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

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Robinson looks like a really good left back prospect. He's fast, good going forward, and has good size and good limited on ball defense. He's been out of position once or twice but Bolivia is legit terrible.

McKennie was a bulldog.

Parks looked very intriguing. Big, but not clumsy. Really good athlete, aggressive, and read passing lanes well.

Weah is fast, confident, and very skilled. Took his goal well.

Sargent is lowkey a thiccboi. Good movement, great linkup with Weah, took his goal with power.

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This is a pretty spot on assessment. I think Parks is an incredibly intelligent player, and I'm really excited to have a big guy like him with great technique launching long balls to our wingers. I was impressed by McKennie's aggression, but he needs to chill out a bit or he is going to start getting reds. Sargent is also a guy who you can tell has a pretty high soccer IQ already. All of our young players showed well tonight. The game was against a terrible team, but I like these games to get players in the rhythm of playing together and performing at a higher level. Looking forward to seeing these guys play together again, which is a far cry from how I've thought about the national team for the past few years.

Benfica really likes Parks. He signed a new contract this year that takes him to the summer of 2022.

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Pulisic was underwhelming yet again.

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Not going to disagree, but he probably shouldn't have even played. Dude needs a break, its obvious he was worn down.

So I wouldn't say underwhelming yet again, he was only 18 and pretty much carrying the offense during qualifying.

I was pissed the Edson Buddle pain train never left the station in South Africa.

Don’t forget Pulisic is also not a CM. So he’s fricking exhausted and we were asking him to play the in the middle

I will echo what’s been said. Weah and Sergeant had some great link up play. Rubin was active. Corona disappeared for long stretches. McKennie is straight legit. Brings a level of energy to the midfield we have been missing since 2014 Jermaine Jones. Zimmerman impressed. EPB was untested. Same for Bono. Lichaj was solid. Robinson could be MotM. Great ball on Weahs goal.

Looking forward at the midfield for next year. Bradley is still our best 6. If you put McKennie and Adams next to him in box to box roles in a three man midfield with their energy it would add what we were missing in qualifying. To me we still don’t have a 10 so don’t force it.

So glad to have fresh legs and faces in national team


the heartless pukes can go away

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how promising does the future look with him and Yedlin at LB and RB?

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I know you aren't comparing the two, but I think Robinson will be better than Yedlin.

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To me we still don’t have a 10 so don’t force it.

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Pulisic was great in that role in WCQ.

Our best lineup right now is

Jozy
Saief-Pulisic-Nagbe
Bradley-McKennie
Robinson-Brooks-Miazga-Yedlin
Steffen

The great news about that being, in my opinion, our best XI is that the average age of that squad is still just 23 years old. I know shite looks bad right now, but we're on the cusp of a potentially very good generation of talent establishing itself once the 2022 cycle starts.

Jozy (28)
Saief (24)
Pulisic (19)
Nagbe (27)
Bradley (30)
McKennie (19)
Robinson (20)
Brooks (25)
Miazga (22)
Yedlin (24)
Steffen (23)

Imma need Nagbe on the field.