Here's my player evaluations from last night. Lets start at the top.
Turner - Stock WAY up. Matt stood on his head in the first half last night and kept the US in the game. Has probably earned at least some discussion on being the #1 keeper.
Vines - Stock down then up. Not the best first half but played much better the second half at both ends.
Sands - Stock down then neutral. Started out flat and made two big errors. The poor touch off a shot was almost deflected in for an OG but Turner stepped up. Much calmer the second half.
Robinson - Stock up. Can't get any higher for him. Just solid all game. Mainstay of the back line.
Moore - Stock neutral. Ok defensively but didn't get much going down the wing in the attack. Ok match.
Acosta - Stock up. Played ok and was disrupting to the Qatari attack. But his big factor was his gamesmanship in slowing the taking of the penalty. Don't like that? Well get over it. Its just part of the game now and he did a fantastic job. Had they scored that penalty the outcome may well have been different. The miss and the US got juiced and immediately took over the game.
Lleget - Stock neutral at best. Tireless player and did well the last 15 minutes clamping down the midfield but he didn't generate anything going forward.
Busio - Stock neutral. Had some good defensive moments but like Lleget just didn't do anything in attack to help break down Qatar.
Arriola - Stock neutral. Just didn't find much space to do anything on the wing.
Dike - Stock down. Ok hes clearly not 100%. But that still doesn't explain his play. He finally did get two good runs. Terrible first touch on one and didn't even get a shot. Then on the semi break from Hoppe he promptly shot right at the keeper. Just has to do better.
Hoppe - Stock up, again. Just does whatever he can at both ends of the field to make things happen. His feed to Dike on the semi break was superb.
Roldan - Stock up. Did what you want a sub to do. Turn up the energy and he finally got things going on the right wing.
Zardes- Stock up. Way up. Has to start Sunday. Has to. Yes he got to go against a tired Qatari back line. But he scored the game winner and was in their face the whole time he was on the field.
Cannon - Stock up. Did what a sub in the back is supposed to do. Shut down that side of the field.
Giocahinni - Stock up. When you sub in for the best player on the field (Hoppe) you better do something. He ate them up and got the winning assist. Plus he drew numerous fouls down the stretch. That is the way to kill off a game. Well done kid!
Williamson - Stock up. Strong effort breaking up Qatari attempts to start any buildup. Some good passing forward and had a hand in the start of the play leading to the winning goal.