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BlackCrowes
Footballguy
You guys are tough
SpurrierisisGod
Footballguy
I'll take a step away from the ledge... a small step though.
Sands - not good. Should only be an emergency call up.
Busio - still a Natty sub. I don't think we have a natural spot/formation to utilize him.
Miazga - should not be on WC 23.
The rest was what it should be. We are playing faster, calmer, and more confident. This GC seems to be about finding subs/up and comers and i think it is accomplishing that goal. And I love that we are all disappointed with nothing less than the trophy. Not so in years past.
T&T is horrible though. I was surprised at their lack of strategy and spacing. It's not all roses and unicorns. But I can watch a game like this and come away with more positives than anything.
Sands - not good. Should only be an emergency call up.
Busio - still a Natty sub. I don't think we have a natural spot/formation to utilize him.
Miazga - should not be on WC 23.
The rest was what it should be. We are playing faster, calmer, and more confident. This GC seems to be about finding subs/up and comers and i think it is accomplishing that goal. And I love that we are all disappointed with nothing less than the trophy. Not so in years past.
T&T is horrible though. I was surprised at their lack of strategy and spacing. It's not all roses and unicorns. But I can watch a game like this and come away with more positives than anything.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Well that was much closer to the U20 WC Cowell tonight.
Given that the other wingers have struggled, BJ may want to consider both Gressel and Cowell starting in the quarter finals.
Given that the other wingers have struggled, BJ may want to consider both Gressel and Cowell starting in the quarter finals.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
We will play the runners up in group D in the quarters.
Guadaloupe and Guat are tied for the lead on 4 points but play each other in the last game. Canada is sitting on only 2 but they have the easy Cuba game left.
We could meet any of the three.
Guadaloupe and Guat are tied for the lead on 4 points but play each other in the last game. Canada is sitting on only 2 but they have the easy Cuba game left.
We could meet any of the three.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I like Reynolds.
I don't see him supplanting Dest or Scally at this point but he seems to be the 3rd best at RB right now
I don't see him supplanting Dest or Scally at this point but he seems to be the 3rd best at RB right now
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
OL back in the hunt for Pulisic per Athletic
Lyon rival AC Milan by making €25m bid for Christian Pulisic
El Floppo
Footballguy
gianmarco
Footballguy
Mexico is winning the group either way. This match doesn't mean anything for them.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Fulham front-runners for Musah
Fulham will reportedly attempt to sign United States midfielder Yunus Musah from Valencia in a £20million deal.Marco Silva has money to spend and The Sun claim Musah is top of his wish-list with the Spanish side willing to offload.
AC Milan are looking into a deal with the 20-year-old but report says Fulham are front-runners and hope to pull off a coup.
New York-born Musah has 24 caps plus European experience, so he is ideal for Fulham as they look to build on a good campaign
GregR
Footballguy
My solution I'd implement if I was FIFA. First time gets a warning over the PA. Any additional chant of it or anything similar is a yellow card to their captain on the field. Three chants? Enjoy playing a man down, a-holes.
Problem is it’s not their home game. I don’t think you can reasonably hold them responsible
El Floppo
Footballguy
There are actually rules in place that are more draconian. 3rd time is game over. It's how the last US v Mex game ended... In the dying moments of ET of a 3-0 blowout. So nothing on the line at all.
They clearly don't give a **** about enforcing it during or after any games where it might actually have an effect on the game, and the mex fans know it. So they just keep on doing it, and Mex pays the 50 peso fine and listens to the harshly worded NEXT time you'll REALLY be in trouble bs from fifa and the confederation.
GregR
Footballguy
You don't think it's reasonable that it's their fans?
El Floppo
Footballguy
And it certainly wasn't Qatar's home game.
They certainly aren’t responsible for security at the venue. What is stopping US fans from doing it during our goal kicks to get a Mexican player ejected?
El Floppo
Footballguy
So the gold cup with its "neutral" venues other than the US team... It's carte blanche for all behavior like this. Ok. Apparently that's the case. Let's do it at all world cups too.
I think the host and organizers ultimately are responsible and not the teams at neutral locations. Probably postpone the game 24 hours and play in front of an empty stadium. You'd probably then get the fans policing themselves once they realize their ticket dollars are getting flushed down the toilet.
I don't recall issues at the last World Cup...maybe there were. I do know that if you didn't behave in Qutar that your trip wasn't going to end well.
GregR
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
While this stat will very likely not scale, the stat on its own is interesting because Landon played in a million of these minnow games in his career.
Jesus is already tied with Landon for most hat tricks in USMNT history.
Jesus is already tied with Landon for most hat tricks in USMNT history.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
While I have been very critical of Jesus in the past, one thing that is great to see along with the goals is his lack of selfishness. He continually drops deep and does a nice job combining and setting up other players. He is not spending his entire time just waiting for his chance to score.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
If Jesus only continues to terrorize Caribbean teams it will be worth it for the El Pirato nickname.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I saw him chasing defensively back to the defensive (high) line to help stifle a break opportunity. and that was late in his shift with the game already well decided.
He's no Balogun in terms of skills and ceiling and I can't imagine ever will be.
But certainly in the mix behind him... and as I mentioned last week- for forwards, whoever is scoring goals is the guy you want up there. that he's doing all this along with the dirty, unselfish work defensively and to help his teammates offensively. absolutely in the mix with Pepi.. this month.
El Floppo
Footballguy
lol. I thought about this post when I got back in here... its true.
I mean, yeah- SKN is the definition of minnow, so anything but a shellacking would raise eyebrows. But... shellacking it was. and I appreciated the way they went about it... seems like they were starting to understand eachother a little better and find some combinations that comes with that. tbh, it reminded me of the way the u20s played- decent, quick play through the midfield to open things up wide.
I expected a much different T&T than what we saw. They're never world-beaters (wet and bumpy outstanding), but usually decently organized with a couple guys who can hurt you and almost always competitive. They had Molino- who looked great- but otherwise were horribly organized and a complete shambles. I asked about formation last night because there didn't appear to be any midfield at all. Again- full credit to the US for taking advantage and taking care of business. and even more credit for the guys finding more relationships and understanding of how to play together. feel like we saw the A team play some games last WCQ where the other team wasn't all there- but nobody could take advantage. It's fantastic to see this C+/B- team go out and do what we've been hoping any of our teams would do with regularity against the so-called minnow- annihilate.
I'm a shape guy- and the team's shape has been consistent and solid. lots of 2nd balls, and consistently better numbers in the box going forward. that was the bit lacking with GGG... although if the US had had the finishing we've seen in both competitions so far, WCQ would have been much different last go around.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
One very key ingredient here is venue.
If you look at almost every game the US struggled during the last cycle, it was on the road. We won both Nations League and Gold Cup at home and had a very solid 6-1-0 record at home in qualifying (and still just scraped by in 3rd on GD)
For me, I need to see significant improvement in away games. It won't come in this cycle though as the requirement to play away games as the host of WC2026 is basically none.
massraider
Footballguy
Sergino gotta find himself a home
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
UEFA just released their new country (club) rankings. For the first time since I can remember, the Big 5 is no more. France drops down to 7th as both Netherlands (6) and Belgium (5) jumped ahead of them.
Flo and Weah getting out of France may be a good thing. And what McKenzie is doing at the very top of the Belgium league takes on added importance.
Flo and Weah getting out of France may be a good thing. And what McKenzie is doing at the very top of the Belgium league takes on added importance.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
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Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic will turn down Lyon this summer, preferring instead to move to AC Milan after agreeing to a deal in principle with the Serie A club, sources told ESPN.
Lyon have submitted an offer to Chelsea for the United States star, sources told ESPN, although it is less than reported €25 million ($27.2m) fee, a significant portion of which is made up in add-ons.
Lyon are also unable to meet Milan's wage offer, sources added.
ESPN reported on Friday that Pulisic had agreed on terms in principle with Milan, and sources told ESPN the Italian club intend to make an improved offer after seeing their opening bid of €15m turned down, with Chelsea valuing Pulisic at €25m.
Sources have told ESPN that Pulisic does not see Lyon as the right move, instead wanting to remain playing Champions League football, which Milan can offer.
Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic will turn down Lyon this summer, preferring instead to move to AC Milan after agreeing to a deal in principle with the Serie A club, sources told ESPN.
Lyon have submitted an offer to Chelsea for the United States star, sources told ESPN, although it is less than reported €25 million ($27.2m) fee, a significant portion of which is made up in add-ons.
Lyon are also unable to meet Milan's wage offer, sources added.
ESPN reported on Friday that Pulisic had agreed on terms in principle with Milan, and sources told ESPN the Italian club intend to make an improved offer after seeing their opening bid of €15m turned down, with Chelsea valuing Pulisic at €25m.
Sources have told ESPN that Pulisic does not see Lyon as the right move, instead wanting to remain playing Champions League football, which Milan can offer.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Doyle mentioned that it is not a stretch to think Jesus could break into the top ten all time scoring by the end of the Gold Cup.
He needs three more goals to hit 17 and be in a tie for 10th, with Bradley, DMB and Stewart.
He needs three more goals to hit 17 and be in a tie for 10th, with Bradley, DMB and Stewart.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
nice looking loan for Aaronson. Champions League as well
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Tom Bogert
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Sources: Union Berlin finalizing the signing of USMNT midfielder Brenden Aaronson on loan from Leeds United.Aaronson, 22, made 36 PL apps with Leeds. Several English and German teams wanted to sign him this summer, but off to Berlin.
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Tom Bogert
@tombogert
Sources: Union Berlin finalizing the signing of USMNT midfielder Brenden Aaronson on loan from Leeds United.Aaronson, 22, made 36 PL apps with Leeds. Several English and German teams wanted to sign him this summer, but off to Berlin.
El Floppo
Footballguy
After last season, I don't get the move for them... But no complaints. prefok is still there, right?
El Floppo
Footballguy
I was just thinking... Where's a good fit? And first thought was Holland... Play attacking and not get punished as much with his defensive liabilities. And then I remembered
.... Lol.But also., Considering Weah is gone now, Lille could use somebody to replace that attacking wingback position they used Weah in.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Yes Pefok still there.
We should get any answers we have on Aaronson with this move.
If he struggles again, then we know he may have found his ceiling is lower than the top leagues. Leeds was a mess last year but even saying that, he was an important part of the mess. If he plays well, maybe we can just say it was a bad fit.
I am very interested to see how this plays out (especially with the poor play at wing from the Gold Cup team. Hopefully Cowell's decent game last night will continue).
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
This is what I was thinking last night...
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