I don’t think anyone knows what’s happening at US soccer. It kind of feels like a new government is taking over and it’s trying to clean up post apocalyptic America.
Best 23 of this age group. GK: Jones, Krenecki, Cordes DF: Cuevas, Hall, Walls, Ferkranus, Che, Ferguson, Gomez, Sorenson, MF: Chifamba, Leyva, Casas, Karumanchi, Nyeman, Aaronson, Garcia, Paredes FW: Pepi, Freeman, Sarver, Bohui Other players I like: Acevedo, Kaplan, Rainey, Stoup, Fragle, Monge, Huckaby, Kinzner, Carrillo, Greene, Pariano, Perez, Sealy, Miscic, Cowell Jones Cuevas-Ferkranus-Walls-Gomez Leyva-Chifamba Sarver-Nyeman-Freeman Pepi This looks like a great age group. I think this is going to be the best age group since '00, and it could rival '00. It has very good top end talent and a lot of depth. I think the team looks a little weak at CF, aside from Pepi. There aren't any natural #9's aside from Pepi, but I think we have a few other players who can fill in there. Some depth there could help. GK and CB are a little weak in top end talent, but both have a lot of depth. CM has good top-end talent, but I think lacks some depth.
The roster for the Czech Republic trip should be announced in the next few days if that is still a planned trip. With the 17's and 20's in the middle of qualifying and world cup roster planning, the Coachless 16's may receive zero attention which may not be a bad thing (see 15's currently struggling in Italy)
This was shared by Isaac Espinal on his IG story. Those U16 call-ups should be for the Czech Republic trip. We also know there will be a 60-player U14 national team camp this month.
Nyeman must not have citizenship yet because to not call him up to the U-17 NT is malpractice when you consider the roster that was selected and that some of his own teammates who he is consistently much better than are on the team.
I have not seen him play. Is he 100% recovered from his injury, and at the same level (or better) than he was pre-injury?
I was thinking something similar when the hack announcer hyped up the DC Academy kids and I thought what about their best player?
I’m honored to be part of the USA U-16 boys national team coaching staff in the Czech Republic. We are playing against Czech, Venezuela and Hungary!! Let’s go USA @ussoccer— Jeff Cassar (@jeffcassar) May 10, 2019
Alex Monis, Javier Casas, Elton Chifamba, Noah Hall, Eric Kinzner, Jonathan Gomez, Sam Sarver, Jonathan Perez and Cade Cowell are in the call.
Running list so far: Javier Casas Elton Chifamba Cade Cowell Jonathan Gomez Jacob Greene Noah Hall Isaac Homer Eric Kinzer Alex Monis Moses Nyeman Kevin Paredes Jonathan Perez Sam Sarver Andre Zuluaga
Really hope Nyeman can start to stay healthy consistently. I heard he was injured again recently, but maybe he’s back. Their last game was 2 weeks ago and he didn’t play. I’d hate for him to turn into one of those “what if” cases
Is there a reason US Soccer hasn't made an announcement yet about this? This tournament starts tomorrow.
UEFA Development Tournament U16 @ Prague, Czech Rep: USA tied 1-1 with Czech Republic. Goals: 11. Černák – 78. Huckaby Teams: Czech: Kinský – Fojt, Hodouš, Jambor, Náprstek, Karabec, Drozd, Vitík, Vecheta, Černák, Vydra Bench: Šimoník, Prebsl, Daněk, Hadaš, Brejcha, Vágner, Uriča, Molitorisz, Langhamer USA: Zuluaga-Silva – Hall, Gomez, Huckaby, Kinzner, Chifamba, Sealy, Casar jr., Sarver, Nyeman, Cowell Bench: Jones – Che, Homer, Kitahata, Monis, Perez, Edelman, Greene, Paredes Game commentary: http://www.onlajny.com/match/index/date/2019-05-15/id/265613/type/all Not sure who is "Casar Jr" in the US line-up. Good luck finding game details in English language. Cheers.
Lineup likely looked like this Zuluaga Hall-Huckaby-Kinzner-Gomez Chifamba-Casas Nyeman Sealy-Sarver-Cowell
And left out an important detail: final result decided by penalties, 7-6 loss to Czech Rep. https://repre.fotbal.cz/zapasy/zapas/32479554 Any news from USsoccer regarding these matches?
If Nyeman is playing, does that mean he's a citizen? I know these aren't cap-tying matches, but he's still wearing the jersey in a game against another country. I vaguely remember Freddy only playing in unofficial games (against club teams, etc.) before he became a citizen, but I may be remembering that wrong.