Gold cup

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Anonymous wrote:We had three 1-0 wins in knock out games while relying on fitness and set pieces. But make no mistake we overachieved because our roster was pretty poor and we got lucky at times.

Did you watch the games? The players grew as a team over the course of the tournament. They gave up one goal on a penalty shot. That’s it. You can get lucky once not every game. The players are young(that shows) but there is talent there. You are sleeping on this. I have been watching the USMNT since 1990.

Yes, I watched all USMNT games in this tournament. The only game where we dominated was our second game, but it was a against very poor Martinique. You don't learn much about players where the opponent is so weak. We won the remaining five games against some very mediocre opponents with the same score 1-0. And, yes, we rode our luck with opponents missing penalty kicks and easy chances and Turner came up with some huge saves. This was probably our C team and it punched above its weight because it lacked talent and creativity. Our top scorer scored only 2 goals even though we played 6 games against relatively weak opposition. The only players that I see likely to break into the squad for the WC qualifiers are Hoppe, Acosta, Sands, Robinson, and Turner. Dike did not earn the call back based on his performance, but he offers a different profile and might get a call up if coaches want a target forward for certain games. Acosta will back up Tyler Adams, Hoppe has a legitimate chance to compete for the starting spot at striker, where nobody has claimed a starting spot. Turner will probably be our 3rd keeper because of his poor distribution (he is a very good shot stopper), but it could change if Steffen and Horwath do not get playing time with their clubs. Robinson and Sands have probably moved up sufficiently in our CB pecking order to the point that at least one of them will make the roster for the WC qualifiers.

Turner is the best GK the US has IMO. I thought Williamson and Busio did nice work also.

Turner is probably the best shot stopper, but his distribution is subpar (big touches and inaccurate passes). Williamson did not get much playing time and it is clear that Berhalter does not rate him as high as other midfielders. Busio is not quire ready, but could be ready in a year or so.

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Anonymous wrote:We had three 1-0 wins in knock out games while relying on fitness and set pieces. But make no mistake we overachieved because our roster was pretty poor and we got lucky at times.

Did you watch the games? The players grew as a team over the course of the tournament. They gave up one goal on a penalty shot. That’s it. You can get lucky once not every game. The players are young(that shows) but there is talent there. You are sleeping on this. I have been watching the USMNT since 1990.

Yes, I watched all USMNT games in this tournament. The only game where we dominated was our second game, but it was a against very poor Martinique. You don't learn much about players where the opponent is so weak. We won the remaining five games against some very mediocre opponents with the same score 1-0. And, yes, we rode our luck with opponents missing penalty kicks and easy chances and Turner came up with some huge saves. This was probably our C team and it punched above its weight because it lacked talent and creativity. Our top scorer scored only 2 goals even though we played 6 games against relatively weak opposition. The only players that I see likely to break into the squad for the WC qualifiers are Hoppe, Acosta, Sands, Robinson, and Turner. Dike did not earn the call back based on his performance, but he offers a different profile and might get a call up if coaches want a target forward for certain games. Acosta will back up Tyler Adams, Hoppe has a legitimate chance to compete for the starting spot at striker, where nobody has claimed a starting spot. Turner will probably be our 3rd keeper because of his poor distribution (he is a very good shot stopper), but it could change if Steffen and Horwath do not get playing time with their clubs. Robinson and Sands have probably moved up sufficiently in our CB pecking order to the point that at least one of them will make the roster for the WC qualifiers.

Turner is the best GK the US has IMO. I thought Williamson and Busio did nice work also.

Turner is probably the best shot stopper, but his distribution is subpar (big touches and inaccurate passes). Williamson did not get much playing time and it is clear that Berhalter does not rate him as high as other midfielders. Busio is not quire ready, but could be ready in a year or so.

Here is the thing. This is the 2nd and 3rd team for the USMNT. Last WCQ our 1st team lost to Trinidad. This is a huge improvement and shows there is movement in the right direction. We have Identified players for the first team and expanded the pool of players for the USMNT. There is now a lot more competition for spots and you can bring in different players to match up against opponent. It is very important to make the WC this cycle.

I will say as a long time follower of USMNT, the diversity on this team was great. Still think the US Hispanic population(61 million in this country) has not been tapped. Hopefully with beating Mexico twice we will start to beat them with the dual nationals. Some dual US/Mexico players have choose Mexico over the US recently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had three 1-0 wins in knock out games while relying on fitness and set pieces. But make no mistake we overachieved because our roster was pretty poor and we got lucky at times.

Did you watch the games? The players grew as a team over the course of the tournament. They gave up one goal on a penalty shot. That’s it. You can get lucky once not every game. The players are young(that shows) but there is talent there. You are sleeping on this. I have been watching the USMNT since 1990.

Yes, I watched all USMNT games in this tournament. The only game where we dominated was our second game, but it was a against very poor Martinique. You don't learn much about players where the opponent is so weak. We won the remaining five games against some very mediocre opponents with the same score 1-0. And, yes, we rode our luck with opponents missing penalty kicks and easy chances and Turner came up with some huge saves. This was probably our C team and it punched above its weight because it lacked talent and creativity. Our top scorer scored only 2 goals even though we played 6 games against relatively weak opposition. The only players that I see likely to break into the squad for the WC qualifiers are Hoppe, Acosta, Sands, Robinson, and Turner. Dike did not earn the call back based on his performance, but he offers a different profile and might get a call up if coaches want a target forward for certain games. Acosta will back up Tyler Adams, Hoppe has a legitimate chance to compete for the starting spot at striker, where nobody has claimed a starting spot. Turner will probably be our 3rd keeper because of his poor distribution (he is a very good shot stopper), but it could change if Steffen and Horwath do not get playing time with their clubs. Robinson and Sands have probably moved up sufficiently in our CB pecking order to the point that at least one of them will make the roster for the WC qualifiers.

Turner is the best GK the US has IMO. I thought Williamson and Busio did nice work also.

Turner is probably the best shot stopper, but his distribution is subpar (big touches and inaccurate passes). Williamson did not get much playing time and it is clear that Berhalter does not rate him as high as other midfielders. Busio is not quire ready, but could be ready in a year or so.

Here is the thing. This is the 2nd and 3rd team for the USMNT. Last WCQ our 1st team lost to Trinidad. This is a huge improvement and shows there is movement in the right direction. We have Identified players for the first team and expanded the pool of players for the USMNT. There is now a lot more competition for spots and you can bring in different players to match up against opponent. It is very important to make the WC this cycle.

I will say as a long time follower of USMNT, the diversity on this team was great. Still think the US Hispanic population(61 million in this country) has not been tapped. Hopefully with beating Mexico twice we will start to beat them with the dual nationals. Some dual US/Mexico players have choose Mexico over the US recently.

We definitely have more talent than 4 years ago with our players paying for top clubs in Europe, such as Chelsea, Juventus, Barcelona, etc. In fact, most of our first choice squad consists of European based players. The team that lost to T&T consisted of mostly MLS based players. I expect that our team will qualify for the WC from the weak CONCACAF region.

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lmao being happy about winning gold cup is so pathetic

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Anonymous wrote:lmao being happy about winning gold cup is so pathetic

Shrek! How you been?

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Anonymous wrote:lmao being happy about winning gold cup is so pathetic

It is true that Gold Cup is a weak tournament, but they sent a C team so they should be happy with the result. However, the overall quality of play was not very good both for the United States and its opponents.

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Anonymous wrote:lmao being happy about winning gold cup is so pathetic

Shrek! How you been?

Donkey? Is that yew?