Paul Arriola at Swansea City (on loan from DC United)

I don't think he had a knock because he's been playing regularly in Copa MX for Dorados and for Tijuana's u20 team.

Exactly. It was an unlucky goal to begin with - it was a cross that took a nasty deflection into the goal.

I will say this about Castillo - we know he has less than ideal physical tools for a defender but his effort on that end is deplorable at times. On one particular counter for Cruz Azul, he was nonchalantly trotting back rather than sprinting to catch up to his man. He did this on multiple occasions during the Ukraine friendly as well.

 

I agree, he has also done it on a lot of previous game with xolos. It's just less noticeable in xolos because there is always guemez or a cb covering for him on the counter when he is caught going forward.

Based on halftime, the best yank has been corona. Arriola been invisible and i only notice him on the miss shot on attempt on goal. He look like he playing it safe just going for safe pass instead of doing what he does best and use his pace.

 

Has come off at 53'. Didn't influence much unfortunately.

 

53'- Arriola subbed off

Not a game that will get him more start. Invisible throughout the game, maybe you can blame it on that he hasn't played with the first team for awhile

 

Yes it was a lucky goal but the reason they were able to get a cross off is because Castillo got beat to the endline. Watch it again. The attacker runs by him then gets the cross off and deflects of a Tijuana player in.

 

Tijuana are criminally underutilizing Herc, but that's for a different thread I guess.

 

TBF, Herc hasn't scored a league goal for Tijuana.

 

Yeah he hasn't played well in the small amount of game time I've seen but he should be starting all CONCACAF Champions League games as a matter of principle.

...and now I sound like @ussoccer97531 talking about Paul Arriola, so I can feel his pain.

 

Herc has no chance of making the World Cup.

 

I know . But I wasn't talking about the WC. I just meant that Herc tends to do really well in the CL and I would have liked to see him play more games in it.

 

https://twitter.com/PaulArriola/status/454452870050353152


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Excited to be able to finally be back with the US U20 National Team, will join the team on Sunday in Dallas for Dallas Cup!

 

He is gonna destroy some motherf*ckers.

 

Paul Arriola talks about the ups and the downs of the current season as well as the US U-20 team

Club Tijuana's Paul Arriola Is Making Some Big Strides

 

Paul Arriola almost reminds me of Mexico's Jesus Manuel Corona. I bet that Arriola is gonna have the same kind of impact when they are playing in qualifying.

 

Anybody else see a little resemblance to Tottenham's Tim Sherwood?

 

Looks more like Pique to me.

 

I'm going old school with Dion of Dion & the Belmonts/"The Wanderer" fame:

Paul Arriola: A San Diego native, Arriola was sought after by UCLA and LA Galaxy but he opted to play in Mexico, which has helped him with his already-strong technical abilities. He's naturally strong on the wings but Farias uses him a lot down the middle, which is the way this team seems to be taking shape under the Venezuelan coach. Good news: it will only help him when he's with the U.S. national team. Arriola is a player with the mental and physical discipline to embrace any position or style of play, and at 19-years-old, with plenty of room for growth, he's another who should warrant a look from Klinsmann's camp before 2018. He's already worn the captain's armband for the U.S. U-20's, and like Garza, he has a dominant presence on the field and commands attention and respect with his effort. He turned heads in Mexico when he scored on his debut almost a year ago to the day in San Diego in a friendly against Club America, and during his 2013 season with Xolos, he made an immediate impact almost every time he came on as a sub. Mexico has done him a lot of good and the experience will only be an asset to the USA.

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Called into the US U20 camp for friendlies in California:

Tab Ramos' latest U-20 roster:
Goalkeepers: Santiago Castano (New York Red Bulls; Union City, N.J.), Zack Steffen (Maryland(m); Dowlington, Pa.)
Defenders (7): Michael Amick (UCLA; Sunnyvale, Calif.), Conor Donovan (Railhawks Academy; Fuquay Varina, N.C.), Luis Martir (Chivas de Guadalajara; Los Angeles, Calif.), Chris Odoi-Atsem (Maryland; Mitchellville, Md.), John Requejo Jr. (Club Tijuana; Carpinteria, Calif.), Caleb Smith (Solar Chelsea SC; Arlington Texas), Jesus Vasquez (UANL Tigres; San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Midfielders (6): Fernando Arce (Club Tijuana, Chula Vista, Calif.) Russell Canouse (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim; Lancaster, Pa.), Marco Delgado (Chivas USA; Glendora, Calif.), Romain Gall (FC Lorient; Herndon, Va.), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland AFC; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Jacori Hayes (Wake Forest; Bowie, Md.)
Forwards (5): Paul Arriola (Club Tijuana; Chula Vista, Calif.), Bradford Jamieson (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Benji Lopez (Arizona United SC; San Diego, Calif.), Andrija Novakovich (Reading FC; Muskego, Wis.), Zach Pfeffer (Philadelphia Union; Dresher, Pa.)

 

He was supposedly born in the US.

 

Who are you talking about?

 

Sorry..was responding to the post about Arce.


And apparently tapatalk had me comment in the wrong thread

 

On the bench for tonight's Copa MX match:

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Who all besides Arriola is American?

 

Three active U20's on bench for Xolos: Paul Arriola, Edgar Villegas, y Javier Salas.