Caught USA's friendly with Sweden yesterday, a pretty boring match. I thought the ref had a poor game, he allowed a lot of physical play and favored the home squad at that, and really lost control, not that it broke into fisticuffs or anything. Perhaps he thought he was allowing a European style of intensity but considering that almost all of the Americans out there play in Europe now and still looked off-balance, I think he was just a homer.
That said, the Americans were clearly the 2nd best team out there, no one had a good game, no one shined out and while they all played hard, no one played particularly well. The Swedes didn't exactly knock me out, with the exception of Kallstrom's goal (a bullet just inside the near post) and the pesky play of Ibrahimovic, a world class striker. USA's performance was certainly uninspiring but it was a friendly far ahead of any meaningful international competition, so nothing to really worry about, I'd say.
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