US U-20 team- our great hope?... Kasey has seen better days, but let's cut him some slack

Watching the 2nd half of the U20 game against Poland, I couldn't help but be impressed by Adu (who looked much quicker than he did in the poor game against S. Korea), Altidore (ditto), Szetela, Wallace, Zizzo, Bradley and the rest. I will be shocked if the core group of this team,, does not push aside most of the guys on the senior MNT (Dempsey, Howard, Feilhaber, Demerit, Bornstein and a few others- not including Lando and Beaz- excepted) before South Africa. The future of soccer in this country will be better for it.

I have to agree with the AR's conclusions re Kasey- he has clearly lost a step, seems more hesitant than before and his distribution is worse than ever (who can ever forget when he kicked it into a Mexican player and it went into goal). However, he has been a warrior for the US MNT in the past and deserves some love. In his day, he was one of the top shot blockers in the world and he was our best player. His Copa America performances have not been top drawer, but we should give him a break.