Look back at USA Denmark

If the friendly on Wednesday between the USA and Denmark tells us anything its that Bob Bradley has a very shallow player pool. The team which took the field could hardly be called a full strength squad, with key European players such as Tim Howard and Clint Dempsy missing. Also missing was Landon Donoven, who was resting ahead of his MLS cup final with LA in Seattle. Bradley choose to field a squad of mostly MLS caliber players, including FC Dallas player Jeff Cunningham, and LA Galaxy midfielder Edgar Castillo who earned their first national team goal and first call up respectively. The US seemed to be off to a good start. with Cunningham capitalizing on a Denmark defensive error to score in the 26th, however the rest of the game was decidedly more depressing, and the US would loose the game three one.
The entire point of freindlies is to learn and apply new methods and line ups, and if Bradley takes away anything from this match it should be that he shouldn't fix what isnt broke. A usually on point Jozy Altidore was obviously uncomfortable and flat playing alongside Eddie Johnson, who replaced Cunningham as a first half sub. The steady workmanship of Clint Dempsy would have helped the situation a bit, although to the forwards credit the midfield wasn't exactly being helpful.
In the midfield Ricardo Clark and Michael Bradley looked lost without Landon Donaven at their side. The Americans lost possession several times in the middle and failed to provide decent service for much of the match. Jermaine Jones should provide a much needed upgrade when hes healthy.
In the back Franky Hejduk looked flat and lazy, while Spector was played out of position, probably because 3 of the four US center backs are injured.
This may look like a whole lot of bad, but this friendly, and the preceding one against Slovenia, should raise no panic alarms. These are the kinks that must be ironed out before South Africa, and at least we now know that were not leaving out any key players from our line ups (except maybe Cunningham).