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Steve Tasker said:
Assuming no injuries and assuming Zelalem commits to US almost all of those players will at least be on the roster. Cam is probably the only slight question mark as he will be 32.
Just how good is Zelalem projected to be and hard will he be to recruit in? People on twitter make him sound like a soccer Jesus or something.
Not see again is tough because we don't know how fast JK will flip the roster, especially if he wants to keep some continuity in the team.
I'll be shocked if a 32 year old Cameron is on the roster as MF, much less starting. He might make the roster as a CB, but if it's a the DM, I'll be disappointed.
He is a good young player with little pro experience. But when you are 16 and can make the squad for some games at a team as big as Arsenal, people are going to sit up and notice.
Meh...I saw yesterday that Cameron isn't a WC quality MF is terms of holding and passing ability. If he still playing MF for us in 2018, Jurgen hasn't done his job.You realize that every single one of us said those EXACT words about Beckerman?
Thanks. No way he commits to Ethiopia. Germany gonna be hard to beat out, I imagine. I wonder if they recruit as hard as we will though, considering their pipeline.
We have one huge advantage over Germany. Germany's pipeline works against them in a case like this. They have so many good players that it is easy to get crowded out.Thanks. No way he commits to Ethiopia. Germany gonna be hard to beat out, I imagine. I wonder if they recruit as hard as we will though, considering their pipeline.
And by recruit I mean
Right. Kind of like a guy going to Tennessee for football instead of Alabama.We have one huge advantage over Germany. Germany's pipeline works against them in a case like this. They have so many good players that it is easy to get crowded out.Thanks. No way he commits to Ethiopia. Germany gonna be hard to beat out, I imagine. I wonder if they recruit as hard as we will though, considering their pipeline. And by recruit I mean
Again, you realize everyone of us said those exact words about Beckerman?Meh...I saw yesterday that Cameron isn't a WC quality MF is terms of holding and passing ability. If he still playing MF for us in 2018, Jurgen hasn't done his job.You realize that every single one of us said those EXACT words about Beckerman?
He already turned down a chance to play with the German youth team to "focus on his club career." This kid grew up in Olney. He identifies as American. I think that if he can play for us, he will.Thanks. No way he commits to Ethiopia. Germany gonna be hard to beat out, I imagine. I wonder if they recruit as hard as we will though, considering their pipeline.
And by recruit I mean
Correct. If he is an uber talent, Germany is the easy choice.Right. Kind of like a guy going to Tennessee for football instead of Alabama.We have one huge advantage over Germany. Germany's pipeline works against them in a case like this. They have so many good players that it is easy to get crowded out.Thanks. No way he commits to Ethiopia. Germany gonna be hard to beat out, I imagine. I wonder if they recruit as hard as we will though, considering their pipeline. And by recruit I mean
On the other side of that coin, if you go to Germany you have a much better shot of winning the World Cup.
He did not play up to expectations, but people confusing that with sucking are just plain wrong.
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I think it's even more complicated than that. Bradley could have played better, but he had a hand in almost every good spell the US had. He covered acres of space. And he was being given very limited options in the form of attacking runs ahead of him. A big part of Bradley's struggles, IMO, had to do with Deuce having to play a lone striker role he wasn't terribly familiar with. There wasn't a lot of time to build the requisite chemistry. Still, if Bradley scores that goal he probably makes the all tourney team when you count his ground covered statistics and the pretty assist to Green. What pure CM has put together a better resume? I think Bradley had a better tournament that Vidal (who was injured, but still). I think he's probably had more impact than Kroos.
Yeah -- we answered the Q about how far forward Bradley can play at least.
I don't fault him for the physical failing. I question the decision to step out and try to stop the ball on a central striker who is 30 yards from goal and on the flank. Conversely, I fault Cam for NOT stepping up to stop the ball on the second Belgium goal, but that player (Hazard?) was in a much more dangerous position before slipping in Lukaku (and Besler was a step late tracking his run).
Great question and response. Was wondering the same thing, especially in regards to Dempsey/Howard for 2018.
Guzan is a solid goaltender who could step in for the next cycle (and Howard isn't necessarily too old to play in 2018). Longer term, Sean Johnson, Bill Hamid, and Cody Cropper all appear to have a lot of potential, but they're not at the level of a Howard, Freidel, or Keller yet.
Ok, cool. I'm trying to get into following soccer,but I'm still a bit of a novice. Still, I heard on the radio that Colombia has a 43-year-old goalie, so Howard could certainly still play, just looking at options.
The counter has to be on. If you look at the ground covered stats, Dempsey is surprisingly high on the list as well. What that tells me is that he was dropping back to provide defensive cover. That can be a good thing, but it leaves you without a quick outlet that stays high to start the counter. I'd have to watch the game again, but I just think Origi stayed higher than Dempsey in those situations.
Gonzo, Besler, Brooks, Yedlin, Fab and Bradley are all going to be important parts of the next cycle.
You can see Guzan periodically on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the Premier League when NBC has time to fill and none of the good teams are scheduled.
From the minute the draw happened in December we came up with the following possibility to advance.
At times. Not always. I think it was different things at different times.
Not sure if this is fishing, but I couldn't disagree any more.
Guzan - Aston Villa (EPL)
Again, I'm a novice, but to my eyes he looked like a glaring weakness in those 4 games when I expected him to be one of our anchors. I'm not suggesting anything more or less than that about him as an overall player.
For now?
He was very good against Germany imo. He played close to what we expected he would in that game. He did not play as well as he could in the first three games but he was not a glaring weakness imo.
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