TimmySmith Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Solid game for US development. Arena is putting players out there to see what they can do, hoping to find 4-5 surprises. It's refreshing. That said, man does the back line suck and man do the middies suck. There is almost no depth in US Soccer. Our 2nd team would get smoked by a mid level MLS team. Still I like what Arenas is doing and the kids will only get better with more minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Well, on the plus side, at least we know that 99% of this squad has no business on the national team so we can stop calling them up. ****ing Martinique. Amazing. We are definitely not making it to the final with this squad. Edited July 13, 2017 by MisterPinstripe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinssRvA Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 8 minutes ago, MisterPinstripe said: Well, on the plus side, at least we know that 99% of this squad has no business on the national team so we can stop calling them up. ****ing Martinique. Amazing. We are definitely not making it to the final with this squad. I'm going to show my ignorance here, and say I had no idea Martinique was even a place. I had to look it up. The USA is literally like, 10,000x the size of Martinique and yet here we are with our "futures" squad squeaking out a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Just thinking back over the game, I continue to be amazed at how slow Zardes' step-overs are. Not sure why its not stolen off him more when he is in the middle of a step-over. Though perhaps they know they can just wait a minute and he will give it away. Just now, SkinssRvA said: I'm going to show my ignorance here, and say I had no idea Martinique was even a place. I had to look it up. The USA is literally like, 10,000x the size of Martinique and yet here we are with our "futures" squad squeaking out a win. Well, to be fair, our futures squad are guys like Weston McKinnie, Haji Wright, Josh Sargent, EPB, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Emerson Hyndman, etc. So there is more hope for the future than these guys. Its just amazing how pathetic they played. I bet our U-20 WC squad would have played better against Martinique than these guys. No pride in this group, they were getting taken to task by a bunch of semi-pros from Martinique. Guzan was awful, Acosta was rather poor, Hedges shouldnt be near the NT. Omar and him were so slow and getting beat by these guys. Agudelo played okay but couldnt think quick enough to get a good shot off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 I dont take much from last night. That was a hodgepodge of players set up for no apparent reason or plan. The only guys on the pitch last night that will see serious time for the US in WCQ and real games are Arriola, Acosta and Morris. The rest will forever be on this D side or less. Interesting fact- The name Gyasi is a Ghanian word meaning "feet of stone". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, Kilmer17 said: I dont take much from last night. That was a hodgepodge of players set up for no apparent reason or plan. The only guys on the pitch last night that will see serious time for the US in WCQ and real games are Arriola, Acosta and Morris. The rest will forever be on this D side or less. Interesting fact- The name Gyasi is a Ghanian word meaning "feet of stone". I know this Gold Cup doesnt mean a whole lot, but I would like to feel like we could have a chance to win it. Its still a tournament so I want to win it and against this competition even with a D side we should be playing better. Ill be pretty upset if most of these guys sniff the NT after this tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, MisterPinstripe said: I know this Gold Cup doesnt mean a whole lot, but I would like to feel like we could have a chance to win it. Its still a tournament so I want to win it and against this competition even with a D side we should be playing better. Ill be pretty upset if most of these guys sniff the NT after this tournament. Arena can make 6 changes after the next game if he wants to bring in some better talent. Also, alot of the guys on the bench last night are far better than those who played. Miazga, Besler, Rowe, Zusi. All are better than some of the dreck we saw last night. But you have to give some of those guys chances to see what they can do. Or in most cases last night, NOT do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmySmith Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Kilmer17 said: Arena can make 6 changes after the next game if he wants to bring in some better talent. Also, alot of the guys on the bench last night are far better than those who played. Miazga, Besler, Rowe, Zusi. All are better than some of the dreck we saw last night. But you have to give some of those guys chances to see what they can do. Or in most cases last night, NOT do. Yep. If you do not play the bottom of the roster against Martinique, when will you play them. Perfect opportunity in a real competition to get a look at some guys. It's evident that Klinsmann knew talent if nothing else, and was right about certain guys, particularly Gonzales and probably Corona. No business on the 1st squad. If Arena wants to win this, Bradley and Pulisic will be in the 6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Just so everyone is aware, this tournament DOES have significance. The winner of this one will meet the winner of the 2019 Gold cup for a playoff to represent Concacaf in the 2021 Confederations Cup. If the same team wins both, they qualify automatically. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Jesse Gonzales called up as well. Guzan, Johnson, Bedoya, Roldan, Rowe and Dwyer are out. Surprised about Rowe and Dwyer. I would have rather seen those two stay and McCarty and Aguedelo leave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 If we get knocked out, I hope it's Gonzalez that's getting destroyed. Ffs, his first national team choice was Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmySmith Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 18 hours ago, FanboyOf91 said: If we get knocked out, I hope it's Gonzalez that's getting destroyed. Ffs, his first national team choice was Mexico. He is 1/2 Mexican. The fact that he is a Terp means I can't hate him too much, no matter how poor he plays on the back line. Klinsmann was right about him. Klinsmann was a horrible coach from a tactician standpoint, but he knows players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 I think your confusing Jesse and Omar. Jesse was just approved for 1 time switch from Mexico to US. Omar has always been an American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 In case anyone missed it, Pulisic establishing himself early for the new manager: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mournblade Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Pulisic looks like a elite set up guy. Now the US needs to go out and get him a finisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinssRvA Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Pitch looks very slow and it almost just cost us...well, along with a poor touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 20 min in and typical USMNT... any.chance we give it direct to their keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveakl Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 43 minutes ago, Fergasun said: 20 min in and typical USMNT... any.chance we give it direct to their keeper. Well....1 goal went through his legs and the other almost through his hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Just hoping a US player doesn't get shivved here in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 A purple nurple followed by.a Tyson? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 13 minutes ago, daveakl said: Well....1 goal went through his legs and the other almost through his hands. The brutiful game... 62 minutes that cross from El Sal was a simple 2 touch move that few USMNT players can do... ugly defense... Which announcer sounds like Suzy Kolber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinssRvA Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 A punch a bite and a titty twister. Sounds like a pretty good Saturday night if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 And tonight is one of the reasons European teams can't appreciate the **** pile that is concacaf. Not only was the crap happening, but no ES player got sent off. Insanly dirty play combined with the ****tiest ref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Good argument for VAR... you honestly can't tell me that you saw the twist bite in real time.. the studs on shin was also bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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