USMNT Talk
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Old article, now extremely relevant.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...nger-in-2018-election/?utm_term=.376d60f79d8a
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...nger-in-2018-election/?utm_term=.376d60f79d8a
Completely divorce from NCAA. If a player chooses a college program over an academy, that should effectively end his career.
Massive investment in academies. Anything MLS-sponsored should be free, and offer educational stipends to players 17+.
NCAA ruins soccer. the coaching is terrible, the gameplay is terrible, the training is abysmal, the season is useless, there's no connect with the mls or national team outside of the top few teams. the combines a joke
And it has zero promise to improve. There's no will, and Title IX prevents it anyway.
i said this in the other thread:
then the only way for a child to improve after 14 is by playing in an academy or to go abroad. the academy isn't horrible and there's actually national team scouts that attend every so often. but the premier and all the bullshit below it is a waste of time.
then college comes and you learn how to run. there's no soccer played. the practices are that of a U14 team, Tactics? no such thing.... YOU HAVE TEAMS THAT SPECIALIZE IN THROW INs.
Apparently, young CM Jonathan Gonzalez is going to betray his country and file a one-time switch to play for Mexico.
Article on this on ESPN: http://www.espn.com/soccer/united-s...chooses-mexico-over-united-states-say-sources
The below from that article, is a MAJOR ISSUE. I just assumed there was a discussion on it and the determination that Gonzalez would focus on his club play for that friendly. What a complete f up.
"I wasn't called in, in November," Gonzalez said in an interview with Soccer America. "Personally, nobody came and talked to me and let me know about that friendly. I just wasn't called in."
How does Cody Cropper get a look ahead of our Sean John? After taking him to the Gold Cup and having be the only player not to start, don't they owe him a little something?
Hoping he didn't choose a trip to Dubai over the US camp...
Hoping he didn't choose a trip to Dubai over the US camp...
Yeah, some of the guys called up for the US Camp are real head-scratchers.
GK:
Cropper - yeah he was a promising prospect at some point, but there's a reason he came back to MLS and anyone who watched any of his tape last year could see that he just doesn't have it
Bono - I don't necessarily think him being included is a bad move, but I just don't see him as all that great.
Defenders: Glad to see Opara finally called in, about damn time
Midfielders:
Hairston - I don't see a whole ton from him, but perhaps if you put him on a field with more talented players than he has in Colorado then he can show some skill. I wouldn't have called him in, but I am curious.
Zardes - Just stop, we know what he is and it isn't good.
Forwards: Glad to see Ramirez get the invite
Considering all those outside of Rubin and Hamid are MLSers, anyone else that we feel should have been included? I definitely think Sean Johnson should have been called in. I know Gressel had a good year in Atlanta and I'm not sure he is USMNT material, but I'd rather see him called in than Zardes, or Djordje Mihailovic from Chicago.
This is short-sighted. We have no effective bulld0g DMs capable of turning the ball around quickly.
I blame so many people for this. It's so infuriating I haven't even been able to comment on it for 3 days.
https://www.socceramerica.com/publi...henberg-our-federation-lost-jonathan-gon.html
He might as well. Who gives a good green shit over what Dave fucking Sarachen thinks. Old shit for brains can't be bothered to ring one of the top u20 midfielders in the world.
That whole roster reads like, "hey, what the fuck else could I do to embarrass the entirety of US soccer supporters?"
I hate USSF. The whole thing should burn.
Oh, look. He's pretending it's hara-kiri, when even that would be too good for him.
If that SUM woman wins, I'll not buy a ticket her entire term.
bunch of 2 bit gary medels. and he was god awful
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