November 28, 20214 yr Well this might not be good. Weston McKinnie went down today with a knee injury. They are saying sprain, but I haven't seen anything more. Picture of him down today.
November 28, 20214 yr He walked off fine so hopefully nothing major but God damnit. I also forgot to share these before.
November 29, 20214 yr Cool for Gio. CP finished 2nd in 2018 - couldn't find the top 10 for 2019. Wasn't awarded last year. 2021 Kopa Trophy final results (Best U21 player) Rank Name Position Club National Team 1. Pedri MF FC Barcelona Spain 2. Jude Bellingham MF Borussia Dortmund England 3. Jamal Musiala MF Bayern Munich Germany 4. Nuno Mendes DF PSG Portugal 5. Mason Greenwood FW Manchester United England 6. Bukayo Saka FW Arsenal England 7. Florian Wirtz MF Bayer Leverkusen Germany 8. Ryan Gravenberch MF Ajax Netherlands 9. Jeremy Doku FW Rennes Belgium 10. Giovanni Reyna MF Borussia Dortmund USA
December 3, 20214 yr That midfield is garbage. Hopefully we drop down one of the forwards to play in the MF.
December 3, 20214 yr me taking stab at starting 11 turner bello zimmerman long reynolds roldan acosta yueill cardoso ferreira pepi
December 3, 20214 yr That is awful. Looks like something Jason Kreiss would run out. Edited December 3, 20214 yr by Ted Lange
December 3, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, Ted Lange said: That is awful. Looks like something Jason Kreiss would run out. What if we don’t even qualify for our own friendly?! 😳 #awkward
December 3, 20214 yr This isn’t an official window, right? So we can’t get any of our good players, right?
December 3, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, kingkoopa6 said: Noice! I’ll be in building Oh my God we have a fucking USL player on there. whatyearisit.jpg
December 3, 20214 yr 54 minutes ago, ztejas said: Oh my God we have a fucking USL player on there. Not sure if you are serious, but he is a dual nat (mexico) and one of the best LB prospects, he will be in Europe shortly.
December 3, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, Ted Lange said: Not sure if you are serious, but he is a dual nat (mexico) and one of the best LB prospects, he will be in Europe shortly. Hah. I thought his name was familiar. Just funny seeing Orange County SC on the club list. Whatever his potential he probably shouldn't be playing senior games for us.
December 3, 20214 yr He could be playing in MLS right now at 18. There was something weird with his contract at FC Dallas, he went to USL so he could go to Europe sooner, I can’t recall all the details.
December 3, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, Ted Lange said: He could be playing in MLS right now at 18. There was something weird with his contract at FC Dallas, he went to USL so he could go to Europe sooner, I can’t recall all the details. Looks like he was with Miami's academy? We definitely need some answers in the back going forward so I'm guessing they wanted to get a look at as many of those guys as they could this window. We're probably going to see some bizarre rosters like this with the amount of guys we have now that can't play in December. Although Mourinho doesn't seem interested in keeping Reynolds around.
December 3, 20214 yr There are actually two USL players Kobi Henry and Jonathan Gomez (and it sounds like the two of you are each talking about one of them). To me, this feels like a perfect roster for this kind of game/camp if there was just one or two more promising young midfielders in the group.
December 3, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, goatsaag said: There are actually two USL players Kobi Henry and Jonathan Gomez (and it sounds like the two of you are each talking about one of them). To me, this feels like a perfect roster for this kind of game/camp if there was just one or two more promising young midfielders in the group. Yes I was talking about Henry. I didn't think Henry was close to playing in Europe but didn't want to correct Ted as he follows our yutes more closely. I guess Gomez hasn't played for Real Sociedad yet. Agreed on midfield. We need to move on from Yueill.
December 3, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, goatsaag said: There are actually two USL players Kobi Henry and Jonathan Gomez (and it sounds like the two of you are each talking about one of them). To me, this feels like a perfect roster for this kind of game/camp if there was just one or two more promising young midfielders in the group. Exactly. It's a friendly without an official international window. Time to give a second chance to some retreads and cap some n00bs. And I will go on record now and say that the actual result should be of no importance ... provided Bosnia-Herzegovina doesn't win by a 10-goal margin.
December 5, 20214 yr I would probably let it go if it wasn’t that bad, but Sargent with a terrible miss today against Spurs. Wide open right in front of the net and just never got his foot on it. It rolled through him and then off his plant foot. So bad.
December 5, 20214 yr Author 4 hours ago, Captain Ron said: I would probably let it go if it wasn’t that bad, but Sargent with a terrible miss today against Spurs. Wide open right in front of the net and just never got his foot on it. It rolled through him and then off his plant foot. So bad. Someday he may turn it around, but until he does, I don’t even want him on the group texts with the other USMNT guys, much less called into a camp. He shouldn’t even be allowed to shine Wondo’s or Lletget’s boots.
December 5, 20214 yr 35 minutes ago, Napoleon said: Someday he may turn it around, but until he does, I don’t even want him on the group texts with the other USMNT guys, much less called into a camp. He shouldn’t even be allowed to shine Wondo’s or Lletget’s boots. I would hate to think of the amount of shoe polish that would be on the floor because it missed the shoes.
December 5, 20214 yr Like 95% sure it's Pulisic and Pepi - but who else do we like? I honestly wouldn't put Turner that far behind. Maybe Musah for the youngins?
December 6, 20214 yr Reports that Athletico are looking into Pepi now as well and multiple $13+ million offers as well.
December 6, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, Ted Lange said: WTF is Acosta doing on the list? I think he gets credit for the Gold Cup
December 6, 20214 yr 8 hours ago, alincoln said: Pepi for sure, but Robinson and McKennie for me for POTY I think they take into consideration club and country. So Pulisic seems like an auto get for the CL. But I agree if we're just looking at NT matches.
December 7, 20214 yr Author 10 hours ago, ztejas said: I think they take into consideration club and country. So Pulisic seems like an auto get for the CL. But I agree if we're just looking at NT matches. Missing a shot as a sub in the CL final? I would hope that Christian doesn’t win the award. Give it to someone who stays healthy and plays.
December 7, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, Napoleon said: Missing a shot as a sub in the CL final? Well there was also the two game winners against Mexico. You don't like Pulisic. We get it.
December 8, 20214 yr "[FC Dallas president, Dan] Hunt stressed that Pepi is not well served by leaving the club now because that would jeopardize his stay with the U.S. National Team." I guess we can add FC Dallas to the list of clubs that can go fuck themselves. That list is called the MLS.
December 8, 20214 yr He's apparently had to go to them multiple times to request a transfer. Just ridiculous. Anyone know how long his current contract is?
December 8, 20214 yr It runs through 2026. I will admit, I ran with an over the top headline and then put in there an even more over the top comments which backed it up. As a whole his statement as a whole (there is a lot more) is about how if he goes to a team where he doesn't play, he will risk his spot on the USMNT. However, with that headline, I couldn't help but post that. And still fuck FC Dallas. Edited December 8, 20214 yr by Captain Ron
December 8, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: if he goes to a team where he doesn't play, he will risk his spot on the USMNT. That doesn't make any sense though. He's either our best 9 or he isn't. He is better served training and taking some lumps in Europe and watching from the bench for a bit than staying in Dallas.
December 8, 20214 yr A. You already know this, but you're preaching to the choir here. I'm with you. B. You think MLS execs know jack shit about soccer?
December 8, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: A. You already know this, but you're preaching to the choir here. I'm with you. B. You think MLS execs know jack shit about soccer? Well you seemed to backtrack your criticism a bit so I just wanted to reinforce how lazy that comment is from Dallas. Also - it isn't Dallas' job to protect his interests with the NT and they know that. They are just selfish and don't want him to leave because their squad is a disaster and Pepi (also Ferreira) is the only thing keeping it afloat.
December 8, 20214 yr Not really backing off, but noting it isn't as caustic as they headline states. I think Wahl nailes it here that the papers are in cahoots with the teams/ownership. But that said, you aren't wrong about FC Dallas's role. I agree 100% with you there plus add that they don't have his interests in mind either. In the end, this article is 100% them selling their stance that they want Pepi to stay. And frankly their handling of him has been pretty poor.
December 9, 20214 yr Hunt is so cheap, why wouldn't he want to sell? They sell everyone else at 1/5th the price, what is different now?
December 9, 20214 yr Author 26 minutes ago, Ted Lange said: Hunt is so cheap, why wouldn't he want to sell? They sell everyone else at 1/5th the price, what is different now? Negotiating tactics are not limited to European owners. Every trade window that Pepi is not sold, his value goes down.
December 9, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Napoleon said: Negotiating tactics are not limited to European owners. Every trade window that Pepi is not sold, his value goes down. Maybe in a year or two, but for as young as Pepi is, he is going to have some value for European teams. His value isn't going to sky rocket, but he will increase some for a year, more if he continues to develop (yeah I said that with a straight face).
December 9, 20214 yr Who would have thunk it - he was actually taking a step down when he left Ajax. Maybe now he'll end up on a decent team. Edited December 9, 20214 yr by dieucla98
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