Weekend review of Yanks abroad: Jozy's fabulous weekend and more
by Steve Davis on Aug 24, 2009 9:15 AM EDT
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What a debut for young Jozy Altidore, who finally arrived at Hull City on Friday after a frustrating series of delays (including a delay due to swine flu concerns, according to some reports.) Well, phooey on the H1N1, as the 19-year-old got into a scoreless match against
Sky Sports rated Clint Dempsey a 6 as the
Michael Bradley was subtracted at halftime of Moenchengladbach's 3-0 loss at Werder
Jonathan Spector was in West Ham’s first 11 in a 2-1 loss to Spurs. Otherwise, most of the usual U.S. suspects in defense held their places in the lineup, including Jay DeMerit at Watford, Carlos Bocanegra at Rennes, Michael Parkhurst at Nordsjaelland in Denmark, Steve Cherundolo at Hanover in the Bundesliga, Clarence Goodson at IK Start in Norway, Michael Orozco at San Luis and Edgar Castillo at Tigres.
Eddie Johnson wasn’t in the Fulham 18. So what else is new? Finally, Kenny Cooper and 1860
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I saw the Chelsea game. Dempsey played up top. He did fine when he got it, but he must have had less than 10 touches. Fulham couldn’t keep possession long enough to get him the ball. I heard Davies was the only decent player for Sochaux and that Spector played LB (and struggled at times) against Spurs, but I didn’t see those games.
by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 24, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah.
Chelsea has dominated possession in both of their matches I’ve watched this year (opener vs. Hull, last week vs Fulham). I think it was 60%+ both times. It seemed like Fulham got frustrated during the second half and decided to try more for the long-range attacks.
Blue is the colour!
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 24, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Spector was made to look like a fool by Lennon
In fairness though, Lennon has been a terror for each fullback he’s played against this year and Spector has always had some trouble with speedy wingers. Add in him playing on the left, where he’s capable but not nearly as comfortable as he is on the right and his play shouldn’t be too surprising. He’ll have to do better though because West Ham is soon back too full health at the back and he could find himself on the bench.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Aug 24, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions
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by Ryan Rosenblatt on Aug 24, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
