The Best U.S. Players Rose to the Occasion
SlateThe hotly anticipated post-holiday World Cup matchup between the United States men’s national team and England proved dull only for those who read its score after the fact. In the aftermath England’s players whimpered vaguely about their disappointment and talked up the clean sheet they kept, a result that all-but guarantees their advancement to the knockout round, but the truth is there were periods of the game when the uber-conservative Three Lions lost control of the match, knocked out of the alignment they cling to by the American energy and skill. The U.S. came out in an unexpected setup with two forwards, looking to play over England’s midfield to the size of Haji Wright or the speed of Tim Weah. pic.twitter.com/HTAs0gyshf — FOX Soccer November 25, 2022 England only came back into the game after Southgate started making subs, using Jordan Henderson to try to pull the American midfield deeper and Jack Grealish to draw fouls closer to the American box.
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