{"id":5876,"date":"2011-08-11T01:02:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T05:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=5876"},"modified":"2011-08-11T01:03:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T05:03:07","slug":"player-ratings-u-s-men%e2%80%99s-national-team-vs-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=5876","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: U.S. Men\u2019s National Team vs. Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the performances of the United States National Team players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1 horrendous, 5 average, 10 perfection). This week Sean Donahue contributed ratings for the\u00a0USA\u2019s\u00a01-1 draw with Mexico<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim Howard \u2013 5<\/strong>
\nNothing he could do on the first goal and Mexico didn\u2019t threaten his net otherwise.<\/p>\n

Steve Cherundolo \u2013 6<\/strong>
\nNot 100% fit, but Cherundolo continues to show why he is so vital to the U.S. His runs forward continue to be a bright spot when the U.S. struggles to find openings in the attack. Would\u2019ve expected more runs forward had his fitness been better.<\/p>\n

Michael Orozco Fiscal \u2013 4.5<\/strong>
\nLucky to get away with early physical play, but settled as the match went on.<\/p>\n

Carlos Bocanegra \u2013 6.5<\/strong>
\nDid well leading a makeshift backline and limiting Mexico\u2019s chances and had a good header on Donovan\u2019s corner.<\/p>\n

Edgar Castillo \u2013 3<\/strong>
\nSloppy giveaways and never looked comfortable defending. Bocanegra saved him on more than a few occasions.<\/p>\n

Kyle Beckerman \u2013 6<\/strong>
\nDid well playing just behind the defense. Constantly pressured Mexico\u2019s midfielders when they crossed into the U.S. half.<\/p>\n

Michael Bradley \u2013 4.5<\/strong>
\nHad some nice distribution at times, but was pinned too far back to aid the attack most of the match and beaten on Mexico\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n

Jermaine Jones \u2013 3.5<\/strong>
\nFailed to make an impact for the U.S. on either side of the ball. Looked a bit slow, possibly due to club play over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Landon Donovan \u2013 7<\/strong>
\nWorked hard in the first half, but couldn\u2019t get much going in the attack. Was at his best in the second half running at defenders and really leading the charge offensively. Probably deserved a penalty kick as well.<\/p>\n

Jose Torres \u2013 4<\/strong>
\nNot sure he\u2019s comfortable on the left, but he was rarely involved \u2013 offensively or defensively.<\/p>\n

Edson Buddle \u2013 5<\/strong>
\nIsolated up top, but actually did well to win some long balls sent his way and earn the U.S. a corner kick, leading to their first real chance. Can\u2019t blame him for the tough situation he was put in.<\/p>\n

(sub) Brek Shea \u2013 7.5<\/strong>
\nPlayed a huge role in turning the game around off the bench. Extremely active and confident in the attack. Man of the Match.<\/p>\n

(sub) Juan Agudelo \u2013 6.5<\/strong>
\nA couple of scuffed shots, but was a huge spark to the offense and played a vital role in the U.S. goal.<\/p>\n

(sub) Robbie Rogers \u2013 6.5<\/strong>
\nEasy finish, but Rogers was a big part of the U.S. offensive spark in the second half, including his potential breakaway that should\u2019ve earned Torrado a red card.<\/p>\n

(sub) Ricardo Clark \u2013 4<\/strong>
\nDidn\u2019t add much off the bench outside of blowing a pair of good U.S. chances late in the game. Not sure what he brings to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brek Shea provided a huge spark for the U.S. off the bench.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/howardfeature2.jpg?fit=490%2C225","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5879,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions\/5879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}