We will see who are next keeper is by way of the EPL. Guzan for Aston Villa and Howard for Everton. Good gauge against really good competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
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We will see who are next keeper is by way of the EPL. Guzan for Aston Villa and Howard for Everton. Good gauge against really good competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
every game. Not sure the outcome is different, but who knows. It hurt us for sure.
Yedlin showed some explosiveness today as well and he will only be 24. We are getting more athletic and faster. We just need some mid-fielders that have some skill.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
It did hurt us, but I'm not sure Jozy makes us better than Belgium. If Howard doesn't play the game of his life, we lose 3-1 or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtowndawg
Forgot about him. Diskerud would be 27, he is very technically skilled, lacks some physical talent. Johannson would be 27, Timmy chandler 25. We are really promisingQuote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
We are absolutely moving in the right direction. I have long thought that the USA would win a World Cup 10 years after NYC, Chicago, and Los Angeles put soccer goals under the basketball goals in the playgrounds of our major cities.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
The best way to develop our skill level is for our best athletes to play pick-up games on small fields/courts where everything is in close quarters and you must have perfect touch to play.
You're absolutely right. 20 years ago it would be hard to find a 3v3 soccer tournament. I live in Houston now and see one being held every weekend. It's not ni?ve (sp?) to think we can be competing for semifinals and finals in the next 20 years or so. It's a sport that's booming with young people and that breeds future success. Just look at the people at the WC in red white and blue. Most looked to be in their twentiesQuote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
So the Olympic US team won't be the same, correct? Didn't they ruin it by making it only young guys?
Correct...the Olympic squad will not be the same as this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
The sport is booming in the suburbs, but it's not going to mean much unless we get our better athletes to play the sport. No offense to suburban white boys, but most are very limited athletically.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
Belgium only has a little over 11 million people, which is less than the population of the NYC metro.
You have to have everyone 23 and under except for three guys who you can pick. So it's basically a weird youth tournament. It's a great tool to basically scout players, but doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of soccer. WC and domestic leagues are much more meaningfulQuote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
And I think that's starting to happen. You look at Yedlin and think he would've been a point guard or Jameon Lewis if he were born ten years ago. Look at Altidore. He's a freak athlete. More and more athletes are starting to play. And frankly more and more black kids are. It's not a secret that black people, on average, are a bit more athletic, and you're starting to see more of them choosing soccer over football. It's a number that, right now, isn't hurting football much but is helping soccer a ton.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
AgreeQuote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
I feel like this is the same discussion we have about MSU trying to catch up with Bama and LSU. Go to bowls and improve incrementally.
I know one thing that will suck at Russia in 2018, and that is the time difference. Games will be on here in the early hours of the morning like they were in Japan/South Korea in 2002
That will very much suck, but I'm hoping that this Qatar thing really isn't going to happen and that FIFA will ask the US to host the 2022 world cup. We should be hosting it. Qatar has no business hosting and I wouldn't be surprised to see player boycott if they actually play it there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie_Sheen420
Not in the South in any meaningful way.Quote:
Originally Posted by DudyDawg
That's why I put the rest of the post you didn't feel the need to highlightQuote:
Originally Posted by Pioneer Dawg
Could've easily been 10-1Quote:
Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg
I love that they made it U-23. We don't need a bizarro World Cup, so they did need to change it up to some degree. And I love that we get to see some of the young up-and-comers.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
It gives some young guys much needed experience at the top level of international soccer, and it makes it pretty exciting as well.
I can't wait to see guys like Yedlin, Green, and hopefully Zelalem playing for us in 2016.
I actually enjoyed the early morning games. Roll out of bed and turn the TV on, watch some f?tbol while making some grits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie_Sheen420