Post USA MEX thoughts part 2

I will take a different approach and briefly comment on each players effectiveness.
Bob Bradley - Overall I was not disappointed by his line-up or his substitutions. However I feel that are main weaknesses were winning balls in the middle of the field and maintaining possession in the attacking third. I think the answer to this is another body in the central midfield.
Howard - Superb as usual. Bocanegra - shaky at times but always manages to be in the right place when somebody else screws up. Onyewu - Scored a goal on a great header and didn't do anything stupid. Maybe he'll play a bit more consistently this year. Drew Moor - looks great on the ball and going foreword but blew it twice on defensive set pieces. Churundalo has this spot locked anyways. Ramirio Corrales - looked decent at times but questionable for the most part. We have to find somebody else to play left back. Convey - not his best game. Ricardo Clark - Doesn't have enough presence to cover the ground we need covered by our central midfielder. He played ok but didn't seem to win enough balls or have any success going foreword. Bradley - played better than Clark in most regards but still isn't holding down the center of the field like we need him to. We've yet to replace Mastroeni as that predator at defensive center midfield. Donovan - got more involved as the game went on and was one of our stronger players on the attack, but having him out on the right wing left Drew Moor often overwhelmed on that side of defense. Altidore - didn't see much of the ball early but did well to get onto the end of some passes when they came. The goal seemed simple enough but how many times have we seen that chance blown by Twellman/Ching/Johnson/etc.? Dempsey - saw a bit more of the ball and was able to hold onto possession under pressure better than I've seen him do in a while. I still think he may be better suited on the wing, but great individual effort on the no-goal.
Subs: Feilhaber - played surprisingly well for not ever seeing the field or even the bench for Derby. Adu- didn't do much at first but to see him taking on 3 Mexicans with the success of a Messi or Ronaldo... ridiculous. Lewis - played well. Edu - didn't see much time but looked decent.

My conclusion is that we need to try a 3-5-2. One more body in the middle will help us win loose balls and keep possession. We also need to move Donovan to a position with no defensive responsibilities. That floating center attacker is ideal. Also we need to try and fit Adu in as a starter.