Romey 1878 Posted July 20, 2019 Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/18/sergino-dest-usa-ajax-soccer Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoat Posted July 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 On 20/07/2019 at 02:53, Romey 1878 said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/18/sergino-dest-usa-ajax-soccer I find it hard to keep up with our youth teams, and I only caught one game of the U-20WC, the 2-1 loss in the quarterfinals to Ecuador. The best player I saw on the pitch was the RB bombing forward for crosses, and knocking wingers off the ball or making tackles/blocks in the box. I texted a buddy across town that, and asked him "who the hell is the Dest kid?" Then the Gold Cup started, the WWC was going, I went on holiday...and I forgot about him. Our system is improving, but mostly the best prospects we have are the ones who have stayed out of the US system, or left in their teens for Europe. And frankly a lot of the dual-nationals who aren't quite good enough for their "home" country are better or have better potential than what's in our existing "domestic pool". Alas, if we had a large military presence in Brazil, we might have already won a World Cup or two by now Thanks for sharing that Romey, good read on the kid and his story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Looks like a really good player in tight situations, which we could definitely use. He provided an assist in Ajax's most recent match. https://twitter.com/noone_tz/status/1153356594517819392/video/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Ghoat said: I find it hard to keep up with our youth teams, and I only caught one game of the U-20WC, the 2-1 loss in the quarterfinals to Ecuador. The best player I saw on the pitch was the RB bombing forward for crosses, and knocking wingers off the ball or making tackles/blocks in the box. I texted a buddy across town that, and asked him "who the hell is the Dest kid?" Then the Gold Cup started, the WWC was going, I went on holiday...and I forgot about him. Our system is improving, but mostly the best prospects we have are the ones who have stayed out of the US system, or left in their teens for Europe. And frankly a lot of the dual-nationals who aren't quite good enough for their "home" country are better or have better potential than what's in our existing "domestic pool". Alas, if we had a large military presence in Brazil, we might have already won a World Cup or two by now Thanks for sharing that Romey, good read on the kid and his story. hah basically the same for me, the minute i hear "he's been in portugal since he was 12" i think this guy could actually be good lol. when i hear "he came through the dallas academy" i think this guy will probably be crap. biased, yes completely, the MLS game doesn't interest me and the quality still isn't great. old ass wayne rooney is lighting the league up says it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 hour ago, markjazzbassist said: hah basically the same for me, the minute i hear "he's been in portugal since he was 12" i think this guy could actually be good lol. when i hear "he came through the dallas academy" i think this guy will probably be crap. biased, yes completely, the MLS game doesn't interest me and the quality still isn't great. old ass wayne rooney is lighting the league up says it all I present to you: Weston McKennie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 22 minutes ago, Sibdane said: I present to you: Weston McKennie. oh i know i'm totally wrong and unreasonably biased, but sadly it's just the way i feel about MLS currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoat Posted July 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 McKennie is an great example of our system getting better - as is Tyler Adams. But both cases, when it was time for "finishing school", where did they go? Our better prospects, and in some cases players, are under 21 in Europe. The problem, IMO, is the players we have that come up in our system are mid-20's before they ever get their call up and even then have limited experience against world class players/leagues. Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoat Posted September 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 News flash - we're awful Sibdane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 22 hours ago, Ghoat said: News flash - we're awful Mexico is miles ahead of us at the moment. Pulisic is the only one completely ready for internationals, and even he still has a lot to learn. Hopefully Sargent gets the starts from now on at striker, because Zardes has absolutely no business leading the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoat Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 We were insisting on building out of the back and had no answer for Mexico's pressing. We completely disrupted everything in the back which means it never flowed into the midfield, and we couldn't transition smoothly to offense. It look somewhere between a laborious task and sheer chaos to start possession. Dest does look a player, he might have been the bright spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ghoat said: We were insisting on building out of the back and had no answer for Mexico's pressing. We completely disrupted everything in the back which means it never flowed into the midfield, and we couldn't transition smoothly to offense. It look somewhere between a laborious task and sheer chaos to start possession. Dest does look a player, he might have been the bright spot. Yep, and the CBs had way too much work to do early on and you could see they were tiring. If we're going to play short passes out of the back like then you actually need a CB that can pass out of the back. It's a shame that Brooks is always injured as he'd be up for it and is by far our best defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 Well we lost to Canada last night for the first time since 1985. Records are meant to be broken, but last night was pathetic. I really feel it's time for Berhalter to go(wasn't excited about him in the first place). We have no direction as a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 the talent pool is awful, the last generation was truly our golden generation (yes i know they weren't that good but that is how bad we are as a country). the solid pros like tim howard, dempsey, donovan, fabian johnson, bradley in his prime, we don't have anything like that now. our reserves back then were tim reams and eric lichaj guys playing the championship week in and out. now we have some kids who play in europe but aren't great, we have MLS stalwarts who simply by playing in MLS prove they aren't good enough. our best player rides the pine at chelsea never seeing the pitch. we don't have talent. they will let berhalter fail, then next cycle maybe these kids will come good and the next manager will look like a genius. the bob bradley and bruce arena (the good years) methods of managing are missed, i get you on that. we are not technical, not skilled. instead of trying to look like Barca just because it's on trend, play like Fat Sam because that's the only thing that has brought us success. defend with blood and guts and kill em on corners and counter attacks. so in that sense, yeah maybe berhalter is in over his head. that's what bradley did so well, he saw what he had and made the system to adapt. physical gritty performances and the fans would get us over the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 12 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said: the talent pool is awful, the last generation was truly our golden generation (yes i know they weren't that good but that is how bad we are as a country). the solid pros like tim howard, dempsey, donovan, fabian johnson, bradley in his prime, we don't have anything like that now. our reserves back then were tim reams and eric lichaj guys playing the championship week in and out. now we have some kids who play in europe but aren't great, we have MLS stalwarts who simply by playing in MLS prove they aren't good enough. our best player rides the pine at chelsea never seeing the pitch. we don't have talent. they will let berhalter fail, then next cycle maybe these kids will come good and the next manager will look like a genius. the bob bradley and bruce arena (the good years) methods of managing are missed, i get you on that. we are not technical, not skilled. instead of trying to look like Barca just because it's on trend, play like Fat Sam because that's the only thing that has brought us success. defend with blood and guts and kill em on corners and counter attacks. so in that sense, yeah maybe berhalter is in over his head. that's what bradley did so well, he saw what he had and made the system to adapt. physical gritty performances and the fans would get us over the line. Like you said, we don't have the players to play like Berhalter wants, but I also don't think he's better than a Bradley, Arena, or even Klinnsmann. His team selections are also terrible despite our weak pool. I disagreed we played like Fat Sam. If anything, we look more like that now (uninventive). Counter-attacking football isn't necessarily my favorite, but that's what we played, and it made sense given our players when played under Bradley/Arena. Klinnsmann had a go at playing more possession, but his problem was inconsistent call-ups. Our team should be beating Canada. No doubt in my mind on that. Credit to Canada for having the desire to win, but player-for-player we are definitely the better team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 8 hours ago, Sibdane said: Well we lost to Canada last night for the first time since 1985. https://youtu.be/3gHYm112ByQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 it sounds very familiar eh blues? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/16/canada-beat-usmnt-soccer-gregg-berhalter Patience is in short supply among the USMNT fanbase, who have had enough of being told the team is in learning mode and that setbacks are growing pains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/04/us-soccer-has-162m-in-the-bank-so-where-does-all-the-money-go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/04/chris-richards-bayern-munich-usmnt-soccer High hopes for him, American's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 10 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/04/chris-richards-bayern-munich-usmnt-soccer High hopes for him, American's? As always. Just hope he gets on. The last American to play at Bayern started off with a lot of promise and scored at the WC before moving to Bundesliga 2 (Julian Green). Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 14 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/04/chris-richards-bayern-munich-usmnt-soccer High hopes for him, American's? Never heard of him lol. We are very short of talent so let’s hope he comes good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 Thoughts on Dest's move to Barcelona? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: Thoughts on Dest's move to Barcelona? he was supposed to be good not great for Ajax so it's a little surprising. i can't tell if this is budget barca since they are financially struggling, or if they really want/need him. side note: i read an article the other day about americans in the bundesliga and apparently there is little to no fee for americans to move abroad, so german teams are stockpiling these americans as a cheap way to take a punt and find the next pulisic so to speak. if it doesn't work out they still sell them back to MLS for a profit. the german coaches like the american player because most are extremely fit and they conform well (ie. they just keep their head down and work hard). they lack the technicality, but that's the germans specialty, so they are able to teach that and mold them. pretty interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted October 2, 2020 Report Share Posted October 2, 2020 4 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: Thoughts on Dest's move to Barcelona? He's a good player. He's a great attacker but needs to work on his defending some if he plans to stay at the fullback position. Even if he doesn't make it a Barca he'll play for a top team at some point. With the way Barca expects there fullbacks to attack I can see him getting some minutes. Right now they're playing Roberto at RB who is naturally a midfielder. Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/10/usa-mens-soccer-team-el-salvador-2026-world-cup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 6 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/10/usa-mens-soccer-team-el-salvador-2026-world-cup I'll believe it when we start performing against top sides. I don't take too much stock in our last two wins as a sign of progress. They're teams we should be beating. We have a lot of more players in Europe actually getting minutes, but there are still a lot of questions around the team as a whole. Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 we beat el salvador. i don't see the english press getting hyped up when England beats Slovenia, we shouldn't either. dunlopp9987 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunlopp9987 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 09:47, markjazzbassist said: we beat el salvador. i don't see the english press getting hyped up when England beats Slovenia, we shouldn't either. To be fair, that's a little unkind to Slovenia. Let's say San Marino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoat Posted June 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 In related news, El Tri fans are still garbage! dunlopp9987 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 We beat a Mexico side but it took their best player being injured (Raul jimenez) and added extra time to do so. I’m still not convinced by these kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoat Posted June 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Wasn't a huge fan of the 343 formation for starters. But to your point on Jimenez, we are also missing our best/2nd best CB in Aaron Long, our backline, especially when 3 ATB looked a bit shaky. Not having our best holding mid (Tyler Adams) matchfit to shield the back line for a full 90' didn't help either. At least he got the last 8' and extra time. All that being said, to finally have most all the young kids available competitively for the first time... It was good win, especially after going down a goal twice, something to build on. I still don't get how a player can grab another player's throat and not see red. Or even yellow. CONCACAF ref's are the worst. 4 minutes ago, markjazzbassist said: We beat a Mexico side but it took their best player being injured (Raul jimenez) and added extra time to do so. I’m still not convinced by these kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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