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Good Win Over Jamaica & Bradley's Decision-Making
Michael Bradley turned in a terrific performance for the US MNT against Jamaica in the US's crucial and dramatic win. While hipster football "fans" will continue to degrade the US (it's only Jamaica, they'll say, or, Germany were badly shorthanded...) and wear Spain jerseys in public, real Americans will take heart from a gritty performance, and admire the job done by Bradley. 90% of his passes were completed, and the only time he lost the ball he did so seeking to play the team forward, on long attacking passes. Holding midfielders take note. And wide defenders, recall that the right back, Evans, scored the game winner on a play from the left side of the field.
Here are the 61 complete passes he played:
...And here are the 7 incomplete passes- all lost in the Jamaica half, all forward passes:
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