Quote:Agree. I have not watched much USMNT leading up to the WC. Watching Bradley yesterday, I couldn't figure out why he gets "praised." It looked like he missed a lot of challenges,, let the ball go past him way too many times (leaving the next player to take the ball I guess,, he should've been more aggressive and taken it),, and many of his passes looked very weak and slow (like they could've easily been picked off,, some of them were).


Also, near the very end of the game, US needed to wind some clock. Bradley had the ball ahead of Ghana's defense, and could've taken it all the way down to the corner to eat clock. But, slightly past midfield, he basically just kicks the ball away, giving Ghana another possession to try and equalize.


I'm hoping Bradley is much better than what I saw yesterday. He needs to be. If that's his level,, well, that's just not near good enough to compete with the nations that US will see later this tournament.