Come back or no comeback, that was embarrassing. Terribly out coached. Gregg should have resigned at halftime.
And Concacaf refs remain abysmal
I felt the ref did a much better job than we typically see. Saw a few really bad misses, but most of it was right and well managed. I hate how CONCACAF refs allow assault and battery without showing yellow cards so often. We had one or two of those tonight too, but still far fewer than you'd expect in a game like this.
As far as Berhalter is concerned, I just hate how rigid and predictable he is. To his credit he made the right tactical changes an hour in, but those should have been made at half and probably before the match started. The 4-3-3 he wants to run isn't as clever as he thinks it is and doesn't suit the talent on the roster like he thinks it does.
We need a 3-5-2 this camp with Jedi - Richards - Dest across the back, Puli - Musah - Gio - McKennie - Weah across the midfield where McKennie and Musah are recessed behind Gio, and Haji - Flo up top. When Adams subs in for his limited minutes he comes in for Musah or McKennie (whoever has been least effective) and the one remaining shifts higher up the pitch nearer to Gio.
Since we don't have a #9 who's going to break defenders down 1v1 and create his own chances we have to surround our strikers with more weapons who can create and distribute to them in dangerous spaces. We also need to move CONCACAF defenses around who sit in a shell and defend small spaces in and around the box. The way you do that is overload the flanks to draw defenders out of the middle and get your creative players channels down the middle to run into. Replacing a center back with another striker allows you to do that. Berhalter is either too dumb, too stupid, or both to recognize how predictable his tactics are and how poorly his tactics work against compact defenses.
I think he made all the right selections, but one too. Even before the injuries and backups being called in. As poorly as Turner has performed this year for Forest and as little time as Horvath has seen I'm at a loss for why Slonina isn't in camp. Give the kid some run. You've got to develop another keeper bc you've seen that position go from rock solid and deep less than 2 years ago to highly dubious right now. Get the kid some camp experience and opportunities to earn time. He's the likely GK of the future anyway so get him in for some looks.