Soccer Post - Gold Cup Roster Changes

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Originally Posted by OurState

False.

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Humor me, compile your Starting CONCACAF XI, and tell me which qualifying team from Europe/South America its better than.


Also, Klinnsman can put a lot of stock into this tournament if he wants, but again, at the end of the day it means nothing. However, it is a valuable opportunity to provide players with long term potential with a chance to play in a tournament setting. Having 32 year olds help you win the Gold Cup when they'll play next to no role in the World Cup process (qualifying or the finals) is pointless.

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Originally Posted by RDawg90

Humor me, compile your Starting CONCACAF XI, and tell me which qualifying team from Europe/South America its better than.


Also, Klinnsman can put a lot of stock into this tournament if he wants, but again, at the end of the day it means nothing. However, it is a valuable opportunity to provide players with long term potential with a chance to play in a tournament setting. Having 32 year olds help you win the Gold Cup when they'll play next to no role in the World Cup process (qualifying or the finals) is pointless.

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Heck we are better than Greece, Bosnia, Russia, and Ecuador on our own. You put our midfield with mexicos forwards and costa ricas defense and we would easily be top 10 in the world. But for your sake, chicharito, dos santos, Dempsey, Bradley, guardado, peralta, zelalem, duartes, yedlin, layun, Howard or Ochoa or navas would be a pretty nasty side. That doesn't even include Bryan Ruiz or Joel Campbell. You are an idiot. And basically what you are saying is USA soccer is only worth watching every 4 years because absolutely no other tournament matters. If that's how you feel, pick a European side to support, and get over yourself.

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Originally Posted by Intramural All-American

Heck we are better than Greece, Bosnia, Russia, and Ecuador on our own. You put our midfield with mexicos forwards and costa ricas defense and we would easily be top 10 in the world. But for your sake, chicharito, dos santos, Dempsey, Bradley, guardado, peralta, zelalem, duartes, yedlin, layun, Howard or Ochoa or navas would be a pretty nasty side. That doesn't even include Bryan Ruiz or Joel Campbell. You are an idiot. And basically what you are saying is USA soccer is only worth watching every 4 years because absolutely no other tournament matters. If that's how you feel, pick a European side to support, and get over yourself.

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Greece won has won a European championship in the past 15 years? Bosnia has Dzeko (City), Pjanic (Roma), Begovic (Chelsea), and about 10 other regulars that play in Europe's top 3 or 4 leagues. Russia topped a World Cup qualifying group two out of their last three tries, in addition to finishing 3rd in Euro 2008. Ecuador are certainly overachievers, I will give you that.

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Originally Posted by RDawg90

Greece won has won a European championship in the past 15 years? Bosnia has Dzeko (City), Pjanic (Roma), Begovic (Chelsea), and about 10 other regulars that play in Europe's top 3 or 4 leagues. Russia topped a World Cup qualifying group two out of their last three tries, in addition to finishing 3rd in Euro 2008. Ecuador are certainly overachievers, I will give you that.

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First off, way to totally disregard the rest of my post that made you look ignorant. Second, Dempsey, Bradley, jones and altidore just left top European leagues this past year to come home, and you are kidding yourself if you don't think they have the quality to still be there (altidore being the possible exception). Brooks, chandler, green, zelalem, yedlin, Howard, guzan, Johnson, and Cameron all play in the bundesliga or epl.

Also, Greece winning EURO 2004 means absolutely nothing for how good they are now.

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Originally Posted by RDawg90

US fans and media will try their absolute best to hype the competition? But the reality will never change, if you made a CONCACAF all-star team, they wouldn't qualify for a World Cup in Europe or South America.

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The USA and Mexico have BOTH made it to the round of 16 the last two world cups (over some better known European and south American teams), yet you think an all star team amongst the both of them couldn't qualify?! Not to mention the CONCACAF teams cannot draw Asian teams in the WC so we have no easy group stage matches.

I'm not saying we have a Germany or Argentina in our confederation but your outlook is extremely dated

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