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Where would the following team of American players finish in the Bundesliga this season?
Posted on 10/24/18 at 9:33 am
Posted on 10/24/18 at 9:33 am
There are too many players (Wynalda, Reyna, Dooley, Cherundolo, Keller) that played before I actually started following soccer, for me to get a feel for this team. Would they be in a relegation battle? Finish top half of the league? Challenge for european spots?
ETA: For the sake of argument, assume each player listed is at their peak when with their listed club.
This post was edited on 10/24/18 at 9:34 am
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Posted on 10/24/18 at 9:41 am to PhilipMarlowe
They'd be better than Schalke at the moment, that's for certain.
I'm too young to make any definitive comments as well.
I'm too young to make any definitive comments as well.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 9:55 am to PhilipMarlowe
Probably fighting for a CL spot.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 10:12 am to pvilleguru
interesting.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 10:49 am to PhilipMarlowe
Steve C was a beast for a decade plus over there.
Really underrated national team presence imo.
If all those players were in their peak, I would still put Bobby Wood in over Wynalda, and believe they would be in the top half of the league.
Really underrated national team presence imo.
If all those players were in their peak, I would still put Bobby Wood in over Wynalda, and believe they would be in the top half of the league.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 10:57 am to PhilipMarlowe
I would say mid-table to Europa spots at best. The defense and midfield are fine, but who scores the goals? Most of Wynalda's success came in the 2. Bundesliga and outside of him there isn't a natural goalscorer unless you think Pulisic is gonna turn it on with less talent around him.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 11:59 am to BRUNNIN4
solid. kind of where my guess would be.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 12:17 pm to BamaCoaster
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Steve C
he is sneakily one of the players i wish we could have plucked from the past and put on the team last cycle.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 12:54 pm to Hester Carries
No need to be sneaky about it. Dolo should be regarded as one of the top five US players ever in my view. He was a fantastic player.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 12:59 pm to PhilipMarlowe
Right now, I think that team would be no worse than #7 in the Bundesliga. With 2 points separating #2-6, I think this team would be in that mix.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 3:01 pm to pvilleguru
i like it!
Posted on 10/24/18 at 3:25 pm to PhilipMarlowe
So like I said, fighting for a CL spot.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 4:57 pm to PhilipMarlowe
Top half. Perhaps too 5 and fighting for a CL spot depending on injuries and depth.
The biggest issue would be scoring goals.
The biggest issue would be scoring goals.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 5:17 pm to Keys Open Doors
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The biggest issue would be scoring goals.
Not with Sargent on the squad.
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:56 pm to pvilleguru
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Probably fighting for a CL spot.
Maybe if all were in their peak
But if we take how they played while in Germany
No way
Posted on 10/24/18 at 7:57 pm to pvilleguru
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Right now, I think that team would be no worse than #7 in the Bundesliga. With 2 points separating #2-6, I think this team would be in that mix.
You didn’t even watch half these guys play
Posted on 10/24/18 at 8:07 pm to StraightCashHomey21
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You didn’t even watch half these guys play
I've been watching the USMNT since at least 1998. I vividly remember all of them but Dooley and Wynalda (the only two players that didn't play for the USMNT until at least 2006), and I remember pieces of Wynalda.
This post was edited on 10/24/18 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 10/24/18 at 8:11 pm to pvilleguru
But you didn’t watch them in the bundesliga since you haven’t been following German soccer than long.
That team would be competitive but that starting 11 would be mid table maybe fighting for top four if this was all their peak
Some of them peaked well after they left Germany
That team would be competitive but that starting 11 would be mid table maybe fighting for top four if this was all their peak
Some of them peaked well after they left Germany
Posted on 10/24/18 at 8:17 pm to Keys Open Doors
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Top half. Perhaps too 5 and fighting for a CL spot depending on injuries and depth.
The biggest issue would be scoring goals.
Also pace would be a huge issue for this side
Not enough to handle the modern day bundesliga
Posted on 10/24/18 at 8:27 pm to StraightCashHomey21
Can we agree that Johnson, Cherundolo, Chandler, Brooks, Pulisic, Jones, and Dooley peaked in the Bundesliga?
Keller was just past his prime, but still really good. Wynalda was around his prime. Reyna left the league when he was about 26, so he couldn't be too far from entering his prime.
Keller was just past his prime, but still really good. Wynalda was around his prime. Reyna left the league when he was about 26, so he couldn't be too far from entering his prime.
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