Jermaine Jones shines in scoreless draw with Columbia
Jermaine Jones was the lone star in an otherwise unimpressive scoreless tie with Columbia. He hustled to get balls on defense. He spread the field with excellent passing. And overall created a lot of opportunities for his teammates which they failed exploit.
It wasn’t a bad performance by the Americans, but an average to good showing at best. Definitely not a great showing. Leagues from being an elite showing.
When interviewed after the game, U.S. coach Bob Bradley said he hope to continue developing the “talent pool of players” for the remainder of the year, before “narrowing down” the most competitive team for next summer’s Gold Cup, which coincidentally determines who will represent CONCACAF in the 2013 Confederations Cup, aka the World Cup warm-up.
Next up: The U.S. return to South Africa for an exhibition against the home team on Nov. 17 (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2/Galavision).
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