Agudelo trends upward in U.S. draw against Argentina

[Zeppo]

[HL]

darn! Mi figget you are an Argentina fan. 'ush!

[Bricktop]

you mean like altidore, adu, buddle etc.?

Don't forget Eddie Johnson...

[Gamma]

how could it, it you are a reggae boyz fan or supporter? doesn't change the truth of anything else though.

[Zeppo]

Hmm. The 2-0 home loss to Venezuela isn't going down so well with some of the forumites, I gather...

[Gamma]

you mean like altidore, adu, buddle etc.?

[Bricktop]

Another one? He will be on the rubbish heap in a year like the other overhyped forwards who have flopped for your side...

[Zeppo]

Young Agudelo trends upward in U.S. draw against Argentina

In the journalism world, one of the rules you often hear is this: Three examples qualifies as a trend. And we now have three examples that 18-year-old U.S. forward Juan Agudelo is a promising forward to watch at the international level.

Agudelo played in his third U.S. game here Saturday night, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring the equalizing goal in a 1-1 tie against a full-strength Argentina. It was an opportunist's strike, cleaning up the garbage by knocking in a rebound from Carlos Bocanegra's set-piece header. But it was also the third example we have seen that Agudelo can add energy to a game and contribute goals.

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