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Senior Baby Nats vs. Bolivia/5:30 CT/FS1

Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:10 am
Posted by pvilleguru
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:10 am
USMNT Roster

GOALKEEPERS (3): Alex Bono (Toronto FC/CAN; 0/0), Bill Hamid (Midtjylland/DEN; 5/0), Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge/BEL; 2/0)

DEFENDERS (8): Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG; 2/0), Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest/ENG; 14/1), Matt Miazga (Chelsea/ENG; 5/1), Matthew Olosunde (Manchester United/ENG; 0/0), Erik Palmer-Brown (Manchester City/ENG; 0/0), Antonee Robinson (Everton/ENG; 0/0), Jorge Villafaña (Santos Laguna/MEX; 16/0), Walker Zimmerman (LAFC; 2/0)

MIDFIELDERS (9): Joe Corona (Club Tijuana/MEX; 20/3), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland/ENG; 3/0), Julian Green (Stuttgart/GER; 8/3), Alejandro Guido (Club Tijuana/MEX; 0/0), Weston McKennie (Schalke/GER; 1/1), Keaton Parks (Benfica/POR; 0/0), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 20/9), Rubio Rubin (Club Tijuana/MEX; 5/0), Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA; 1/0)

FORWARDS (2): Andrija Novakovich (Reading/ENG; 1/0), Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen/GER; 0/0)

Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 9:12 am to
Pulisic makes his 1st appearance since Trinidad.

Pulisic and McKennie expected to play together for the 1st time for the senior team. The two are pretty close friends and get together at least once a week in Germany.
Posted by BlackCoffeeKid
Member since Mar 2016
11718 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 10:18 am to
Really enjoyed watching McKennie this year for Schalke.

However, I still have a pretty sour taste in my mouth pertaining to the USMNT.
Hate to admit it, but i'll probably be watching Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals instead tonight.
Posted by thundercat_3
Member since May 2016
570 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 10:50 am to
What are we hoping for out of this game? Just experience and some decent looking attack?
Posted by PhillyTiger90
Member since Dec 2015
10689 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 11:18 am to
What kind of formation we going with here?

4-5-1?
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 11:47 am to
Probably some form of a 4-5-1 or 4-3-3.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 11:55 am to
quote:

Just experience and some decent looking attack?

Pretty much. Bolivia brought an even more inexperienced team than we did. Miazga, EPB, and CCV will probably play big roles in this cycle, (especially if Brooks can't stay healthy) so getting them some reps together will be nice. Hopefully see Pulisic and McKennie link up some. Get a good 1st look at Parks. See of Robinson is good enough to take minutes from Villafaña. Either Sargent or Novakovich will get a good run out, but I don't see either getting a ton of minutes with the full squad until later in the cycle (as long as Jozy can stay not that injured).
Posted by thundercat_3
Member since May 2016
570 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 11:57 am to
Hoping to see what Sargent can do. Tough to have any idea since he has no senior club minutes but I'm hopeful.
Posted by cigsmcgee
LR
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:01 pm to
So who out of those mids are defensive? Im assuming Parks and Guido? Cause i really have no clue who those two are.

McKennie strikes me as a true box2box player, but ive only watched him play a few times.
Posted by fightingtigers98
Member since Oct 2011
13239 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:03 pm to
Any predictions on the lineup? I curious to see who plays LM. The only two I know for certain are Green and Pulisic who can can play there, but both are better in the middle.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:06 pm to
quote:

So who out of those mids are defensive? Im assuming Parks and Guido? Cause i really have no clue who those two are.

McKennie strikes me as a true box2box player, but ive only watched him play a few times.
I'd say Parks and Guido. McKennie can play there as well, if we want to make Corona the B2B CM. McKennie is a B2B type, but he's much closer to a DM than an AM (0 goals and assists this season).
This post was edited on 5/28/18 at 12:09 pm
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:11 pm to
quote:

I curious to see who plays LM.
Could be Green, Rubin (who's more of a CF), Gooch, or Weah. Pulisic can play there, but I'd bet we put him at AM so he can be on the ball more.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

Any predictions on the lineup?
I won't call this a prediction, because I have no idea how Sarachan wants to approach this match, but here's what I'd like to see:

Horvath, Robinson, Miazga, EPB, Lichaj, Parks, McKennie, Pulisic, Green, Novakovich, Weah.
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
20753 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 1:41 pm to
I’m actually looking forward to these games so we can see who is ready to step up. For too long we put too much stock in “international experience” instead of letting well established clubs vet our players for us (see: McKennie not getting called in while being a regular starter for Schakle). I hope going forward we have more of a “nobody’s spot is guaranteed” philosophy.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 1:49 pm to
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(see: McKennie not getting called in while being a regular starter for Schakle)
He wasn't a regular starter.
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:05 pm to
We played T&T on October 11. Up til that point, McKennie had only started 3 games, and he had to miss Schalke's game on Oct 14 due to an injury.
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
42554 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:49 pm to
SARGENT
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:55 pm to
#USMNT vs Bolivia: Bono; Lichaj, Zimmerman, Palmer-Brown, Robinson; McKennie; Weah, Corona, Pulisic, Rubin; Sargent.
This post was edited on 5/28/18 at 2:56 pm
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 2:56 pm to
Starting Zimmerman is complete bullshite.
Posted by BCLA
Bossier City
Member since Mar 2005
8074 posts
Posted on 5/28/18 at 3:11 pm to
Saving the CCV/Miazga pain train for the Europe friendlies?
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