Sad to see us lose it at the 83rd-84th minute. I was wondering why SH didn't make subs earlier but TBH, I couldn't think of anyone on the bench who could have come on and been a real game changer. I wonder if he was hoping to make it to extra time, put out more defensive subs and roll the dice on penalties.
I felt we looked good passing around the ball but we lacked the bite at the end and we became all too predictable as the final option almost always was a long ball to KJ. Although our transition from defense to attack was faster that in the ES game, we were still slower than the Mexicans and resorting to the long ball didn't really work. I thought that Glenn should have taken the chance to run at the defense a bit more especially seeing that KJ usually attracted multiple defenders whenever he moved. Maybe Molino would have helped speed up our attack and provide more creativity.
Considering SH had 2-3 weeks with the team prior to the tournament, this is a much improved performance compared to those of the recent past. Hopefully we can build from here as he has time to really settle in and scout out players.