US Men's National Team (12 Viewers)

[NewlyRetired]

I watched a bit of Mexico last night and I don't know if it is just coincidence or if this is a Tata trademark but they look ultra dynamic going forward, scary so.  But much like Atlanta, they are very vulnerable defensively.

They gave up only 3 goals in the 2 games but it easily could have been 6 with even half way decent finishing.

That all being said, Mexico are the clear favorites going into the Gold Cup.

 

[NewlyRetired]

South America is having a rough international break.

Colombia lost to South Korea

Bolivia lost to Japan and South Korea

Chile lost to Mexico

Ecuador lost to the US

Brazil drew with Panama

Venezuela had a super good result but even then they beat Argentina

add to this

Chile draw with US

Paraguay loss to Mexico

Peru loss to El Salvador 

 

[NewlyRetired]

U.S. national team roundtable: Are Pulisic, Berhalter & Co. ready for Mexico and the Gold Cup?

 

[NewlyRetired]

This is a good short watch to see how Berhalter breaks down some of the game situations on tape

https://twitter.com/TaylorTwellman/status/1110958153372438530

 

[NewlyRetired]

US Soccer has not yet confirmed this but I saw a couple of tweets yesterday that stated that Jamaica will be one of the warm up games for the Gold Cup in DC.    I assume this has not been announced yet due to the fact that Jamaica could end up in the US's group and the friendly game could be changed.   The Gold Cup draw is on April 10th.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Sounds like it is nothing too serious.  Time for return is still considered TBD.   Hope it is less than a few weeks

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CHICAGO (March 27, 2019) – U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Christian Pulisic has been diagnosed with a right quadriceps strain after an MRI and evaluation conducted Tuesday night in Houston. He has returned to Borussia Dortmund to continue treatment and establish a timetable for his return to play.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Tactical break down of the US Chile game and a look at what worked and what didn't for this short camp.

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https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/03/27/armchair-analyst-gauging-usmnt-progress-after-march-intl-window

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

US draws Canada and Cuba for the inaugural Nations League

Full draw:  https://i.imgur.com/cXIaeIJ.jpg

 

[Ned]

US draws Canada and Cuba for the inaugural Nations League

Full draw:  https://i.imgur.com/cXIaeIJ.jpg

Honduras is ####ed.

 

[NewlyRetired]

#### me.  That is a significant amount of time to sit this late in the season.  There is a chance he may not break back into the squad.  Thankfully we will have some friendlies before the Gold Cup if that comes true.

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Jeff Carlisle‏Verified account @JeffreyCarlisle

Source with knowledge of the situation tells me that the initial prognosis on Christian Pulisic’s quad injury is that he’ll be sidelined for 3-4 weeks.

 

[NewlyRetired]

US draws Canada and Cuba for the inaugural Nations League

Full draw:  https://i.imgur.com/cXIaeIJ.jpg

@El Floppo this is as good a time as any to ask how this effects WCQing...

 

[NewlyRetired]

Jon Arnold‏Verified account @ArnoldcommaJon

FC Dallas forward Jesus Ferreira told me today he doesn't believe his paperwork will get sorted in time for him to be eligible to represent the United States at the U-20 World Cup.

 

[NewlyRetired]

This may not be good news for Sargent but it is still cool to see

USMNT Watch‏ @USMNT_Watch

Aron Jóhannsson will be returning to #Werder Bremen's squad tomorrow for the first time in 343 days

 

[NewlyRetired]

Robinson, CCV, Brooks, Holmes, and Miazga all starting today.

Both Bacon and Sargent on bench for Werder Bremen.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Brian Sciaretta‏ @BrianSciaretta

Derby County take a 3-0 lead on Rotherham United just before halftime and it’s American Duane Holmes with the assist as his cross is headed home by Martyn Waghorn. Two goal clearances & an assist for the Georgia-born Holmes

 

[NewlyRetired]

diamond midfield for RBL and Adams starts as the holding midfielder in front of cb's. game is on fs2 at 1:30 eastern

 

[NewlyRetired]

Brian Sciaretta‏ @BrianSciaretta

Derby County take a 3-0 lead on Rotherham United just before halftime and it’s American Duane Holmes with the assist as his cross is headed home by Martyn Waghorn. Two goal clearances & an assist for the Georgia-born Holmes

Holmes scored as well in second half.

 

[El Floppo]

Holmes scored as well in second half.

He plays wide...right? Can we have him instead of Morris next time please.

 

[NewlyRetired]

He plays wide...right? Can we have him instead of Morris next time please.

he slants to the right but has not been deployed as a touchline player.  He looks more like an eight, box to box type.  I would love to see him get a chance in the Swag position as I am not sold on Roldan there.

 

[NewlyRetired]

big win for Miazga today as Reading move four points clear of relegation.

 

[El Floppo]

Ream either rested (makes sense per Scooby) or benched today for Fulham. Anybody know for sure?

 

[El Floppo]

he slants to the right but has not been deployed as a touchline player.  He looks more like an eight, box to box type.  I would love to see him get a chance in the Swag position as I am not sold on Roldan there.

Roldan does next to nothing for me. Going to need more than "nice hustle" from US mfs.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Adams was absolute class again today at the 6.  Berhalter has to see how much better he is in the middle.  He can effect so much of the game.

Here is his beautiful assist today, almost Pirlo like

 https://streamja.com/5wjq

 

[NewlyRetired]

In the 8 games Adams has started at the 6, RBL has 7 wins and a draw and have out scored the opponents 19 - 1.

And the one goal against was a dubious PK call.  

It is almost impossible for anyone to have thought this transfer would go better.

 

[TripItUp]

Adams was absolute class again today at the 6.  Berhalter has to see how much better he is in the middle.  He can effect so much of the game.

Here is his beautiful assist today, almost Pirlo like

 https://streamja.com/5wjq

 

[El Floppo]

Adams was absolute class again today at the 6.  Berhalter has to see how much better he is in the middle.  He can effect so much of the game.

Here is his beautiful assist today, almost Pirlo like

 https://streamja.com/5wjq

Wow.

But yeah. Screams RB when you see him

 

[NewlyRetired]

Busio scores today in blow out

https://streamable.com/drgyt

 

[El Floppo]

Busio scores today in blow out

https://streamable.com/drgyt

First rule of defense: be sure to dribble into two guys inside your box.

 

[Sammy3469]

Wow.

But yeah. Screams RB when you see him

Plus he only won 86% of his duels...that screams lets shut down the right side  

 

[NewlyRetired]

Trapp with a pretty ball to catch the entire Atlanta defense flat footed to help create the early goal.

https://streamable.com/9oxuh

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Tyler Adams with a composite score of 7.36 on Whoscored.  Only 9 games, but still.  Bundesliga, 3rd place team.  And VvD is at 7.44.  Luis Suarez is at 7.51.  Salah is 7.37 for reference.

It's an incredible story.

FWIW, Pulisic is ~6.7 and McKennie is ~6.9.

ETA:  Messi is at 8.9

 

[NewlyRetired]

Tyler Adams with a composite score of 7.36 on Whoscored.  Only 9 games, but still.  Bundesliga, 3rd place team.  And VvD is at 7.44.  Luis Suarez is at 7.51.  Salah is 7.37 for reference.

It's an incredible story.

FWIW, Pulisic is ~6.7 and McKennie is ~6.9.

ETA:  Messi is at 8.9

I know it is a small sample size but he passes both the eye test and the stats test.    

I feel very safe that we are well past the "its just a fluke" stage.  Now the question remains whether he can maintain this incredible high level.

 

[NewlyRetired]

One of the big stories of the off season was that Dallas was finally launching their own USL team to get their quality academy kids higher quality game experience.

North Texas SC had their first game tonight and the US U17 player Ricardo Pepi had a hat trick in his pro debut.  He turned 16 last month.

 

[Ned]

The rarest of rare happens again today.  An American teenager is starting at the ten spot in MLS.

I won't be able to watch but I hope @Ted Lange as your Bartender and or @Nedcan give us a summary of how Aaronson does for Philly.

 I wouldn't read too much into him getting the start; Union couldn't even fill the bench they're so short on players.  Between the international break, injuries, and new players not ready to play, they only had 5 players on the bench.  They had to sub their backup RB in for Ilisinho at RW. 

I didn't get to watch the game, but it sounds like he was dangerous at times and had a solid game.  Needs to work on not getting muscled off the ball.  Fontana subbed in for him around 80' and was solid but not at Aaronson's level.  

Didn’t get to see much of the game, but Aaronson started again and played 90. He looked like he was playing LM next to Fabian.  

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Two goals tonight for Pomykal.  Think he'll probably jump right into the senior pool once the U20 World Cup is over.  Seems perfect for that "dual 8/10s" role.

 

[BassNBrew]

Trapp with a pretty ball to catch the entire Atlanta defense flat footed to help create the early goal.

https://streamable.com/9oxuh

Zardes assist was better.  That guy knows what to do to produce goals.

 

[BassNBrew]

One of the big stories of the off season was that Dallas was finally launching their own USL team to get their quality academy kids higher quality game experience.

North Texas SC had their first game tonight and the US U17 player Ricardo Pepi had a hat trick in his pro debut.  He turned 16 last month.

Who cares...just churning out players for Mexico.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Who cares...just churning out players for Mexico.

If I am not mistaken, the Dallas academy has not had a single player switch. 

LA is the area where the bad leak is.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Two goals tonight for Pomykal.  Think he'll probably jump right into the senior pool once the U20 World Cup is over.  Seems perfect for that "dual 8/10s" role.

I listened to his podcast interview with Adam this week.  He seems to have gotten over some sort of mental hurdle that was holding him back.  He said last year he could not get his body to "try" things.  He kept playing every safe ball he could.  But he said something clicked for him during the U20 World Cup Qualifying and he has been flying since.

He is making the leap at the perfect time now.   Very good club play supplemented by a good U20 WC (the most scouted youth tournament in the world) should get him some offers from Europe.  Hopefully Dallas will not be too greedy.

Here are the two goals.  

https://streamable.com/p0y8e

https://streamable.com/pdiaj

And Jesus scored in this game too

https://streamable.com/52gyo

 

[BassNBrew]

Who cares...just churning out players for Mexico.

If I am not mistaken, the Dallas academy has not had a single player switch. 

LA is the area where the bad leak is.

That kid is a scoring machine.  He's also played for both USA and Mexico national teams.

 

[Sammy3469]

I know it is a small sample size but he passes both the eye test and the stats test.    

I feel very safe that we are well past the "its just a fluke" stage.  Now the question remains whether he can maintain this incredible high level.

He’s been playing like this for a year and a half now for the Red Bulls.  It’s only the hardheadness of USMNT coaches that haven’t let him show it at that level.  You can’t teach his speed and ability to read the game (on both offense and defense).  US coaches simply see the speed and motor and pigeonhole him.  He’s our best player (arguably on offense as well since his ability to read the play unbalances defenses when they are most stretched) and putting him as a locking RB is simply absurd (Lahm comparisons notwithstanding, we aren’t ####### Germany here).

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Is it crazy to say he reminds me of Kante?  Maybe not quite as physical in challenges, but that motor and style of play.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Julian Green with a hell of a goal today. 

https://twitter.com/usmntonly/status/1112343915468865536

 

[NewlyRetired]

Jonathan Tannenwald‏ @thegoalkeeper

News: Tab Ramos will submit a 50-player provisional roster for the Under-20 World Cup tomorrow. I expect four Union players to be on it. And there's a plot twist. Ramos tells me he isn't happy about Mark McKenzie's lack of playing time:

 

[NewlyRetired]

The burying of Weah continues by the new coach.  He did not get off the bench for Celtic today in the game against Rangers.

 

[BassNBrew]

The burying of Weah continues by the new coach.  He did not get off the bench for Celtic today in the game against Rangers.

He should have gone to Germany.  Would be better off training at PSG then bench sitting in Celtic.

 

[NewlyRetired]

He should have gone to Germany.  Would be better off training at PSG then bench sitting in Celtic.

It is disappointing because the first coach liked him, gave him a good mix of starts and long sub appearances and Weah seemed to play well.  As soon as he left, his playing time dropped significantly.

 

[El Floppo]

He’s been playing like this for a year and a half now for the Red Bulls.  It’s only the hardheadness of USMNT coaches that haven’t let him show it at that level.  You can’t teach his speed and ability to read the game (on both offense and defense).  US coaches simply see the speed and motor and pigeonhole him.  He’s our best player (arguably on offense as well since his ability to read the play unbalances defenses when they are most stretched) and putting him as a locking RB is simply absurd (Lahm comparisons notwithstanding, we aren’t ####### Germany here).

I agree with most of what you're saying. One thing... RBs heavily coached that quick change from d to o, always looking for the dangerous pass. While Adams does have an amazing ability to read the game and has crazy closing speed to shut things down or open them up... he definitely learned the transition game in NY under Marsch.

Is it crazy to say he reminds me of Kante?  Maybe not quite as physical in challenges, but that motor and style of play.

Definitely Kante. Adams has said he's his contemporary idol.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

2 questions: 

Is Dom Dwyer still in the picture?

When did he start trying to morph into Diego Costa?

 

[El Floppo]

2 questions: 

Is Dom Dwyer still in the picture?

When did he start trying to morph into Diego Costa?

If scores regularly, I'd imagine he is.

Second part.... Day one. Eta... Except he's more of a Carlos Ruiz with less goals.