Stuart Holden's "bitch, please (get your foot away from my face)" face. Holden has a nasty history of facial injuries [warning: graphic].Entertaining game. Very nicely done by Haiti.
- Jay Heaps - spent far too much time spinning like a dradle.
- Kyle Beckerman - reasonably good distribution, offering a number of dangerous slide-rule passes. No Pirlo, but a good creative defensive midfielder.
- Luis Robles - should have grabbed the cross to prevent the first goal. Not really culpable for the second. Didn't much help his case moving forward.
- Sam Cronin - showed quite well for an MLS rookie and international debutante. Hopefully he will continue to grow.
- Stuart Holden - Que golazo! 2 caps, 2 goals and an assist. Perhaps the best thing about the goal was his agility, getting down low to change to change direction quickly. That's what you want to see from your attacking midfielders. I told you he was one to watch. Also, this is kind of funny.
- Kenny Cooper - Disappointing. As with Adu, Bob Bradley's hesitancy to put him in the team looks justified.
- Davy Arnaud - Not bad, but at 29-years-old, not much upside. I swear that I could tell he was Texan just by his appearence. It's the Clint Demspey/ Lance Armstrong look (a combination of haircut and determination).
- Michael Parkhurst - still looked shaky to me.
- Charlie Davies - another good cameo, though he should have got that shot on frame. These are exciting times for the New Englander, who is on the verge of entering Ligue 1 finishing school with Sochaux.
Finally, Mexico's coach Javier Aguirre was slapped with a 3 match ban for the incident the other night, and the Mexican Federation fined $25,000.
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