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- The Futbol Americas crew react to USA's exit from the 2022 World Cup after losing to Netherlands 3-1.
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As a Dutchman I was surprised people said the US had a good chance to win, while basically everyone knew beforehand how to beat the US. The Netherlands waited calmly for a chance and pushed at the right moments. Whenever the US seemed confident that confidence was crushed within minutes.
Im not going to lie i had confidence. The US would beat an oit of rhythm netherlands but as you said we're not at that level or have the players of the Netherlands. It hit me hard . I hope one day we can beat a European team in the world cup. It sucks we just cant do it. Maybe one day . I hope 🙏 the Netherlands did what they had to. Very little good to talk about this match on my side of the US But we have a promising future ill always support this mediocre team. It was good for us because we didnt qualify for 2018 world cup
Cannot believe Ferreira started this game. I saw him play with nervous first touches, and constantly play the safe backwards pass vs the proactive pass continuing the attack. He was playing like he just didnt want to make a mistake. How can you expect a player like him (who looked extremely shaky in qualifying) to be confident playing his first minutes in the biggest game of the tournament? Bad coaching from Gregg. Gio should have started that game.
Tactical disaster for berhalter, Van Gaal out classed him.
And this is a surprise to who exactly he rotted Aaronson and gio Reyna two great talents who now suck thanks to Gregball
@@samuraigaming3042they didnt even suck lol. They got the team so much more openess and chances.
Craig's team selection has been headscratching the whole world cup.... How does Reyna not start
Gio didn’t do anything either
@@maharajaramzan4211 Reyna wasn't great today either. The US lacks depth and elite finishers. They had 3 golden opportunities to score and came away with 0 goals. Netherlands converted.
That fact that Gregg would rather start Ferreira at 9 instead of changing tactics and putting Reyna at 10 proves that he needs to go. He added soooo much more in the second half than Ferreira did in the first. I actually forgot he was on the pitch in the first because he was almost invisible.
I didn't know Ferreira was playing until he got substituted at the half. Why the f*ck would anyone leave their one real 9 (Pepe) off the roster let alone out of the starting XI?
MLS quota. Pepi was sorely missed
And when he did get involved it was bad. At top of box ball came to him as US pressed and he whiffed, the ball rolling on to Pulisic who overhit a pass to someone. If Gio was there not Ferrera maybe....
Small coach
Man idk
Why is anyone perplexed about the result?. The Netherlands is a top-tier world-class national team. The outcome of the game is rather expected.
Herc is 100% correct, this team was naive. They are young, they didn't have the right guidance, in my opinion, in a manager to be prepared for this match. Hopefully they will learn from this and get better and younger players will step up and provide the depth we need. We require a #9 to develop in the next 4 years.
We desperately need A#9. Also pulisic really should have put that away
We desperately need a new coach!!!!
Agreed. You can not play this open against the top European teams. The result would have been even worse if you played against Mbappe's France.
@@erobsessedk1298 we have a 9 in Pefok and even Pepi who didn't even make the team bc the higher ups care more about promoting MLS than actually winning games.
@@dylanvogler2165 and he should have figured out a way to play his best 11 players and adjusted the formation. I think they should hire a European coach that just cares about winning games.
The biggest takeaway from this match is that this is the USA’s level. They’ve improved but still a long way to the very top level. Even a pretty average Dutch squad comfortably beat the USA
Holland is a football powerhouse, even when they are not loaded with talent!
Congratulations to the Netherlands,they executed their plan and got their win. I’m proud of the USMNT,see y’all in WC’2026!
Till the next one! Gonna go wear my Argentina shirt now
My people are also just better players..
What game plan..
Thanks bruv!! You guys played well! Hopefully next time you get better results! A young and dynamic team, i see a bright future for those players! Love from The Hague (Holland)❤
@@JuniorJuni070 explain that in ecuadorian terms
Usa won't win then still
The Netherlands had a perfect game plan and executed it perfectly. This US team has always had problems breaking down a team to score. This US team usually scores off set pieces and quick counters.
The Netherlands dared the US to break down their defense and the US couldn’t get any dangerous touches around the box. Then the Netherlands hit quickly on the counters with quick one touch finishes. Once it was 2-0 .. the game felt over.. even when Wright scored.
Yeah the us got out managed and didn’t have the talent to break out of it
We need pep guardiola to coach USMNT
Pretty much. This
Van Gal was Playing 3D chess while US couldn’t even play soccer😅
Good post. However, there’s no excuse to turn off during a match of this magnitude. When you are not aware of where the opponents are at, it’s an issue. I don’t know if Zimmerman needed to mark the far corner but leaving Dumfries alone, unmarked is inexcusable. Then, before that, no one is positioned at the top of the box to stifle cutbacks. Netherlands scored two goals because of that. This is a coaching problem and a player problem.
Keller very negative about the Dutch team. He's overlooking players like Van Dijk, Aké, Frenkie de Jong, Gakpo and Memphis. This team has the ability to both control the game and play total football on the counter attack. I think they are 19 matches unbeaten now under Van Gaal 👍
That’s just Keller’s personality. He tends to be negative and it gets old fast.
You did well against Orange, as a Dutch I felt some stress after the 2-1 goal . I supported you during the group stage, good luck forming your squad for 2026
Cheers 🥂
Rooting for you all the way.
Herc is so right - perfect analysis of what went down. LVG smoked Berhalter. And that was totally the issue with both goals. He continued to have Dest/Robinson push up and they were happy to soak up pressure & counter. They knew that the CBs were 35, and all due respect, MLS (Zimmerman), and could be beat as there was way too much for Adams to cover. The midfield left them out to dry on both. It's those moments and the Pulisic chance that was saved. Having said all that... this USA team did show that over the last 20 years, they gap has narrowed a bit with the quality of their players and I was happy how brave they played. But they needed to be better & smarter tactically. Musah was invisible today.
Reyna was as well . All others were average at best. We needed big games from all and it didn't happen
Yes Musah invisible. :/
@@chrisjunker3517 not sure if you agree or not - but if not, what impact did he have for thr US that day? For me he was clearly done legs wise and had no energy.
They need to hire Pep Guardiola as USMNT coach
Proud of the USMNT! But god, we were butchered. The third goal by Netherlands pretty much said “We can score on you whenever WE want to.” Stake through the heart. But will support my team in the ups and downs. Congrats to Netherlands.
You have a fun team. Really fun to watch. But so naive. You can't be playing so open in the back against European top 10 teams. They will shred you in the counterattack. I hope this will be used as a lesson for 2026. If so you can come far then
Way to Do it; Be a Good Sport.✌️😎
Thanks You for the good sportsmanship and very well played non the less...it was a fun game, keep this up and yall will do well in the future 👍
look how brainwashed you are you actually regurgitate the liberal media "USMNT " are you kidding me
nobody watches female soccer, man it's USA there is only one team
Elite International teams have that 'next level' they consistently go to when the stakes become high... a level the USMNT has yet to find in consistent measure.
Concacaf no permite el crecimiento, ni copa oro ni nations league concacaf ni leagues cup es suficiente, para el 2026. Las 3 selecciones necesitan estar en una competencia con selecciones de la uefa o conmebol no con islas del caribe
*ESPN FC can finally stop making 5 videos a day hyping up USA/pulisic*
I thought I was the only one that got sick of it.
Most of the people on here hating on the U.S. never played an organized sport in their life. They also have no respect for the game let alone any sport.
I get what you’re saying but let’s be honest those three goals that the US let in, anyone can critic them. When you got players wide open inside the box like that you don’t need to play an organize sport to understand those were really amateur mistakes.
@@BigSuzpekt I agree 100 percent. Maybe they'll learn from this loss and can be better in 2026. It's been a fun World cup so far.
As a Dutchy don’t feel so hard on yourself you have a talented group and in 3.5 years they will be good enough to get into the semi’s and with some luck into the final
Netherlands simply has quality the US currently doesn’t have… that was insane how easy they made it look in both goals. All that 1 touch football, and clinical finishing… wild. Meanwhile, the US couldn’t finish so many of the chances in this tournament. Not even hitting the target in some clear chances. Overall, good performance from the team, honestly IMO, I feel like this team and for what most of the fan base thinks about the coach going into this…we clearly over performed. Hope Gregg leaves, and we get an experience head coach, from outside the MLS bubble. This player Pool is so talented, it deserves to have a proper coach and a playing style well established for 2026.
As a Dutchy i never really had the feeling the US would really beat us. Having the ball is something different then actually doing something good with it.
With that being said. The US have a young squad and will be at there prime in 4 years when you play at home. 👍🇳🇱
Your team is slow. The Americans ran you guys up and down the field. If they knew how to defend and to finish your side would be going home.
@@nonsense1558 cry 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@nonsense1558 you call it slow. We call it controlling the pace of the game. Maybe the US players can run faster. But no one is faster then the ball itself. A good example was that first goal to understand what i am saying. 🙂
It calls let The ball do the work
@@nonsense1558 You don't get points for running like headless chickens in a football game. I know it may be shocking for most Americans but a proper tactical system is way more important than how fast your players are running around.
Volgende keer beter mannen.
Het was een leuke wedstrijd.
Groeten uit Breda/Nederland.
Hi im from the Netherlands and was wondering how you guys were analyzing this defeat.
Some remarks were spot on. In the Netherlands the media are pretty negative about our own squad and the way they are playing (it should be beautiful, like Johan Cruijff 70's where we won exactly nothing).
In 2010 we had a boring squad with mediocre players like Joris Mathijssen, Andre Ooijer etc. But our coach then (van Marwijk) played a more pragmatic, defensive system to at least win. In short, we managed to come to the final. But the media was not happy with the way of playing, even though we did dominate (without ball). Some even said they would be ashamed if we'd won the final against Spain. Can u imagine that?
In my opinion the best domination is when you dont need the ball to be safe: a rock solid defence with closed lines and pressing on the right moment. Louis van Gaal also transformed from possesion based football too non possesion based football.
That said, kudos for the clear analyze. Hope the USA will become a stronger nation overall for 2026. Dont forget: possesion means nothing in football. Look up Inter Milan 2010 or UEL final between ajax and Man utd (mourinho).
In hindsight it wasnt 50/50. Our media is way to negative about our squad. Also it was a bit expected to get more space vs the way USA played. The dutch squad is full of talent and we managed to place into the final of the Nations League, beating prime France and Germany. And here we are now, with the same players and a pragmatic coach. I just wanted to say its not a shame if you get beaten by this side, maybe a bit of a hard lesson but we've had these in the past (98's, 00's, 08's).
We could just go all the way, who knows.
The Netherlands-Spain in the finals is my guess!
@Jan Tejeda will be a tough tough match but i'm already proud of our teamspirit.
To talk in van Gaal 's words; we dont have the best players but with this setup "we can come an end". 😜
@@grl9917 France, Portugal, Spain vs Brazil/Argentina/or hopefully the Dutchies xD
The 2010 squad was the best squad we ever had at a WC. V Persie, Sneijder and Robben are all 2 tiers above Depay. Van Marwijk was a horrible coach, which is why in 2012 Euro, it was abysmal. People keep parroting each others and are blind themselves. Football is decided mostly by turnovers and set pieces. Those few moments create the few goals we have in football. And those decide the matches. It is true that possession is not important. But the problem with many Dutch squads has always been useless possession. Even Under V Marwijk. Why? Because they put on 2 defensive midfielders. Our media is always way too positive, claiming we are favorites for the WC. It is just that football coaches mostly don't know or don't dare to make the right decisions. They are all afraid of the players getting nervous, chaotic, and then losing. So with the huge pressure, the coach wants to gain control. And they do so by playing more defensively, giving the players all kinds of rules to follow. This is one of the reasons why in 2010 and 2014, Brazil was so bad.
If you want to win in football, you need to be able to outplay the opponent. Many teams have enough quality to easily create scoring opportunities against an organized defense. So goals that do not come from a turnover. The Dutch did it once during the US with the first goal. But they are not allowed to play that way because of LVG.
Under V Basten, the Dutch played their best football. But the players lost their minds vs Portugal in a crazy games with tons of cards. And then vs Russia, a child of one of the players died during childbirth and the players didn't have the focus on the game.
In 2014, LVGs tactical plan was failing basically every game. They needed to go back to 4-3-3 every time to avoid losing. And even vs Spain, they could have been 2-0 behind after 30 minutes. It just helps to have world class players and suddenly, you look like a tactical genius.
Very simple, this was men VS boys. US needs to let reality sink in. You don’t win games at big tournaments this way. Never stood a chance, even if supporters or team thought so. Dutch did what Italy does well, let the opponent think they have a chance and can play. Then strike. Better luck in 2026, will be a great event.
You’re exaggerating but not off base. The US is just developing a fútbol tradition and other countries have had it for decades. They can’t expect to win everything.
@@grl9917 don’t really agree with that excuse. There was a 1994 World Cup in the US. Look at the Women’s team. Look at how fast Women teams in Europe are now developing. There literally was no Women’s league 20 years ago and in the last 10 years the Dutch ladies became Euro champion and WC finalists. The US has more inhabitants than whole of Europe. How many Euro countries have better teams than the US? The Netherlands fits 16 times in Texas and has now 18 million people. The MLS structure is the problem. But, things should be looking better. Massive business opportunity for “soccer” to grow in US. Money rules. Should have a world dominating team at some point. Look at UK. Their uprising is based on the last decade (or two) of massive money influences.
@@razorsharp9850 The US press overhypes the team. It is a good team but not yet world class. If this group continues to stay with their clubs in Europe they will be ready. The returns to the MLS gives a false sense of achievement. When it is time to play a European or South American squad it is an entirely different experience.
@@razorsharp9850 It has to do with football culture which is deeply engraved into European sports for decades and decades as apposed to the US...that is why the Netherlands women's team quickly caught up, football is the nr. 1 sport there and it always has been...the facilities, development of players and coaches, tactics have alle been there for a while. The number of inhabitants means close to nothing without the fundamentals...
@@fek8085 ok, and now look at England? Same culture as the Germans for decades, if not more. Very bad national team. Nor strongest league in the world, Euro finalist and possibly WC finalist. What created their change in the past 10-15 years? All I am saying is that the US can make a big jump as well if they work on changing the foundations. And that will cost money. Making soccer more popular over other sports in certain areas also costs money. It’s not going to be the only factor. But for sure if they don’t start pushing it, the organic change will be too slow and two decades from now you will still be at the same issue.
Iranian coach said USA will be out he was right.
That was no major revelation. The US was a complete underdog. The Dutch are among the top teams in the world. They live Fútbol.
@@grl9917 USA will never be better than this.
Best commentary on the game. Great analysis
Lack of finishing ruined this team. Had plenty of chances to take the lead and the players know that. Disappointing but a lot to look forward to for US Soccer
Netherlands also had many chances. Lack of finishing could have left USA with total embarrassment.
Pepi should have been on this team. Know he hasn’t been in great form but at least have another option to provide some finishing ability
It’s football. That’s why all your u.s state teams have fc in their name
@@Zeal846 it was a good soccer game 🍻
@@stn7172 3-1 the furthest America will get in your lifetime :)only shots you’ll be taking are in the streets
It was nice that McKennie painted the Dutch flag in his hair. Out of respect.
Netherlands experience showed today.
The US had two problems today. 1) An inept coach who fell right into LVG's arms. 2) Too many MLS players in that XI. Ferreira and the backline were abysmal, and its not a coincidence that they are the ones who do not play in Europe and regularly compete against the very best.
Should be fired for wearing a frickin' T-Shirt, while LVG looked snappy in that suit. Clothes make the man.
@@edlawn5481 nah, clothes are superficial and primitive.
What matters are results
Netherlands attacking players were insane, especially Memphis depay. Every single time the wingers or depay got the ball, they were just flying past the US defenders. They were dangerous every touch they had. That’s the difference between a side like the dutch compared to a young US team. Also LVG is one of the best coaches ever, it was a total mismatch in terms of game schemes and planning and executing. Talented players but with a world class manager compared to not as talented but young energetic American players with a manager not near the level of LVG.
That’s not true at all. The ball was taken away from the orange many times.
@@grl9917 Continue to watch 🏀 and 🏈 you clearly have no clue about ⚽. 🤷
@@grl9917 true, they've would have scored many more goals without the US defense.....
The USMNT coach is not even comparable to Argentina's Scaloni, let alone an absolute legend that's LVG
@Golden Waves to be fair scaloni has alot of talent to work with. Argentina won because theyve been working amd progressing for close to a century!!!! I lvoe scaloni but clearly Argentina had players and experience and the players took command and the coach really didnt need to be so crazy ..whe you have talent like Argentina the players do more. If scaloni made US champions thatll be more impressive in my opinion . Gregg berhalter US coach we all know hes not great but hes all we had to work with. Either way as a US fan we're patient we dominate boxing and baseball and basketball and ice hockey!!!!! We produce endless champs .One day we'll dominate soccer. Not yet though
easy strategy, quick counters, no direct pressing, while knowing the US have only 1 strategy. In the Netherlands we call this: have them running into the knife
Volwassen spelen
En zakelijk
Precies.
Van mij hoeft Nederland niet persee te winnen het wk maar het zou mooi zijn. We moeten ook tevreden zijn als ze het niet halen.
They just suck. The Dutch knew it, the majority of fans knew it and now the world knows it.
When I saw us going at the Netherlands at the beginning of the game I was happy but also thinking about how long we were going to be able to maintain that kind of energy. That kind of high energy at the beginning needed a goal or two so that our players could take a rest later, unfortunately it didn't happen.😪
I thought, if we didn't score in the first ten minutes, it was all over, and well........there it was.
we were not defensively sound
You had a bit of pressure in the first 10 minutes but you didnt create anything tho
I honestly think the USA had the most athletic team in the comp. But they lack a bit of composure and maybe the experience that CL/EPL/LA LIGA players have from competing at that level every week. I hope the USA players get a lot more time in these comps between now and the next WC
Keep your heads up high my American cousins you played well
The better team won. The US could have made more of it but I think one key improvement is needed: more one touch passing in the offensive half and first touches that keep the flow of the play moving smoothly. So often we have the right ideas but are too slow to execute or take a touch that breaks the play down. Of course tracking and marking lost us the game today, as well as not finishing easy opportunities, but that was just how it played in this game
Easy opportunities? Calma calma
Sorry but we lost because we had a bad plan and didn’t adapt after it was clear we were getting schooled. Berhalter only put in two so-so centerbacks against a very good team. He let the fullbacks get forward. Van Gall saw this and realized he could throw everyone forward on the counterattack. Netherlands had 2 world class CBs and 1 very good CB so they could afford to push 6+ players into the counterattack. Look at how many orange shirts are in and around the US box on each of the 3 goals. It was bound to happen that 1 or more Dutch attackers would be unmarked. We also failed to adapt. The three goals all came off essentially the same play.
As a European whose country is not even in the World Cup I give the USMNT a lot of respect. They showed a lot of heart and will out there. No reason to be ashamed at all.
Italy?
Italy?
No, Sweden 🇸🇪😄
At the higher levels of soccer it's technique that decides but the USMNT really have outstanding athleticism. I expected more out of Pulisic though. But he's still young.
Italia. 😆😆😆
Today we saw what a highly experienced and quality coach can bring you…. As what’s said in this video, lvg totally ripped apart Gregg berhalter.
On one side you have Louis, smart, tactically wise one of the best coaches to ever live, let’s his sides play to their qualities, but always built in certain patterns to keep his sides balanced, his choice of tactics today were simply brilliant.
On the other side you have Greg…riskant tactics, spaces between midfield and backline wide open, weird subs management, weird roster picks, and to much more honestly.
Did the man really think he was going to beat a Dutch side under lvg with highly attacking play? Haha poor guy. like a over excited kid who just entered a new candyshop.
"Riskant tactics" wanneer je overduidelijk Nederlands bent 😉
@@BrianStorm742 Zoiezo Amerikanen kennen voetbal niet genoeg om zo dik te gaan lopen nitpicken 😂
@@BrianStorm742 hehe😌😂
What exactly did LVG bring to this game? Weird sub management and weird roster picks sounds exactly like Van Gaal. The US was attacking because the Dutch were weak. But because they didn't score people are pretending that the Dutch feigned weakness and it was a trick. Which genius coach makes his squad give away scoring opportunities only to trick the opponent into thinking they are better? Crazy talk!
@@Prometheus4096 I can't tell if you're being deliberately obtuse but structuring a team around counterplay is a really common tactic in football. In fact, it's slowly but surely become arguably the most popular tactic in European club football, spearheaded by clubs like Benfica, Atlético de Madrid, PSV, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympique Lyonnais, Borussia Dortmund and practically every Italian team except arguably Juventus and Napoli, and now implemented widely all around the continent. There's multiple different ways to do this. The Italian philosophy is called catenaccio and it's the most surface-level counterplay tactic, literally just sitting back and waiting for an opportunity to strike. But there's also counterplay tactics that actively force your opponent into making mistakes. A well-known German philosophy is called gegenpressing, and is geared towards immediately winning back the ball after losing it, so that you can swiftly catch your opponent in a forward motion. The tactic Van Gaal used against the USA is quite unorthodox, which is why it's so genius. He calls it "provocative pressing", and it's essentially a tactic that's both very defensive AND employs a lot of players high up the pitch to threaten the opposing build-up play, forcing mistakes. Then, upon winning the ball, the attackers or midfielders will immediately have their wing backs to support them in attack, which is what killed the USA off at every single goal they conceded. Counter football wears out your opponent and makes sure you always have enough space when attacking, which makes it a very efficient tactic. At this World Cup alone, we've seen the Netherlands, England, Wales, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Australia, Japan, Croatia, Morocco, Cameroon, Uruguay AND South Korea employ counter play tactics. So idk what you're on about.
I am dutch, but i still want to make a positive point for USA. Its a young team and they will learn from this after analyzing. And ineed the dutch never wanted to run after the usa players.
traditionally the u.s. was a counter attack team gregg tried to turn them into a possession team
The U.S players need to learn how to move without the ball, you know how easy it is to defend a non moving target. There wasn’t enough plays moving forward they always ended up going backwards and let’s not talk about their defending in the box. The U.S has a young team that will only get better. The future looks bright oh and berhalter has to go and quick, he is not the man to lead the U.S. He has dull and safe strategies nothing aggressive and never learns to adjust.
Berhalter liet de US team agressief naar voren spelen, met veel energie, US team liet veel ruimte achter hun defensie, plus Team US heeft al veel energie verspild in de groep fase, maar de US spelers hadden niet de kwaliteit om op deze manier te spelen, voetbal speel je ook met je hoofd, niet alleen met de benen, het zag er naïef uit , spelers van US beseften niet dat je op deze manier spelen niet 90 minuten kunt volhouden, US moet ook veel meer spelers onderwijzen op tactiek, in Nederland trainen wij kinderen in een opleiding van een voetbalclub, van af 5/6 jaar kinderen in de leeftijd 5/6 tot 12/13 krijgen alleen techniek training om hun technische vaardigheden te ontwikkelen, elk kind krijgt een bal op de training en we laten ze dribbelen door elkaar heen, trainen met bal ,dat is in Nederland altijd de basis, op leeftijd 13/14/15 leer je de kinderen de bal overspelen naar elkaar je leert ze samen spelen je ontwikkelt jou tweebenigheid , trappen en passen met 2 benen, op leeftijd 16/17/18 ga je de kinderen tactisch onderwijs.dit zijn de stappen wat een kind maakt in de Nederlandse voetbal opleiding.
Indeed
Netherlands coach pretty much out coached The US coach by letting him open the game up with all that possession they had. Netherlands had the better players in the final 3rd
You guys really thought you’d win?
Of course a coach wearing a suit is going to outclass a guy wearing a T-Shirt.
We had better players all over the pitch
The 3rd goal sums it up. I saw it happening 5 mins before it happened. NED won the ball and Dumfries was open for a good 5 mins without anyone paying him attention. I was thinking NED, u gotta be daft if u don't get that ball to him.
I've seen some American predictions, talking about how Holland want to press and have the ball, and the US packing the middle so the Dutch had to go wide. That's the Dutch of the early 2000's. Any one with a brain watching the Dutch play must surely realise they do not struggle on the counter attack. And don't really care about possession.
Bruh Van Dijk made it seem there was 12 players out there
It was a miss match on Berhalter vs Van Gaal. Van Gaal definitely thought berhalter a lesson on how to coach
I don t see the US beating teams like France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain in a knock out round in a WC. The player development level is day and night.
You wont go that far with players playing "soccer college" against football nation like the Netherlands. Countries like Japan is likely to have more success than the US in the future. American Exceptionalism may haunt the US ahead.
A National Youth program is the key. Talent needs to be identified early.
@@grl9917 All talented players have been leaving to play pretty early at Europe. The leftovers it's what stays in the MLS. 🤷
Once again USA not doing good against European countries in the world cup. Yugoslavia and Germany in 1998, Poland and Germany in 2002, Czech Republic in 2006, did tie Italy in 2006 who won the cup that year, tied both Slovenia and England in 2010, Germany and Belgium in 2014, tied England and lost to Netherlands this cup. USA not prepared to face the BIG Boys in the cup.
Easy explanation. Concacaf has weak teams. If the US wants to become a good football team they need to try and join the Conmebol to play more matches at higher level and slowly improve. The Gold Cup is a joke of a tournament bcs it always ends up with Mexio-USA. That's no tournament to measure your strength when you play knock out matches against el salvador, cuba, haita etc ....
@@pikabuu6315 Concacaf not even in their dreams will let the US or Mexico leave the confederation. Both are the money makes for Concacaf, all they care about is making sure those two always end up in the final because of all the money it brings, 2015 was a front face example. They don’t care about the teams' growth or if they could become a football powerhouse, as long a they get big paychecks they're happy.
Humbled!!! 😂
They needed that
how were they humbled when no one was cocky or thought they were gonna win
There was no humbling, getting out of the group was considered a successful World Cup for us American fans. You guys act like our football fans have as much hubris as the English yet we're actually a very pessimistic fanbase. God forbid we also say we show a little bit of pride for getting out of the group and we have to be "humbled" for it. Absurd
@@Eli__Michael usa fans were cocky
The USA competed well despite the defeat they created a lot of good
chances and played some decent football at times it wasn't an easy
game for the Netherlands in the slightest despite the scoreline.
Being prolific with the chances they created and experience won
the Netherlands the game, the USA created just as many chances
they just couldn't convert them. if the USA had a decent Striker upfront
and a few other players who could also score goals and perhaps
a more experienced center back they could be a legitimate top-10 team
in the future.
US sucks. The team pretty much went as far as they could. Making the quarter finals would only happen if they encountered a weak opponent.
Putting Klaassen at 10, chasing Adams all game was a genius move. It’s one of the reasons why LvG was the better coach again
Klaassen was taken out at half time🤨
@@tg2496 yeah van Gaal wanted to rest some players after the 2-0. But it was obvious in the first half
@@basthebest007 It wasn't about resting players. It was a tactical decision. He knew USA had to go forward even more, so he put more speed up front to fully take advantage of the space behind the defence for the counter attacks
Klassen was awful...his replacement was far better and kudos to the coach for noticing it!
@@basthebest007 nobody is resting anybody at 2-0 halftime in the World Cup lol this guy lol
This don’t know what they are talking about … they overhyped the USS mid field so much but yet.. after the Dutch gave them to make the game they didn’t know what to do with the ball 😂😂
Ain’t that something 😂
The US midfield is top level but that's on more defensive duties, like closing down the opposition and stopping them from playing. However in this game Holland turned the tactical tables and their midfield didn't even try to compete with the US midfield, so they allowed USA to have the ball in midfield knowing that the US midfield would struggle because it isn't that attack minded or creative. Holland basically set a trap, waited and waited, then when the moment arose they sprung their counter attack whilst the US defence was caught upfield and vulnerable.
Most predictable result in football history. I was saying that Netherlands would beat U.S. when I saw the next match after Iran vs U.S. U.S barely beat Iran.
We Yanks will always call it SOCCER. Deal with it!
@@nonsense1558 is the plane engine fired up yet? Back you go losers
@@nonsense1558 USMNT have never been to a football World Cup final.
@@nonsense1558 No, soccer is primitive.
Learn to play football or fútbol.
@@nonsense1558and in Holland we call baseball honkbal
Great Job analysing this game guys. Said everything that had to be said.
As a Premier League fan, I was so impressed with the USA, wish they had more quality forwards. The style of play is great, keep building.
The most annoying thing to watch was the 2 defenders with man buns playing like drunkards. Man buns should get automatic red cards in soccer.
Thank God for the dutch
If Pulisic had made that goal in the 1st 3 mins who knows how the game could've played out.
Pulisic. Another American that doesn't know how to pronounce his own name ...
If if if if my mother had wheels she would be a bicycle
Than the Netherlands takes it to them and the us plays on their half for the 85 minutes
This is always the case. If Pulišić or any other American player score in early minutes and if they closed the game. It would be hard for the orange team.
@samrobert7685 Thats a really dumb argument. Half the English squad are African or Jamaican. Regardless what you say the US had a good tournament. No one expected them to win it. They got further them Germany. 😆
That’s why De Jong is playing in Barcelona 😂😂
and Pulisic is on the bench in Chelsea.
@@freescottishfish379 facts
Pulisic blew his chance, Memphis did not… Netherland never had to come out…
Pulisic wouldn't even start on any of last eight teams.
@@edlawn5481 he'd start for Japan Morocco Senegal and Switzerland
USA should have felt insulted when Xavi Simons came on. It was indicating the Dutch saw a minimal threat
TRUE lol Xavi Simmons another "Barcelona jewel" that has fallen from grace
As soon as I saw Ferreira next to Ake, Virgil, and Timber I knew we were gonna have a bad day. I can’t help but feel they toyed with us letting us have the ball because they weren’t at all afraid of our attack knowing they are resting for Argentina next
A small correction for Keller, the Dutch team it’s certainly a world class team. WC qualifiers, Nations league and so far this WC shows that. Our numbers don’t lie. And we beat great teams before the WC
This generation of dutch players isn’t very good.
@@rogierb7577 I'd say hit and miss but we do have more hits with these guys. Okay, we have the best defense in the world, we don't have exceptional strikeforce across the board yet but we are underway, Noa Lang and Xavi Simons are ready to shine. The USA needs to build more grassroots football while utilizing your great athletic infrastructure and oh yeah built a Football Culture just like your Top 4 Sports.
As a European casual enjoyer of the soccerball. I for one, liked the U.S. style of playing. I thought you were exciting, aggressive, energetic, attacking but very naive, but that comes with experience and coaching. Technique beats athleticism 9/10 times btw.
Van Gaal has coached a couple of the biggest club teams in the world...and won silverware at all of them. There is no shame in losing to the Dutch and Van Gaal. Van Gaal will bore you to death and as you are about to die they will score.
So again, I thought the U.S. were one of the better teams in terms of style. Now if you's can marry that with substance, the U.S. will win the world cup.
(substance means players that are rated over 90 on FIFA)
US lost the midfield battle today… Thus the US lost…
I think this game was more suited for a 4 4 2. Netherlands played with a 3 5 2 so that midfield was all dutch. Instead the US would push the full backs up to help with the midfield. You saw this in the first goal with dumfries open on the right side.
They beat Iran and thought they were really something until they played a real team haha
I mean we drew England is England not a real team?
@@rlubin9356 let's be honest England are an up and down team even with all their quality. And that day they didn't play to their best to say the least.
I don’t think Berhalter is to blame, his tactics were pretty sound. One thing he can’t control is poor finishing or lack of depth on the US team. Goal scoring has been an issue for a while and it was inevitable that as the opposition got better it would become a bigger issue.
He should've called up players who CAN put the ball in the back of the net. So it is largely on Berhalter for his stupid MLS quota
Perhaps you should learn about ⚽ tactics, you clearly don't understand what you see 🤔
There’s no excuse to turn off during a match of this magnitude, and that’s what the US did. When they are not aware of where the opponents are at, it’s an issue. I don’t know if Zimmerman needed to mark the far corner but leaving Dumfries alone, unmarked is inexcusable. Then, before that, no one is positioned at the top of the box to stifle cutbacks. Netherlands scored two goals because of that. This is a coaching problem and a player problem. Maybe we need to bring in a new coach, maybe an internationally well respected coach.
I feel like it was more of the fact that the USA played with such high intensity that by the time they played Netherlands, they just had no gas in the tank
Dat heb je juist gezegd, Team US verspilde energie in de groep fase, dat is onkunde van de coach hij bepaalt hoe het team speelt, in deze klimaat en temperatuur kun je niet zo spelen, dat vreet energie, dus Berhalter heeft dat niet goed benaderd, ten tweede wat hij fout deed is dat hij in zijn hoofd had ik wil actratief voetbal spelen zoals Nederland dat gewend is om te doen dat romantisch denken komt door dat hij 7 jaar in Nederland speelde kwam als jonge jongen naar Nederland om professioneel voetbal te spelen dat heeft hem gevormd als coach, alleen je moet wel spelers hebben met de kwaliteit om zo te kunnen spelen op deze manier, dat heeft US niet, voetbal speel je ook met je hoofd met je verstand niet alleen met de benen, je selecteert de beste spelers daar baseer je systeem op , je kijkt als coach ik heb deze spelers en hoe kan ik wedstrijden winnen met deze spelers , daar zoekt een coach een systeem uit wie de spelers kunnen uitvoeren, maar Berhalter wou op een 4-3-3 spelen maar heeft niet goed gekeken of hij daar wel de spelers voor had , om 4-3-3 te spelen, Nederland speelt niet op een manier waar wij als Nederlanders blij van worden, maar Louis van Gaal, denkt dat hij op de traditionele manier van spelen , niet wereldkampioen kan worden, daar om laat hij zijn team in 3-4-1-2 spelen, op deze manier heb je een goede organisatie, en kun je in balbezit goed counteren one touch football ⚽, de goals wie Nederland maakte ontstonden wel uit balbezit 20 passes tot het een doelpunt werd, deze uitvoering is nog steeds de Nederlandse totaal voetbal, maar veel minder dominant aan de bal . Wat wij normaal wel gewend zijn.
Robinson isnt the stalwart everyone thinks he is. He had bad first touches the whole tournament and his defensive success is mostly a result of his incredible pace and strength, not actual defensive quality.
Yep! Great athlete not technical… We don’t need the US’s greatest athletes… We need to learn to develop tactical players.
Maybe USA should take Louis after this wc. Than he will take you guys on another level forever. Look at the way Bayern München plays even years after van Gaal was gone for years. They still play his style and win.
This US team still has a lot of untapped potential. Their time to shine is next WC at home.
I enjoyed seeing the fighting spirit of this team.
Greetings from the Netherlands
That's the attitude we play football wat is this soccer you talk off !
Basic defensive errors cost USMNT the match.
To the Americans here, I rooted for your team in the group stages because I love the spirit with which you play football (sorry I can't call it soccer). I preferred you to win over Iran as well because it would have been a better challenge to my Dutch team sportively. You played a very good match and I enjoyed watching the game. I'm still happy we went trough to the next round. Root for us to win the final, I would have rooted for you to do so if won!
Great analysis guys. In hockey those Neth goals were drop passes all 3. They did not mark the trailers. How does that happen?
bad management, coaching and training
The Netherlands have a squad of players who play in the toughest leagues in club football, twice a week. Honestly, the USA did well. I hope for the USAs sake that their first team players get a few years of starting in the top European leagues between now and the next world cup
The Dutch league is not that much tougher than MLS tbh. They were an elite team in years past because of bonafide world class players. Without that now, they're very beatable.
The Dutch are suprême in sports 🇳🇱
@@Kickingit06 the Dutch league has a lot of MLS-level clubs but the MLS doesn't have any Ajax/PSV/Feyenoord-level clubs, nor does it have any UEFA continental interplay. The Eredivisie is clearly superior to the MLS. But also, only a relatively small portion of the Dutch squad actually plays in the Eredivisie.
@@Kickingit06 the Dutch league consistently produces players that go on to Real/Barca/Milan/Liverpool etc. It is a great league full of talent
@@BrianStorm742 this is a good call, the European intercontinental tournaments give such great exposure for high level play at important matches…that kind of experience is hard to match with the MLS being more of a place to end your career for some 🤔
16 teams 10 South American and 6 North American teams, Copa America 🏆 needs a reform, this would rival the Euros, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, let’s make this happen.
the South Americans gain nothing from playing against inferior opposition, bruh. they rather play against Europeans
maybe if you wave some $$$ aroinf they might be open to it.
Finally someone with brains. As long as the US is member of the CONCACAF they will never improve. Playing in the Gold Cup every year with pathetic teams is no way to measure your strenght against strong opponents and improve
@@dgar1206 Mexico, Canada and USA are definitely better than Paraguay, Venezuela and Bolivia but the rest of CONCACAF are pretty bad
@@dgar1206 facts 😂😂😂, it would generate a lot of money 💰 tho.
Herc nailed it with the possession disparity. NL were, largely, ushering the US into inopportune spaces, and their back line was always their to intercept the crosses. They transitioned awesomely from defense-to-offense. I think NL could've dominated the ball, if they wanted, or needed, to.
Fun game to watch, though. NL vs. ARG would be a fun match (assuming ARG win).
DENNIS BERGKAMP! DENNIS BERGKAMP! DENNIS BERGKAMP! DENNIS BERGKAMP! DENNIS BERGKAMP! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
50/50 I think
We're coming for revenge (2014 semi's) 👉🦁👈
50/50 but I’m giving the edge to NL. If they be more clinical in front of goal . Today they were a little wasteful. They could have finished 5-1
Van Gaal: “The US team made no adjustments”
I knew when Pulisic missed that gimme it was over.
As an England fan, USA have been impressive all tournament. Shame you lost out. Concentrate on next four years and you could be a real global force to be reckoned with.
The only thing i didn't like about the team was the coach to be honest. As much as the USA football team is young, inexperienced but they are improving vs 10 years ago. He didn't utilize Aaronson nor Reyna which is a shocker to me to be honest. Tyler Adams is an absolute beast in the midfield. Pulisic ain't that bad, Dest has opened a lot of people's eyes that he is actually a sound player. In Conclusion, I'm not American but i am truly proud of the Americans developed their football over the years specially after that sprout happened in Germany it has accelerated and opened a new avenue for Americans to actually play at a high level and that is only going to get better. I'm expecting Quarter Finals for USA in 2026.
usa defense didnt show up today, all greg berhalters fault
I think we can be critical of Greg for nearly anything, but giving up 3 goals that ultimately were due to the US losing there markers. That’s unacceptable and 100% on the players in those moments
@@kendalletten-bohm5152 its gregs fault for now prepping the team with defense
@@jasoncowan4357 you learn to track your markers in U6 soccer. Those goals are on the players. Full stop.
Incorrect
@@kendalletten-bohm5152
Why'd he start Zimmerman? CCV would have made a huge difference in the back.
Won 1 out of 4. Won the we beat England trophy 0-0. Safe flight lads
The US played very well against one of the very top teams in the world-u could see how amazingly skilled the Dutch team was in their finishes, and honestly the US isn’t at that level yet in strikers. But the US showed they’re a great team and never stopped fighting. They outlasted Germany, Belgium and Uruguay too 😅
Outlasted to make a fool out of themselves
since when usa is a football powerhouse? we knew hopeless usa will be out again Netherlands, you are not deserve to QF, you can not even beat mediocre wales and barely ditch iran, not to mention those bad teeth english plays safe for both of you 😏
@@saigoneseSG "You are not deserve to QF"--lol the team that gets to the QF is the one who deserves it. I never said US team is a powerhouse but they played well and reached their potential. If England played safe it's cause they know US team is good ;) Go pick on another team like Argentina, they barely beat Australia and lost to Saudi Arabia...
Ha! The US team will never reach that level. They are an overrated team that is overhyped by the US media.
@@markmolino679 The US only needs to train 1-2 great strikers, then they'll be Better than Argentina...Argentina is gonna lose to Netherlands which shows the US team is of similar quality. US team will be in Top 8 by the next WC ;)
We just dont have the talent to advance deep into this tournament. We need goal scorers, thats what matters in the end. We always play competitive and we never put away our chances. We have a long way to go in this country when it comes to developing top world class footballers.
No we need runners and better coaching. These mistake against Netherlands were horrendous. If the US would've played like Mexico during the last match, the US would've had a chance
Don't have the talent? Lmfao what? This team is very talented, there is coaching issues and other issues that need fixed.
@@GalacticNovaOverlord pal last time I checked Mexico 🇲🇽 got knocked out a few days ago 😂😂😂
A better defensive game is sorely needed, we have seen lapses in all 4 games played. That 3 rd goal was a gift to the Dutch…..offensively we did not make most of the opportunities!…. We were definitely outcoached!
@@deonte9014 i immigrated from europe and in my younger days i had that instinct and talent for this game that i dont see in the US squad. Sorry but it is what it is. The chance that Pulisic had he needed to recognize that he has all the time in the world to control that ball and place it in the corner on his good foot and not rush it like he did. The instinct for that is missing. Also Adams not tracking back Memphis cost us the first goal, that does not happen to defensive midfielders with that instinct for it. Like i said we have a long way to go.
If you’re gonna press, you have to have your legs ready to track back when you lose the ball. Undisciplined marking lost the game.
Adams wasn't wide on DePay's run on first goal. He was right behind him, jogging, not sprinting to catch him. So that's how you lose...
Netherlands have purpose they run to spots, we just run forward and hope. We do need better coaching. And blaming Pulisic is kind of sour grapes, he was involved in all our goals. But when your the face, one day You're the hero, the next day the goat. Unfair, but life.
You were waaaaay to open at the back. All top 10 teams will punish on the counter when you play like this. It was naive.
@@dylanvogler2165 they run around like Leeds.
@@thomasbays8292 yeah
Football in America still needs to develop
It won’t as long as they keep calling it soccer.
The U.S. has only begun developing in the last 20 years. The best athletes still play other sports here. They are at least 10 years away from being a top team and without a miracle run at a world cup the quality athletes continue to ignore the sport.
Seriously people thought USA would go thru against the Dutch.............
Wow
😂😂😂😂
Really the USA national team they show a nice football to USA fans, take it easy everything has a chance to win .
LVG has World Cup experience. 8 years ago he took the Netherlands to a 3rd place finish undefeated. Greg Berhalter does not have this experience. Depay played on that team 8 years ago alongside more experienced players.
LVG also failed to qualify for the WC in Korea and Japan with a squad of players he knew very well and who had way more quality than the current squad. The problem was, the players also knew Van Gaal very well. Even today, Van Gaal blames the players for this, not himself.
Shots were there on goal. Pulisic kept em on the ground though. I know the other goal keeper was like 6'8" but I would like to see those pulisic shots fly airborne.
Yeah I think that was why he kept trying low.
Thankfully, half of the noise pollution ceased. I have seen comments such as if US played world cup since long they would already won a few by now. The pompous audacity and usual attitude makes it off putting to root for a promising force. Same with England.
Berthalter is a must go. I don’t see anything tactical that he can do in the next 4 years that’s going to give us a much better chance to go further. He gotta go!!!!
SOCCER LOST TODAY. UP NEXT IS THE "SOCCER-OOS"
Lmao soKKer
Yeah but that US goal though. I've never seen anything like it before. That straight up defied physics.
It was luck, not skill!
@@Ronaldoluiznazario Doesn't make it any less amazing.
The good thing is that, unlike true football fans from countries that actually have a passion for the sport, American sport fans will not cry or be too dejected, they'll just go back to watching their true passions, NFL, NBA, college throwball or baseball!!
Wall got ten feet higher.
Congrats for offering the usual arrogant, shitty take on the American sports landscape. It's precisely because we have several sporting options that we aren't better at football...real football.
Because they don't take football seriously like the rest of the World. They see it as a hobby, that's why they will never reach the levels of an Argentina, Brazil and Netherlands. They're a mediocre team that is overhyped by the US media.
Nah, I’ll go back to watching the clubs when they resume in January after the cup. LaLiga over NFL in this house my friend
75-80% of US "soccer fans" just magically disappeared several hours ago. crazy
Like the Australians will be out after Messi and co are through with the Socceroos, the Americans were knocked out by a very football experienced country, Holland.
The Americans had no one to push through the defensive solidity of Virgil and Ake.
I like the objective analysis from the guy on the right. Zero emotional BS or US homer bias
Frankie de Jong and Memphis Depay are just too good. It's just come down to quality of players in the
knock out rounds. They will show up. So the effort from USMNT will always be appreciated but sometimes
they need 2nd coming of Eric Wynalda, Landon Donovan, Claudio Reyna, Cobi Jones and Alexi Lalas and so on.
Those guys are different animals regardless where they played in the world.
I am a fan of Frenkie. But this game he was not at his best. He can do so much better.
Defense didn’t show up. Can’t connect in the box to score
The biggest difference was the coach. Holland also doesn’t have an MLS quota.
I think the draw against the lathagic minus Foden England gave them hope. Get real people, the knock out stages is where the truth becomes known....
False hope. They didn’t really outplay England as much as Southgate just fucked up