{"id":12641,"date":"2012-06-04T00:59:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T04:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=12641"},"modified":"2012-06-04T22:40:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T02:40:52","slug":"player-ratings-u-s-mens-national-team-vs-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=12641","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: U.S. Men\u2019s National Team vs. Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

After each match the contributors to\u00a0<\/em>New England Soccer Today\u00a0will 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 and Julian Cardillo contributed ratings for the\u00a0<\/a>USA\u2019s 0-0 draw with Canada<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim Howard<\/strong> – Average Rating: 6<\/strong> (Sean 6, Julian 6)
\nRelatively easy night, but did what was needed and distribution was good. (Sean) \u2026 Did all he was asked to do, made some basic to moderately difficult saves. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Edgar Castillo<\/strong> – Average Rating: 5.25<\/strong> (Sean 5, Julian 5.5)
\nMixed performance. Some good runs, but also some issues defensively. (Sean) \u2026 Liked to drift into attack, though he often did so aimlessly. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Carlos Bocanegra<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.25<\/strong> (Sean 5.5, Julian 5)
\nMissed another dangerous header off a free kick. Otherwise wasn\u2019t test much. (Sean) \u2026 Passing out of the back was average, and he failed to do better on some set pieces. Not a bad job pairing with Goodson though. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Clarence Goodson <\/strong>– Average Rating: 6.5<\/strong> (Sean 6.5, Julian 6.5)
\nUsed his height to good effect when Canada tried some route one long ball efforts. Proved an effective partner for Bocanegra and had an excellent, powerful header that nearly won the game for the U.S. (Sean) \u2026 Stood tall all game, worked well with Bocanegra and Onyewu and cleaned up a lot of messes. Good header late in the game. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Steve Cherundulo<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.25<\/strong> (Sean 5, Julian 5.5)
\nUnusually quiet night. Wasn\u2019t test much defensively and involvement in the attack was less than normal. (Sean) \u2026 Not a bad job defending, but couldn\u2019t join into the attack like he usually does. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Jose Torres<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/strong> (Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nSet pieces were solid and was active early, but largely ineffective in the run of play for most of his time on the field. (Sean) \u2026 Still can\u2019t figure out Torres role. Likes to take those long strides way too often and as a result didn\u2019t do much when he had the ball in an offensive position. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Jermaine Jones<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.25<\/strong> (Sean 4.5, Julian 4)
\nGood effort, at times, to get forward into the box, but too many turnovers. Didn\u2019t make much of an impact from his spot in midfield and picked up his typical yellow card. (Sean) \u2026 Subpar night from Jones. Seemed to have a temper and was one step too slow too often. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Michael Bradley<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5 <\/strong>(Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nDidn\u2019t have as much of an impact on the offense without Maurice Edu behind him, but managed to keep the play going and limited turnovers. (Sean) \u2026 Had a good set piece late on and did okay to clean up the center of the field, but was pinned too far back to be the engine the USA needed him to be. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Landon Donovan<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.5<\/strong> (Sean 5, Julian 4)
\nInvisible at times, but did have a nice combination with Dempsey and a quality cross to Jones early. (Sean) … Played way to wide. Not enough involvement in the thick of the action. Didn\u2019t run or create much. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Clint Dempsey<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: \u00a05.75<\/strong> (Sean 6, Julian 5.5)
\nCompleted an impressive 92% of his passes despite a clear effort by Canada to mark him tightly. Looked dangerous from the run of play and a set piece early. Faded in the second half and doesn\u2019t seem quite 90 minutes fit yet after recovering from his injury. (Sean) \u2026 Not a bad job by Dempsey to make some clever passes and get into the attack, but he was very tightly marked. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Herculez Gomez<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4<\/strong> (Sean 4, Julian 4)
\nFirst touch continues to let him down. Often isolated up top and doesn\u2019t seem comfortable as the lone forward. (Sean) \u2026 His first touch kept him from making the most of his chances and he didn\u2019t really seem to have a clear role. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub) Oguchi Onyewu<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Sean 5.5, Julian 4)
\nToronto started to take their foot off the gas a bit shortly after he came on, but played strong and smart in his final 28 minutes. (Sean) \u2026 Struggled to cover his men after coming on. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub) Jozy Altidore<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4<\/strong> (Sean 4, Julian 4)
\nDidn\u2019t see much of the ball, but would\u2019ve liked to have seen more of an impact from Altidore in his 28 minutes. (Sean) \u2026 Didn\u2019t do much to link up with Dempsey and didn\u2019t make many runs when he needed to. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub)\u00a0 Maurice Edu<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/strong> (Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nSolid performance for 17 minutes, but not enough to change the game. (Sean) \u2026 Came on a little late to be a general in midfield. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub) Chris Wondolowski<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: N\/A<\/strong> (Sean N\/A, Julian 4. 5)
\nDid he see the ball in his ten minutes? Not enough time or given a chance to make an impact. (Sean) \u2026 Did not had much to the game after coming on, maybe could have done more had he come in earlier. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub) Michael Parkhurst<\/strong> – Average Rating: N\/A<\/strong> (Sean N\/A, Julian 5)
\nTried to use his fresh legs to get forward, but not enough time to make an impact. (Sean) \u2026 Not sure he belongs at right back, but you have to applaud him for drifting into the attack. Undressed by DeRo late on. (Julian)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarence Goodson received our top rating among a host of mediocre performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12644,"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\/2012\/06\/GOODSONFEATURE.jpg?fit=490%2C240&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12641"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12652,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12641\/revisions\/12652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}