Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 14:03     Subject: Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Altidore is a waste of a roster spot


This comment, along with the one about where is Josh Sargent, are spot on. The USMNT is presumably trying to build towards qualifying for the World Cup in 3 years. Not trying to win this year's Gold Cup. Altidore or Zardes might be more valuable than Sargent for the latter, but certainly not the former. Altidore and Zardes will be 32 and 30, respectively, in the next World Cup. Josh Sargent will be 22. He needs to be given as much senior team experience as possible over the next 3 years to see if he can be a meaningful contributor to the team when they actually get to qualifying and, hopefully, the WC. The same is true for other young team members. If those young players don't develop over the next 2-3 years, then the coach can always fall back on more known commodities like Altidore, Zardes, etc.

Berhalter may not be long for his position as head coach.



I think it's funny looking at the comments here.
Half the people seem to be saying, 'if they don't do well in the Gold Cup, fire the coach,' and the other half are saying we should only be concerned about development towards the next World Cup.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 14:00     Subject: Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:Altidore is a waste of a roster spot


Anyone that thinks Sargent is better than Altidore right now is out of their minds.
The sad truth is, Jozy is still the best overall striker we have right now, and the team was better against Venezuela when he was on the field.
Don't get me wrong, Sargent should certainly be on the roster though.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 12:56     Subject: Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Altidore is a waste of a roster spot


This comment, along with the one about where is Josh Sargent, are spot on. The USMNT is presumably trying to build towards qualifying for the World Cup in 3 years. Not trying to win this year's Gold Cup. Altidore or Zardes might be more valuable than Sargent for the latter, but certainly not the former. Altidore and Zardes will be 32 and 30, respectively, in the next World Cup. Josh Sargent will be 22. He needs to be given as much senior team experience as possible over the next 3 years to see if he can be a meaningful contributor to the team when they actually get to qualifying and, hopefully, the WC. The same is true for other young team members. If those young players don't develop over the next 2-3 years, then the coach can always fall back on more known commodities like Altidore, Zardes, etc.

Berhalter may not be long for his position as head coach.



100%..........how is it that Sargent is left off the U20 World Cup roster and then not given a spot for the Gold Cup...........a total waste by US Soccer.........
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 09:49     Subject: Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:Altidore is a waste of a roster spot


This comment, along with the one about where is Josh Sargent, are spot on. The USMNT is presumably trying to build towards qualifying for the World Cup in 3 years. Not trying to win this year's Gold Cup. Altidore or Zardes might be more valuable than Sargent for the latter, but certainly not the former. Altidore and Zardes will be 32 and 30, respectively, in the next World Cup. Josh Sargent will be 22. He needs to be given as much senior team experience as possible over the next 3 years to see if he can be a meaningful contributor to the team when they actually get to qualifying and, hopefully, the WC. The same is true for other young team members. If those young players don't develop over the next 2-3 years, then the coach can always fall back on more known commodities like Altidore, Zardes, etc.

Berhalter may not be long for his position as head coach.

Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 09:38     Subject: Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:Altidore is a waste of a roster spot


Agreed. Time to get off of the wagon. Weah, Pulisic, Soto, and Sargent are the future.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 09:34     Subject: Gold Cup
Altidore is a waste of a roster spot
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 08:52     Subject: Re:Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:US actually played pretty well on offense against Venezuela, and was unlucky not to score.

That said, the defense was a train wreck. Steffens has had two massive gaffes in the last two games; he’s not looking like the answer to me.

Great to have Jozy back.


Face the reality. We got played off the field by a pretty mediocre team after losing to another mediocre team just a few days earlier. We have not looked this bad since the loss to Trinidad.
Anonymous
Post 06/10/2019 00:15     Subject: Gold Cup
Steffen is trying too hard to impress Pep with the pinpoint passes in the back. He's getting loaned to Germany.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2019 23:49     Subject: Re:Gold Cup
US actually played pretty well on offense against Venezuela, and was unlucky not to score.

That said, the defense was a train wreck. Steffens has had two massive gaffes in the last two games; he’s not looking like the answer to me.

Great to have Jozy back.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2019 21:03     Subject: Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Coaching is bad. System is bad. Some players are good, but the team is terrible. Dual-national players don’t want to play for the US.

Never thought I’d prefer to have Jurgen Klinsmann back.

Can we get Klinsmann back to run the program and hire a good tactical coach?



If Berhalter manages to pull off a good showing, it will be because Klinsmann opened doors in the Bundesliga for American players like Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie to improve their game to international standards.

Ironic, no?


Yes, it is ironic. And Klinsmann would have found an opportunity for Sargent to play either with U20, or U23 or with senior national team to help the young player to gain valuable international experience and establish himself.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2019 19:31     Subject: Gold Cup
Anonymous wrote:Coaching is bad. System is bad. Some players are good, but the team is terrible. Dual-national players don’t want to play for the US.

Never thought I’d prefer to have Jurgen Klinsmann back.

Can we get Klinsmann back to run the program and hire a good tactical coach?



If Berhalter manages to pull off a good showing, it will be because Klinsmann opened doors in the Bundesliga for American players like Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie to improve their game to international standards.

Ironic, no?
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2019 19:27     Subject: Gold Cup
Time to panic!
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2019 19:25     Subject: Gold Cup
Coaching is bad. System is bad. Some players are good, but the team is terrible. Dual-national players don’t want to play for the US.

Never thought I’d prefer to have Jurgen Klinsmann back.

Can we get Klinsmann back to run the program and hire a good tactical coach?
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2019 19:20     Subject: Gold Cup
If we don’t make the final or get throttled in the final, Berhalter’s gotta go. Not that it’ll happen
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2019 19:14     Subject: Gold Cup
After playing some uninspired soccer in its losses to Jamaica and Venezuela, the USMNT is heading to the Gold Cup. What are your predictions for USMNT's performance in the Gold Cup? Winner? Finalist? Semi-Finalist? Failure to advance from the group? What do you think about Gregg Berhalter's work product so far? Was he worth the one year wait when the team did not have a head coach? Are we going to have a new coach if the USMNT has a poor performance in the Gold Cup?