King Landon and his Court take on the Jesters

Damn, those new jersey's are too pretty.

Yesterday, my two home countries battled it out on the pitch, and the country in which I reside kicked the snot out of my second home, Ecuador. Now, I watched this game with impartiality and think that I can analyze this game with all fairness.

This game was over before it started, but when it started, Landon Donovan scored a scorcher with his weaker foot due to a terrible clearance from an Ecuadorian defender. But there was hope for the Ecuadorians. Gonzalo Salcedo scored a nice goal off of the counter attack, but after this, the game was over. Both teams played out the rest of the first half in somewhat boring style. The second half started, and Landon Donovan decided to step his game up. He used his world class speed (I think he might be faster than Beasley) to beat the entire Ecuadorian back line after a beautiful through ball from Brian Ching and slipped the ball past helpless Ecuadorian keeper. Then, about a minute later, Damarcus Beasley charged up the left flank and cut a ball back to Donovan who was charging through the middle of the final third. He hit the ball first time just outside of the box and it went screaming into the net. Hat trick completed, and the game ended 3-1.

VERDICTS
USA- Awesome result. Ecuador is a tough team to play against due to their physicality, but the USA played them exactly right. Donovan was terrorizing the Ecuadorian back 4 all day. They just weren't fast or fit enough to keep up with him. Now, I offer a plea to Sunil Gulati... LET BRADLEY KEEP HIS JOB!!! I know that I was one of Jeurgen Klinsmann's biggest supporters for this job, but since you f&$%d that up, don't make another mistake. This team is responding to Bradley, and his player picking for these matches so far has been impeccable. Give the guy the Gold Cup and the Copa America. Let him show what he can do. As for the friendly on Wednesday against Guatemala, give me a break. I like this game to go over the 3 goal mark, with all of the goals coming from the US team. Prediction: USA wins easily 4-0.

Ecuador-Heading down a slippery slope. With Agustin Delgado (the greatest player in Ecuadorian history) now retired, they are having trouble in the attack. Also, the back 4 is aging. The average age of LB Reasco, CB Espinoza, CB Hurtado, and RB De La Cruz is 31.25 (now that's some research for you folks). Ecuador has had the same back line since the 2002 world cup. In terms of solutions for these problems, I have no idea. See, Ecuador is a third world country, and they just don't have the resources to be a consistent national power in futbol. Hopefully, coach Suarez will be able to solve some of these problems. Look for Ecuador to play better against Mexico on Wednesday. Prediction: Ecuador over Mexico 2-1