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The two best US players are our goalkeeper (who seems to be the best in the world) and Altidore who was hurt almost the entire time. The team showed a lot of heart, had a very tough draw and the worst travel schedule of any team in the competition. I'm proud of them and plan to start watching some MLS games now that I can see the league isn't rubbish. What we need is a playmaker. We have never had one.
When I was a kid I used to watch New York cosmos games and watch Pele, Giorgio Canalia and a bunch of world class players who came there after their prime years. I've never seen a US player in his prime set up other players as well as those guys did in their 40s. It doesn't have to be Messi or Ronaldo, it just needs to be a world class midfield player who can create chances. It didn't look like any of ours were top 25 in the world and that makes it really hard to score against any good team.
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