i use to like USA soccer team when they play players like Alexy Lalas,Tony Meola,...
Now i think you have a good goalman (Howard) and fast counter attack(Landon Donovan,Dempsey,Bradley,...) but you have very poor defense,and you get too much red cartons.I think defense is your biggest problem.
And i think you play good in this tournament but it is bad because now everyone will see what is your weaknes(defense) and they will get advantage off.You do not have a player who can "step on the ball" in situations when you are winning,you can not know how to steal the time when you are winning,....there is a lot of problems your team have and great and expirience team will know how to play against you.And the big problem is that you do not have enough new players to put in the squad.
Like Spain,Italy,Germany,Argentina,Brasil,....they have so much players that they can replace bad with good,but in your case you have maybe 16 good players and this is it.So you can be easy read in the game,no surprises.
Like if you are remmember when i critise spanish coach why he didnt attack with Guiza,and you see how good he was when he score two goals in the next game.Thsi si what i am talking about.Other teams have too much players so they can replace anytime they wannt.