Episode 249: See How Easily You Can Excite U.S. Men’s National Team Fans.

After having some time to sit and think about what we saw, Joey Cascio and I recorded our thoughts about the USMNT’s performance vs. Costa Rica.

Following the annual month-long USMNT camp, seven players made their first appearance with the senior team. One of those players is someone we know very well, Uly Llanez. Congratulations to Uly and his family. As Gary stated on Twitter, “Excellent shift Saturday. Now we get back to work.”

Excellent shift you put in Saturday. We get back to work. ?#teamUlyhttps://t.co/RMUYJEZlzM

— 3four3 (@3four3) February 3, 2020

During this episode, we talk about what we liked and didn’t like from the team, players, and coach.

• Overall, the tempo was way too slow.
• Ferreria and Uly were the bright spots, and we’d like to see more.
• There were too many safe decisions, but also too many wrong decisions.

As always, we welcome your feedback. You can find us both on Twitter (Joey here / John here). You can also leave some thoughts in the comment section below.

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