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  1. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Good suff here. https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/young-american-soccer-stars-pulisic-mckennie-adams-reyna-dest-doug-mcintyre
  2. Is it a golden generation or is it just access to players who played in a better development system? Without DA, I think players like McKennie, Adams, Richards and multiple others would have switched to HS football. Pulisic and Reyna would have been studs based on family background. The DA's sharpened players by competing against good players in a 10 month season. There would be mid season and end of season tournaments that had a huge number of college and pro scouts to watch the tournaments. The progressive MLS teams integrated their youth players in first team practices. Just looked at Tajon Buchanon's profile and it shows he played 3 years for Real Colorado while in high school. He moved from Ontario to Denver. Had no idea who he was as a youth player, but my son played that team twice a season during those three years. My son plays for a D3 school that is known as a power with national championships, but almost every game is competitive now. The coach could recruit good players in the 90's and 00's and would outclass teams with talent and coaching. That's not true anymore as the coaching has gotten better and the depth of good players has increased. DA has gone away, but MLS youth league has taken its place. Why does LigaMX want to combine leagues with MLS? Is it better access to the mexican-american player?
  3. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Who does the US have ahead of him? -Sargent (21) -Dike (21) -Hoppe (20) Who does Mexico have in front of him? -Funes Mori (30)* My feeling is that Pepi is confident enough that he will overtake any of the above. I prefer that he follows his U17 instinct.
  4. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Agree. Several of his passes were intercepted. It looked like his corners became woefully short after halftime and then he overcompensated and hit them long. I would take him a 100 times out of a 100 over Yueill, but I want to see how he does against Canada and tougher GC opponents who will press him more effectively. Although he hung on the ball too long at times, I though Williamson was effective in advancing the ball forward. Also want to see him against the tougher opponents to see how he does. It's a crime he wasn't taken for the OQ's.
  5. Oh, yeah. And Playboy Bunny Clubs too.
  6. Giving a small exposition for why these are my favorites.
  7. Had a great time doing several day and night snorkeling trips from Caye Caulker. Sampled three separate snorkel companies and all were very good. Got to see lots of lobster at night and then the next several days eat lots of lobster. Spent last two days at Secret Beach staying in the cabanas. We brought our own masks/snorkels so went around the piers and looking at patterns on the floor. Watched parts of Euro and Copa quarters at the bar when taking breaks from the water. Came home to snorkel in the San Marcos on Monday and Tuesday. Best part was having the kids together. It had been 19 months since they've seen each other.
  8. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Came home from vacation and Jamaica-US 2019 GC recording was on YTTV. Watched some and it would be nice to have Morris and Long for depth for WCQ's. Altidore was good in this game, Zardes was not. Nice to see Pulisic and McKennie making plays. Cannon was fine. Arriola was better than I remember. Bradley looked better as a passer than anytime I've seen Yueill. Need Busio, Williamson and Acosta to move Yueill off the WCQ roster for the fall.
  9. A tour operator told me they are only doing private snorkeling tours at $150/hour in 3-5 hour range (Caye Caulker). Has anyone heard anything different in recent days or weeks?
  10. Slightly disagree on super deep with experience. Started a freshman forward. Sixth man was a soph (a phenominal soph). Top nine players were five junior/seniors, three sophs and one freshman. No argument that the team was poorly coached. This years team will have seven of top eight players being a junior or senior. 1st Team: Allen, Mitchell 2nd Team: Jones 3rd Team: Ramey Scholar/Athlete of the Year: Disu
  11. It seems funny to say, but Texas has never had this quality of players with so much experience. Barnes teams always seemed to have a player(s) leave a year early while other programs like Kansas, UNC kept their players a year longer. Senior guards: Ramey, Jones, Febres. Sophomore guard: Askew Senior forwards: Allen, Bishop Junior forwards: Disu, Mitchell Junior and Senior scrapper: Cunningham, Benson Freshman wing: Tyson
  12. The episode where Neal finds out his dad is cheating by biking around (eventually alone) testing the garage door remote on houses in different neighborhoods. That shit hit home. Or the scene where the kid at school tells everyone about how your dad took his mom, his brother and him to the movies on a fucking Tuesday night. Oh wait, that was real life and not on the show.
  13. Headed to Belize at end of this month with my two adult kids. They are scuba certified, but I'm not and prefer to snorkel. Where are the good spots or connections for snorkeling? We've done the day snorkel trips from Caye Caulker before where we swim with the lemon sharks and manta rays, but would like more reef action. Placencia sounds like a good option. Any tips on staying there and things to do? My son and I did the ATM Cave a couple of years ago, are there any other cave tours worth doing? Appreciate any responses.
  14. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Mexico is going to lustily recruit dual eligibles that develop in the US system. And they have a successful professional and minor league system to plug them in to. They will be competitive, but with Canada's developing quality players and potential of Jamaica with more English developed players Mexico will not dominate Concacaf in the future. US needs quality coaching equal or above Tata to dominate in the future.
  15. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Gregg comments that Reyna was still good, but had to take him off for Aaronson. Did it not occur to him to take off Llegett and put Reyna in midfield. Gregg appears to have bought in to the story of Acosta making good on a second chance and that seems to be the reason to play him. Fuck that. If is better then use that someone. Two eysores from last night were Yueill and Llegett. What are the metrics on Yueill's forward passing ? If can't accomplish line-breaking passes then he needs to be off the field. Llegett's touch was slow and that made his decision making delayed. No need to comment on his free kicks as it was obviously bad. US looked way too cocky with ball at their feet. Did they expect Honduras to just roll over? That attitude will be cured by facing Mexico. So if Adams can't play the 6 because he's frequently hurt. McKennie doesn't have the positional discipline to play the 6. Musah has never played the 6. Yueill is a null and void player at the 6. Acosta at the 6 is a fantasy perpetuated by Gregg. Is it double pivot time? Dest tried harder at defense this game. If Long and Richards weren't hurt, I'd go for a five in the back. We'll get Richards back, but Ream and Miazga as backups scare me. Glad for the win, but the team looked like shit.
  16. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    Did Siebatcheu run straight to Dike? Sure looked like him.
  17. In the middle of season 1 of Rome. Hoping it doesn't end with toxoplasmosis.
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    USMNT 2021

  19. Stepbrother evicted his tenant. Moved in and then was shot and killed through the peephole three days later. And he was the good stepbrother. Haiku version: Stepbrother evicts dumps possessions on front lawn dies by peephole shot.
  20. Paths of Glory followed by Breaker Morant tonight. Only complaint is PoG is non-streaming. No one misses a slice off a cut loaf v. The Faithful Hussar. I love them both.
  21. I remember seeing bits of Real Life on PBS in early 80's and thinking it was a real documentary. Grodin was perfect in the movie as he was in many others.
  22. My great aunt's father was Dutch Cota (Robert Mitchum) in the movie. She was a generous and classy lady. Her husband (my great uncle by blood) was an ass, but that shit is hereditary. This movie is not too long for me and is fantastic.
  23. dogbreath

    USMNT 2021

    I would have liked to see Green on this list.
  24. Velvet Underground - Velvet Un Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes Clash - Clash Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Gang of Four - Entertainment Patti Smith - Horses Ramones - Ramones Zeitgeist - Translate Slowly The Flatlanders - More a Legend Than a Band (recorded in 72, but not released until 90). Love the musical saw in this. Old No. 1 - Guy Clark Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett
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