FORWARDS

Jozy Altidore
Brian Ching
Freddy Adu
Landon Donovan
Eddie Johnson

MIDFIELDERS

Michael Bradley
Benny Feilhaber
Jose Torres
Maurice Edu
Ricardo Clark
Stuart Holden
Alejandro Bedoya

DEFENDERS

Jonathan Spector
Clarence Goodson
Carlos Bocanegra
Jonathan Bornstein
Jay DeMerit
Edgar Castillo
Frank Simek

GOALKEEPERS

Tim Howard
Brad Guzan
Marcus Hahnemann

You know you're thin at forward when Freddy Adu and Eddie Johnson are getting called up.

Are you at home?

No.

It's to be played in Amsterdam.

I don't like our chances, but guys will see what this Summer is going to be like.

Will be a good game to determine the fate of some fringe players.

3 - 4 - 5 nil ? lol

So, after the first half that Bornstein played, Bradley leaves him in? sigh.....

He was shocking I heard

A few nasty tackles around as well?

indeed, playing more like a turnstile than a defender, lol

On the bright side, if Beasley can keep playing like this it bodes well for our chances in June

US seemed to have a late flurry there, Netherlands going through the motions a bit.

What's the score then?

Netherlands won 2-1.

I only was able to watch the last 10 minutes so I'll have to watch the match in it's entirety later. But it doesn't surprise me if Bornstein was poor. He's not cut out of the national team IMO. Beasley looked active from what little I saw which is very encouraging. If we could get the 2002-2004 Beasley, then I like our chances of making it out of the group stage this summer.

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how did we play was on during school...

First of all, hi to everyone here

You haven't missed much, it wasn't an attractive match. Apart from that a draw would have reflected the game better in my opinion. The Dutch team did not play well at all. And it's a miracle that the referee didn't give our player, Nigel de Jong, a red card for a completely unnecessary, dirty attack. I hope de Jong player will be left at home when we head off for the WC games. He not only puts the entire team on jeopardy by risking getting red cards for stupid outbursts like this, but even more important, he risks putting an opponent into the hospital and ending his career. It's not the first time he does this; it's the 3rd time in 3 matches that he has done something like this. Anyway, if he had gotten a red card (which he should have had!) we (the Dutch) would have been left with 10 players,.. and I seriously doubt that we could have won then,.. we played horrible. If we intent to play like this in a few months we might as well stay at home.

The bottom line is that the Dutch team has a lot to learn, and I think tonight has shown that the US has been a great teacher when it comes to playing by heart, without getting nasty on the field. I just hope the Dutch players are capable of learning. The US has something that many countries don't have; heart and soul in the game,.. the ability to play as a team instead of 11 players, each playing their own game. I've watched every match the US played in the Confederations Cup,...it will be a complete joy to watch your team play in a few months.

De Jong who also made a horrible tackle against Italy, yet the Dutch accused Italy and Chiellini of being dirty because Van Persie suffered a bad injury?

Anyway, welcome to the forums

What does APS stand for? I agree that the US work well as a team, at least when they play one of the stronger teams around.

That would be the same player yes. He pisses me off big time and I am totally clueless why he's still part of the selection. He's a good player, and doesn't need these retarded actions, yet he squeezes one in every single match. He should be kicked out of the selection, we have so many talented young players that can kick a ball better than a player.

I did miss the Dutch accusations regarding Chiellini though. Of course there are always words exchanged when a player gets injured as a result of a confrontation on the field, but I think that one was more an accidental result than anything else. I just hope Van Persie will be fit enough to join the WC,.. he's still trying to recover from that injury.

APS stand for A Perfect Snikkel,.. where as Snikkel originates from Circle,.. Snikkel is a dutch word for ... well,.. it refers to your "love noodle"

Great stuff

We looked okay. Not good or bad, shows how much we miss Dempsey, Davies and Onyewu with our poor depth.

Very lucky Holden's leg didn't snap, surprised it was only a yellow.

Netherlands looked in 1st or 2nd gear, never really looked like team we know they are, but Sneijder was very good, my view best player out there.

So, a penalty, a deflection and a completely unmarked header. Can't say we learned much, but nice to play quality opposition. Bedoya is now in the mix for me, worries for me was Donovan was invisible and I really hope I don't see Eddie Johnson in South Africa.

Welcome APS, great to see a new member.

Welcome APS

De Jong is just doing his country of residence a favour by roughing up our WC opposition

Bornstein is utter crap.

I hope Holden's injury isn't serious and long.

Altidore looked pretty good.




Pretty much all I took away from this game.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

@We_are_QPR
De Jong would be doing most people a favor if he could hold his breath for a little while,.. let's say 2 hours would do just fine.

A little follow up on Stuart Holden; he's not likely to be back on the field for up to 6 weeks.

Source : http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~1983677,00.html

I guess the only bright side to the injury is it happened in this match and not one of the friendlies in May. Christ, if these injuries keep up we might have to send the U-20 team to South Africa

Timing of the injury could have been worse I guess, but this still means he doesn't get to play for at least 6 weeks, and then the road to recovery has to start, meaning it will take a while before he's back in shape. If i am right that means there's now 6 US players with injuries. :S

Yeah, and we have no depth so our chances of getting out of our group are riding on us getting healthy.

The Dutch?!? bit generalizing there wouldn't you say, as I recall it, most agreed that it wasn't a dirty tackle.
I agree tho that De Jong can be a dirty player, that tackle yesterday was totally unnecessary and deserved a red card. He often does that in friendlies, he thinks it puts the team on edge. Totally ridiculous, but he is our best DM and will be important at the WC.

The game itself was meaningless, you could see our players didn't show any desire out there. The US players were on them constantly and really put in the effort, it is understandable tho for them it's a real test, for our players it's more a nuisance. It's better to stop playing these friendlies, cause if the players aren't willing to put in the effort, then what's the point.

Alright then, whiney Dutch press, and Arsenal

Not even, just Arsenal mate

What are the Netherlands' chances at the World Cup then Dennis, what do you reckon?

As for the England - USA group:

England
Algeria
Slovenia
Yanks

Out for six weeks now,ffs,pointless freindly too Still we've just extended his contract till the end of next season so its not all bad

And he was just starting to play for Bolton too.

Too early to tell really, but we've got 4 world class players in Sneijder, VDV, Robben and Van Persie if they can hit their form and the rest of the team works for them than I can see us going far. SF maybe even final, don';t think we'll win it tho.

England got an easy group, no offense to our American members, but their team is not much better than a championship side imo, no real standout players. Don't think Algeria and Slovenia can do much damage either.

We're well aware we live and die as a team, why we have such a variance in our performances.

And because of our lack of depth, when we're missing a number of starters, we usually die as a team.

If our players had the same determination and desire as the US players, I'd say we'd have a good chance to win the WC. It will be interesting to see how the US will do, looking at the group they have as good a chance to progress as the other 2 teams alongside England

You must be mellowing magix, where has all that anti-American sentiment gone?

I saw their team yesterday, no point in kicking them while their down

That's harsh

Just our luck,still we are up for this fight now, you could see last week v Wolves,cant wait for Saturday

He met me, I broke his rough facade for a boat tour.

You'll do well, talent is there, and if you hit your stride no side in the world should take you lightly.

I'm hearing Holden out for 8 weeks... Broken Leg.

I hadn't seen anything about a broken leg. Everything I have seen so far said a leg contusion and out six weeks, not that it's a huge difference.

So I guess Netherlands did;t have its foot on the gas pedal this time around... you lucky b'tards

Holden has a broken leg, though he's still supposed to be out for six weeks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0030404808.html

Nice to see Bolton extended his deal another year even though he's injured.