May 23, 20196 yr u20 WC began today, with a somehwat surprising loss for Mexico, against Italy. Top ten players to watch https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/ten-players-poised-to-star-at-poland-2019 USA plays tomorrow at 1:30pm against Ukraine. They are in a favorable group, so hope they do well.
May 24, 20196 yr US may have its deepest team. Ukraine beat some good teams in Europe. Nigeria did well in Africa and Qatar who knows. US 1/2 favorite v. Ukraine Overall odds to win U20 Nigeria +1200 US +2000 https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/news/soccer/france-favored-to-win-fifa-u-20-world-cup-poland-2019/ Group D Odds Team Odds at Bookmaker USA +220 Nigeria +190 Ukraine +250 Qatar +500 This will be the “Group Of Death.” The USA have won consecutive CONCACAF U-20 championships and have players such as Paris St Germain’s Timothy Weah. Ukraine finished ahead of both England and France when reaching the semifinals of the European U-19 championships last year. Nigeria, runners up in 1980 and 2005, finished fourth in this year’s U-20 African Cup of Nations. Qatar are improving ahead of hosting the 2022 World Cup. Pick: USA
May 24, 20196 yr Looked like shit but playing better now. Couple of decent balls into the area but no one there to finish. Loving the ball movement and control
May 24, 20196 yr I don't know about you guys, but looked like a solid penalty to me. Edit: Finally got a replay. Looked like he got ball, so play on. Edited May 24, 20196 yr by LonghornJudas
May 24, 20196 yr The tournament is forgivable because third place teams make the knockout stage, but the US better hope Qatar was just really bad because a loss to Nigeria on Monday and it's probably curtains. The US controlled the run of play most of the game but didn't create a lot of chances in the box and had two crucial defensive fuck ups.
May 24, 20196 yr 12 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said: Did Weah ever do anything? I fast-forwarded through the 2nd half. He got the assist on the goal.
May 25, 20196 yr Atlanta United Ezequiel Barco scored this banger against a 10-man South Africa today.
May 26, 20196 yr And Mexico gets pants’d by Japan, 3-0. CONCACAF is now 0-4 which includes Honduras losing to New Zealand 5-0 ouch Edited May 26, 20196 yr by Ted Lange
May 26, 20196 yr 0-4-1, Panama got a penalty in the 87th minute against Mali to get a 1-1 draw yesterday. Not sure what you can glean from any of this because U20 success doesn't guarantee success upward, but it's still not a good look.
May 26, 20196 yr US looked like a team of mis-matched parts against Ukraine. Nigeria will be a handful tomorrow, plus they have the nicest uniforms.
May 27, 20196 yr Sorry guys, I've not been following closely. But no Tyler Adams and Josh Sargent? What gives?
May 27, 20196 yr What is the significance of this? Do these matches pertain towards team’s qualifying to go to the World Cup or just friendly matches to prepare?
May 27, 20196 yr 39 minutes ago, Horn80 said: What is the significance of this? Do these matches pertain towards team’s qualifying to go to the World Cup or just friendly matches to prepare? The best way to describe what they’re worth:
May 27, 20196 yr Who knows how it ends but for the first 30 the US are far and away the better side. Edited May 27, 20196 yr by Ted Lange
May 27, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, UDontKnow said: Sorry guys, I've not been following closely. But no Tyler Adams and Josh Sargent? What gives? From an article on the MLS website: RB Leipzig's Tyler Adams could have featured for the U-20s, but wasn't considered. “What’s important for me is to put the players in a comfortable situation so they do well for the senior national team," Ramos said. "Gregg believes Tyler has moved on from here. He plays in the Bundesliga, he’s doing great there. He’s not even on the 50-man roster.” Ditto for Werder Bremen striker Josh Sargent. “We weren’t 100% sure because of the playing time situation, so I did put him on the 50-man roster, but it’s clear that he’s going into the summer with the senior national team," Ramos said. "So it’s best that he continues to move in that direction.”
May 27, 20196 yr There we go! 2-0 boys! What a ball by Gloster, too. Edited May 27, 20196 yr by LonghornJudas
May 27, 20196 yr 25 minutes ago, Ted Lange said: And as soon as I post it, now the Super Eagles are dominating. 2-0 Lange, show some moxie as a fan!
May 27, 20196 yr USA concedes a clumsy penalty, but VAR determines the Nigerian player was offside. I LOVE TECHNOLOGY.
May 27, 20196 yr Author Completely different game without Richards. Hope he will be available for the next game.
May 27, 20196 yr On Thursday we need to beat up on some teenagers for some assholes stealing the 2022 World Cup from us!
May 30, 20196 yr Honduras is losing 5-0 to Norway.....at halftime US vs Qatar is at 1:30. A win and we are through, a draw and we should be through, a loss and it gets pretty dicey.
May 30, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, Ted Lange said: 10-0 now. 15 minutes left. Norway lost their first two matches as well scoring once and giving up 5. Honduras has now given up 17 goals in the group and scored 0.
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