{"id":6597,"date":"2011-10-12T10:34:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T14:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2011-10-12T10:35:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T14:35:22","slug":"player-ratings-u-s-men%e2%80%99s-national-team-vs-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=6597","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: U.S. Men\u2019s National Team vs. Ecuador"},"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 Brian O’Connell and Sean Donahue contributed ratings for the\u00a0USA\u2019s 1-0 loss to Ecuador<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim Howard<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.75<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 5.5)
\nStood strong in goal, organized the D, made some brave clearances, but too many aimless balls down the field. (Brian) \u2026 Nothing he could do on the goal and not too many chances otherwise, but looked uncomfortable at times with the ball at his feet and distribution was lacking. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Timmy Chandler<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.75<\/strong> (Brian 5.5, Sean 6)
\nLiked what he did early, combined well with Shea. Added fire to the attack with good crosses; creativity somewhat lacking in the final third. (Brian) \u2026 Shut down the left flank and found ways to be useful in the attack despite favoring his right foot. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Carlos Bocanegra<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 6)
\nMopped up in the rear, cool and composed pushing forward, and despite the yellow, played well in the back. (Brian) \u2026 Good positioning an communication with Onyewu kept Ecuador from really threatening Howard\u2019s net. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Oguchi Onyewu<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.25<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 6.5)
\nClogged up the inside channel, seems to be resuming his gritty and physical \u2013 not to mention effective \u2013 self. (Brian) \u2026 Huge upgrade over the other center backs that have been paired with Bocanegra. Strong in the back and even aided the attack when the U.S. was pushing for a late equalizer. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Steve Cherundolo<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 6)
\nMay have been beaten for speed occasionally, but made good passes and runs forward. Quality on both sides of the pitch. (Brian) \u2026 Shut down the right flank until replaced by Spector. Good service getting forward and providing aid to Williams on the wing. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Brek Shea<\/strong> \u2013Average Rating: 6<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 6)
\nBlazed down the wing, showed good vision, but passed up a couple of sure fire shots; otherwise, anther good showing. (Brian) \u2026 Looks a bit hesitant in the box, but continues to tear up the wing with his speed and creativity. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Kyle Beckerman<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/strong> (Brian 5.5. Sean 5.5)
\nConfident on the ball, helped out his defenders, but looked a little too casual deep in the midfield. (Brian) \u2026 Thrives at winning the ball as a deep midfielder, but would like to see him get a bit more involved when the U.S. is searching for a goal. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Maurice Edu<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.75<\/strong> (Brian 5.5, Sean 6)
\nEnhanced the offense with good runs into the attacking third, but whiffed badly on 45th minute ball. (Brian) \u2026 Provided good support to the offense, linking between Beckerman and the wings and forwards, but should\u2019ve done better with his late first half chance that instead led to a counterattack. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Danny Williams<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 5)
\nBreezed through the midfield and wings, good on the dribble, but lost pace in the second half. Promising performance. (Brian) \u2026 Continues to show promise with good runs, but slipped on a good chance in the first half and disappeared in the second half. More experience with the national team shoud help. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Clint Dempsey<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 5)
\nDangerous early, but finishing wasn\u2019t there. Took a few too many touches. (Brian) \u2026 Led the U.S. attack in the first half, though he did have on bad turnover. Faded in the second half. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Jozy Altidore<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 4.5)
\nQuiet night, dull around the area, played a physical game but never threatened to put one through. (Brian) \u2026 Best chance came in the first minute, otherwise failed to make much of an impact of combine with Dempsey. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) DaMarcus Beasley<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/strong> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5.5)
\nFirst touch good, sharpened the attack with good runs, but appeared somewhat shaky a few situations. (Brian) \u2026 Continues to show promise that he has returned to the form that made him so deadly nine years ago. Decent shot, but service is still a bit inconsistent. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Michael Bradley<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 4.5)
\nFree kick comes close to squeaking in; defensively soft; crossing not particularly remarkable. (Brian) \u2026 Set pieces were good, but failed to make the impact Edu did. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Jonathan Spector <\/strong>\u2013 Average Rating: 4.5<\/strong> (Brian 4.5, Sean 4.5)
\nPoor clearance early in nearly led to a dangerous shot; didn\u2019t do much on the counterattack. (Brian) \u2026 Didn\u2019t have the impact of Cherundolo offensively or defensively.<\/p>\n

(sub) Juan Agudelo<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 5)
\nStepped right in combining with Dempsey; good runs, helped out on D as well. (Brian) \u2026 Couldn\u2019t get much going on the dribble, but had some nice plays setting up Dempsey. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Edson Buddle<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.25<\/strong> (Brian 4.5, Sean 4)
\nComposed himself on the ball, made a few decent runs; could\u2019ve linked better with Dempsey and Agudelo. (Brian) \u2026 Failed to make an impact after enter. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Tim Ream<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.25<\/strong> (Brian 4.5, Sean 4)
\nOutmuscled on the Ayovi goal; but otherwise, made the most of the remaining challenges. (Brian) \u2026 Beating on Ecuador\u2019s game-winning goal and didn\u2019t have much to do after that. (Sean)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Substitutions seemed to undo the U.S. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6160,"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\/09\/agudelofeature2.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\/6597"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6599,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6597\/revisions\/6599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}