Lalas: Matt Turner Didn't 'Change Anyone's Mind' In USA's 5-2 Loss To Belgium
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Alexi Lalas doesn't want the United States men's national team to brush aside goalkeeper Matt Turner's performance in its 5-2 loss to Belgium in Saturday's friendly. With the World Cup just over two months away, Lalas believes Turner's outing on Saturday was devastating enough that it should cost him the opportunity to compete for the United States' starting goalkeeper job with Matt Freese "Some day may start today for certain people, but I don't think it starts today when it comes to Matt Turner," Lalas said on the latest episode of "State of the Union." "You are going to be associated with shipping five goals. You, unfortunately, Matt Turner, don't get the benefit of the doubt because I do think that Freese is the incumbent. "I think we would all agree that this position has been such a position of quality and talent over the years — we're going into the second World Cup in a row, from a men's perspective, where there are questions about our goalkeeping, and that's not something we've had to worry about in the past." Saturday's outing was actually Turner's first start in net for the men's national team since June of last year. In that start, Turner gave up four goals in a 4-0 loss to Switzerland. Freese started in net for the USA in the 12 games after that showing, including all six matches in the nation's run to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final last summer. Freese averaged a goal allowed per match during that tournament, and has largely provided solid play in net for Team USA since he took over for Turner. The 27-year-old New York City FC goalkeeper has eight wins in those 12 starts, including three clean sheets. But U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino sounded as if he wanted to see Turner so he could evaluate his form in case Freese gets hurt. The U.S. was ahead before Belgium got a 45th-minute equalizer, the first of five straight goals. "Matt Freese was playing a lot in the last year with us and I think we thought that it was necessary to provide the opportunity to anot
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Alexi Lalas doesn't want the United States men's national team to brush aside goalkeeper Matt Turner's performance in its 5-2 loss to Belgium in Saturday's friendly. With the World Cup just over two months away, Lalas believes Turner's outing on Saturday was devastating enough that it should cost him the opportunity to compete for the United States' starting goalkeeper job with Matt Freese "Some day may start today for certain people, but I don't think it starts today when it comes to Matt Turner," Lalas said on the latest episode of "State of the Union." "You are going to be associated with shipping five goals. You, unfortunately, Matt Turner, don't get the benefit of the doubt because I do think that Freese is the incumbent. "I think we would all agree that this position has been such a position of quality and talent over the years — we're going into the second World Cup in a row, from a men's perspective, where there are questions about our goalkeeping, and that's not something we've had to worry about in the past." Saturday's outing was actually Turner's first start in net for the men's national team since June of last year. In that start, Turner gave up four goals in a 4-0 loss to Switzerland. Freese started in net for the USA in the 12 games after that showing, including all six matches in the nation's run to the CONCACAF Gold Cup final last summer. Freese averaged a goal allowed per match during that tournament, and has largely provided solid play in net for Team USA since he took over for Turner. The 27-year-old New York City FC goalkeeper has eight wins in those 12 starts, including three clean sheets. But U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino sounded as if he wanted to see Turner so he could evaluate his form in case Freese gets hurt. The U.S. was ahead before Belgium got a 45th-minute equalizer, the first of five straight goals. "Matt Freese was playing a lot in the last year with us and I think we thought that it was necessary to provide the opportunity to anot
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