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ChiefD said:
But the ball skills and awareness and quickness and distribution were right there. It was glaring how good he could be.
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back before he got hurt, he always looked very good on the ball but was lacking a bit physically.

In today's terms,  I guess an Alex Mendez would be a good comparison.

 
NewlyRetired said:
Canada may have more if they don't finish top 6 by next summer, but Mexico and US will have the same small amount.

It is almost certain that US, Mexico and Canada will be automatic qualifiers in the 48 team WC in 2026..  The rest of Concacaf will play for 3 spots in 2026.
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So will those 2/3 just sit out the qualification process?

 
NewlyRetired said:
all 3 will almost assuredly.

No host country(s) has ever taken part in qualification.
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I just don't see 3 of our regions top teams going two years without playing any meaningful games.  Friendlies will be hard to come by too.  Their rankings will plummet.

 
BassNBrew said:
I just don't see 3 of our regions top teams going two years without playing any meaningful games.  Friendlies will be hard to come by too.  Their rankings will plummet.
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every host goes through the same thing, its just how it works.

Rankings are meaningless to the hosts because they usually get in pot 1 any way.

Friendlies should not be hard to come by.  Many countries love to play in the host country before the WC if they can arrange it, especially now that the Confed Cup is extinct. 

The US should be able to put together either a large handful of friendlies with big name teams and/or put together another big tournament like they did for Copa 100.

 
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Adams injury update:

* Traveled with team to Austria

* Attends training but does not participate

* Expected soon to start working on his own

* Will miss the next two friendlies against Galatasary and Rennes

* Goal is to play in friendly against Aston Villa on August 3rd

 
BassNBrew said:
I just don't see 3 of our regions top teams going two years without playing any meaningful games.  Friendlies will be hard to come by too.  Their rankings will plummet.
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We didn't even make the last World Cup and had as many friendlies available as we wanted(could've played more if we cared to).  Given that the 2026 will be in the US, we will find no lack of top flight teams looking to familiarize themselves here with friendlies beforehand.

Your top teams will likely establish training facilities here as much as a year before(like Germany did in Brazil) to get their players comfortable and getting friendlies against US/Mexico/Canada will likely be a priority for them.

 
I am not concerned about friendlies as we will get as many as we want.

I am more concerned about figuring out a tournament where the games will be competitive (only 3 subs etc).  Holding another 16 team tournament here would be great if it can get on the calendar.  Include Mexico and Canada as well where they can host some games.

And even if we need to buy our way into the 2024 Copa America in Ecuador the way Qatar just did, it should be done.

 
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Hmm, this may not be good news for Dest.  Edson Alverez's, the guy who played RB for Mexico in the Gold Cup, team Club America has just agreed to sell him to Ajax. 

He is not a natural RB though as I believe he plays CB normally.

 
NewlyRetired said:
Hmm, this may not be good news for Dest.  Edson Alverez's, the guy who played RB for Mexico in the Gold Cup, team Club America has just agreed to sell him to Ajax. 

He is not a natural RB though as I believe he plays CB normally.
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is that the dude who went for a ride on jozy?

 
Quincy Promes is Ajax's new signing from Sevilla and has been capped 37 times by Holland.  He was asked today which Ajax player has impressed him the most in camp so far and he said Dest.

:thumbup:

Berhalter may want to get Dest called up for Mexico if for nothing else to show them the US is serious about his future.  He can't be cap tied but getting him into a senior camp with the hopes to tie him during the Nations League might be useful before the hype train picks up.

And for gods sake Gregg, even if you don't want him to come, please call him directly and tell him that you would love to have had him into camp for Mexico but that you thought it would be better to stay at Ajax (assuming he is still with the first team come September).

We might not be able to send a nice Dutch hooker over but we can at least be proactive in sounding interested.  I swear we lose half the Mexican kids because we send Rongen to the incorrect common latino surname's home for recruitment.

 
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NewlyRetired said:
Hmm, this may not be good news for Dest.  Edson Alverez's, the guy who played RB for Mexico in the Gold Cup, team Club America has just agreed to sell him to Ajax. 

He is not a natural RB though as I believe he plays CB normally.
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Unless I’m wrong I think Alvarez was the d-mid. 

 
This is more out of deference to the past than the future obviously that I post this but Atlanta announced tonight that Brek Shea tore his ACL.   At 29, it will be interesting to see if he comes back from this or if this is the start of a path to retirement.

 
I hope they don't get too greedy.  Making this sale may open up some minutes for Weah

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Regarding Pepé, the intention of Lille is to create an international auction based on 80 million. The player is wanted by PremierLeague but would also go to # PSG to play with Neymar . The contract of the Ivorian attacker is not less than 6 million a year.

 
I stole this from Reddit

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The estimate for the post-Gold Cup rankings is:

Team Points

Mexico1 607

USA 1546

Costa Rica 1440

Jamaica 1423

Honduras 1348

El Salvador 1343

Panama 1332

Canada 1311

Curacao 1309

Haiti 1291

T&T 1260

As you might be able to tell from the current rankings, not much changed due to the Gold Cup. Only difference really is that Haiti moved up over T&T (understandable given their performances). Keep in mind how little things changed, then take into account the following: it's going to be a lot harder to move up in the Nations League as the point multiplier is less than half that (15) of the Gold Cup (35). That means that at best teams can expect maybe a 7 point boost per match... likely to be a lot less if it's against weak opposition.

What does this mean?

Mexico, USA, Costa Rica, and Jamaica are effectively locks to get into the Hex. Nobody below them is going to get close to 1423.

Honduras has a decent cushion and has little to lose and much to gain from NL play. They have a non-FIFA member (Martinique) in their group and a team on a downward spiral (T&T). They are favorites to top their group, which means they could make the NL knockouts (at that point, you can't lose points, you can only win points). So Honduras aren't locks, but they're 80% the way there.

El Salvador are in League B so they get 6 competitive fixtures compared to 4 for all the other contenders. They're also facing teams they should be beating. That could translate into a 6-match winning streak (though against weak opposition) that should bump them 12 points or so.

Panama has the best shot at breaking into the Hex as they are only 11 or so points shy of El Salvador. However they will be contending with the fact that (a) El Salvador is likely to cruise to at least a 10 point bump from playing in League B, and (b) they have to face Mexico in the NL so are unlikely to make it to the NL knockouts. Panama will probably come away from the NL with even points and not catch up to El Salvador.

Canada and Curacao could theoretically break in, but it's just too unlikely. They're looking at probably a 40 point gap with sixth, but only really have ~45 points they could realistically make. Their path to the Hex would absolutely involve more than one win against USA/Mexico/Costa Rica.

Haiti can't make it in. Too large a deficit at 50+ points.

I am ignoring potential friendlies because they have an even lower multiplier than the Nations League matches and thus are unlikely to move the needle much unless Panama/Canada/Curacao schedule friendlies against top 20 teams AND beat them.

TL;DR USA, Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica are locks. Honduras and El Salvador will almost certainly make it in, barring a Panama resurgence. Canada and Curacao just have too large a points deficit to overcome.

 
NewlyRetired said:
This graphic is an excellent example of if/when Pulisic can turn his dribbles into assists more readily, he is going to become a world class player

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_oHtQOXYAAGogn.jpg
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I think it's coming.  His corners in this Gold Cup were spectacular.  Last year I thought he was putting in some very poor service on some of them, but the last two months, almost every corner was put into a dangerous place.  It's obvious how hard he works on his game and I think Lampard will help him in this regard.  I think his biggest passing flaw is not making the pass soon enough and I think they'll correct this at Chelsea.  

 
encaitar said:
I think it's coming.  His corners in this Gold Cup were spectacular.  Last year I thought he was putting in some very poor service on some of them, but the last two months, almost every corner was put into a dangerous place.  It's obvious how hard he works on his game and I think Lampard will help him in this regard.  I think his biggest passing flaw is not making the pass soon enough and I think they'll correct this at Chelsea.  
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Less than a month and we find out his role and see Chelsea jerseys all over the US.

 
Miazga has also joined Chelsea but he is with the loan army team in France, not with CP and the senior team in Japan. I believe his contract has two years left. He should be looking for a good permanent move this season. I read a rumor he may be loaned to Fiorentina. 

 
CletiusMaximus said:
Miazga has also joined Chelsea but he is with the loan army team in France, not with CP and the senior team in Japan. I believe his contract has two years left. He should be looking for a good permanent move this season. I read a rumor he may be loaned to Fiorentina. 
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with rocco taking over, I'm adding fiorentina to teams I support. unless they play inter. but obviously when they have to do cup games against serie b teams like milan.

 
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