Even in the shorter term, he's probably better off with Mexico. For all the hype surrounding Memo Ochoa, he's nearly 30 and glued to the bench at Malaga, and all of their other GKs listed on wikipedia are quite a bit older than he is. As for Mexico's future GK's, their YNT's have begun to make a habit of using Mexican-Americans in goal, and I believe that Yarbrough is the only GK on that list of 2018 prospects that @Testudo put up.
He got called up by Jurgen... User Actions FollowTom Marshall@mexicoworldcup .@ruubenrod reporting that Leon's Mexico-born 'keeper William Yarbrough has been called up by the US. Reply Retweet Favorite More
Yeah, I just saw that, according to Wiki, he doesn't have a single league appearance yet this season. Incredible.
http://www.espnfc.com/mexican-liga-...-is-not-overlooking-leon-gk-william-yarbrough Leon midfielder Jose Juan Vazquez said on Wednesday that Yarbrough told him of his decision to accept an invitation from U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann. "He told me earlier," said Vazquez. "It will be kind of weird [to see him with the United States]. But it is great that they called him. He seems really happy and his play has been perfect." Leon coach Juan Antonio Pizzi confirmed the news of the U.S. call-up during a press conference on Wednesday. U.S. Soccer has not confirmed Yarbrough's presence for upcoming friendlies vs. Denmark and Switzerland, confirming only that the rosters will be announced on Sunday. "I am not going to rush into a recall of any player if another national team wants him," Herrera told ESPN.mx in reference to Yarbrough, who was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico, but whose parents are from Texas. "If they want to call him up at this time and right now he is not on my mind I have no problem with it. I'll repeat it: Right now in Mexico there are 10 quality goalkeepers and the ones I have already chosen will be very good." Herrera, however, said that Yarbrough, who turns 26 on Friday, should not lose hope about a Mexico call-up. "Of course [he will be considered for El Tri], the coach said. "At no time have I said he is a bad player. There is a reason the United States has its sights set on him. He is a good goalkeeper but I feel like I need to look at other players who I will likely be using and who are having a better moment right now in their careers."
When I've seen Yarbrough with Léon, he's great as a distributor and shotstopper but a bit of a vampire in command of his box. Does this mean the USMNT won't play a formation that cedes the flanks?
What? I was waaay off. He clearly stated it. I'm absolutely sure now that we shouldn't have a thread on this guy, because, clearly, he's 100% committed to Mexico. He would never, ever even consider a call-up from the US........
Sadly, he wasn't patient enough to wait for a call up to Mexico, so he pretty much took the easy route. Jurgen will call him once, maybe call him up to the gold cup, get cap tied, and possibly never called up again.
William Yarbrough has confirmed his call-up to the US national team to journalists in Leon.— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) March 19, 2015 William Yarbrough: "It's confirmed. The (US) call-up has arrived at the club. I'm very thankful to Klinsmann for following me."— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) March 19, 2015 William Yarbrough: I've known the US anthem since I was young from my parents. I also speak both languages. - via @JULIO_SAUCEDO— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) March 19, 2015 RT @JULIO_SAUCEDO: I didn't think how many goalkeepers there are in Mexico or the US. I'm not scared of competing: Yarbrough @ESPNmx— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) March 19, 2015
I'm very surprised about this as I just assumed someone who has lived their whole life in Mexico, identifies as Mexican, is mentioned in contention for the Mexican national team would want, and wait, to play for El Tri.
For Spanish speakers, this is a great mini-doc on William Yarbrough (feat. his dad) on the GK's roots and history https://t.co/limg2JhBcU— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) March 18, 2015
That's true that our best goalkeepers are getting old, but the GK spot requires the least revamping of any position. A national team could very well skip a generation of bad goalkeepers without any problems. In this case guys like Ochoa, Tala, and Corona could be around for the full World Cup cycle and the kids that are 18-22 right now would be ready to take over after 2018 (I'm thinking specifically of Chivas' Rodriguez and Porto's Gudiño).
We are so proud of you! // ¡Estamos muy orgullosos de ti!#DaleWilliam #RugeFiera pic.twitter.com/EpXy1jWHy8— Club León (@clubleonfc) March 19, 2015
No idea what this reference means...he Suarez' people? He doesn't come out during the day? He flaps at crosses like a bat? Please explain or that is going to bother me for a while. Thanks.
True as that is, I suspect that Yarbrough has a real chance at overtaking both Corona and Talavera by 2018. At that point, he'll be 29 - prime age for a GK - while Corona will be 37 and Talavera will be 35. At Yarbrough's current age, Talavera hadn't even become a LigaMX starter yet. Of course, my knowledge of these players is very limited, so I'll defer to you on that.
You'd be right about that. The general sentiment on BSMX is that Corona and Talavera are already on a downward slope (IMO Corona moreso than Talavera). Regardless it takes a special keeper to stay sharp at around that age (35+). I don't know what the federation is banking on but I will say that Chivas' Rodriguez might the best Mexican goalkeeper in Liga MX under 28. He'll be in prime age in 2018.
I think the "Jürgen Klinsmann" comment had a little zing on it. This Yarbrough guy is horrible and wouldn't make it in MLS.
The 1st one he slipped. 2nd is all on him, he should be able to handle a bouncing shot. 3rd he was hang to dry by his defense, close range 1-1 vs. a forward is going to be tough. 4th he should have done better since he was able to touch it on a ball that was swerving away. 5th was was nice blast, not sure how many goalies could block that one.