![]() We aren’t going to be 2-2-6 in possession against Uruguay or South Korea. I don’t know that the formation mattered all that much as I don’t think we’ll face an opponent quite like Fiji going forward. With McGlynn sometimes making it even a 2-2-6. When the ball was on a FBs side he’d drop back closer to the CBs and the weak side would push higher but neither ever came back in line with CBs. Later on we took more of 2-2-1-5 shape as Fiji had nothing of the ball. We were doing a lot of switching sides and if a FB cut inside the CM replaced. We appeared to start in a 2-3-2-3 to start. It’s a 4-4-2 in defense Yapi seemed to drop to cover the DM in a Diamond but Fiji so rarely had it it’s hard to tell. Ok here’s what I think was happening after rewatch (just watching a couple possessions then skipping ahead). I do not buy at all we went to 4 backs because there was no need to play that many to corral fiji. To me the US’ issues are offensively not enough bodies in the box to get served - the 9s rarely see the ball and the goals are all around the edge of the box - and then the senior team has an unacknowledged issue getting countered wide when we get caught up. What i got out of it was we were better able to pin them back in the second half at which point it looks more like a 3 back system as they could mop things up and the wings aren’t having to come back. pinned back as 4-5 defenders, or maybe they are struggling and you’re parked high as another wing attacker. maybe you’re just trying to keep the other team from scoring. with that much ground to cover you might emphasize one or the other end on a given day. we often also pinch in our forwards, which clears the chalk channel for the wings. the backs are usually more central and the wings are responsible for tracking back if the opposing wing pushes up. The next step is to win the next one.” Relatedīacks in a 352 or 343 tend to be endline to endline players - at least in theory. “Our mindset never changes, we want to stay relentless and play our football. In addition, the USMNT U-20’s delivered their second-consecutive clean sheet with Gabriel Slonina only being troubled once in the 100-minute performance.Īlthough the USMNT U-20’s have already clinched its spot into the Round of 16, the group’s mindset isn’t changing heading into a showdown with Slovakia. Luna, Tsakiris, and Wiley all made impacts off the bench while Cowell’s continued fight to get on the scoresheet was a key positive after his first-half misses. However, after needing a stoppage-time winner from Jonathan Gomez to defeat Ecuador 1-0, the Americans will feel confident heading into Friday’s showdown with Slovakia knowing they added three more goals to their haul on Tuesday. The USMNT U-20’s registered seven shots on goal out of its 31 efforts in total, leaving the door open for an even-larger scoreline. It showed our winning mentality to get that result.” ![]() “The message at halftime we to keep being relentless in the final third because Fiji was looking to hit us on the transition so you never know what could happen. “The subs that came on Niko and Diego came on and gave us a new energy on the field,” Edelman added. Diego got the first goal, Cade got the second and Caleb for the third, so now it’s about Slovakia up next.” “We felt we controlled the possession and chances, but in the second half we definitely showed our aggressiveness, relentlessness, and determination. “Fiji definitely gave us some challenging moments, not being able to score in the first half, they were on us,” Edelman said postmatch. The relentless and aggressive attacking style from the Americans helped keep Fiji under countless pressure in the final 30+ minutes of the match, a theme that captain Daniel Edelman credited for how the USMNT U-20’s moved to 2-0-0 in Argentina. Despite leaving plenty of scoring opportunities on the table, the USMNT U-20’s got a breakthrough goal from halftime substitute Luna before Cowell and Wiley padded the shutout victory. men’s national team and Fiji, it didn’t look like the result would come for the Americans, but a relentless second-half performance helped get the job done.ĭiego Luna, Cade Cowell, and Caleb Wiley all scored their first tournament goals in a 3-0 group stage victory over Fiji, clinching a knockout stage berth for Mikey Varas’ squad heading into their final Group B match on Friday. For most of Tuesday’s FIFA U-20 World Cup Group B showdown between the U.S. ![]()
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