The Americans played poorly against a team that was as good as expected

I've just found what the US media and bloggers had written about the soccer game Czech v. the US team yesterday.

We had a lot of guys who were in their first games and were a little bit nervous. But there's no more excuses, we have to play better than that.

The Czechs had 4 good chances and scored on 3. That's called punishing the other side's mistakes.

Both teams were under pressure. The first goal changed everything. The Czechs are very confident players. For us it was very tough. We have to get better quickly.

There is no excuse for not being ready to play. These guys have had 4 years to be ready. If we have that talent it did not show up today.

Bottom line, the US looked as good as they always have... just this time they were playing against a real team as opposed to Guatemala or Panama.

The Americans played poorly against a team that was as good as expected.

Routed 3-0 by the Czech Republic on Monday night, the United States might have a very short tournament stay this year.