 years overdue on a new coach with fresh ideas that can really grow this team into their true potential. Scally always made sense to me for this tournament with the rigid 4-3-3 GGG system where we have to have a more stout defense against quality teams and world class wingers, love how he balled out in these 2 games.

To be fair Jake, I'll give them credit for last night, they came out fired up and ill give Berhalter his flowers for also doing better (and im not a fan of Gregg) the real acid test will be how do they do in the Copa...as for Yunus Musah he's only 21 (here in the UK he'd still be considered a youngster, he's got loads of time to develop through experience (a players prime is usually age 27 to 31 unless theyre freakishly gifted) that Musah's in the US national team without being the finished article in terms of development, tells you he's a very good player, but as he sees he'll get better at certain things, I doubt he'll ever be world class but he'll probably develop into an excellent player

5:20 I don't think its a coincidence I think it was well planed by US soccer We needed to face 🔝 teams in these friendlies

Playing down to the competition and needing a game to get mentally ready for competition is 100% on the coach. Our players don’t need a soft spoken federation shill as a coach. We need a tenured gaffer who demands respect the instant they put on the US shield.

Jake, what I’ve always appreciated is your transparency, and in this modern age, ability to actually have nuance. I too, have been called a GGG apologist, mostly for saying he’s been middle of the road. I too, was closer to the GGG-out train right after Colombia, but re-watched and noticed a few things that shifted the game. Onto Brazil, here’s my biggest takeaway. Gregg had some VERY good in game management. There was the impetus to allow Scally to stay home against Vini and the overlapping runs of their LB. A far cry from his usual 2-1-6-2 in possession formation. Beyond the idea of letting Joe do what he does best, I noticed the pressing was starting as a 4-3-3 shape, then morphed, at times to a 4-4-2 which allowed for the mid block to really clog the middles, and towards the end, a 4-5-1 shape. These were not accidental, it was Gregg seeing the game, and instructing the team to shift the way they play based off the game at hand. Obviously Turner was massive, and once again, the deluge of the louder commentators (11 yanks/ Tactical manager) will complain about playing out the back when Turner launched a ball towards midfield. However, beyond that, the shift to allow Turner to simply hoof it didn’t hurt us, and we still had a very respectable 43% possession. Long comment, I know, but felt that this game, from the “nerdy” tactics perspective, was fascinating.

This looked more like BJ Callaghan ball. Gregg Out still though.

no way we keep greg. he’s literally NOT the guy for the job. send tf outta here. i can type up the entire tactical aspect we saw ln and how it worked watever. but greg isn’t doing anything crazy. he’s overstayed his welcome similar to southgate in tht aspect

I thought it was interesting that there were many times when the US appeared to drop into what looked like a 5-4-1 especially in second half. And they seemed to do well defending, relieving pressure, and countering from that formation. It's a shame we don't set up that way from the outset because we looked cohesive and balanced in that shape.

He just parked the bus in the second half nothing wrong with that teams like Iceland or Greece do the same when they play against superior teams

The team played very well as a team. Brazil was better individually but the USMT defended very well and stepped up as a team. They moved the ball quickly supported each other etc. Brazil is still a better team and if they play this game 10 times Brazil is a tremendous favorite but the US deserves a job well done.

Good take on Musah. He has had the same issue at Milan. Glimpses of greatness and loads of potential, but just missing decision making at critical moments. Let's hope he can figure that part of the game out. He could be an assist machine if he does.