[DC 86]

More generally, have to disagree with DC - I didn't see a lot of passion (at least until the last 10 minutes); the team was walking from the opening whistle.  Honduras owned the center of the pitch, and pushed the US attack wide, then double-teamed hard and physically.  The US outside mids spent an awful lot of the game passing back, with very few attempts at diagonal crossing balls, and the free kicks and balls out of the back were real crap, until Acosta's late blast started the game-tying play.

VG

Fair enough, I was commenting more on the team generally in these 16 games under Arena as opposed to the previous regime. The heat, humidity and field conditions certainly sapped the US's energy today and led to less aggressive play, but they didn't give up after conceding the opening goal and kept battling.

Regarding the outside backs, Yedlin will help matters substantially when he recovers from injury. I would like to see Justin Morrow get an opportunity on the other side, although Villafana has been passable.

[DC 86]

More generally, have to disagree with DC - I didn't see a lot of passion (at least until the last 10 minutes); the team was walking from the opening whistle.  Honduras owned the center of the pitch, and pushed the US attack wide, then double-teamed hard and physically.  The US outside mids spent an awful lot of the game passing back, with very few attempts at diagonal crossing balls, and the free kicks and balls out of the back were real crap, until Acosta's late blast started the game-tying play.

VG

Fair enough, I was commenting more on the team generally in these 16 games under Arena as opposed to the previous regime. The heat, humidity and field conditions certainly sapped the US's energy today and led to less aggressive play, but they didn't give up after conceding the opening goal and kept battling.

Regarding the outside backs, Yedlin will help matters substantially when he recovers from injury. I would like to see Justin Morrow get an opportunity on the other side, although Villafana has been passable.