For the US, a win puts them into the Nations League semifinals in June. A draw or loss sends Canada to the semifinals instead. Cuba has already been relegated to Nations League B. Time to finish the job! 🇺🇸⚽️👊The #USMNT Starting XI to face 🇨🇺 in tonight’s @CNationsLeague group finale.Lineup Notes: https://t.co/C7mu60bxnl pic.twitter.com/IRTrgfXSk5— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) November 19, 2019 Kickoff is at 7:30 Eastern on FS1 with a half-hour pregame show preceding.
Roldan's a great addition to this team. Because I'm really curious if he can stretch his streak of not getting on the scoresheet for the US to 19 games.
I see a small handful of players who should be fresh, which I recommended. {Of course they're not the 'right' players, but that shouldn't matter - the BS All-stars could get the job done tonight.} Go team!
Hell yeah, can't wait to see Lovitz and Roldan look like they belong on the field just because we're playing Cuba. Berhalter will use that as a reason to continue calling them up.
Morales makes that long flight, and doesn’t even get a proper run out? Berhalter doing Berhalter things. Let us all watch Roldan underwhelm for the umpteenth time.
Not just on the scoresheet, he hasn’t even had a goal contribution yet....in 19 matches...as an attacking midfielder.
So: Yedlin replaces Dest Lovitz replaces Brooks (as Ream shifts to center back) Roldan replaces Lletget Sargent replaces Zardes The US needs to win comfortably.
Morales appeared last game and was poor. You could say the same thing about him as Roldan. 2 wrongs don't make a right and Roldan is a better passer, if we're talking playing one at the 10. Neither are what you're asking from a US NT starter or playmaker right now. The right answer would have been to return Lletget to the SL, especially in a game where you want to unlock a potentially organized d.
I was including assists in my personal scoresheet, but you're right, "goal contribution" was the phrase I was looking for.
I want to know whose dick did Lovitz suck to be considered a NT player... Same with Roldan who is an absolutely atrocious soccer player.
Every coach has favorites but Egg Head’s favorites make less sense than any coach I can remember. Never mind they fail time and again.
This game reeks of, [we’re playing someone terrible... I mean, there players would rather defect than play soccer] so let me play my favorite dick suckers in games where a u12 girls soccer team would look good and justify them continue being called up... Sorry, for the rant, but I have never hated a manager like I’ve hated Berhalter.
So, by now we have to stop jumping the gun and giving any credit to Berhalter's rosters, right? Last time, Aaronson, our only teenager, and one of a precious few younger players on the roster... didn't touch the field. We see Morales. Yay, Berhalter is learning! Oh, nope, start Roldan and Lovitz again! Remember when the roster came out? "You guys are worried about 4th and 5th string guys!" That was the rallying cry of the vocal minority who tried to defend Berhalter. Don't look now, but I think those guys are starting, right behind our A team XI! This is the 2nd string. Berhalter is a goddamn moron. Lovitz and Roldan are 2nd-stringers.
Some guarantees for tonight: Tim Ream will get beat for a goal to keep his record going. Doyle at SUMLS writes about his perfect set piece delivery. One US player mistakenly defects to Cuba.
I want one person to defend Daniel Lovitz spot on this NT. Montreal was like anybody want this sorry MF? Nashville was like, look, we’ll take him I guess but I’m only paying 50k for him... Meanwhile, that’s the future of US soccer. Earnie is like, I support you buddy in anything you do...