Date: September 23rd, 2020 12:46 PM Author: Vigorous persian
yes that true american 2014 world cup roster with wondo, michael beasley, german born fabian johnson, german born john brooks, german born timmy chandler, europe born mikkel diskerud, icelandic player aron johannson, german born julian green
Date: September 21st, 2020 10:47 PM Author: Titillating light stag film
US youth soccer is so far beyond what it was when we (millenials) were kids. Their skills are on a different level and their style of play is much more sophisticated than even the best of us of that era. I don't think this is true for our other sports, so I think it really is just a sign that the US has caught up to the rest of the world.
Date: September 22nd, 2020 5:22 AM Author: alcoholic death wish
No team has been as good as 2002 yet. That team was legit, wasn't afraid of anyone should have made the semis at least. Handball wasnt called vs germany.
Date: September 23rd, 2020 12:47 PM Author: Vigorous persian
dest is a starter for ajax amsterdam, he's not going to be a bench rider. people said this about alphonso davies when he went to bayern munich from MLS and he's arguably the world's best LB
Date: September 22nd, 2020 4:44 PM Author: fantasy-prone lettuce shrine
No we won't. At best, we'll be able to give a team like Portugal or Colombia a good game. We won't be even close to competitive with France, Spain, Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Italy or even England.
The elite teams build from the back. Sure, those teams have flashy and skillful midfielders and forwards, but the heart of the team is almost always in the central defense and defensive midfield. We don't have world class players at any of those types of positions. We also don't have a world class #9.
Also, you have to account for the complete and utter shit show of mismanagement that is the USMNT. If half of the players on your list make the roster, I'll be shocked.
Date: September 23rd, 2020 10:39 AM Author: Titillating light stag film
The negativity in your post is weird man. This is the first time in history that our best guys are not only playing in europe but are top prospects and players on elite clubs.
I think you are probably just someone who fetishizes european/south american soccer and has inferiority complex that you just can't get over.
Date: September 23rd, 2020 12:55 PM Author: fantasy-prone lettuce shrine
I think that all of the pie in the sky positivity is weird. This is an organization that somehow failed to qualify in the biggest cupcake region last cycle. USMNT hasn't even figured out how to beat Mexico consistently. They have a handful of promising young prospects, but they haven't even called most of them in yet. I hope things go well, but I would start getting excited until I see USMNT call all of these players in at once and crush T&T away 4-0 in qualifying like an elite team would.