United States’ Soccer Future Is Bright After Win over Mexico at Azteca

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Published: August 16, 2012

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Heading into the United States' friendly with CONCACAF rivals Mexico on Wednesday night at the Estadio Azteca, the talk of the town was the recent Olympic gold medal won by the Mexican U-23 team.

At the end of the night, all of the talk was about the future of American soccer, especially the players that played a huge role in the Americans' 1-0 win, their first in Mexico.

Although it was American goalkeeping legend Tim Howard who stole the show and preserved the win for the Americans, the core of young players impressed all American fans.

From the start of the match, the makeshift central defense pairing of Geoff Cameron and Maurice Edu were able to hold Mexican attacking chances to a minimum.

Cameron's skills at the center-back position not only were enough to impress fans of his new club, Stoke City, but American fans as well.

For the longest time, the United States has been searching for the perfect pairing in the middle of defense.

Captain Carlos Bocanegra has been in need of a new defense partner for a while, as he has seen Oguchi Onyewu struggle beside him. Clarence Goodson has played well, but not well enough.

Cameron may be the answer to that problem in the next two years heading into the 2014 World Cup.

The move of the 27-year-old Cameron to Stoke City will also give him more experience and more time in Jurgen Klinsmann's starting 11 if he excels in England.

While Cameron's talent was on display for the whole 90 minutes, it was two other players who came on as substitutes who made a lasting impact with American fans.

Brek Shea, who could do no wrong at this time last year but has had a troublesome season with FC Dallas, proved to everyone involved in soccer in the United States that he still has potential.

Shea came on in the 78th minute for Herculez Gomez and immediately wreaked havoc on the Mexican defense.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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