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  1. On 4/5/2021 at 2:12 PM, alincoln said:

    No player did more to stop the flow of American talent to Europe than Jozy.  The Daily Mail published a list of the worst strikers in EPL history a few years ago.  Jozy came in at #1 and it is hard to dispute their reasoning.

    Jozy Altidore played 70 Premier League games for Hull and Sunderland. He scored a grand total of two Premier League goals. After a fairly non-eventful loan spell with Hull in 2009-10, he returned to England in 2013 after a prolific few years in the Dutch league with AZ. Sunderland, managed by Paulo Di Canio, spent £6m on the US international and he repaid their faith with one strike in 42 league games. Altidore looked big and strong, like anything could hit him and stick. He should have been a colossus, but he just wasn't. Clumsy on the ball and wild in front of goal it was the worst of combinations to spearhead a struggling Sunderland side battling relegation. He left for Toronto in January 2015, with a strike rate of one goal every 35 games that few Premier League strikers can hope to rival. 

    He was also awful in the World Cup with 0 goals in 5 games.  He also scored a grand total of 1 goal against Mexico (in a friendly for his first international goal).  He's a flat track bully who made his living dominating overmatched competition while bottling the biggest moments/opportunities of his career.  

    I'm more than familiar with Jozy's work.  Young American striker with middling finishing ability moving to a bottom quarter EPL team that just sold its best creator doesn't strike me as a recipe for success.

  2. 8 minutes ago, shnsajax said:

    Not really a big fan of moving to a newly promoted team but its better than staying at Breman. 

    Has Jozy to Sunderland written all over it.

  3. Well they won the bronze but the result really raised more questions than it answered.

    Sauerbrunn (the team's best defender), Lloyd and Rapinoe (the team's best finishers) have played their last major tournament.  O'Hara and Heath should also be done at the international level, although they will try to hang on.  Naeher is 33 but may be able to make it through another cycle.

    In any event, the back 4 needs to be completely rebuilt outside of Dunn.  O'Hara, Davidson and Dahlkemper were all shit this tournament and the backup GK is not international quality.  The MF should be OK for the next cycle with Horan, Lavelle, Mewis and Ertz young enough to continue playing at a high level.  The forwards also need revamped with Heath, Rapinoe, Lloyd and Morgan all well past their prime.  

    They really need to move on from Vlatko and bring in a killer who will dig through the pool for solutions.  This was a golden generation but it is over.

  4. Imagine thinking that twitter followers relates in any way to the outcome of an election in OH-11, which isn't exactly a demographic paradise for Twitter socialists.  Hillary defeated Bernie there in 2016 by more than 2-1.  

    The headlines regarding Brown "edging" Turner 50-44 are also high comedy.

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  5. 17 hours ago, ztejas said:

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    Also... not sure we are the 10th best team yet. But Mexico sure as shit ain't 9th. 

    And Belgica sure as shit ain't 1.

    My top 3 is Italy, France and Spain in some order followed by Argentina, Brazil and the Cunts in Tier 2.

     

  6. The time difference and the COVID impact killed this Olympics other than swimming which was broadcast live between 9 - 12 PM ET to accommodate the American audience.

    We also know the Russians and Chinese are doped to the gills so there is a dramatically uneven playing field in sports they focus on.  

  7. They were far more political in 2019 as they waltzed to the World Cup title.  They were relatively quiet in sucking their way to the bronze medal match in 2021.

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  8. I believe that the USL Academy team includes the best players from their high school age ECNL teams.  I imagine that you have to make an ECNL team for your age group to be considered for the USL Academy team.  This league is still in its infancy but it makes sense to provide the best players an opportunity to play outside of the narrow confines of a birth year age group.   

  9. 3 minutes ago, pied06 said:

    Here is  the roster for Texas United.  Only looked at the firs two players, but the first is a Sr at University of South Carolina - Upstate and the second will be a Jr at SMU.  Not sure how that equates to youth development in the near term, but am clearly missing something.

     

    Texas United roster:

    https://www.uslleaguetwo.com/stats/team_instance/6079396?subseason=731558&tab=team_instance_player_stats&tool=4419204

     


    POL MONELLS

    https://upstatespartans.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/pol--monells/4128

     


    PAPA NDOYE

     

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    That is there actual USL League 2 roster, not the academy roster.

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  10. 3 of the 4 oldest teams in the tournament made the SFs.  That said, Lloyd and Rapinoe are clearly past it, Heath was injured, and O'Hara and Morgan have lost pace at positions you can't lose a step.  Sauerbrunn remains our best CB which is discouraging.

    16 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

    In the past, darker players were encouraged to look outside the US border for national team possibilities. "Diversity" over the last decade+ was limited to out-of-the-closet lesbians and even those tended to be stereotypically attractive and had long hair, with Abbie WambachMegan Rapinoe exceptions regarding long hair/attractive, and an esthetically pleasing and physically exception Sydney Leroux being the pigmentally-gifted exception, but she was hoooooot.

    This is some of the dumbest shit I have read on this board since its inception which is quite an accomplishment.  

  11. Initially, there will be one team at the USL level comprised of the best players from the high school age teams at the club (U-15 to U-19). An all-star team of all-star teams.   

  12. 12 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

    Does the National team have a large group of high level players that were not featured on this squad?  Or will there be a large drop off/transition when this group moves on?  

    Yes but they get no opportunities due to how the USWNT is structured and compensated.  

    Lloyd (39), Sauerbrunn (36), Rapinoe (36), Heath (33) and O'Hara (33) should each get a testimonial and never play for the team again.  Morgan and Press should also be on the chopping block.  Rose Lavelle, the purported "young star" of this team, will be 28 when the next World Cup starts.

    It will take a few years to reset this team (exact same thing happened in the 2000s when the 99ers held on too long) but the depth of talent in the US is there.   

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  13. The new USL Academy league will ultimately replace the DA.  MLS Next is a true academy system that is just at another level from anything US soccer has ever offered.  The biggest benefit of MLS expansion is MLS academy expansion.  

  14. 9 minutes ago, pied06 said:

    You know this is funny.  Funny to me that is.  I have a kid who plays and follow the local (DFW) FB groups and there are SOOO many posts about how wrong we are in the US about development.  

    Every team complains when they lose that the winning team only plays "kick ball" and doesn't play "soccer". That the coaches don't develop kids or care about anything but winning.  While I would certainly admit there's a part to that, most coaches try to develop the kids while being competitive.

    I SOOOO want to post on some of these pages that mexico clearly has it wrong in player development and that their youth coaches are terrible and the priorities are in the wrong places and a million other things.  

    There are cycles in each country/team and we were clearly on a low one for the past ~5 years.  If you can't look at the current crop of players, even this B-/C+ squad and see a difference, I'm not sure we'd agree on much.  

    A lot to work on for sure, at all levels, but A LOT to be optimistic of as well.

    The old club soccer system is now a development ground for college soccer players.  In the future, USMNT players will almost exclusively be developed in professional academies. 

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  15. The vast majority of El Tri fans have zero understanding of the evolution of the USMNT player development model.  The current USMNT pool is really the first that includes a bunch of players who were developed in a legitimate academy system.  The US academy system continues to expand and the pool in 5-10 years will consist almost entirely of players who started playing in the academy of a professional club (MLS and/or Europe) no later than U-13 (6th or 7th grade). 

    Look at guys like Busio (joined Sporting KC's academy at 14), Sands (joined NYCFC at 15), Bello (joined Atlanta United at 13) and Vines (joined Colorado Rapids at 13).  Going forward, most national team level players will be developed in MLS, USL or European academies and not play any college soccer.  This is a very recent development that only applies to players born after 2000.  It is a permanent change that will forever tilt the balance of power in CONCACAF.

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  16. 8 hours ago, williemackgarza said:


    Yea ok. But like aggy ur first thought is someone eatin dick.
    That was a pathetic effort by a mexico c team. Congrats.
    But u sound like aggy fuckin ur sheep after beating a shitty so carolina like team.
    Mexico played like shit. So did the usa. Was like a retard fight.
    Congrats though on the win.

    It's over. The USMNT has permanently surpassed El Tri.  You are going down in Azteca in WCQ and going forward your only hope for staying close to the US will be to rely on Mexican-Americans who don't want to battle for a spot on the USMNT.  

    The irrelevant era of Mexican dominance

    1934 - 1990: 23 Mexico wins, 2 USA wins, 3 ties

    The era of parity

    1991 - 2019: 17 USA wins, 13 Mexico wins, 12 ties

    The relevant era of USA dominance

    2020 - End of world: 2 USA wins, 0 Mexico wins, 0 ties

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