Several depth issues

Depth concerns have always been present, and may be why we exit the tournament. I know some were saying rotate everyone, and Poch nearly did that. Here’s what I saw, and I’m curious what others saw.

Weah looked like mentally he’s not in it. He didn’t have the fight we needed to see… to the point I would question his minutes later on. You need a winger to come on? Might bring on Zendejas or Aaronson before Weah. He didn’t seem to care much about the chance he was getting.

Most of our issues are defensive, and Turner was hung out to dry. I was in favor of giving Freese the game so he could get more touches, but maybe it’s better this happened to Turner. He’s got more experience to weather it.

Neither Miles or McKenzie are good enough at this level. Overall, I think McKenzie is the better off the two, but he always has at least one bad mistake in him each outing. If they have a Ream or Richards at their side, then they’d be better. Both of them out there together just makes it obvious they’re out of their depth. We need at least one of Ream or Richards out there to calm things down.

Türkiye got in Berhalter’s head, and the goal is not redemption. He didn’t tone things down after his yellow, and had had fouls that could have gotten him a second. When he scored, his celebration was directed right at the Turkish bench including spitting in their direction and glaring at them while blowing kisses. They were in his head, and he’s probably still angry this morning. He’s got to improve his mental toughness to withstand more if he wants a future with the team beyond this tournament.

Bright spots: Trusty and Scally both looked good.