USMNT ranking: Acosta and Steffen shine, defense suffers against Colombia

The US national team was taken to school by James Rodriguez and the Colombian class with a 4-2 loss in a friendly against Tampa.

After a terrifying performance in opening the plateau, the Italians headed up their flank at the start of the second half to grab their head thanks to a nice shot by Kellyn Acosta and Bobby Wood.

But finally, the veteran strikers of Colombia gave the young American back-row a vertigo to come out victorious with three goals on the attack.

Zack Steffen (6.5) – The goalkeeper of the USMNT has been suspended several times by his defense and should not be subject to any fault. Steffen made some decent stops and a strong choking thrust from his line.

DeAndre Yedlin (4.5) – It was a series of disappointing displays by Yedlin, who fell asleep on Miguel Borja's picturesque hairdresser. He offered very few positive passes in the future and showed almost no interest in exploiting one of his strengths by overlapping.

Matt Miazga (5) – The man from Nantes was undoubtedly the best defender of the USMNT of the night, which does not say much. At first, Snafus put his goalkeeper under pressure, but Miazga was able to counter two large blocks, including one close to the line. However, it was also too slow to recognize the goal of reducing the second Colombian goal.

John Anthony Brooks (2.5) – Even more than Yedlin, the Wolfsburg defender has piled up terrible American outings. And the mistakes made by Brooks are quite shocking: useless steps out of position, a shading of the key players on their weak foot and even a simple lack of haste. The center left back was guilty of two goals leaks and could easily have been more.

Antonee Robinson (1.5) – The cross match from the left-back was interrupted until he set up Acosta's shot, which is his only highlight of the match. Robinson was in the habit of not recognizing the overlap until it was too late, and this well paved road in his corner allowed Colombia to put the hosts in serious trouble, again and again. again.

Michael Bradley (6.5) – Despite all the chaos that reigns around him, the skipper enjoys a decidedly solid return. Bradley stopped several Colombian advances and rarely played a ball in the foot.

Kellyn Acosta (7.5) – The Colorado midfielder's ace scored his best USMNT quarterback. Between the last sprint in the surface, his reading of a small cross deviation and his solid finish, the goal of Acosta was magnificent. He also forced many Colombian turnovers, including one in his own box that eventually led to Wood's count.

Timothy Weah (7) – The PSG prospect was the only American striker to make a big jump in the first half, but had little or no help in creating a significant possession of Colombia's goal. Weah was finally able to propose a final product with a fantastic diagonal for Wood's purpose. He was also the only American winger to have a sustained effect in helping sideways.

Julian Green (5) – Greuther Fürth striker still has his strong moments, as when he escaped to score a decent goal early in the distance and his tackle facilitated USMNT's second goal. Yet there were simply too many passes and too many times when he neglected to stay connected to Acosta, which regularly served to kill property.

Kenny Saief (4) – I do not want to be too hard with the Anderlecht winger, as he is still trying to regain his perfect form after a pre-season injury. And yet, it must be said that his 58-minute shift was rather empty at both ends of the field.

Bobby Wood (6.5) – It is not the fault of the attacker to have touched a significant touch in the last third. The good news is that Wood has buried this unique chance with aplomb.

Dave Sarachan, coach (5) – I will not criticize the acting leader for the multitude of individual mistakes at the back, nor even for leaving Robinson in the corner to learn difficult lessons. It was a "learning time" friendly, after all. However, the Delgado-for-Weah switch completely disrupted American training, practically pleading the defeat he had.

Subs

Fafa Picault (5.5) – The Philly Union speedster found himself in good positions, but could not connect with his third offensive game.

Marky Delgado (5) – In 22 minutes, Delgado's most notable moment was not being able to follow striker Radamel Falcao on Colombia's third goal.

Ben Sweat (4.5) – Unfortunately, the entry of the beginner into the city did not stop Colombia from standing behind the US defense left.

Josh Sargent (6.5) – In a jiffy, Werder Bremen's teenager takes a clever trick to clear her way and create a chance.

Andrija Novakovich (-) – Cameo time.