USMNT Talk

Our players are not that good to begin with, compared to other national squads, and Poch is not getting the best out of them.

We’ll be lucky to get out of the group stage.
 
This is a good roster, and I am very happy Sands is part of it.

Among the no shows - Dest, Pepi and Reyna are hurt; Adams' wife is expected to deliver a baby in the next few days; Musah, Scally and Sargent were not called in despite being available.
 
This is a good roster, and I am very happy Sands is part of it.

Among the no shows - Dest, Pepi and Reyna are hurt; Adams' wife is expected to deliver a baby in the next few days; Musah, Scally and Sargent were not called in despite being available.
In his Substack, Doyle hinted that Reyna and Scally might be in Poch’s doghouse because of something that happened in March.
I have no idea what that is.
 
It was a great and well-deserved result.

Oddly for us, winning our group probably leaves us with the harder path in the knockout rounds. Winner gets second place in Group D, either Italy or Argentina.
 
Sands subbed out in the 64' for Tessmann. Did ok. No major gaffes but fairly anonymous. He's probably still on the bubble for the WC.
I think his virtues, like excellent positional sense and reading of the game, don't shine as much without the tightly organized functioning that club soccer has. In the improvisational flow of national team soccer his athletic limitations are more visible
 
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