Julian Green (Bayern Munich): In-N-Out: Julian Green on loan at Hamburger SV

Bayern's 1st team drew 3-3 to Hoffenheim in their first game since clinching the title, and it seems Guardiola rotated in quite a few players ahead of their CL match on Tuesday.

Starke - Rafinha, Van Buyten, Dante, Contento - Schweinsteiger, Thiago (Lahm 25) - Shaqiri, Götze (Mandzukic 46), Ribéry (Robben 75) - Pizarro​

http://www.fcbayern.de/en/matches/m...match-report-bayern-hoffenheim-bundesliga.php

 

Grant Wahl asks Andreas Herzog to talk about the process of recruiting of Julian and what Julian is like as a player.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vi...r-andy-herzog-julian-green.sportsillustrated/

 

Fantastic interview...I could be wrong but did he say that Pep wants to try and get him 10-15 minutes with the first team?

 

He speaks!

 

with his inclusion with mnt tonight, forget him playing in u20WC. doesn't make sense now because he is at higher level, doesn't need exposure and doesn't get paid with u20 team.

 

If Paul Pogba can play at a U20 World Cup.....

 

Just depends how his career advances with Bayern and the USMNT over the next year. We'll see. Julian is still more of a prospect than than a first-team performer.

In the summer of 2015 we'll have the Gold Cup and the U20 World Cup. It's unlikely that a player goes to both due to the close timing of the tournaments, but we've had guys at both in the past. Michael Bradley did.

And of course we still have to qualify for the U20 World Cup with predominantly domestic talent. So we'll cross that U20WC bridge when we get there.

 

is no one commenting on his debut? oh what could've been if that foul/penalty had been called. he looked okay. very raw, but okay. i think/hope he's officially bumped shea off the bus as the late spark/wildcard.

 

What I liked from him:
- Off ball movement when on offense. You can tell with the people he''s trained with that he's got the quick touch and then looking to wheel it downfield to receive the ball again
- Linked up well with Dempsey twice..once putting him in a very good scoring position
- Drew (what should have been) a PK according to JK, at the very least a FK in a very dangerous spot
- Drew two Mexican defenders on more then one occasion...something Shea and Davis (his competition) struggle with
- Wasn't afraid to take those defenders on...shows some kahones
- 9/14...2 passes were also due to the receiving player not moving correctly to the ball. Not too bad given the context of the match.

Areas to improve
- The header wasn't great but being that far away from the goal he should have maybe let it go out of bounds instead...either way Omar and Beltran have to play that a bit better
- Two passes that were pretty aloof but that can probably be attributed to nerves

Overall I think he's got a very shot on the 23 however he probably won't see much of the field if at all in Brazil. He can also look to Yedlin as he had a maybe an even shakier performance with nerves and all vs S Korea but then strung together a solid outing last night vs a better team on a bigger stage.

 

He's a guy that will get better when it comes to 'geling' with the team.

He has the skills, confidence taking guys on, and technique/soccer brain as I could tell when he was in tight quarters he made the right passes, decisions, runs/holding his position last night that showed me he can contribute right away.

I want to see him on the 23, as a sub option or a surprise start depending on how and if he keeps progressing. I have a gut feeling he will--but it will take PT to get that out of him with the NT.

 

Bottom line for his Brazil prospects is that there are no more matches currently scheduled between now and the deadline for the 30-man roster, so it's probably safe to assume he's on it unless he gets seriously hurt. There are two matches before the final roster deadline, so if he's a serious candidate for the final 23 you'd think we see him get more time in at least one of those.

OT perhaps, it seems that while the final 23 can only be selected from the original 30, any emergency replacements are not bound in that way. That was news to me...

 

He showed some glimpses on offense, but struggled defensively. He was ball watching on the second goal, and the header started the attack which led to goal. I know pressuring to get the ball back immediately is an area of focus for both Bayern and the US, so I'm sure his shortcoming will be addressed.

It was also probably the biggest game he's ever played in, I think with a little more experience and bulk he'll be fine. I'd still rather have him off the bench than Brad Davis.

 

Honestly he's 18 years old and plays in the 4th division of Germany. Considering that I thought he did okay especially because the Mexican players made an effort to rough him up a bit. He has a promising career ahead of him and I'll be excited to see him for the 2016 Olympic qualifying when he's a bit more seasoned.

 

I think this summer is going to be very important for him as far as his development, and I dont mean the World Cup. It will be interesting to see what Bayern decides to do with him as far as next season. The preseason will be very important for him.

 

Not a surprise but Bayern's focus is now on the Champions League according to this article. The regular starters will be getting rested from here on out. There is no mention of Green, however.
http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...diola_die-bundesliga-ist-fuer-uns-vorbei.html

And this article says Julian is questionable for FCB II's Sunday match against Hof. It says he's carrying a small injury from the Mexico game. I guess it is when he slipped and hurt his shoulder.
http://www.fcbayern.de/de/news/news/2014/vorbericht-juniorteam-fcbayern-ii-040414.php

 

In the USA Men: News & Analysis forum they are.

 

From the FC Bayern website:

Guardiola is likely to ring the line-up changes in the Bavarian derby. “I’m going to rotate the team and the squad a little bit,” the 43-year-old announced, “we can try out a few things ahead of the United match.” The treble winners are definitely without injured trio Thiago, Holger Badstuber and Diego Contento. As always Guardiola declined to reveal his final line-up thoughts prior to the match in front of the customary sell-out crowd at the SGL Arena.

The Bayern boss will rest a handful of his players this weekend, but Augsburg counterpart Markus Weinzierl will be forced to replace half his regular team. ​

http://www.fcbayern.de/en/news/news/2014/augsburg-preview-040414.php

 

Well according to Julian Green's dad (who gives out way too much information on twitter, imo) Green has been told he needs to rest his shoulder for three weeks, whatever that means.

 

It'll be interesting to see who Pep trotts out there...if he throws guys like Weiser and Hojbjerg into the mix then Green might see some time once he comes back.

 

According to this piece on the FCB website the prognosis doesn't seem quite so bad. The Bayern 2nd team coach is saying they are going to "wait and see if he will be ready for Sunday":

Auch in der Bayern-Offensive zwickt es noch. Hinter dem Einsatz von Angreifer Julian Green steht ein Fragezeichen. Der Top-Torjäger des FCB II (15 Tore) feierte am Mittwoch sein Nationalmannschafts-Debüt für die USA und kehrte am Freitag leicht angeschlagen aus Arizona zurück. „Wir müssen abwarten, ob er am Sonntag einsatzbereit sein wird“, gab sich ten Hag zurückhaltend.​

https://www.fcbayern.de/de/news/news/2014/vorbericht-juniorteam-fcbayern-ii-040414.php

 

Yup...Green for sure would have gotten some good PT. Still the rest of the season left though.

 

Shaqiri at right back??

 

Bayern lost 1-0 unlucky that Green is injured. Would of for sure seen time. Interesting enough is was the second teamers that played the best today

 

I didn't think I saw this highlight vid on here yet but this is the best one so far for those who haven't seen him play yet:



(sorry if repost)