I see what you're seeing about our attack, I just saw it break down too many times to trust it. You MAY be totally right, and it can POSSIBLY totally be effective, BUT what if it fails?????
The one USA staple is that our defense may not be pretty, it may not look like it does its job, but the results always speak for itself. A WIN is a WIN, a DRAW is a DRAW, and a very close loss can still sent you on to the next rounds, so really, that has become our bread and butter. You're right, our defense didn't look particularly great, but again, I FEEL that is more credit due to Germany/Portugal/Ghana than it is a shot against our defense, especially since for all that those teams dominated the possession time, attacks, and shots on goal, one thing remains, we advanced and two out of three of those obviously better teams didn't.
One thing I don't like is how Jurgen has changed our Corner Kick strategies.. Sometimes we don't even take the free kick rather dribble it out or pass it out, that is a total waste because Corner Kicks have been one of the most potent USA scoring methods for like 20 years now, why give that up? Its possibly our only advantage against teams, that we score GREAT from the corners..
Again, we are seeing it the same way, I just think that the better gamble is to stick with what has worked in the past and indeed what worked in this tournament, to lets say "
half park the bus"
