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All sounds good to me except the last one. I don't want to take the chance of a crappy overlaid grass field at either Portland or Seattle.
I don't think it would have any effect to be honest but Florida likely has a large number of Canadians who live/vacation there.El Floppo said:
Looks like he decided to join Honduras for International playNewlyRetired said:
Hmm...and now Alex Roldan (Christian's younger brother) is joining ELS
So in the minds of those in this thread this would put CCV in about the same position as Miazga (assuming Miazga stays in England). Both looking at top of Championship or bottom of PL, both hoping for regular PT which for CBs means starting roles.
I kind of lump CCV, Long, Zimmerman, and Miazga all together in the "I won't lose any sleep if they have to start for the US while still hoping that Richards and/or McKenzie develop into better players than they are" category.
I tend to agree, but I also would not be surprised if one of the first 4 ends up better than the two youngsters. CB's tend to have a development cycle closer to GK's, meaning they develop at an older age, so we just need them all to get playing time and see what happens.
I nerded out recently by looking at Lukaku's early career, and one thing that's immediately clear is that RL was good at creating for others from an early age in a way that Dike doesn't appear to be doing. Probably a little too early to write that in stone, but it was noticeable right away.
It's hard to tell what they really think of Berhalter from these. But I love them.
I always want more behind the scenes stuff but I realize they scrub these to death in editing.
Of this group the players I want to see the most of...
I think he is likely to lean towards whom ever will call him first officially. He is in a bit of a tough spot because he is deep on the depth chart for both countries so it is not an easy choice either way.
If I counted correctly, this is 59 players with out a ton of the main European based players.
Cannon and Antonee are interesting.
While none will effect us this cycle, many consider this our strongest birth year ever so it will be fun seeing what develops in the 2026 cycle. This group moves into its prime for the 2030 cycle.
I think 26 but I might be wrong.
I don't think Antonee is on the roster.
Brian Sciaretta
btw... it seems like 22 is the O/U for making the jump to Europe now. I'm sure there will be exceptions going forward, and there are always late bloomers, but for the most part if you aren't there by 22 it more than likely says a lot about your potential ceiling. They aren't ignoring or downgrading Americans anymore.
