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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meh, Jozy will be 32, not 36.  He still has one more WC in him.  Let's concentrate on actually qualifying this time, and for that, we need our best players.  He's our best striker, no questions asked.

His play also helps develop the other 10 guys on the field with him...  Whoever posted the US was better against Venezuela with him on the field was spot on.  It was night and day.[/quote]

If he’s our best striker, then we aren’t qualifying. Lucky for us, he isn’t. [/quote]

His touch and technique are pretty bad. He reminds me of under u13 travel soccer- big, fast and strong. Stop forward progress and everything falls apart. [/quote]

That’s the American way.  Countries like England have the big, fast and strong, but they also have impeccable touch and technique.  US has always had strong athletes, but not touch/technique.  Look across all youth top teams around here—winners are missing touch/technique.  Now that my oldest is U14- I’ve really seen it in first Divisions.  The teams get bigger by each division.  My kid’s team is playing teams where the teens are literally a foot taller and can all shave.  They can keep the score close with but a fast break by huge players and they are no match against long ball teams.  If they stick at it that will reverse.  The problem is that kids start aging out around here by 16/17/18 and it’s too late.[/quote]

This right here is another reason why Berhalter ain’t it for me. Athleticism has always been a strength for us. We should be taking advantage of that by having our fullbacks bomb up and down the field to create overloads and use the full width of it, not making them tuck into a central position where opponents can swarm and we have no wide outlets to play inside-outside. [/quote]

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