***Official USMNT Thread***
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Seemed to work out pretty well today. Hope we can show as well in the next few games it matters.
Of all the German guys Jones is probably the player who most consistently gives his all. Certainly hustle more than Dempsey who's in poor form but gets a pass cause he's 'Merican.
Jones has also been the best player for the current top team in points in MLS.
Don't call the Germans disgraces just cause Klinsi decides to pick them if they play well (If they're **** like Chandler complain away).
How much did you get them for? Most of the tickets I saw were pretty expensive.
They're not exactly prime real estate, but they were only $130 each including fees.
I don't really follow American soccer very closely who should I look out for? I know about Pulisic and Dempsey
In terms of younger players? Defender DeAndre Yedlin, who can be a great additional attacking option along with being a defender.
Darlington Nagbe as well, plays for Portland Timbers in the MLS, recently became a US Citizen, making him eligible for the US National Team in the past couple of years
EDIT: Like past COMEBOL Tourneys (Remember despite it being in the States, still a COMEBOL tourney), in the quarter and Semis they'll go straight to penalties at the end of 90 if there's still a tie. No Extra time.
Overall, the best player is Fabian Johnson. He starts on a Champions League team. Although, he does plays out of position for the national team.
Other young players to look out for other than what BLR said would have to be John Brooks and Zardes.
Brooks starts for Hertha Berlin in Germany. If you watched the last World Cup, he scored the game winning goal vs. Ghana.
Zardes has been in excellent form recently for the NT and the LA Galaxy, an MLS team. He looks like he has finally figured it all out.
I'm going to be in San Fran/San Jose this weekend for the US/Colombia match on Friday and then Argentina/Chile on Monday. Hoping that Messi's bruised back doesn't keep him from playing on Monday.
Lucky for us, Neymar will not be playing for Brazil in this tournament. That's if we get that far of coarse.
He definitely is. Problem with him is he is never consistent so we'll see. Fingers crossed!
That's what I meant, he has definitely shown flashes of being stellar.. just streaky. Definitely keeping em crossed.
People seem to be riding high after the 4-0 Bolivia win, but I think the Colombia match is going to look a lot more like the Ecuador friendly. We will respect Colombia's attacking talent and if we play in that 4-3-3 again it will look a lot more like a 4-5-1. It wouldn't surprise me if it ends up being another ugly first half and then JK calls on the Nagbe/Pulisic cavalry in the second half again.
As long as Bradley is the DM and we have a Cameron/Brooks CB pairing, I'll be happy.
