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re: United States of F#ck Yeah v. Sanka ya dead | Friendly | 6pm CT (FS1)
Posted on 6/5/19 at 8:53 pm to DByrd2
Posted on 6/5/19 at 8:53 pm to DByrd2
I think it would be interesting to see our U20 world cup team play that load of hot crap we saw represent the full national team tonight.
At least I have the U20 and women's national team to get excited about.
At least I have the U20 and women's national team to get excited about.
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Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:07 pm to DByrd2
quote:What position are you willing to give up to use 2 strikers?
Also, I doubt there is a way anyone can convince me that we shouldn’t play Jozy and Sargent up top together.
Give me Jozy with 2 wingers that he can feed and a good 10 behind him.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 9:14 pm
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:19 pm to pvilleguru
I think this match showed that there's still a place for Nagbe in this squad.
How many times did we fail to get out of our own half because of a shitty pass or just plain carelessness?
How many times did we fail to get out of our own half because of a shitty pass or just plain carelessness?
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:28 pm to PhilipMarlowe
That was really embarrassing. I wish twellman or lalas did the game instead of the inherently positive Stubear. I feel like twellman and lalas would have been matching my level of melt & anger. 
That performance even got Stu to eventually admit it wasn’t good enough.
The booing from the fans at the final whistle was cathartic AF.
That performance even got Stu to eventually admit it wasn’t good enough.
The booing from the fans at the final whistle was cathartic AF.
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 9:45 pm
Posted on 6/5/19 at 9:58 pm to pvilleguru
He can play underneath or around Jozy.
Steffen
Yedlin Miazga Brooks (Insert DMB joke here)
Bradley
Pulisic Nagbe Weah
Sargent
Jozy
Essentially a 4-1-4-1 with Jozy up top and Sargent playing a floating role similar to Clint Dempsey. Freedom to go as far forward as he wants, and the same freedom to do as he did several times tonight to come back deep into the midfield to relieve pressure.
Steffen
Yedlin Miazga Brooks (Insert DMB joke here)
Bradley
Pulisic Nagbe Weah
Sargent
Jozy
Essentially a 4-1-4-1 with Jozy up top and Sargent playing a floating role similar to Clint Dempsey. Freedom to go as far forward as he wants, and the same freedom to do as he did several times tonight to come back deep into the midfield to relieve pressure.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:19 pm to PhilipMarlowe
I know it’s our B squad but frick. Why can’t our B squad handle the small island of Jamaica? It’s sad that we need our A team to beat them. Most euro B squads or South American would have easily won the game.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 10:24 pm to SUB
There's a fairly sizeable gap between essentially the C team we used tonight and our A team.
Posted on 6/5/19 at 11:41 pm to PhilipMarlowe
the fact that Sargent played in this game/called into the provisional gold cup roster pisses me off.
he and Soto should be leading our front line in Poland. him playing any minutes with this heap of hot garbage is more likely to stunt his growth than anything else. frick. I don’t care if this is a C- team. what a pitiful effort
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and before you bitch about positioning pville, play Soto as a shadow 10 and move Paxton back to the number 8 role, where he’s one of the top 3 at that position in our entire system already. he is, and will be an 8
he and Soto should be leading our front line in Poland. him playing any minutes with this heap of hot garbage is more likely to stunt his growth than anything else. frick. I don’t care if this is a C- team. what a pitiful effort
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and before you bitch about positioning pville, play Soto as a shadow 10 and move Paxton back to the number 8 role, where he’s one of the top 3 at that position in our entire system already. he is, and will be an 8
This post was edited on 6/5/19 at 11:45 pm
Posted on 6/5/19 at 11:57 pm to pvilleguru
The drop off is especially noticeable in the midfield. I think that’s where the “lost generation” hit us the hardest. When you look at our player pool ages 24-29, it’s pretty amazing how bad that crop of domestic-produced midfielders is. Once the Donovan-Dempsey-Beasley generation aged out, our midfield was pretty barren of talent.
Darlington Nagbe is the only one of that group to have even 25 caps, which is the same amount Pulisic has despite being way younger than any of those guys. Those bad development years hurt us everywhere, but especially in the midfield. It’s why right now 31 year-old Michael Bradley and three 20 year-olds are the four best midfielders we have.
Thankfully our youth teams seem to finally be producing good midfielders in recent years. Our three stellar 20 year-olds are hopefully just the start of what is to come for US Soccer.
Darlington Nagbe is the only one of that group to have even 25 caps, which is the same amount Pulisic has despite being way younger than any of those guys. Those bad development years hurt us everywhere, but especially in the midfield. It’s why right now 31 year-old Michael Bradley and three 20 year-olds are the four best midfielders we have.
Thankfully our youth teams seem to finally be producing good midfielders in recent years. Our three stellar 20 year-olds are hopefully just the start of what is to come for US Soccer.
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 12:03 am
Posted on 6/6/19 at 5:49 am to WinnPtiger
quote:
and before you bitch about positioning pville, play Soto as a shadow 10
Why is everyone trying to play our strikers out of position? Now you're keeping Mendez and Ledezma on the bench, both would be much better 10s than Soto.
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 6:19 am
Posted on 6/6/19 at 5:55 am to Michael Stein
quote:
Darlington Nagbe is the only one of that group to have even 25 caps, which is the same amount Pulisic has despite being way younger than any of those guys
Well, Nagbe didn't get his citizenship until 6 months before Pulisic's USMNT debut. Nagbe had his 1st call up in Nov 2015, Pulisic in Mar 2016.
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 5:56 am
Posted on 6/6/19 at 8:07 am to Broski
I remember in the 90's when the U.S. came out with Project 2010. It's 2019 and look at the progress
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:00 am to Girth Donor
Hey, at least it produced the most badass USMNT since 2002.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:01 am to Ssubba
RIP 2002 team; I miss that team so much 
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:07 am to Girth Donor
I sometimes wonder what could have happened if we would have kept Bob Bradley and had a committed Donovan leading up to 2014. Maybe we could have beaten Belgium and gave Argentina a competitive game.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:14 am to pvilleguru
quote:
There's a fairly sizeable gap between essentially the C team we used tonight and our A team.
That's our C squad? Don't think so. Almost half that played that will likely see starts on the A squad - Steffan, Arriola, Trapp, Miazga, Gonzalez, and maybe others.
The rest that played, except for Sargent (should be B squad at least), Mihailovic, Robinson, and Yueill, are on the Gold Cup Roster. The team that played last night was mostly starters and subs, not a C squad.
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 9:17 am
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:25 am to SUB
quote:
Almost half that played that will likely see starts on the A squad - Steffan, Arriola, Trapp, Miazga, Gonzalez, and maybe others.
The only players that started last night that are probable starters at their position on our full strength team are Steffen and Miazga. Everyone else is #2 at best. Guys like Mihailovic and Yueill are no better than #4. Sargent is probably our #3 striker in a formation that only uses one.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:50 am to pvilleguru
quote:
The only players that started last night that are probable starters at their position on our full strength team are Steffen and Miazga. Everyone else is #2 at best.
You just described a B squad with a few A's joining them.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:53 am to SUB
quote:
You just described a B squad with a few A's joining them.
I also said "at best". It was 2 from the A squad a few from the B, and the rest from the C or worse.
Posted on 6/6/19 at 9:55 am to pvilleguru
So you think we are bringing C squad players to the gold cup this year? If so, which ones ?
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