As for the upcoming games, the US plays Costa Rica in New Jersey on Friday (ESPN) and then at Honduras on Tues, Sept. 5 (beIN sports).
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We need to get that ugly 4-0 taste out of our mouth with Costa Rica.
POS. TEAM W D L GD. PTS
1. Mexico 4 2 0 7 14
2. Costa Rica 3 2 1 5 11
3. USA 2 2 2 3 8
4. Panama 1 4 1 0 7
5. Honduras 1 2 3 -8 5
6. Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 4 -6 3
So we finish with Costa Rica, @Honduras, Panama, @Trinidad and Tobago. I think if we can get 7 points out of those 4 games, we should be sitting pretty.
right, but even a bad chandler is better than a good zusi, or DMB. Danny Williams has never really been given a chance, hell Acosta has gotten more run than he has (i know I know, but true).
I don't know, I think I trust Zusi and Beasley at this point with the national team than Chandler. Even though Chandler is usually pretty damn good for his club.
And I would like to see Williams get some more chances. Especially since we are still searching for a midfield partner for Bradley.
I agree. Wondo has served admirably but Dom is the future and I want to see him get time
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Great goal. And, the Village People song Go West being sung loudly by the crowd in the background really cracked me up too.
Let me first say that I'm all for getting Danny Williams back into the player pool. I watched a couple of his matches for Reading last spring in their promotion playoffs and he looked really, really good.
Now, I think there's a legitimate debate to be had about where Arena rates Williams. I'm afraid that the answer to that might be that he really doesn't rate him all that highly. I think if Bruce was curious about him he would have included him in the early stages of the Gold Cup over the summer.
Given all that, I will say that even if Arena was inclined to get a look at Williams he shouldn't call him in for this camp. Yes, Danny is on a Premier side in Huddersfield this year, but he's made 2 appearances in their first three matches and both of those appearances have been as a sub. I think he's really in for a serious fight to get into one of their center mid spots. So far this season Huddersfield has played Aaron Mooy, an Australian international, who they signed from Man City after a loan year and Philip Billing, a 21-year old Danish youth international, who has been with the club since 2013. Taking a spot from one of those guys is going to be a difficult proposition and calling Williams into this camp to sit on the bench behind Bradley isn't going to do him any favors in his club situation. The US is better off letting Danny stay in England and hopefully wrestle some of that starting XII PT into his favor.
Pulisic gets his own ISO cam on ESPNs online broadcast of Friday nights qualifier.
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/puli...of-young-superstar/1le9z02aszx0m1mq9kx1boclvs
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/puli...of-young-superstar/1le9z02aszx0m1mq9kx1boclvs
Julian Green is not the future lol. He has hasn't done anything since his goal vs Belgium. At this point, Dwyer has more of a future with the national team. And he is even at most 5th on our depth chart.
The striker of the future is Josh Sargent.
Pumped to watch the game tonight and then getting to tailgate all day tomorrow.
Lineup
4-4-2, diamond midfield
Altidore-Wood
Nagbe
Fab-Pulisic
Bradley
Villafaña-Ream-Cameron-Zusi
Howard
4-4-2, diamond midfield
Altidore-Wood
Nagbe
Fab-Pulisic
Bradley
Villafaña-Ream-Cameron-Zusi
Howard
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He really has. And I'm usually not a fan of the Zusi at RB experiment. But he's been solid defensively and has played some really nice passes behind CRs backline to unlock some attacks.
