The U.S. Men's Under-23 national team will play its finaly exhibition match before Olympic Qualifying kicks off in a month in Nashville with a match agianst arch-rival Mexico in Frisco, Texas tonight (10pm, Telefutura).
Head coach Caleb Porter will be trotting out a strong team against Mexico tonight, with Bill Hamid and Juan Agudelo leading a squad that will make up most of the team that will take part in CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying in Nashville and Kansas City.
Tonight's match should help offer some insight into the players Porter plans on using when qualifying begins, and which players have the best chance of being part of the Olympic Team this summer in London.
SBI will be providing live commentary on tonight's match so please feel free to follow along here. As always, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Tonight's Commentary is after the jump):
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VeRy interesting lineup w both Mixx and Adu, there’s a lot of playmaking on the field for the Nats, and a lot of speed on the other side with Gyau and Corona. This should a fun game.
Did I just see Agudelo with the Neymar-esque hair? Making a statement?
desperate for this as well…
Very excited about this skillful line-up. It may be the first time we have as much possession as Mexico.
Did this game switch from univision to telefutura. Because I totally thought this would be on univision. damn
idk if this is allowed pull it if not,but firstrowsports eu has it
He is hoping Barca will get confused and sign him for $40M.
Im excited to see Mix and Corona in action. Adu/Agudelo/Gyau should be fun too. Wishing Josh Gatt and Conor Doyle were in the squad too.
Awesome, thank you!
life saver. thanks
There is a live feed internet link at:
link to firstrowsports.eu
Streams at firstrowsports dot eu and sportlemon dot tv.
Game is on telefutura
Would this be considered Mexico’s “A” U23 team?
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Anyone who doesn’t think the olympics are important needs to think about how badly the senior side could use attacking options.
US attack looks goood. gyau, agudelo, etc. very dangerous looking. US dominating early.
Is Adu fat? or is he just gettin stronger? … maybe it’s my tv.
Anyone think that Mix playing in a defensive type midfield role will silence some of the “He’s too soft” chatter?
Is anyone else impressed by the confidence that the US has on the ball? It’s entertaining to watch. I’m not familiar with all of these guys but I plan on paying more attention.
Mexican NT fans get on my last nerve, we’ve been controlling possession for 20 minutes, and they finally string together more than 3 passes and they break out the ‘Ole” chants.
Let me be the first to say, Gyau has wheels.
I dunno, to me, Aguedelo has been off with his first touch (reminding me of Jozy) a lot. Can’t seem to trap the ball in flight down to his feet.
Otherwise, I think the US looks pretty solid.
Klinnsmann, we can play with skill and possession. Its just a matter of calling in the right players. Look at my post at 10:08. I predicted we would have possession when I saw the line-up.
Gotta give the Mexican announcers credit… they celebrate every GOOOOOOOOOOL no matter which teams puts it in!
Estados Unidos!
JUAAAAAANNNNNN!!!
And, on the poor non-pk call…leads to a corner, and Agudelo makes me eat my words.
Crow…tastes great when it’s against Mexico.
Holy Cow!
FREEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYY!!!
What great timing by me…Just turned it to the game and right after we score two goals… With that said can someone list the starting line-up for me if you can remember? Thanks.
I wonder how Colombians watching the game feel when Agudelo scores and the Telefutura announcer says “desgraciadamente” (unfortunately).
When will these Mexican announcers realize that the US team has Latinos from several countries, and that 19 other countries other than Mexico speak Spanish. Will they say its unfortunate when Corona scores too?
Oh and Adu scores a nice one!
I am loving our style of play!
Hamid; Sarkodie, Opara (c), Kitchen, Valentin; Morales, Diskerud, Corona; Adu, Agudelo, Gyau
It is Caleb Porters influence. All his teams play/look this way
I don’t where you’re watching but here in NJ the goddamn channel cut to commercials before and while the goals were scored, bastards.
Telefutura is still American even though it’s in Spanish.
10 dollars says that this game gets “chippy.”
That’s what I’m saying. He doesn’t even look like he’s trying and he’s just burning people.
+1
Mexico furious at the Americans ability to keep the ball.
They are missing a few talented players.
He definitely looks like he’s been on a Mexican chicken diet.
dumby
Wow- what a half!! This has been a great day for USA soccer so far. Keep it up in the 2nd half!!
By chippy you mean, “looks like a luchadore match is breaking out.”
Great half. Best possession game I’ve ever seen a US team play on any level.
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It’s a bit fuzzy but I could see our two goals just fine! Go USA!!!!!
my computer goes into sleep mode with the score at 0-0. I get it back on and its 2-0. Nice.
Who else is eligible for this Olympic team? Jozy, Boyd, Shea? Anyone else? Appears to be a nice little squad.
funny how 2 goals can shut them up.
Makings for the best USA performances in one night – ever!
Forget my link. The links posted above are better quality. Thanks guys!
Anyone excited to see how some of the usmnt players fit into the u-23 team? It’s gonna be a fight for playing time on this team, ton of great players
Porter already silenced it in his interview with the ExtraTime podcast. Plus he’s not in Norway anymore, he’s now in Belgium and playing regularly so far.
Colombia 2 Mexico 0
USA 2 Mexico 0
HHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA
This might be the first Olympic Team I actually think doesn’t need over-age players. Maybe toss Cameron or George John in there, but overall, damn.
Happy to see Mix looking scrappy on D, contrary to previous reports on his lackadaisical defending.
Player of the Match . . . Adam Johannson!
Are my eyes deceiving me? I’m watching US-Mexico, with one team passing with confidence in tight spaces and keeping possession, while the other is on its heels, unable to get out of its own end-awhich team is which? I’m confused…
Hands down, the best possession team I have ever seen the US put out there at any level! I am more excited about these guys than any other US group! They are actually out-possessing Mexico by a wide margin, and they play some attractive soccer! Caleb Porter for National Team coach!
Totally agree. I’ve only been watching the second half…us controlling Mexico like this, at any level, is fun to watch.
Where are all of you Mexican fans? You guys are hiding under your beds. HHAAAAAAA!!!!
I’m loving this.
We look great. Joe Wowis fast.
Great save from Johnson. Only one he’s had to make tonight.
Bye Juan. Good game.
+1
Is Hamid in goal?
U-23 looking good. Great night of soccer. USMNT wins, Mexico’s national team gets spanked (As* kicked, (HHAAAAA!!!!!!) and the U-23 is spanking the PICANTE out of the little Mexicans u-23 side.
Mix has been bossing this game. I hope he begins contributing to the senior team soon.
He still too soft for the big team, but he is still young
Johnson took over the second half.
Why is Will Wheaton goalkeeping for Mexico???
This team is more fun to watch than the senior squad
Wow, these Telefutura announcers are so biased it’s unbelievable haha
Wow! Totally a penalty!
Mexico U23′s still have better talent but we have the better team like always.
Kitchen owns the final 3rd!
By what standards USA U-23s have more players in Europe?
5-2 Vs Atlante…I would say they are ready for Santos
eurodouche
MOTM could be Valentin.
Mexico’s U23 team came up a lil’ “short” on this one.
Cmon Ives. Thoroughly dominating Mexico for the full 90? I know you are a homer but I though Mexico dominated the second half, but did not have the end product.
(SBI-Meant over the course of the full 90 minutes USA was better. Mexico played better in the 2nd half but dominated? Don’t think so. They were never really that threatening.)
GO USA, BYE BYE MEXAS, great day 4 us.
agree…was going to post the same thing. Got to believe Porter will get his chance
what a performance tonight. Hopefully just the beginning!
They had useless possession in the middle third of the pitch for the last 30 minutes, the U.S. could have made it 3 or 4 nil a few times early in the second half.
Mexico dominated the 2nd half???
What???
You can’t be serious?
that was one of the better on the ball performances I’ve seen from the US against good competition in a very long time.
That should have been a lot worse….Gyau and Mixx in beast mode with Adu and Corona not far behind.
Probably one of the most dominant performances I have ever seen from any US team. My MOTM has to be mix he was everywhere tonight
Very impressive performance, though it must be said that this Mexican u23 is no possession orientated like the senior squad.
I was also surprised how clean the match was, the Ives Jinx continues
Don’t you post here all the time? You seriously don’t know who is eligible for the Olympics? Chandler and Danny Williams, plus those guys.
Mexican commentators, towards the end of the game, praised Mixx Diskerud as one of the best all around American players throughout the whole game. They also regularly commented on how opportune and solid his defending was.
Gyau gave the right side of the Mexican defense nightmares. With Agudelo and Adu on the attack Mexico was really backed into their own end.
A lot of promising football from the US in this one.
With Opara we might only need one over-age CB. I’d take Cameron or Ream (John has done nothing since his failed move to Blackburn). Fabian Johnson as LB. Then our defense will be solid enough that we can take someone like Dempsey or Donovan even though our midfield is already stacked.
Actually that’s pretty relevant here…
Half a dozen guys could have been MOTM tonight, Kitchen, Valentin, Morales, Opara, Gyau, Agudelo, Adu… but I’d have to go with Diskerud.
Whatever happened to gale ag-something? Is he not fit yet? Still going to make the team?
We dominated pretty much every aspect of the game for the first 60 minutes. Mexico controlled possession for the last 30 minutes (after we started subbing players out) without creating much. It was a pretty dominant performance overall for the US.
Owned.
Fantastic combination of attractive possession soccer and high defensive pressure from the US tonight. It proved hard to maintain over 90 minutes, but for a while there it looked like there was only one team on the field.
If Opara plays like this for San Jose, they are going to have a very strong team.
Concacaf is getting stronger….no doubt
who is Mixx?
The first half was a different affair. The USA had more of the possession, but Mexico looked more skilled in their play. Aside from sending balls down the wing to Gyau, the USA struggled to look threatening. I won’t say the goals came against the run of play, but they were surprising…and a better goalie would have stopped both.
By the standard of watching how comfortable they are with the ball at their feet? Some of those USA Euro players — Morales especially, looked slow and awkward.
Just seeing if I left anyone out. And very lazy.
Great day. well all I have to say is look out world because the U.S. has some damn good U-23 players. And they were still missing Shea, Agbossoumonde, Boyd, and Gatt. Morales and Diskerud were very good. I still think Adu should be the #10. Corona was decent, btu Adu is better. I think Corona should be on the wing. I bet he is happy he decided to represent the U.S. over Mexico.
I thought Morales was dreadful. And as someone born in Peru I wish I didn’t think that. Hopefully I got my player mixed up or something.
This Mexican team is just as possession oriented as the senior squad, they just played a better, more skilled, more athletic, and all around more talented team. This is a new generation of national team players we saw tonight. Sit back and enjoy the show.
Great day for US Soccer. Senior team, womeans and olympic all winning!
Sounds like Mexico was missing a few key players but so was the US. I wonder what impact Brek Shea would have had in this match? Also think of Boyd and Altidore among others on this team. The US may be stronger at this level than Mexico.
Teal Bunbury is crap even at the U-23 level. This guy shouldn’t be called up to the US team at any level for like five years. In the meantime maybe he can join a local AYSO team and learn how to play soccer properly.
He has no shot to make the team. He is now with the Carolina Railhawks. He’s still young with a lot of upside and may eventually figure things out, but right now he is a walking disaster who makes awful career decisions off the field and boneheaded mistakes on the field.
I almost always agree with you, but not here. At first I wasn’t impresses with Morales, but as the game wore on, his physicality in there was nice, and he did not seem to tire like some of the other Americans imo
Mixx, Morales and Corona did some good things in the middle of the field as a group I thought
Mexico’s U23 team might draw from deeper pool of talented young players, but in terms of the individual top quality talent they are behind our U23. Gyau torched them all night even when they double and tripple teamed him, and he is only 19 years old (i.e., younger than most players in that U23 game). Did you see anyone on Mexican U23 team put together a similar performance? Mexican star players mostly did their ticki-tacka and hopeful long distance shots. And I am not even talking about goalkeepers, our U23 back up goalkeeper is significantly better than any keeper in Mexico’s youth system.
And that happened only after, the coach subed out his starters (Gyau, Agudelo and Adu) and put the subs in. The first 20 minutes or so of the second half, the US dominstated possession. This was not one of those victories when the team sat back and defended and was lucky to catch an opponent on the counter – they played a very attractive, attacking soccer. I am very optimistic about this team. They outplayed, outpossessed, and outscored one of the best Mexican youth teams and did it with class and flare. In additional, several first team players like Altidore, Shea, Chander are still eligible to play for this U23 team.
Mikkel Diskerud