re: Young Players Tracker and Americans Abroad Thread

Steffen about to frick around and find out he’s staying home this Winter

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Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder is ready to stick with goalkeeper Liam Roberts. #ManCity had wanted Zack Steffen to play every week, but he could now be struggling to get back in the team

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I have not been overly impressed with Steffen in the past year or so. Often injured, sitting on the bench and so so performance when given the opportunity. It will be interesting to see who earns a trip to Qatar.

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The thing that is so maddening with Steffen is that he looked fantastic in the two qualifiers against Mexico. The talent is there, but he makes way too many stupid mistakes/has too many bad matches to trust him as GK1.

Even if I think he is better than Horvath, I would almost rather Horvath make it over Steffen because we know Turner is going (barring injury) and if Steffen also goes, then you have a GK controversy which is the last thing you want. If Steffen doesn't go, it doesn't matter who are the other two called in, Turner knows going into camp he's starting.

Gio starting against Man City in champions league today.

Looks like Dest got some minutes.

Don't know how good he is with the ball at his feet, but Cohen's has saved a couple of great chances from MBappe and Messi today.

Musah will miss the friendlies with a minor ankle injury.

Hopefully Luca will get the minutes then.

Speaking of LB, I am watching Antwerp's league match right now. It is hard to say how well Vines is able to defend the position because Antwerp is at around 80% possession. But, Vines has had a really nice left foot cross into the box as well as a nicely weighted pass over the top to a streaking forward.

U17 squad called up for a tournament in Czech Republic and it includes Liverpool striker Keyrol Figueroa, Maynor Figueroa's son. He can represent us, Honduras or England.

GOALKEEPERS (2): Adam Beaudry (Colorado Rapids; Castle Pines, Colo.), Diego Kochen (FC Barcelona/ESP; Miramar, Fla.)


DEFENDERS (6): Christian Diaz (LAFC; San Bernardino, Calif.), Adrian Gill (FC Barcelona/ESP; Denver, Colo.), Tyler Hall (Inter Miami CF; Miramar, Fla.), Stuart Hawkins (Seattle Sounders FC; Fox Island, Wash.), Sawyer Jura (Portland Timbers; Bend, Ore.), Oscar Verhoeven (San Jose Earthquakes; Pleasant Hill, Calif.)



MIDFIELDERS (6): Aaron Heard (St. Louis City SC; Fairfax, Va.), Cruz Medina (San Jose Earthquakes; San Francisco, Calif.), Edwyn Mendoza (San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose, Calif.), Paulo Rudisill (LA Galaxy; Irvine, Calif.), Ian Shaul (Portland Timbers; North Saint Paul, Minn.), Pedro Soma (UE Cornella; Coconut Creek, Fla.)



FORWARDS (6): Micah Burton (Austin FC; Mounds View, Minn.), Brian Carmona Romero (Charlotte FC; Concord, N.C.), Keyrol Figueroa Norales (Liverpool/ENG; Tegucigalpa, Honduras), Andre Gitau (Houston Dynamo FC; Richmond, Texas), Ezekiel Soto (Houston Dynamo FC; Menifee, Calif.), David Vasquez (Philadelphia Union; Los Angeles, Calif.)