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Yeah those are the ones that I can think of atm. I left out a few like Lletget and Potts in the West Ham Academy.
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Good list, I'd add Conor Doyle of Derby too-he's been scoring goals in bunches for the U-20s. Think there might be a nationality conflict with either Ireland or Northern Ireland with him, though
Oh yeah....
Yeah those are the ones that I can think of atm. I left out a few like Lletget and Potts in the West Ham Academy.
Some highlights from the USYNT....
Add two to the list Guido and Pelosi. I've been reading around and people think they can be the best of the lot.
Scored a cracker today v. Czech Republic.
EDIT: Just realized you posted the highlights.
Both Guido and Pelosi have great vision that's something we've lacked in the center of the park in the past. We make decent box to box midfielders but we seem to lag behind other nations in creativity.
Agreed, we haven't had that player since Reyna around 2002, and even he wasn't the sort to take on defenders, at least not at the international level. Not to perpetuate stereotypes or anything, but in the long term I hope the development of true ball players will be one of the many happy effects (for football and otherwise) of the influx of Latino immigrants into our country in the last 20 years. That is, if the USSF system doesn't coach it out of them.
It's a fact though, players coming from Latino families are steered toward playing football while other American households don't. I'm no sociology expert, so I don't really know how to fix that and have it compatible with traditional American athletic development. I think it could be done though. If someone could get the message through of the great opportunity football can provide compared to other sports like A. Football, Baseball, Basketball etc. we could see a shift in attitude towards the game. You don't have to be the elite of the elite to have a lucrative career in football. While with most American sports your options for a professional career are rather limited.
As for these kids, I'm really diggin' the coach Wilmer Cabrera. We need more former pros like him in the system. I hope he's going to be in the frame for the U-20's job after this tournament.
Thoughts on the 1-0 win over Panama? Predictions/thoughts for the upcoming finals? (Apologies if this should have been posted in the Gold Cup thread...wasnt sure which was best...)
Last edited by CincySpur; 23-06-2011 at 04:07 AM.
Surprised at Freddy's successful return, but the fact is that as a team we were absolutely dire for about 70 minutes. Agudelo was overmatched in the front, and Dempsey disappeared as he often does in the midfield. They managed to keep Cherundolo and Lichaj pinned back through their pace, which kept us too narrow to really stretch them. As someone, I think it was @BlueCrew LA said when the roster was released, we need Charlie Davies in the squad. I did think that Jones was great though. Mexico will be a tough ask for us on current form tbh.
Yeah, I know there's a big difference in quality but he could be our Chicharito, he's a poacher. Clearly that what we need atm.
.... Also his pace is hard for any side to deal with.
After looking at both Mexico and the US were gonna have A LONG final more than likely. Look forward to it tho.
Leader of the Spurtles.
I could only watch this game for a little while but I was seriously unimpressed with the USA , it must've been an off night ?
Have to agree with Javi . . . could be quite a challenge in the final, Mex has been scoring with a frenzy and not letting many past Talavera.
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