2023 U20 World Cup

[The Dog 44019]

NOW we're qualified with Senegal and Israel's draw. The lowest we can finish is the 4th best 3rd place team (Israel, Uzbekistan, and Senegal can do no better than 4 points). 

[Captain Ron 12866]

The big thing is that 3rd place in Groups A and C can do no better than 4 points. That means 6 points will advance you. That means Argentina*, USA, Colombia*, and Nigeria are through. Argentina and Colombia are only going to be 1 or 2 in their group.

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

I did not like Luna for the first 1.5 games.  I liked Luna a lot after he played more of a withdrawn forward/creator.  That's where he needs to be; not up top as a lone(ish) striker 

[ztejas 43411]

Yeah he isn't a 9 he's too little. Definitely a natural AM. Haven't gotten to watch either game but I watched a decent amount of the concacaf championship. 

[kingkoopa6 8345]

That boy good 

USA USA USA

[Ted Lange 16084]

 

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

nice but keeper should have done better

nevertheless you score zero of the chances you don't take

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

at the risk of jinxing the soccer gawdz here, i love the cohesion of this team

i know fuckall about Mikey Varas but he has this side in outstanding form

from the fed roster announcement:

The roster features players from 17 clubs, including 10 from Major League Soccer, led by three players from the Philadelphia Union and two each from LA Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes. Six players are based abroad: two each in England and Germany and one player each in Croatia and Spain. A total of 12 states are represented on the roster, with five players hailing from California and four from Texas. A native of Anchorage, Vargas is a rare World Cup roster selection from Alaska.

Three alternates will travel with the U.S. to Argentina to train with the team prior to the tournament: defender Thomas Williams (Orlando City SC), midfielder Moses Nyeman (Real Salt Lake) and forward Korede Osundina (Orange County SC).

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

what a beautiful sequence through the top of the box only to hit the post drawing a big "OOOOOOO" from the local crowd who have turned out 3x the first 2 matches

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

GOALKEEPERS (3):

21-Alexander Borto (Fulham/ENG; South Plainfield, N.J.; 2/0)

12-Antonio Carrera (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas; 4/0)

1-Gaga Slonina (Chelsea/ENG; Addison, Ill.; 5/0)

DEFENDERS (7):

17-Justin Che (Hoffenheim/GER; Dallas, Texas; 6/0)

5-Brandan Craig (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.; 10/1)

2-Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.; 13/1)

14-Marcus Ferkranus (LA Galaxy; Santa Clarita, Calif.; 11/0)

13-Jonathan Gomez (Real Sociedad/ESP; Keller, Texas; 6/0)

3-Caleb Wiley (Atlanta United FC; Atlanta, Ga.; 5/0)

4-Joshua Wynder (Louisville City FC; Louisville, Ky.; 2/0)

MIDFIELDERS (7):

6-Daniel Edelman (New York Red Bulls; Warren, N.J.; 10/0)

10-Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake; Sunnyvale, Calif.; 16/4)

8-Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union; Middle Village, N.Y.; 16/2)

20-Rokas Pukstas (Hajduk Split/CRO; Stillwater, Okla.; 12/1)

15-Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes; Saratoga, Calif.; 5/3)

18-Obed Vargas (Seattle Sounders FC; Anchorage, Alaska; 4/0)

16-Owen Wolff (Austin FC; Austin, Texas; 3/1)

FORWARDS (4):

9-Cade Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes; Ceres, Calif.; 7/2)

11-Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg/GER; South Riding, Va.; 6/2)

7-Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.; 15/7)

19-Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids; Denver, Colo.; 3/0)

alternates that traveled (3):

defender Thomas Williams (Orlando City SC)

midfielder Moses Nyeman (Real Salt Lake)

forward Korede Osundina (Orange County SC)

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

okay that's why the crowd is big ..... not about us

hosts v. kiwis in the next match

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

to prove how little attention i pay to mls, mikey varas spent 4 years w/ FCD academy and then as an assistant to the senior side

he is a dual citizen US/Chile

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

late 2nd on 96'

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Best match of the tournament so far for the USMNYT. Fuckin' dominated the Slovaks.

[Bottlecap 1523]

Cowell is ready for Europe, no?

[Napoleon 8660]

7 hours ago, Bottlecap said:

Cowell is ready for Europe, no?

Lower leagues maybe. 

[Captain Ron 12866]

Man didn’t realize the game was yesterday. Not that I would have been able to watch it. Good win, that gave us first in the group. With Ecuador’s beat down of Fiji, a loss would have dropped us to 3rd, drawing a group winner in the next round (C - likely Colombia or D - Nigeria or Brazil).

Granted we are going to draw 3rd from either groups A or D. And D will be a tough draw (likely Italy). A is New Zealand. Root for Colombia and Japan today. 

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

i've seen the majority of all 3 games and either the opposition were on ludes or we are on very high level for u-20

none of the opponents ever looked like winners - given the form on display going out before the semis would be a dissapointment

[Ted Lange 16084]

Cowell has played 800 minutes for San Jose this year, 0 goals 1 assist.  He is 19 and doesn’t turn 20 until October.   If he moves to Europe, it needs to be someplace like Netherlands or Belgium.  

[Captain Ron 12866]

12 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Granted we are going to draw 3rd from either groups A or D. And D will be a tough draw (likely Italy). A is New Zealand. Root for Colombia and Japan today. 

If Japan goes through as a 3rd place team, we draw Nigeria. Otherwise we draw New Zealand. If groups E or F go through, C will not. 

[ztejas 43411]

On 5/26/2023 at 8:23 PM, Bottlecap said:

Cowell is ready for Europe, no?

No one on this team is an elite prospect. But they're all very good and play well with each other. 

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

england not impressing against iraq who are already eliminated

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

we drew New Zealand possibly the most favorable opponent in this round

tuesday 1230 kick, fs2 coverage begins at 1215

[Captain Ron 12866]

1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

we drew New Zealand possibly the most favorable opponent in this round

tuesday 1230 kick, fs2 coverage begins at 1215

Geez, Nigeria, the top 3rd place team went to the host - Argentina!

All in all we had a great draw pulling New Zealand, best we could hope for.

[Napoleon 8660]

10 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Geez, Nigeria, the top 3rd place team went to the host - Argentina!

All in all we had a great draw pulling New Zealand, best we could hope for.

Argentina 🇦🇷 has a long history of beating Nigeria 🇳🇬 at several FIFA Men’s World Cups.

I hope that Masche has the team ready to plow some African booty!

And go USA!

 

[Bottlecap 1523]

coulda sworn i had fs2. guess not. glad that anyone can catch the ratings bonanza of the 3rd rerun of undisputed tho.

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Ugly but I'll take it.

5 minutes ago, Bottlecap said:

coulda sworn i had fs2. guess not. glad that anyone can catch the ratings bonanza of the 3rd rerun of undisputed tho.

https://orpastreams.xyz/stream-feed-10/

[dieucla98 2942]

First I've watched of this U20 World Cup - this U20 team looks 10x more cohesive than any senior US team I've seen. Tons of great link up play and anticipating the correct run.

[ztejas 43411]

Yeah who the fuck is supposed to be able to watch this on fs2? 

[ztejas 43411]

Looks like you can just abuse the hour long free preview here by opening new incognito tabs.

https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/fifa-u20-world-cup-united-states-vs-new-zealand-may-30-2023-game-boxscore-119311

[Chips O'Toole 1322]

Baby Wolff with a sleepy low shot to the far post, keeper just laid down and accepted his fate.

[alincoln 2371]

It's on youtubetv.  Wolff scored and Wiley just hit the bar.

[Ted Lange 16084]

 

 

[alincoln 2371]

Did he think it was going wide? Strange

[Ted Lange 16084]

Yes he thought it was going wide and pulled his hands back.

[Captain Ron 12866]

13 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Did he think it was going wide? Strange

He looks like he pulls his hand hoping it's going wide.

[Ted Lange 16084]

The announcer keeps calling Justin Che, Che Justin

[ztejas 43411]

Kiwis getting dominated but have defended well in front of goal (not including the keeper mistake). 1-0 feels about right. 

Edited May 30, 2023 by ztejas

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Gomez wondo'ed that.

[Ted Lange 16084]

Cowell goal!  2-0

[shnsajax 3591]

Nice finish by Cowell! 

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

that *should* be enough

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Cowell's having himself quite the tournament, and likely earning himself a sizable overseas contract in the process.

[Captain Ron 12866]

And there is our 3rd.

12 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

that *should* be enough

Considering that NZ has only scored 3 goals all tournament, I think we were safe at 2, 3 should seal it.

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Che Juvara adds a third.

[SimonBolivar 10957]

17 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Cowell's having himself quite the tournament, and likely earning himself a sizable overseas contract in the process.

I'm not sure that any contract that the league in Northern Macedonia gives out could be considered sizable, but good for him.

[Captain Ron 12866]

And now Pukstas adds a 4th.

 

Edited May 30, 2023 by Captain Ron

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Just now, SimonBolivar said:

I'm not sure that any contract that the league in Northern Macedonia gives out could be considered sizable, but good for him.

All quips aside, he'll probably do better than that.

Not sure he deserves to, however, given his MLS performance (and that 'stache!), but directors and managers love reading too much into international tournaments at the expense of club performance.

 

Just my $0.02.

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

regardless, this is a great shop window for euro aspirations

[Hagbard Celine 10850]

fifa.com seems to indicate we play on sunday