A number that still makes Cerrillo's callup historically unusual. We're talking four times (including twice this cycle) in four U20 cycles across more than 300 players. (Edit: And Weah arguably doesn't count, since he was already MNT-capped.) Looking at the actual numbers, it's about a 1-in-100 shot.
FIFA lists Araujo at 5'10. I'd keep him full-time at CB, and don't think about moving him to RB or CM. Even if he was only 5'9, he's very strong and good in the air for a player his size. His quality is wasted not using him at CB.
U20 Americans playing regularly in MLS is historically unusual. Having a US U20 player playing ahead of the US U20 Qualifying starter at one club is historically unusual.
Thanks, @Clint Eastwood - this is good insight. I agree with you, and it seems like we still have ample depth at the wide forward positions with Weah (assuming Soto starts as the #9), de la Fuente, Llanez, and Pomykal should Ramos choose to play him there. I still would've loved to have seen Jonathan Amon on this squad. His pace and direct-ness would have created real problems for defenders at this level, and I think he would have been the ideal pacey attacking sub on the wing. I would have taken him over Rennicks, and relied on Weah and Soto as the #9s. I think Amon is a better player today and a better prospect than Akinola, for example.
Will appearing in a U-20 WC game have any implications for Ledezma, Mendez, Llanez, Soto, et al's ability to switch to Mexico on the senior level? They would have to already be Mexican citizens, right? Are Mexican citizens' kids automatically citizens themselves? (I know that varies by country.)
He did not. He's the one not already mentioned here (Weah, Edwin C., Yedlin). IIRC, Ramos didn't even play him in the tuneups in 2015!
They all have Mexican parents and all but Ledezma appeared in the CONCACAF Qualifying tournament which provisionally cap-tied them. This tournament won't do anything else in terms of tying them down.
This is an alarming quote from Ramos. This is not something new about his skill-set. Isn't his job to know this type of thing? http://www.espn.com/soccer/club/uni...dream-now-hes-ready-to-star-at-u-20-world-cup
hoping for: --------weah------soto-----KdlF -----------Paxton---------mendez ---------------------durkin gloster---richards---Mckenzie----dest ------------------ochoa
Soto was good at hold-up play but I thought he took it to a new level this season. Maybe that's what Tab is talking about.
What am I missing with de la Fuente? I’m fine with his inclusion and even okay with him bagging a few starts but I don’t see him as all that talented. He appears to have a good first touch and physical strength but doesn’t look special in terms of speed, dribbling or final product. Doesn’t look to be the most versatile guy either. If he’s fit I prefer Llanez out there.
I’d be shocked if he gets 10 career appearances in a big 4 league. He has one pullback move that takes him to the end line for the narrow-angle cross. He doesn’t possess anything else that catches the eye. I don’t see him out-running anyone who is decently pacy. Not a terrible player and he could be a factor for us in the Cup but I don’t think he’s a top 5 prospect in the side.
??? The kid has everything you think he doesn't have. This tournament will be a good measuring stick.
These are the tournaments where we find out. Last tournament we figured out Adams was good, Zelalem was fragile and that Klinsmann didn't suck. Until then it's guess work.
No that's just your arrogance talking, blindly assuming it's new information to Ramos, and being alarmed. Bizarre question really.
Apologies if I am misinterpreting the conversation, but Yedlin was called in to the U20s before the U20 WC. IIRC, Yedlin had a bad camp and was tossed out of the picture until he worked his way back in with a hot start to his pro career. (Cached version because the article link on Google Search got redirected on the USSF website. It seems they have yet again redesigned their site to make it more "mobile-friendly". In layman's terms, that means "worse".) https://webcache.googleusercontent..../ft-lauderdale-camp+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
You're right. That was the only time he was called in before the Finals, and we got to spend the entire cycle talking about snubs. (SNUBS!) Serves me right for not reading my own tracker more carefully and for trusting my own memory. Who could forget all those SNUBS?!?! Of course, that just makes the Cerrillo pick that much more ... wait for it ... "historically unusual."
Cerrillo is undoubtedly unusual. For a kid's first USYNT callup of any kind to be the U20 World Cup roster........................... Talk about one that NOBODY saw coming. A year ago not even the most die-hard FCD youth watcher would have predicted it. When was the first time that the name Edwin Cerrillo was even named as being "in the pool" in the U20 threads?
The first time Cerrillo was highlighted in a post was in April 2018. That poster must be an extremely stable genius because the first 12 mentions of Cerrillo in this forum are all from him! The first time anyone even hinted at Cerrillo and the YNTs was in early February 2019. Fake edit: Since this forum relishes in misspelling Edwin Cerrillo's last name, I looked up "Cerillo" and found a middling review of his work as a FCD U17 left winger in 2017.
I don't get this reasoning. You don't have a program that prepares for big tournaments like a Youth WC without having an experienced idea about how your players stack up BEFORE the whistle blows. If you're finding out which one of your guys can't compete in the first group match, there's a problem.