>Sunday, June 2nd Minnesota United (2) vs Philadelphia Union (3) LA Galaxy (0) vs New England Revolution (0) - 38'
>Miércoles de futbol Montreal Impact vs Seattle Sounders; 7:30pm EDT
>Jueves de futbol New York City FC vs FC Cincinnati; 7:00pm EDT
>Viernes de futbol Toronto FC vs Sporting KC; 7:00pm EDT
>Sábado de futbol San Jose Earthquakes vs FC Dallas; 3:30pm EDT Philadelphia Union vs New York Red Bulls; 7:30pm EDT Colorado Rapids vs Minnesota United FC; 9:00pm EDT
I have never replied to a Doopster. I have never communicated in any way with a Doopster. I ignore all of their posts, always have, always will. I can tell when Anons are Doopsters even when they aren't posting specifically about Doop and I refuse to engage with them. I will never reply to a Doopster.
Fucking mls, I hate it so much. See you guys next matchday.
Dylan Robinson
but unironically how does a guy playing in the German 3rd Division get into the team? does he have nudes of Greggggg?
Ian Walker
>how does a guy playing in the German 3rd Division get into the team? By there being a talent pool so shallow a babby couldn't drown in it.
Jonathan Hill
Even normies following the turtles in instagram/FB are calling for US soccers head for playing baldy and altishit
Maybe the collective sum of parts can get berhalter or garber to stop
Blake Sullivan
is this you: ?
Brody Cox
Well I do live closer to the fc stadium, but no I only have a bootleg lags jersey to wear.
John Evans
Was considered a big prospect back in 2014/2015 when he signed with Dortmund. Played like 2 games for them until injuries kept him from playing for like 2 years. Now he's some literal who in the 2nd division in Germany
Gavin Rogers
here is NWSL forward alex morgan wearing a NT jersey for the female team signing an autograph for fans of the Us Womens national team that will be playing in the womens world cup very soon, a game some in this general will be following
Hopefully this pic of an athlete from US SOCCER will keep the thread from dying
What's the prospect for CanPL actually getting more teams to sign on in the next 4 years or so? I want there to be a load of Canadian clubs, but can't see the sport actually getting enough traction to make it feasable.
Updated Allocation Ranking Order: >Colorado Rapids Chicago Fire >San Jose Earthquakes Minnesota United FC >Houston Dynamo New England Revolution
Potential Signings: Cameron Carter-Vickers, Ipswich Eric Lichaj, Hull City Antonee Robinson, Wigan Tim Ream, Fulham Jonathan Amon, Nordsjaelland Danny Williams, free agent Julian Green, Furth Bobby Wood, Hannover
WE ARE BUILDING A PATRIOTIC SPIRTE DE CORPS TO BUILD OUR CULTURE OF TEAM SPIRIT ON AS WE CONTINUE TO CONSTRUCT THE CULTURE OF SUCCESSFULLY WINNING AND PROMOTE A SPIRIT OF TEAMWORK
IF ANY OF YOU MAGGOTS THINK YOU WILL PASS THROUGH THE MIDDLE, I WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE
IF ANY OF YOU MAGGOTS THINK ABOUT PLAYING FAST AND BYPASSING BRADLEY, I WILL RUIN YOU
IF ANY OF YOU MAGGOTS THINK ABOUT SHOOTING FROM INSIDE 15 YARDS, I WILL RUIN YOU
HOORA
Anthony Taylor
AND FROM THAT DAY FORWARD ANY TIME A BUNCH OF ANIMALS ARE TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE IT'S CALLED A ZOO!
>IF ANY OF YOU MAGGOTS THINK ABOUT SHOOTING FROM INSIDE 15 YARDS, I WILL RUIN YOU You mean outside 3. Berhalter wants all goals to be scored on tap ins by the center forward.
Xavier Long
funny then that his teams can never do that and rely on weird bounces in from crosses to get goals in the penalty area
Jordan Rogers
>rely on weird bounces in from crosses to get goals in the penalty area like a true MLS manager, god bless
Ryan Reyes
I did the math on this a few months ago because Doyles kept saying he played like guardiola of whatever of the 46 MLS goals the Crew scored in 2018, more goals came from goal keeper drops, fluke deflections, and weird bounces (8) than goals scored in front of the goal from direct passes (6). the Crew were mainly dependent on goals directly from crosses (11) or shots from more than 15 yards, and finished the season with a 1.24 goals per game and a negative gd
Jose Cox
/ourguy/ Rocco Commisso will meet with Fiorentina owners tomorrow to decided if their family is ready to sell the club to him.
ARE YOU READY 11 days until the start of the Gold Cup and that's right, it's time for the SUM-Doyle feats /LigaMX/ mafia del poder presenting the official Yea Forums Gold Cup Collage® I'll be gathering shit from our threads and the match threads until the end of the tournament. In the event that I go to jail like last time, please finish it yourselves. I'll post the last one
I regret to inform you that your team are a bunch of assholes this year
Bentley Howard
Even shit Americans are better than Canadians.
James Miller
>page 8 >the state of /mls/
Gavin Cook
Man can't wait to be REGGAED
Caleb Thomas
I'm pretty pissed that the purposefully dysfunctional USCIS fucked up Cory Burke's visa and now he can't play in MLS matches or the Gold Cup. Some real bullshit.
Players Tribune Business Plan: >Help athletes by providing them a platform and writers to self publish Players Tribune after getting rinsed through venture capital: >Sell felt pens with hamfisted sports metaphors
"A-League is struggling with attendance and commerical sales, it's only a matter of time before the league fol-"
>Australian second division "Championship League" set to be announced >the FFA board is set to make a formal announcement around timelines in coming days after it's said they endorsed the second division concept over the last week. >proponents are licking their lips at the prospect of a second-tier league under the A-League by 2021. >With profile in mind, streaming matches on platforms such as Facebook Live and YouTube could be the way to go.
Isaac Harris
How well would a full strength, well managed Atlanta team do in Copa Libertadores? Honest question, not even memeing
last year's team, with Tata still at the helm, would at least not embarass themselves this year's edition with de Bore at the helm? they'd get blown the fuck out
I don't understand how this Lima meme happened. Keegan Rosenberry is definitely better than him, and even fits Berhalter's "false right back" meme position better. Not that it matters though, I guess. They're fighting over the fourth spot on the depth chart or whatever.
Brody Bennett
he's a former pro, so he knows more than you user
Leo Thomas
final prediction:
2 shots on goal 0 goals 57% possession 1 yellow on altidore Jamaica wins 2-nil
From: >One note: Neither Pulisic nor Tyler Adams are in camp yet. Berhalter gave them a little extra time for R&R after long and injury-plagued seasons.
Jackson Martin
lmao @ the idea that Greggg had any say in that one
If Pulisic wants some time off, he's going to get it
Lucas Robinson
>Chimptidore >Areola >Mihailoslav >Fagley >Lima 50/50 possession against Jamaica and 4 shots taken the entire game, guaranteed.
Levi Green
I think I want to start watching soccer, and I live in Pittsburgh so the Riverhounds interest me, can someone explain the "open cup" and the USL Championship League to me?
Im gonna try and watch the Swope Park/Loudoun game tonight.
Wyatt Robinson
The USL is the de facto second tier in US soccer. It is split into a few tiers itself now (no movement between levels though). It is based and ELITE.
The Openc Up is the big elimination tournament in the US. It's the oldest ongoing soccer competition in the country, started in 1913. Some people consider it as the third part of the US "treble" (along with MLS cup and MLS supporters shield). It's open to any team, amateur or professional. The early rounds start with amateur and low-tier professional teams, and MLS teams enter later.
If you're in Pittsburgh, I'd definitely go to a game if you can. Their stadium is comfy as hell and the view is great.
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Josiah Watson
That was a waste of time tbqh
Wyatt Peterson
J U S T U S T
Sebastian Morris
this is what you get when you start Euroshitters
where is Jozy? where is Captain America? where is Howard? where is Besler? where is Garza? where is Feilhaber?
we don't have time to play nice with some fucking base brats, we need to win, and not fucking be cucked by the euroboos
No one can hurt your feefees if you don't care anymore lol
Henry Ortiz
>not counting Steffen and Omar seething
Eli Brown
which is why it was a shit game that ended with a meme goal
Aiden Moore
Oh, I forgot dorondo signed Omar lol. Have those transactions taken place yet? At most one of them is officially on an MLS team, I think, so you can add 1 to the US totals.
Andrew Davis
>Trapp
Ryan Thomas
Steffen hasn't played a game for a European team (and possibly never will)
Omar is an MLS """""talent""""" through and through, and is currently an MLS player
Luis Davis
Funny enough, I was at the game and thought Lovitz actually performed pretty well. I don't know if they showed it on TV, but he even hit great shot from the midfield that curled into the goal after the final whistle blew.
Nathan Diaz
You already know that Bercuckler WILL start Trappley one way or another even after this shitfest of a game. Trapp got out muscled and outplayed by literal amateurs and USL players just think about how sad that is for a moment.
Adrian Diaz
Who needs silverware when you could play your kids?
What? They've been trying very hard to paint Trapp as "the next Bradley"
Eli Flores
someone should tweet back the results when women’s soccer teams play highschool men’s teams
Luis Moore
yeah the mls has produced way more world class talents than europe
Carter Barnes
Honestly, Zardes of all people may actually have been pretty helpful in this game. His pace and work rate could well have helped us shithouse a win, his movement would probably have given the wingers a little more room to work with, and he's one of our more physically strong players.
Liam Bennett
>the mls Hello tourist
Justin Ortiz
>want tickets for sac vs SJ >republic tickets are $38 >I can go on stubhub right now and find tickets for 12-13 bucks +tax >"no opposing gear or colors are allowed in this section
this is fucking horseshit, theyre not even going to fill up the stadium anyway
CCV should be in the team, he's better than Ream at this point
Ream doesn't even have experience or locker room status or anything, totally bizarre inclusion
Jack Taylor
28 caps isn't exactly "doesn't even have experience", but whatever he's mostly here because he plays left back, where our depth is shit, and he also plays center back, and versatility is rarely a bad thing
Logan Martinez
Oops. There need to be 7 cuts to fit Adams and Pulisic in when they get back. - Lewis, Lovitz too, then.
Jeremiah Lewis
more than five 28 players in the JAM selection don't include McKennie, Adams, or Pulisic
>because he plays left back does he though? he definitely stands on the left side, I will agree
"play" is a pretty strong verb for what Tim Ream "does"
Owen Lee
Sac R user gets rolled by Karens in da Open Cup.
Levi Miller
I was talking about predictions, not necessarily who I think should be cut. For instance, I would probably favor bringing Lewis over Roldan (haven't been impressed by him at all outside of one or two skill moves) at this point. As well as CCV over Gonzalez.
Lincoln Jones
occasional reminder that Wondolowski, CJ Sapong, and Aguadelo have more goals than Altidore, Morris, and Zardes
Gonzo should never see the NT again after own-goaling in the qualifiers dude has never looked good in a US shirt
Jayden King
oh yeah CCV probably won't make it, bizarrely Arriola has never played a good game but will watch as Milhalovic and Boyd both say goodbye while Jozy and Morris carry on
it's always hard to say who to pick as an armchair, but the gulf between what seems a reasonable pick and what a coach actual selects has never been greater.
William Turner
>implying thats a difficult feat to achieve
James Perez
Lewis is fucking trash, there's a reason why nycfc cut him loose. Consider him irrelevant like Acosta now.
Lucas Bell
>lewis Why? I watched this pacemutt do nothing other than try to run with the ball and lose it constantly when watching an NYCFC game. He's a meme
William White
Every Generation Has A Legend. Every Journey Has A First Step. Every Saga Has A Beginning.
Boyd is making the gold cup roster. He wouldn't have filed the one time switch otherwise. Which is pretty good considering he's better than guys like Morris and Areola
Ryder Adams
Just have Adams, McKennie and Holmes in the midfield. It's not rocket science.
Angel Moore
LOONS
Chase Ross
>perf
Logan Howard
IMAGINE THE SWEET MINT SMELL
Josiah King
>perf
Leo Collins
I dunno Kevin I've yet to see a women's game that I would call well-played soccer
Why is everyone still trying to make Cristian Roldan a thing? He was never and is never going to be good.
Nathaniel Hall
I got 5/7 right. Not too bad.
Joseph Gutierrez
has the USMNT passed me by? I don't recognize like 4 of those names, and don't know the face of 9 of them. is this the best "we" have got? the future is going to be so bleak
Joshua Sanders
this. who the fuck are these guys?
Luis Peterson
Why keep Sargent home from the u-20s and not have him play the gold cup?
Wyatt Hill
Gold cup roster is always a bunch of MLS shitters with some no-name yuros thrown in.
Aaron Rogers
That's the only thing that confused me about this roster. I get leaving Amon off; he showed some talent last night, but he also showed that he lacks the maturity to do much with it. Needs more time to develop, the same as Mihailovic.
>"We have set up the roster where there’s two players in every position,” Berhalter said. Sargent would have been a third striker behind Jozy Altidore and Gyasi Zardes. >Berhalter, instead, needed a winger after Sebastian Lletget was ruled out due to a hamstring injury. The head coach, speaking with reporters Thursday, said he saw Lletget as not only a backup attacking midfielder but also depth out wide. If Lletget were fit, he likely would have taken Duane Holmes’ place; he also would have rendered Lewis or Jordan Morris unnecessary, and allowed Berhalter to include Sargent. >“When he got injured,” Berhalter said of Lletget, “it kind of put a wrench in the plans a little bit. And we didn’t feel we could afford to carry three strikers on the roster anymore.”
HERES A SOLUTION TO THIS RIDDLE
DROP JORDAN MORRIS WHO HASN'T DONE ANYTHING FOR TWO YEARS
Austin Kelly
He thinks Morris is a winger (he's shit no matter where he's plays, so who cares), so that wouldn't have solved the issue of not having wing depth.
Cooper Butler
Lima is trash, but in his defense, Jamaica is probably a harder opponent than last year's Minnesota
Camden Bennett
We have 5 CB's. Why not just cut Gonzalez who's fucking shit and now there's a spot for Sargent.
Seriously how does Gonzalez even make the team? He was the shittiest CB behind Miazga, CCV. Zimmerman and Long.
I was lenient with Gregg at the beginning. But now he's being Arena-tier retarded
Sebastian Ramirez
Not sure if anyone noticed but people were audibly booing the US at the game lol
Mason Wood
Half of Jamaica's team was like USL guys.
John Perry
Coaching Idea: take your best 23 players and then organize a system that can use them most effectively rather than leaving your best youth talent doing nothing so that Jordan Morris can puff and huff up and down the field in an idealized system you dreamed up after reading the first three chapters of Inverting the Pyramid
Joshua Butler
after Stu Holden kept saying that it isn't Gregggs fault or that the MLS All Stars who kept missing their passes were just the B Team, and as the boos grew louder with each missed pass, even John Strong had to tell Stu to shut the fuck up
Leo Myers
>MLS All Stars The team was mostly non-MLS. And the MLS players they did pick are definitely not all stars, and not even the best American MLS players.
Samuel Ortiz
>At 12:47 PM local time today, Fiorentina posted a press release on the team’s website confirming that the Reggio-Calabria-born New Jersey cable magnate had completed his takeover of the club from Diego and Andrea Della Valle. >"Eh woahz, glads to be here, feelin pretty goodz abouts myself, can't wait to sue every c**ksucker in this pisshole league, we gots big plans, that's alls it gotta say abouts that" he said at the opening press conference.
Eli Gomez
*scores hat trick vs Guyana* *hamstring explodes again* *out of the gold cup*
Aaron Wright
>this retard wanted to play Lletget of all players out wide He really is up his own ass. Lletget aint even good and hes atrocious anywhere not in the center.
Dylan Hernandez
>and not even the best American MLS players. They're literally all the same shit, who are you trying to kid? Trapp for Canouse? Same shit. Roldan for Acosta? Same shit. Rosenberry for Lima? Same shit. They're just bad players. There is hardly any truly "elite" American in MLS.
Aaron James
>altidore >scoring
Carter Powell
i feel strongly about that too. these guys are literally interchangeable and they are trying TOO hard to find diamonds in the rough when everyone is just mediocre. when you had (somewhat) non-entities like zusi and bedoya at least they were of a higher level and rather serviceable.
Lewis is legit decent and better than faggots like Arriola. The reason he wasn't playing at NYCFC is because they're retarded. Now he's playing and scoring.
>It's impossible to field a team without niggers or spics with this roster Oh no, how will pol ever recover?
Eli Walker
womp womp
Hudson Rodriguez
Who is usmntonly?
Nolan Carter
you're mom
Aiden Miller
just some fan account EPB thirsty as fuck
Daniel James
so close yet still trying to find some tactical reason instead of realizing the harsh truth
Zardes sells, he's good for marketing, it doesn't matter if he's shit. Thats why Arena had him too. Altidore sells. Morris sells. All three polling high for MLS All Star team. That's why they are in, even if they aren't good enough.
CJ Sapong or Sargent or whoever can score goals til their dick falls off, until he publishers more Instagram stories he won't be on the team
Nobody is going to suddenly get interested in watching MLS because Morris is warming the bench, which he likely will be unless rotation is needed. Zardes actually has more career goals than Sapong, so I'm not sure what your point is with that.
They literally lost to the red bulls C team in the USL playoffs
Justin Morris
>a draw against an Atlanta squad that's a shell of their former selves without Tata >a win over Portland, who started the year on an insane road trip >a win over New England, who haven't been actually good in years
and then since that Revs game, a grand total of 4 points anyone who was paying actual attention knew their start was at least a semi-fluke, and could/would not be sustained
Liam Peterson
and since their previous game (vs Nashville) ended with a PK shootout, for all their "CRUSHED THIS LEAGUE" bluster, Cincy never actually won a playoff game while they were in USL
Samuel Myers
>yeah 1993 was one hell of a year for me, great times, I won the Hermann Trophy, I was on top of the world >yesh yesh that es good >what were you up to? >well I had just won an Olympic Gold medal and was well on my way to my fourth La Liga trophy
Hudson Young
Arena didn't really use Zardes that much. He got most of his NT caps under Klinsmann
RBII has been really really good the past few years. The same guys that are currently winning all the games this year in the 1st team.
Landon Gonzalez
This MLS vs Euro debate has turned into Democrats vs Republicans, utter nonsense. No one is actually interested in making things better , just advancing their agenda. But I do think that MLS starters are better options than literally who U-20 Bundesliga reserve team Bigsoccer superstars.
It does get ridiculous at times, like people getting outraged over the exclusion of Jonathan "Only Dribbles" Amon and Erik "Struggles to Start for the Worst Team in the Netherlands" Palmer-Brown. I can't wrap my head around the exclusion of Sargent, though. Pulisic, Boyd, Holmes, Arriola, Lewis, Roldan, and even Zardes can all play as wingers, so why was Morris needed so badly? I don't even hate Morris like some people, but it just seems pointless unless Berhalter's planning to use some formation we haven't seen yet.
Brandon Garcia
Ismail Elfath is reffing Italy-Mali in the U-20 wc and he's basically taking a shit directly on the field right now
>This MLS vs Euro debate has turned into Democrats vs Republicans, that's a pretty stupid take >I do think that MLS starters are better options than literally who U-20 Bundesliga reserve team Bigsoccer superstars. lol of course by your own analogy you are a shit-for-brains Centrist who wonders why we all can't just get along
>But I do think that MLS starters are better options than literally who U-20 Bundesliga reserve team Bigsoccer superstars. That's a stretch but most "euroboos" are angry that the likes of Fabian, Chandler (who is still getting game time at Frankfurt after his injuries) and Morales did not deserve to be ignored for the likes of Lovitz, Lima and Roldan/Trapp/Bradley.
Xavier Nelson
kek, please happen. this would be the ultimate tendie dropping at every usa vs mexico match
yes, it's always been a thing. Idk why it's so surprising that a corporation that handles mls, national team and mexican national team tv rights somehow goes as far as to force those three to intermingle closely for financial gain. Mls owners literally profit from national team games btw.
Christopher Wood
Chandler got years and years to show himself under Klinsy, and never did anything of value He can stay the fuck away from the NT
Charles Jones
Have you seen the clip of him playing? He's literally the next Michael Bradley.
Caleb King
His best season at Frankfurt came after Klinsmann left. I'd rather him as a backup than Nick fucking Lima who is a train wreck for Quacks.
Parker Sanchez
Johnson: Unofficially retired. Berhalter met with him a while ago and left the door open, but he just doesn't want to come back. Would be a great asset, though. Chandler: Douche who doesn't even want to play for us and wasn't good when he did play. The guy has straight up rejected call-ups in the past. Morales: Have you actually watched him? He's not particularly good, and Klinnsmann dropped him in 2015 for Corona.
Julian White
Johnson's probably sick of shuttling from one position to another without settling in anywhere
Eli James
>Have you actually watched him? He's not particularly good He's far better than the likes of Trapp and Roldan. You haven't watched him at all play for Dusseldorf this season when he was consistently starting for them up until April. Trapp and Roldan got manhandled by Jamaican weed farmers, Morales would not have let that happened.
Ian Flores
I have watched him play for Dusseldorf. He's not as good of a passer as Bradley and Trapp and not as tough as McKennie and Adams. I could see bringing him along over Roldan, but it's not as if Roldan is an integral part of the squad; he's the backup for a player who never gets tired. I agree that Trapp really should not have been playing against Jamaica. His main strength is releasing the wingers with good long balls, but he doesn't have anywhere near enough physicality to go up against teams like that.
Gabriel Stewart
>He's not as good of a passer as Bradley and Trapp And? He's good at everything else like actually protecting the backline, aerial duels and fighting for the ball. In an ideal world, it would be Adams as the DM but with Adams (stupidly) as RB, it wouldn't have hurt at all to actually have someone like Morales come in. And Trapp's passing is useless when half the time he's losing and turning over the ball in the middle of the field and exposing the backline over and over again. Again, there was no reason to have Roldan or Trapp in this team over Morales especially given what we've seen of the former two against Jamaica of all teams.
Jace Clark
My point is that there's no compelling reason to bring Morales. He doesn't have the passing of Trapp and Bradley or the physical toughness of McKennie and Adams, and he's equal at best to Bradley physically. The only person who he beats on all fronts is Roldan, but that's such a minor role that I don't think it's anything to be outraged over. The thing that people don't understand about playing Adams at RB is that it actually gives him more freedom than playing as a DM because he can run all over the field fucking people up, which has an additional effect of giving Trapp more time on the ball to pick his passes and disguise his weaknesses. Of course, as Berhalter has said, this only works against teams where we can expect to hold most of the possession. Personally, pic-related would be my general-purpose lineup.
Terrible lineup. No pace from the fullbacks plus they're error prone and there is no way in hell Trappley wont start given Gregg's retarded bias for wanting a shit wannabe regista at the back. Holmes is not a CAM, he's a right sided midfielder and a workhorse, he's not good at distribution.
I was under the impression that Holmes could play there, but just swap him and Pulisic. Doesn't really change what I was going for The only alternatives for LB and RB are Lovitz and Arriola, respectively. They're both faster, but Ream and Lima are the starters regardless for every lineup unless we play Adams at RB or a back 3.
Asher Garcia
very cute cat user
Andrew Myers
>If Altidore goes down (which is likely since he's made of glass and has goften hurt in almost every tournament he's played in) the only back up striker is Zardes.
Adrian Morales
Forgot to mention, I saw a guy on the subway wearing an El Salvador football shirt. That was kind of cool
Justin Cook
Fuck off Doyle and stop fucking your cat
Anthony Green
>muh passing This is a stupid argument to make. There is more to a midfielder than just passing - if we were to disregard Morales for his passing alone then McKennie would also fall into that distinction so why the double standards? It's a fact that Trapp and Roldan are so fucking shit that they cannot handle the press of a single Jamaican USL player like Kevon Lambert. Do you actually think that every team we face in the Gold cup will just play their reserves, sit back and let Trapp pretend to be the American Pirlo that Berhalter has wet dreams about? If Jamaica wasn't afraid to press us, what makes you think Trinidad and Tobago and Panama won't? >muh Adams at RB This just reinforces what I was talking about earlier. Adams is not a natural RB, when he cuts inside as an inverted fullback, he leaves a shit ton of unguarded space. He got away with it against Ecuador because he makes up for it with his energy and pressing and Ecuador played their reserves and benchwarmers but he's not a good fullback - and that isn't his fault because his best games for club and country have always been as a center midfielder hanging out back. Adams at RB will not work when your midfield will be overran just like what happened against Jamaica. McKennie will help a bit but even he can't do everything and cover for Trappley's uselessness.
Caleb Morris
You're completely ignoring what I said in favor of shitting on players that I'm not even praising that much. >if we were to disregard Morales for his passing alone then McKennie would also fall into that distinction so why the double standards I said that McKennie has more physical toughness, and he and Morales have roughly the same passing ability. Thus, McKennie > Morales. My point, as I've stated numerous times, is that Morales doesn't fill any particular niche like the other midfielders. He's basically in the same situation as Canouse. >Do you actually think that every team we face in the Gold cup will just play their reserves, sit back and let Trapp pretend to be the American Pirlo Some teams will let us do that. For the vast majority of games, though, Bradley or Adams will be the superior pick, and I anticipate that Bradley will play far more often than Trapp as a result.
>muh Adams at RB It's only going to be used against shit teams, if at all. Against teams with a shitty offense that like to bunker, what's basically a back 3 of Ream, Miazga, and Long with support from Adams and McKennie is perfectly stable. I'm not a huge proponent of the system as you can see by the lineup I posted, but I think the reasoning behind it is fairly sound.
Godammit if Sargent wasnt going to the Gold Cup he should have been with the u-20 so we could build some hype for the youth and he could get decent game time while hes away from bremen
why the fuck are we sabotaging our best youth
Jaxson Anderson
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Evan Morris
I fucking hate Garber has done everything in his power to keep the national team shit wish the cancer had taken him
>My point, as I've stated numerous times, is that Morales doesn't fill any particular niche like the other midfielders You know what niche he fills in? The "Doesnt get bullied by Jamaican Bob Marley" niche which you can't say about Trapp and Roldan.
Grayson Morales
You mean the same niche that Bradley would fill? I've already said that Trapp shouldn't have been on the field.
You know, for a moment I feared of what Weah could have become. A PSG player, loaned and playing with Celtic at 18 years old. Already playing with the Ninja Turtles. I thought he + Pulisic would have been a nightmare But today, I'll be glad if you can use it every game for the next 20 years
Levi Cruz
Weah is legit. Tab screwed up the midfield today. Pomykal was decent, but Durkin and Mendez were useless.
that's pretty good actually, although Colorado weren't the worst team in the West talent wise so it's probably a question why they weren't working before
Cameron Williams
i think he said it was for his second kid or something
Is it at all possible that Gregg could get fired if the US doesn't do well in the Gold Cup? (I feel like anything less than a semi-final finish is an absolute failure)
Ethan Evans
This has the US's problem since what 2010? 4 coaches couldn't solve it
Aaron Adams
I pray and hope so.
>USMNT team still sucks >USWNT is still irrelevant >Atlanta United is fourth in the East
Will things ever get better?
Henry Butler
If the US doesn't get out of their group I can fully well see it
Austin Hughes
Soiboy
Luis Moore
>>USWNT is still irrelevant That's a good thing, incel.
Daniel Roberts
Not that it mattered at all, but was the first Venezuela goal offside? It looked it to me.
Cameron Roberts
>Implying I'm an incel because I don't like the fact that our only good international team is completely pointless in its very existence
Huh?
Jonathan Lewis
>fatlanta
Landon Rodriguez
So, was anything collage worth it on this game?
Gabriel Ortiz
Its hard to say “well, we didnt play our best players” WHEN WE NEVER FUCKING START THEM
seething we are gonna talk about WWC too try n stop us
Michael Bennett
lol he got appointed by his brother for the express purpose of ensuring he is on board with SUM plans they won't change course
and if things get really bad, like missing the WC again, the board won't face any problems because they will just blame it on Earnie and fire them both
Cameron Ross
>seething not me dude, I love talking about national teams
Meant to make Canada not embarrass themselves in 2026. Right now it's sub-USL quality
Joseph Sullivan
That's me.
Samuel Watson
it needs more MLS teams to move on over
Bentley Hughes
It'd be kind of cool if the Whitecaps just gave up on MLS and moved to CanPL. MLS would need to sell the franchise though, right?
Makes sense. It'd be neat if we didn't suck complete ass in the World Cup.
PFC babey
Caleb Perez
I hope I'm not jinxing anything by saying this, but >our current team is the best team we've had in years, and they could do well in the Gold Cup, hopefully get to a semi-final
Jaxon Parker
Reminder that USSF took a whole year off to jerk themselves off until they finally decided to hire the brother of an exec. And I'm expected to give a fuck about the ninja turtles after that farce?
Matthew Collins
>I'm expected to give a fuck about the ninja turtles no? you just should support our gals
I'm not a soiboy, I have too much self respect to sit there and pretend that amateur level play with a bunch of uggo butch looking lesbos is fun to watch.
Easton Butler
>piss poor soccer isnt fun to watch
then why do you watch MLS?
Zachary Green
Because it's somewhat acceptable right now. Not good, but not terribly bad either.
Nolan Russell
>amateur level play with a bunch of uggo butch looking lesbos show some respect: that's MLS All Star Jordan Morris
Despite the shitshow that was yesterday, was anyone else impressed by Zimmerman and Lima? Zimmerman completed some ambitious forward passes and made several important clearances, and Lima was good defensively and created a lot of chances with his crosses. Even while playing as an inverted RB, none of Venezuela's dangerous attacks came down his side and all of their goals came down the left.
Ryan Bennett
Zimmerman is legit, he should have a spot as a back up for the A team. Lima is decent but not great. I think there are several better options at full back.
le 1/3 season break Zimmerman had a lot of potential, I don't think I've seen anyone doubt him Lima obviously is not first choice, but a fine bench player
It's fucking Aaron Long and Trapp who got absolutely exposed. Long defenders are saying he is recovering from injuries but he's not played a good game. And Trapp didn't even hustle yesterday, which is the very least you could expect of a kid who gets the captains armband.
lose, because Matt Doyle knows absolutely nothing about how soccer is played since he wanted to be a pro-baseballer growing up before developing brittle bone disease and getting mad and socially isolated as his brother was more successful than him, before deciding to become a New York writer but also failing at that and then getting a job doing press releases at MLS 10 years ago at which point he started watching soccer
