Three Thoughts on United States' Win Over Ecuador

The first 45 minutes were awful, then Darlington Nagbe and Bobby Wood were subbed on and soccer was finally played.

There's no point in recapping that mostly disaster of a game between the United States and Ecuador. Darlington Nagbe stole a win at the death with a wonderfully deserved goal.

This was a tale of two halves, one in which the USA were mostly bad and another where they were mostly good. Also, those Ecuador kits are nice, bring back the sash Nike.

1. The following players were not good...

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