He is statistically a good dribbler. Any number of highlight videos demonstrate he has good pace. His best international goal, the one against Spain, showed off his killer lateral movement. He doesn't get a chance to cross often.
how much longer is his contract at TFC? Those heavy salaries of his and Bradley. Is it paying off for them?
They've won 1 Supporters Shield, 1 MLS Cup and 3 Canadian Championship as well as 1 runner's up spot in another MLS Cup and in the CCL since he joined. I'd say he's paying off.
he was all of those things...that spain goal was 10 years ago. .i wish he would go back to that style instead of the back to goal battering ram that sunderland, JK arena etc used him as.....just b/c he's big and strong they make him play like he's an oaf.
There is a good interview embedded on the page. I like that he is thinking about breaking the record. I also wasn't aware that he is a father. https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/01/25/jozy-altidore-future-toronto-fc-mexico-mls-usmnt-haiti Altidore has 41 international goals, just 16 behind all-time USMNT leaders Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey at 57. When asked if he can break that mark, Altidore doesn’t hesitate. “Yeah, absolutely,” he says during a sit-down interview at the MLS media day. “16 goals? Yeah, I can definitely do it.”
He probably will. He'll have years and chances to score against the B-teams of Costa Rica/Panama and score on Martinique/Grenada/El Salvador at the Gold Cup. He needed a goal at the WC to really solidify himself in our memories. His greatest goal is probably stil against Spain in the Confed Cup. Dempsey has had a few WC goals as well as the Copa and several Gold Cups. Wynalda had 1 WC goal and a few in the Copa back in 95. Jozy needs that. Like the winning goal in a Gold Cup final with Mexico.
He’s only 29? I thought he was more like 34 He might well do it. I don’t get how he actually does pretty well, yet sticks in memory as somewhat lackluster Sigh.
Yep, come the 2030 World Cup, Sargent, Pulisic, McKennie and Adams will still be in their prime...and Beasley will still be the best option at left-back
I know you are joking but a none of those guys will be over 31. One or two will probably still be playing well. Hopefully, by that point Bease will be managing his fashion and jewelry lines.
I was only joking about DMB. But you never know with underdogs. Roger Milla did a pretty good job for Cameron in 1994 at the age of 42.
This statement is why we have regressed the past decade. Someone of that caliber should not be a fixture.
A best 11 striker in Holland shouldn't be able to hold down a spot for the USMNT? That post must be written from a glorious future.
Best 11 in Holland is sandwiched between two horrible stints not in Holland. How many goals did he score the other five years in Europe?
Well he couldn't hack it at a higher level, though I expect it had something to do with playing under shitty managers who made him a target man up front, which he is not.
He didn't have the skills to play anything else. Either way, it's ridiculous to hand someone the job at an early age and pencil them in for ten to fifteen years. We're doing that with our youngsters now (Pulisic, Sargent, Weah) and it's just as silly.
He's better than he was back then. He's added a lot to his hold up game. I believe his defense is betteras well. He hasn't been penciled in over better players that I can recall.
He can BOSS it against CONCACAF nations, but he's gone missing against bigger nations; which is when we really need him.
Sargent and Weah are not yet penciled in. The only guys that should be penciled in are Pulisic, Adams, and McKennie. UNTIL some other guys emerges that are playing/starting regularly at a CL club. Sorry MLS guys, your best MLS team is ranked #178 in world soccer. So yeah, I don't care if your ripping it in MLS, it carries a lot less weight than a guy that's playing regularly at a much higher level of competition.
That's why he failed multiple times in La Liga and the EPL. His talent is limited. He can be a good in a small pond.
Said it on a different thread (this one is more appropriate), but he scored in one Hex game. Can he "boss it" against CONCACAF, or not? From recent accounts over the last two years, that's a no (unless it's even worse teams than the Hex).