U.S. turns in miserable performance

The weather wasn't the only dreary, miserable thing in Wembley tonight, as the U.S. looks terrible in a 2-0 loss to England. So much for Bob Bradley's empty rhetoric about gaining respect.

No ton for Landon Donovan, either, as he was a scratch for tonight's game due to a "tight groin."

Captain John Terry and midfielder Steven Gerrard scored on either side of halftime and the U.S. only managed a couple of threatening shots.

The starting line-up was pathetic for the most part. It felt like Copa America all over again. There continues to be absolutely no life in the U.S. attack. Where was Jozy? Cooper? Hell, I'd even take Brian Ching over Josh Wolff and Nate Jacqua. When is the USSF going to realize that 9/10s of coaching at the national team level is picking the right players and Bradley is terrible at it.

Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard (18-Brad Guzan, 46); 6-Steve Cherundolo (27-Frankie Hejduk, 46), 22-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 5-Heath Pearce; 8-Clint Dempsey, 13-Ricardo Clark (26-Maurice Edu, 78), 4-Michael Bradley, 7-DaMarcus Beasley (11-Eddie Lewis, 68); 9-Eddie Johnson (14-Nate Jaqua, 89), 16-Josh Wolff (19-Freddy Adu, 68)

ENG: 1-David James; 2-Wes Brown (13-Glen Johnson, 58), 6-John Terry (capt.), 3-Ashley Cole (14-Wayne Bridge, 83), 5-Rio Ferdinand; 7-David Beckham (17-David Bentley, 46), 4-Owen Hargreaves, 8-Frank Lampard (21-Gareth Barry, 57), 10-Steven Gerrard; 9-Jermain Defoe (25-Peter Crouch, 68), 11-Wayne Rooney (22-Joe Cole, 79)