Stressed

So it's D-Day for the US MNT. To say I'm feeling a bit stressed is an understatement.

I'd feel better if the team had been performing well but had been unlucky. The fact is, however, that the team has not performed very well and has given little reason to suspect things will be different today.

In the Washington Post this morning, the team's woeful offensive performance was noted: tied with T&T for last in goals scored at 0 (own goals don't count); second from the bottom in shots per game at 7; last place for shots on target at 0.5 per game; and third from bottom in corner kicks at 2.5 per game.


So this is either the breakout game we've been waiting for or the boys are packing their bags and heading home to watch the rest of the cup with us here stateside.

Starting line-ups are in and Conrad is starting in place of Pope and Lewis is in for Mastroeni. Arena also is starting Beasley in place of Convey, and the team is coming out in a 4-5-1 alignment. We'll see whether these make much of a difference.