He's has a nose for the goal, but he's usually lazy defensively. Tonight he hustled, probably because he didn't like being the sacrificial sub last game. He'll have to be even bigger in the next game. US is going to be down 3 players that have been a big part of this unit.
I'll give you that. There have been Defensive Laxes, I won't argue that but much of that REP has come from times when he has not been 100% and he hasn't "let on" about that at times for various reasons. Mostly that he felt the team would be better with him on the Field than not so there....
...we do encounter an issue.
Just as I can't debate that Dempsey Defense has indeed at times been worthy of the term "lazy" the bigger issue is with Ego where that regards Dempsey feeling like he should be the one to decide if he should play or not when he is less, and on occasion far less, than 100%.
And yes, absolutely Dempsey Defense in the final 3rd can get scary if your bet is on USA but the guy is only 4 days younger than God for chrissakes. God made Dempsey right after he created the artichoke.
Which I still have no idea why God created artichokes.
Or Mosquitoes for that matter.
No clue.