Catching Up on the USMNT/U-23s

Costa Rica 1 USMNT 0

Another disappointing result for the U.S. Men as they have now won just once in their last six matches (1-4-1) following their 6-0 thrashing of Cuba during the Gold Cup. This on the heels of a stretch where the U.S. went 7-0-1 with wins over Mexico, the Netherlands and Germany this summer. While there were some bright spots - the return of Tim Howard, another strong showing from Bobby Wood, some solid play from Lee Nguyen, and Andrew Wooten's USMNT debut - the effort was largely uninspired leaving the U.S. with no momentum heading into World Cup Qualifying next month. While Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is hardly Mexico, neither was Antigua and Barbuda in 2012 and the U.S. needed a 90th minute goal to beat them. It's certainly not time for U.S. fans to panic, but this match in a few weeks cannot be one that's taken lightly. Vancouver's Kendall Waston and Montreal's Johan Venegas both started for Costa Rica in the win.

U.S U-23s 2 Canada U-23s 0

On the heels of a disastrous loss to Honduras, the U.S. kept their slim Olympic aspirations alive with a 2-0 win over Canada in the third place game of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament setting up an upcoming two-leg playoff with Colombia. The U.S. got some help as Canada's Giuliano Frano was ejected in the 44th minute after picking up a second yellow card and the Americans capitalized with second half goals from San Jose's Marc Pelosi and VfB Stuttgart's Jerome Kiesewetter.

Here's a rundown of the MLSers who featured for Andi Herzog's U-23s against Honduras in the semifinals and against Canada in the third place game:

Starters (vs Canada):

Matt Polster - Chicago Fire
Matt Miazga - New York Red Bulls
Marc Pelosi - San Jose Earthquakes - 1 goal
Fatai Alashe - San Jose Earthquakes
Wil Trapp - Columbus Crew (Captain)
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids

Subs (vs Canada):

Boyd Okwuonu - Real Salt Lake
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake

Starters (vs Honduras):

Boyd Okwuonu - Real Salt Lake
Matt Miazga - New York Red Bulls
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids
Matt Polster - Chicago Fire
Wil Trapp - Columbus Crew (Captain)
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake

Subs (vs Honduras):

Fatai Alashe - San Jose Earthquakes
Marc Pelosi - San Jose Earthquakes - Did Not Play

And here's some tournament stats for the U.S. (MLSers in red):

Goals (15):

Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart) - 4
Jordan Morris (Stanford) - 3
Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) - 2
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur) - 1
Alonso Hernández (Juárez) - 1
Emerson Hyndman (Fulham) - 1
Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls) - 1
Marc Pelosi (San Jose Earthquakes) - 1
Own Goals - 1

Assists (10):

Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) - 2
Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart) - 2
Jordan Morris (Stanford) - 2
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) - 1
Marc Pelosi (San Jose Earthquakes) - 1
Matt Polster (Chicago Fire) - 1
Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew) - 1

Appearances:

Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur) - 5
Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) - 5
Emerson Hyndman (Fulham) - 5
Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart) - 5
Jordan Morris (Stanford) - 5
Matt Polster (Chicago Fire) - 5
Boyd Okwuonu (Real Salt Lake) - 5
Alonso Hernández (Juárez) - 4
Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls) - 4
Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids) - 4
Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew) - 4
Fatai Alashe (San Jose Earthquakes) - 3
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) - 3
Ethan Horvath (Molde FK) - 3
Marc Pelosi (San Jose Earthquakes) - 3
Zack Steffen (SC Freiburg) - 2
Maki Tall (Sion) - 2
Gedion Zelalem (Rangers) - 2
Will Packwood (none) - 1
Charlie Horton (Leeds United) - 0