I think the effort was there. You can tell that they haven't played together as much because there wasn't as much communication and they didn't play off each other as much. That said, I would have expected better.
I would have liked to see the forwards make more runs. When Pulisic was on the field, it was night and day. He didn't only make vertical runs, but he made some incredible diagonal runs, too.
For those who complained that Pulisic got nutmegged at the end of the game -- he was covering for his injured teammate. Oh... that wouldn't have been a problem if the coach didn't use up all of the subs. Since it was a "meaningless" game (as we heard over and over and over), it wasn't that big of a deal.
Oh well... rest, recover, and get ready for the Milwaukee Messi.