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US GAF: Support your national soccer team
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Segundo?
lol, that was a typo, I got excited.
sazabirules
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Gyau is so fast.
manipulate
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Clint Dempsey is a great player. I always thought he looked a bit special, never understood why big clubs never went in for him. He'd walk into most international teams.
(i'm a jealous australian)
(i'm a jealous australian)
How much of it is Porter and how much is Reyna? Remember Cabrera's U-17s were playing some attractive soccer as well (first the Pelosi/Guido/Rowe group, then Junior Flores against Brazil). The U-20s under Rongen weren't bad either, even if they didn't qualify for their World Cup. I think it's a system-wide thing and therefore Reyna gets a good amount of the credit.
I didn't watch any of the U-17, but from what I hear of Porter and his tenure at Akron...his brand of soccer is attacking and attractive, and has instilled that mentality to all his teams. I'm sure Reyna has a part to play with the current style of play for the U-23, but I don't think he gets "a good amount" of the credit here.
Also...
Great day of soccer for American fans.
USA beats Italy, senior Mexican team loses to Columbia, and U23 USA beats U23 Mexico!
Olympics can't come soon enoughhhhhhhhh
hearin rumors that donovan wants to go play for the olympic team
also - really impressed with fabian johnson. chandler is gonna be our LB now tho right? so where else can johnson play? can we move him up to CM?
Also forgot about WNT destroying Denmark!
Our CM is stacked as it is.
Chandler is a RB, he will take over there as soon as Cherundolo is too old for the national team, so sometime between tomorrow and WC2014. Johnson can take over as LB at that point. He also plays LW, as of now he should probably start there over Shea.
ya. i wanna see that backline with johnson and chandler
these guys can make runs that dolo could never make... btw, thanks to germany for handing us both of our future left and right backs lol
road house
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Tengo Miedo means I'm Afraid, Probably as in watch out something is gonna happen.
"I'm scared" is a better translation
Damn! I wanted to watch the U-23 game tonight. I saw that the .tv site had been shut down and figured I was out of luck. I wanted to watch the WNT game today too. Is the Algarve Cup being streamed? Anyway, great day for U.S. Soccer!
talisayNon
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so is this for real soccer gaf? Are we on our way to finally being able to compete? You think we're better than where we were 4 years ago? I need opinions, not big up on soccer..
A small step in the right direction, we beat Spain not too long ago and almost beat Brazil in a competition game. We won the "American" way this game even though Klinsmann's been promising a different style.
It's a great win, always good to beat a team you've never beat before.
We still need a striker, aside from that assist I thought Jozy was pretty terrible. Maybe it was fatigue from his game on Saturday or something I dunno.
I think it is a nice anomaly. Still just a friendly, though. Also, would Dempsey have been played in a different position if Donovan had participated? From what I have seen they don't really complement each other.
We are definitely playing differently under Klinsmann already though - a lot more ground based passing instead of all the clearing we did under bradley. That shit always pissed me off lol.
Demps and Donovan are perfectly complimentary IMO. Donovan always tries to run into open spaces and creates said space by using his speed/agility and is more likely to get an assist then a goal at this point, while Demps is able to work in small spaces off the ball, or with it, and create shot opportunities that no one else on our team is able to make. I wanna see both of them together under Klinsmann already. They are both very good and adapt at what they do, and this is definitely the best that Dempsey has ever played in the past two years.
Demps and Donovan are perfectly complimentary IMO. Donovan always tries to run into open spaces and creates said space by using his speed/agility and is more likely to get an assist then a goal at this point, while Demps is able to work in small spaces off the ball, or with it, and create shot opportunities that no one else on our team is able to make. I wanna see both of them together under Klinsmann already. They are both very good and adapt at what they do, and this is definitely the best that Dempsey has ever played in the past two years.
No doubt, all I'm saying is that the way we won was very old school American soccer.
I really like Brek Shea too I hope he continues to improve and I can see in playing in Europe for a club team
Howard, Dempsey, Edu, Bocanegra, Cherundolo, Bradley, Altidore, Goodson all play in Europe and thats majority of our starting lineup against Italy.
EDIT: I think I remember Twellman saying that Shea was the only starter yesterday playing in the US currently
Donovan and Dempsey would play different positions and I think they would work just fine together, LD would certainly work better on the right side than Danny Williams who is a defensive midfielder.
I think if we ever had everyone healthy all at once and fielded our A team, the starting 11 would currently look something like this:
---------------Altidore----------
-------Dempsey----------------
-Johnson-------------Donovan-
-------Jones-----Bradley-------
Chandler--Boca--Onyewu--Dolo
-------------Howard-------------
Removing those who will be well into their 30s by WC2014:
---------------Altidore----------
-------Dempsey----------------
-Shea----------------Donovan-
------Williams----Bradley------
Johnson-Ream-Cameron-Chandler
-------------Howard-------------
I didn't include Holden because he's been consistently injured for so long, or those like Torres and Gonzalez who have yet to establish themselves with the team due to injuries, and I didn't speculate as to who might be overtaken in the next few years (Boyd/Agudelo/Wooten over Altidore, Gyau over Shea, etc.)...
Almost the entire team is already overseas, and MLS isn't suffering because of it. There are plenty of cheap replacements available (see MLS currently raiding Colombia)...
First he needs to be not injured for more than a month at a time.
talisayNon
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Clint is awesome.
And wow, Jozy's goal today was class too. I'm really excited at what I've seen from him these past few games.
And wow, Jozy's goal today was class too. I'm really excited at what I've seen from him these past few games.
Gamecocks625
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the new American hero
Yanks Abroad double feature on both the Olympic team and the Olympic Qualifying team
20 TICKETS TO NASHVILLE & 18 TICKETS TO LONDON
20 TICKETS TO NASHVILLE & 18 TICKETS TO LONDON
got tickets to all the nashville games. pretty pumped.
platypotamus
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I watched the last one on espn3.com, but I think you have to have a cooperating ISP
Caleb Porter Names 19 Players to U-23 Men's National Team Training Camp Roster
It sucks that Dilly Duka got injured over the weekend, the fullbacks leave a lot to be desired (Gatt should not be used at RB), and I'd prefer Andrew Wooten to Bunbury, but overall it's a good roster. I wonder if Hertha Berlin didn't release Alfredo Morales, and why only 19 are listed (I assume Chandler or Altidore will be brought in just for the crucial semifinal game)...
It sucks that Dilly Duka got injured over the weekend, the fullbacks leave a lot to be desired (Gatt should not be used at RB), and I'd prefer Andrew Wooten to Bunbury, but overall it's a good roster. I wonder if Hertha Berlin didn't release Alfredo Morales, and why only 19 are listed (I assume Chandler or Altidore will be brought in just for the crucial semifinal game)...
MidnightRider
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Got all 3 of my Nashville tickets in the mail yesterday.
AMERICAN OUTLAWS SECTION.
Those of you that are coming should come party with us pre game and march with us to the stadium for more pre gaming.
AMERICAN OUTLAWS SECTION.
Those of you that are coming should come party with us pre game and march with us to the stadium for more pre gaming.
what section are the outlaws in? my seats are in 102
MidnightRider
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The official 20-man roster, with Sheanon Williams replacing Josh Gatt:
ussoccer Olympic qualifying news
jersey numbers:
mlssoccer preview
The US group stage games will be on Universal Sports, Mun2, concacaf.com, and universalsports.com. The only game on NBC Sports Network is the semifinal.
Universal Sports viewers guide
ussoccer Olympic qualifying news
jersey numbers:
mlssoccer preview
The US group stage games will be on Universal Sports, Mun2, concacaf.com, and universalsports.com. The only game on NBC Sports Network is the semifinal.
Universal Sports viewers guide
I'd like to see them take fewer strikers, but oh well (Shea is an midfielder isn't he?). I guess I don't understand why you'd take 5-6 strikers when only 2-4 of them might play (they won't change line-ups completely every game I'm guessing). Seems like you'd want to pad your midfield with more players in case of injury since it's probably the most important position to dictate control of the game.
sazabirules
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I only counted 4 strikers. We'll be playing a 4-3-3 and I think we're fine.
user8503492
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I was just playing Draw Something with Sheanon Williams, I drew him a "good luck in Tenn." since he just got called up.
Hope that wasnt creepy lol.
Hope that wasnt creepy lol.
The one page listed 6 forwards, so I don't know if guys who can play both spots are being put up top or if they'll stay in the midfield. With a 4-3-3 5 or 6 strikers also makes more sense (I was think of only 2 strikers at a time).
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