It was our first game in like 8 months with a bunch of players who have never played together aside from 2 days of campI'm aware of the FIFA world rankings, but damn, is it too much to ask for the United States to be able to beat a country with a population the size of Iowa?
How many times has Wales played in the last 8 months, honest question.It was our first game in like 8 months with a bunch of players who have never played together aside from 2 days of camp
5 times since September in the UEFA nations leagueHow many times has Wales played in the last 8 months, honest question.
New Starting Lineup is out. Musah is starting at the 9. Somehow Lletget is still there. Super excited to see which MLS players get shoed into this team over the next cycle. "Corey Baird is an incredible player!"
The only person in the MLS (not goal keeper edition) I would take right now is Morris. And he needs to be a 75' sub. But marketing and dollars count more than wins I guess.
I'm an admitted soccer newb but why would anybody care if there were MLS guys on the national team? If they want soccer to get big in the US they need the national team to make it out of the pods a few times. My oldest is 10 and he is having a lot of fun with soccer, just chose Chelsea as his favorite team because of Pulisic just because he's an American on the national team. That's it. We're Sporting KC people but he honestly doesn't care really.
This. Only a handful of US players in the MLS belong on a premier league field or any other European league. MLS recently has become a great place for young American talent to get recognized and taken overseas. That’s the reality the MLS needs to face. They will never have the talent of the European leagues.Simply put, most of them aren't good enough. There are guys in the past that have been given way too many chances by US Soccer and there's perception it's because they're trying to grow the recognition of MLS and it looks better for the league to have USMNT players. It's way better for guys to go overseas and train & play against world-class talent on a daily basis. I think the talent difference is even more evident if you see the games live. I've been to handful of each MLS and USMNT games and when I first saw a Premier League game live, it was amazing to see how big the talent gap I knew was there, actually is.
Yeah I'm fine with Morris as a sub running behind guys with tired legs. But I'm almost certain Jozy, Zardes, Bradley, Lletget, Arriola, and a couple MLS CBs will be on the roster for WCQ though.
I get Thatguy's point about $, and he's right to some extent, but I'd still argue MLS players like Arriola, Morris, Aaronsen at the Philadelphia Union (although I think I saw he's going to Europe too) and then an old veteran like Bradley or Jozy would be solid additions and should be added on their own merit (not just because they're MLS guys). IF we want to keep growing the game though in the U.S., domestic soccer needs to be supported. Those MLS academies are important. Anyway, the Bradley's, Morris', Altidore's could be playing in Europe if they wanted and many already have but came back for big contracts in the MLS. As it stands now, they would help round out our 23.
Regardless, it's nice to see all this young talent plying their trade at the highest levels in Europe on the biggest clubs. Very exciting for the future.