U.S Germany Breakdown

The final group of of death match for the U.S Mens National Team was a lost to Tournment favorite Germany, however due to the result in the Portugal/ Ghana match, the U.S.A is through to the Top 16 single elimination knockout phase as we play Belgium on Tuesday. This will be a tough game, lets break down where the team is right now.

•          The struggle was real today: The boys were pinned in there own end for the majority of the match today, as the suffered from the German onslaught. When they would attempt to clear the ball, they became more concerned with getting the ball away then trying to maintain a good possession and an attack at the goal. Despite this the team get a great job weathering the storm, and despite a ball the Thomas Mueller finding the back of the net, the defense held, Tim Howard made key saves when he had to, and Omar Gonzalez made a key play to prevent a goal after a terrible clearance to a German player.
•            Michael Bradley: Another bad game for him, largely absent, even in the offensive possessions for the u.s, he was bad against Ghana, he made up for it in spurts against Portugal, and played bad against the Germans, he has to be consistent for the team to progress in this tournament.  Hopefully he continues his pattern and plays well against Belgium.
•           Possesions: I can remember one key possession for the team, it was the very last play, when Phillip Lahm slid to stop a shot from Alejandro Bedoya. This shot should have been better, or this shot should have been made by whoever dished the ball to Bedoya.     
• \                  Key to the next round: It will be the toughest game the U.S have played all tournament, the attacking force of Belgium is strong with Eden Hazard and Romalu Lukaku, however they do tend to start off very slowly, and do not play like the should in this tournament, they gave a bad penalty against Algeria, and did not play well against Russia, a team that outplayed Belgium in the first half of that game. If Belgium continues to play the way they have, Howard plays the way he has all tournament, and we get some magic from Clint Dempsey, anything is possible.