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England looked awful. Their failure to rally around their keeper after that horrible gaffe suggests they lack the team unity to win this thing.
Their lack of a defensive midfield player looked like a major coaching error during our comeback.
The US looked promising when behind, but their decision to sit in and play not to lose in the second half was discouraging. This game was winnable. Our defense was more lucky than good. Some good individual play, but with sloppy organization that left horrific central gaps which England fortunately failed to exploit. Offensively we show a lot of promise. Too bad Davies is gone, and Torres is sitting.
As nice as this tie feels, we will still likely need at least a win and a draw in the remaining games to advance. Not a done deal since we often struggle to beat teams we should crush, and sloppy defense often yields cheap goals that could burn us yet.
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