The number of our players in the u19 BL is pretty high. I saw on twitter a while back that it was in the range of 20ish players. I'd guess a few of those kids will come good.
not pretty high, historically high. and germany is not the only place noticing. if the u-20's make a run, look out.
This wasnt what I was thinking of but here 17 u20 eligble players. I thought there were more but cant think of any names of the top of my head. RB Leipzig midfielder Tyler Adams (age 20): played 90 (assist) in 3-1 victory at Stuttgart Werder Bremen forward Josh Sargent (age 18): entered in the 75th in 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin Cologne goalkeeper Brady Scott (age 19): did not play in Cologne II’s 1-0 defeat at Lippstadt Cologne forward Nebiyou Perry (age 19): did not play for Cologne II Hannover defender Chris Gloster (age 18): played 90 in Hannover II’s 2-1 victory at Oldenburg Bayern Munich defender Chris Richards (age 18): Bayern II, no match scheduled Freiburg midfielder Alex Mendez (age 18 9/6): Freiburg II, no match scheduled Borussia Dortmund midfielder Giovanni Reyna (age 16): U-19 squad Hannover forward Sebastian Soto (age 18): U-19 squad Nurnberg forward Max Rugova (age 18): U-19 squad Wolfsburg defender Michael Edwards (age 18): U-19 squad RB Leipzig defender Mike Grimm (age 17): U-19 squad Bayern Munich midfielder Taylor Booth (age 17): U-19 squad Augsburg forward Maurice Malone (age 18): U-19 squad Schalke midfielder Nick Taitague (age 20): Schalke II Schalke midfielder Zyen Jones (age 18): Schalke II Union Berlin defender Lennard Maloney (age 19): not in the 18 https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...ad-fared-this-weekend/?utm_term=.977b3da85e18
Unfortunately, we are still way behind. There are probably over 1,000 germans in budesliga youth teams. The same goes for in England, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, etc. The same go for top South American countries. Their youth set ups are way ahead of us and likely have more youth in top programs in Europe. This is just the next step for us!
no idea. feel free to try on transfermarkt. this is just one region. https://www.transfermarkt.us/a-jgd-bl-nord-nordost/startseite/wettbewerb/AJ1
Germany has a lot more. Seriously, right now the US has more players in the 1BL than Spain, England, Argentina, South Korea, Japan and from a quick look any single African nation. Shockingly, the US has a lot more 1BL players than Poland or Turkey (which have massive local populations). The US only trails Brazil by 2 players in the BL. Just wondering, can we use these numbers to put to bed the idiotic notion that US players are discriminated against by Euro clubs?
I agree with many here that the German system and playing style fits better for US players than the other big 5 Euro leagues. I just hope we keep feeding the Bundesliga with players.
My takeaway is not so much about how that compares with other countries, but how it compares with us, historically. The pipeline is massive, compared to what it was 15 years (a generation) ago. Put another way, that's just Germany, and it seem comparable to the talent level that was at Bradenton, back in the day. I know, historically, we've punched way above our weight, given the resources that were (not) put into talent development. Still, with the amount of talent coming up, and the resources devoted to developing it (compared to prior era's), we should expect that the NT's performance level should be on a steep curve.
i agree, except i don't necessarily think it means we should be getting to the WCQF every four years because we did it w/ bradenton kids in the past.
Germany takes its fair play rules much more seriously. So the BL teams can't solve every problem by throwing money at it. That makes BL teams WAY more interested in young players who can be obtained for a good price. They have to be.
The other thing to consider in this is that, even though it's a small world after all, these are US players playing in Germany. They will not and should not be the norm for young US players. They should be the exceptional few. The masses are developing, and are developing quite well it appears, in MLS academies through senior sides. I mean, German clubs produce a ton of top talent, but most of it is German, which makes sense.
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It's hard for Mikey to carry the extra weight of an armband nowadays...so General Egg has his team-mates give that extra bit of support...
Agreed. Give it to McKennie, the only one who put his foot on the gas late last game when Jamaica started pushing us back.
It’s his team now. Is it really that much of a burden? Is there some reason to think that he is likely to play worse as captain? The pressure is already on him with or without the armband. Let the best player lead the way.