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Uh. I think there are some interesting counter examples. Plus we do not know if Gio's top speed was impaired or not.
Petulance and immaturity.
I give Berhalter blame and I give him credit. He screwed up in various ways re Gio and to his credit has found a way to get a lot out of him...
Gregg spent a summer in Argentina with Claudio's grandparents. I'd say that's pretty close. These issues always come up with Joisey guys who...
The words for that are petulance and immaturity. Not "unable to run" or "unable to contribute." Gio was no more "unable to contribute" than...
Dest and McKennie are in any sane person's starting 11.
We have to be mindful of who his midfield partners are. Fortunately guys like Adams, McKennie and Musah are great complements. Others much less...
urban legend no matter how many times you repeat it
Exactly. For every one of the current high-ceiling starlets who fails to hit that ceiling there are a bunch of excellent prospects just a rung below.
Caleb will succeed Jedi.
Not really. Coaches in relegation fights usually revert to a certain style of play. Long on physicality and effort. Short on skill.
Dest has a WC assist. Spectacular games against Mexico, Ghana and Costa Rica. He's one of the most impactful players with the nats.
A poor man's Graham Zuzi. I got nothing against Graham Zuzi. But we've moved beyond that caliber of player featuring for the nats.
The oldest of the 08-10 group that I referenced is the one where we can have the most precision when talking about national team caliber...
He's the definition of the Camp Cupcake player. Maybe Gold Cup when we go with all B-teamers.
Gio had some guac with his morning latte and look what happened.
Yup. The old stock still has some life to it. Special shoutout to the St. Louis soccer community (Ream and Sargent) for keeping the flame alive...
True. I speak as somewhat of a partisan for "new Americans." But I welcome the contributions of "old stock Americans" to the national team...
I think there is always going to be some positional variation within any 3-year cohort. For one thing it is premature to evaluate the CBs and...
I think you've hit on the main reasons. My soccer-playing son (the other one played basketball) was born in 1996 and caught the early phases of...
It will be interesting to see how Tessmann does in Serie A. When he was there it seemed to me one of his main issues was speed of thought. He...
They could hire Nick Saban and turn it into a TV show.
Starting to think the 2008-2010 birthyears are going to be a Golden Generation better than any we have seen.