u20 Men's World Cup - Poland

[pacman 7357]

u20 WC began today, with a somehwat surprising loss for Mexico, against Italy.

Top ten players to watch

https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/ten-players-poised-to-star-at-poland-2019

 

USA plays tomorrow at 1:30pm against Ukraine. They are in a favorable group, so hope they do well.

 

[dogbreath 434]

US may have its deepest team.  Ukraine beat some good teams in Europe.  Nigeria did well in Africa and Qatar who knows.

US 1/2 favorite v. Ukraine

Overall odds to win U20

Nigeria +1200

US +2000

 https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/news/soccer/france-favored-to-win-fifa-u-20-world-cup-poland-2019/

Group D Odds

Team	Odds at Bookmaker
USA	+220
Nigeria	+190
Ukraine	+250
Qatar	+500

This will be the “Group Of Death.” The USA have won consecutive CONCACAF U-20 championships and have players such as Paris St Germain’s Timothy Weah. Ukraine finished ahead of both England and France when reaching the semifinals of the European U-19 championships last year. Nigeria, runners up in 1980 and 2005, finished fourth in this year’s U-20 African Cup of Nations. Qatar are improving ahead of hosting the 2022 World Cup.

Pick: USA

 

[Zepol87 9188]

Mexico took that L today we start our run tomorrow boys!!!

[Bottlecap 1523]

Just a heads up that US takes on Ukraine in 30 mins (1:30 Central) on FS1

[Schulz2.0 28957]

They look like shit right now.

[Zepol87 9188]

Looked like shit but playing better now. Couple of decent balls into the area but no one there to finish. Loving the ball movement and control

[Lazarus Bocanegra 305]

that mendez shot was purty

 

[LonghornJudas 1097]

Nice little turn by Soto, but right at the keeper.

[LonghornJudas 1097]

I don't know about you guys, but looked like a solid penalty to me.

Edit: Finally got a replay. Looked like he got ball, so play on.

Edited May 24, 2019 by LonghornJudas

[goatsaag 279]

The defender certainly thought he was getting called for a penalty

[pacman 7357]

Tough game, maybe I missed the mark calling the group "favorable"

[ATLLonghorn 856]

The tournament is forgivable because third place teams make the knockout stage, but the US better hope Qatar was just really bad because a loss to Nigeria on Monday and it's probably curtains. The US controlled the run of play most of the game but didn't create a lot of chances in the box and had two crucial defensive fuck ups.

[Knoxtnhorn 5990]

Did Weah ever do anything?  I fast-forwarded through the 2nd half.

 

[ATLLonghorn 856]

12 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Did Weah ever do anything?  I fast-forwarded through the 2nd half.

 

He got the assist on the goal.

[ATLLonghorn 856]

Atlanta United Ezequiel Barco scored this banger against a 10-man South Africa today.

 

[Ted Lange 16109]

And Mexico gets pants’d by Japan, 3-0.  CONCACAF is now 0-4 which includes Honduras losing to New Zealand 5-0

ouch 

Edited May 26, 2019 by Ted Lange

[Ted Lange 16109]

The US team plays Nigeria tomorrow at 1:30 CST

[ATLLonghorn 856]

0-4-1, Panama got a penalty in the 87th minute against Mali to get a 1-1 draw yesterday. Not sure what you can glean from any of this because U20 success doesn't guarantee success upward, but it's still not a good look.

[dogbreath 434]

US looked like a team of mis-matched parts against Ukraine.  Nigeria will be a handful tomorrow, plus they have the nicest uniforms.

[Zepol87 9188]

Nigeria is pretty damn good. Need to bring it tomorrow

[UDontKnow 10447]

Sorry guys, I've not been following closely. But no Tyler Adams and Josh Sargent? What gives?

[Horn80 6124]

What is the significance of this?  Do these matches pertain towards team’s qualifying to go to the World Cup or just friendly matches to prepare?

[Schulz2.0 28957]

39 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

What is the significance of this?  Do these matches pertain towards team’s qualifying to go to the World Cup or just friendly matches to prepare?

The best way to describe what they’re worth:

[LonghornJudas 1097]

USA vs team with no good combination of initials

Need a win today, boys.

[LonghornJudas 1097]

Some great passing and build up the past couple of possessions. 

[LonghornJudas 1097]

Boom! 1-0 USA

[CurlyDumps 4475]

1-0 and some solid trolling by Alexi.

[Zepol87 9188]

That corner was sexy

[Ted Lange 16109]

Dime

 

 

[Ted Lange 16109]

Who knows how it ends but for the first 30 the US are far and away the better side. 

Edited May 27, 2019 by Ted Lange

[LonghornJudas 1097]

No doubt.

Wow, what a parry on that shot.

[Ted Lange 16109]

And as soon as I post it, now the Super Eagles are dominating. 

[ATLLonghorn 856]

2 hours ago, UDontKnow said:

Sorry guys, I've not been following closely. But no Tyler Adams and Josh Sargent? What gives?

From an article on the MLS website:

 

RB Leipzig's Tyler Adams could have featured for the U-20s, but wasn't considered. 

“What’s important for me is to put the players in a comfortable situation so they do well for the senior national team," Ramos said. "Gregg believes Tyler has moved on from here. He plays in the Bundesliga, he’s doing great there. He’s not even on the 50-man roster.”

Ditto for Werder Bremen striker Josh Sargent. 

“We weren’t 100% sure because of the playing time situation, so I did put him on the 50-man roster, but it’s clear that he’s going into the summer with the senior national team," Ramos said. "So it’s best that he continues to move in that direction.”

[LonghornJudas 1097]

There we go! 2-0 boys!

What a ball by Gloster, too.

Edited May 27, 2019 by LonghornJudas

[UDontKnow 10447]

25 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

And as soon as I post it, now the Super Eagles are dominating. 

2-0 Lange, show some moxie as a fan!

[Ted Lange 16109]

 

[ATLLonghorn 856]

USA concedes a clumsy penalty, but VAR determines the Nigerian player was offside. I LOVE TECHNOLOGY.

[goatsaag 279]

The US has really let down since going up 2-0.

[Ted Lange 16109]

3 best players subbed out with knocks Richards, Weah, Soto. 

[Ted Lange 16109]

8 minutes of stoppage, wut?

[pacman 7357]

Completely different game without Richards. Hope he will be available for the next game.

[LonghornJudas 1097]

Good win with a clean sheet. Hopefully, we'll be full strength for Qatar.

[UDontKnow 10447]

Huge win...Qatar needs a thrashing on Thursday.

[Ted Lange 16109]

Soto came back on so hopefully he’s ready for Qatar on Thursday 

[ATLLonghorn 856]

On Thursday we need to beat up on some teenagers for some assholes stealing the 2022 World Cup from us!

[Ted Lange 16109]

 

[Ted Lange 16109]

Honduras is losing 5-0 to Norway.....at halftime 

US vs Qatar is at 1:30.  A win and we are through, a draw and we should be through, a loss and it gets pretty dicey. 

[HenryJames 66080]

Some Norwegian dude has six goals.

[Ted Lange 16109]

10-0 now. 15 minutes left. 

[shnsajax 3591]

1 minute ago, Ted Lange said:

10-0 now. 15 minutes left. 

Norway lost their first two matches as well scoring once and giving up 5. Honduras has now given up 17 goals in the group and scored 0.