player ratings - USA v Jamaica

maybe i should start a soccer-only blog. become famous.

==

Meola - 5 - looked old, slow

Albright - 6 - struggled on the left. better on the right. unlucky on the headers.

Mastroeni - 5 much less of an impact on the game at central defense

Pope - 6.5 - made some quality stops. always around the ball in the penalty area. unfortunately, no finishes

Hejduk - 4 - great energy as always, but reckless tackles merited either 2 yellows or 1 red. could be a liability in the WC

Ralston - 3 - can you feel the rust?

Noonan - 5 - we've seen much better from him. looked slow.

Donovan - 7 - nice runs, poor service. tried to inspire with his persistent pressure up front. should've finished better.

Olson - 6 - Looked better than I've seen him in a long time. Got lucky on the goal

Wolff - 4 - Still don't see what he can add to the WC team. Poor finishing.

Twellman - 4 (no service, no Twellman) agree with what was said previously.

Johnson - 5 - Still trying to find touch. However, didn't lose the ball, kept attacks going with good distribution.

Ching - 4 Was he out there? Got lost among the trees.

Dempsey - 8.5 - Could be better in defense, but put constant pressure on the defense and created lots of fouls, more of which should have been yellow.

O’Brien - 6 - An average O'brien is better than 9/10ths of MLS players, but touch was clearly off.