Re: General Soccer Thread
Posted: July 8 19, 3:39 pm
Don’t know if it’s true but Twellman was saying that the Mexico squad was missing quite a few frontline players. If so, not good.
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So are we. But, they are still probably a top 16’ish or better team in the world.lukethedrifter wrote:Don’t know if it’s true but Twellman was saying that the Mexico squad was missing quite a few frontline players. If so, not good.
Seems like McKennie and Adams finding positions and gaining consistency, experience, and confidence are two of the most important things that need to happen for this squad. A striker developing and left back would be next, probably.thrill wrote:Looks like Tyler Boyd signed with Besiktas, not MLS. Good, good.
This is an excellent breakdown of where we are with the MNT after the Gold Cup:
https://sports.yahoo.com/usmnt-gold-cup ... 39845.html
My #1 wish for this upcoming club season is that David Wagner brings Weston McKennie some positional stability because I think that will help his consistency issues a great deal. Last season was absurd. His versatility is great, but a 20 year old needs to be refining his game at his best position.
Oh yeah. That's the other one. We're pretty strong at right back. There's like 3-4 guys that I'm pretty happy with at that position. RB Leipzig plays Adams at his best position (d mid) and he stepped right in and actually dominated Bundesliga games at age 19/20. He has Pulisic-level ceiling at that position. Berhalter playing him as a Philip Lahm-style right back that can go move around is a terrible idea for a couple of reasons. 1) it's not his best position. 2) he has less touches/impact than he does at center mid. 3) our other defenders aren't flexible enough to transition to a back three to cover when he roams from that wide position. 4) we have plenty of good right backs and Michael Bradley's lack of pace at the d mid position is a liability against top class opponents.Fat Strat wrote:Seems like McKennie and Adams finding positions and gaining consistency, experience, and confidence are two of the most important things that need to happen for this squad. A striker developing and left back would be next, probably.thrill wrote:Looks like Tyler Boyd signed with Besiktas, not MLS. Good, good.
This is an excellent breakdown of where we are with the MNT after the Gold Cup:
https://sports.yahoo.com/usmnt-gold-cup ... 39845.html
My #1 wish for this upcoming club season is that David Wagner brings Weston McKennie some positional stability because I think that will help his consistency issues a great deal. Last season was absurd. His versatility is great, but a 20 year old needs to be refining his game at his best position.
After RSL lost to Tigres, Petke was seen yelling at referees vociferously after receiving a red card. It was later revealed that Petke had repeatedly hurled a homophobic slur to the referees both on the field and in the tunnel of Rio Tinto Stadium shortly afterward. He also confronted the referees in the tunnel with a handwritten sign that displayed the slur.