Isn't better is an understatement. After Celtic, who would probably be the best team in MLS, only Rangers and Aberdeen could compete for a playoff spot. Don't think that's even controversial. Some dire football played there.
Idea being you're more closely scouted. Understand it isn't a direct path to England.
No news in those tweets. He's just guessing that maybe he would get *ko round* addition since he didn't get this one, presumably in part because the paperwork hasn't cleared. But it likely would anyway by group stage.
No idea. May not be accurate, as other Dan (
dannd23 ) said.
The good thing for us regarding rest, is Sean John is much less likely to need it considering his position and the fact that at the moment, we're really unsure how much PT he will actually get.
Hey, no Third-Place game! I was about to note that making it to the semi-finals means as much availability as the finals because even if you lose there's a 3rd place game, but then I decided to check and apparently they did away with it. Just as well. It's of dubious meit for really major tournaments. For this it is more than an afterthought. I remember watching the US play in the third place game in 2015, against Panama, and losing on kicks, and there was nobody there and nobody cared and why did I bother. And this way more players come home a week early.
Everyone thought Johnson was shit the last few years playing fro shitty Chicago. Johnson's number's from xGA are not good this year either. I personally think he's decent, has been improving with the feet, has stopped some that were great, and has also let a few in that I thought he could have done better on.
I wouldn't have said this a year ago, but I do think SJ is a better keeper right now, by a margin enough that a casual fan (okay, rabid fan) such as myself can notice. Hamid can make the more spectacular save, but I think he's a less tactically astute player and his positioning is Slosh-y at times (way too often for me). He's also Sloshed a few already this year.
